Dave Marcelo

Dave Marcelo

No. 10 – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Position	Center / Power forward
League	PBA
Personal information
Born	February 22, 1989 Mandaluyong, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	223 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school	San Beda College
College	San Beda College
PBA draft	2012 Round: 2 / Pick: 12th overall
Selected by the Barako Bull Energy Cola
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2015	Barako Bull Energy Cola / Barako Bull Energy
2015–present	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Career highlights and awards
4× NCAA Philippines champion (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) 1× NCAA Philippines Finals MVP (2011) NCAA Philippines Rookie of the Year (2007)
Medals Men's Basketball Competitor for  Philippines 2011 Jakarta Team

David Paul M. "Dave" Marcelo (born February 22, 1989 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). ^[1] Marcelo was drafted by Barako Bull in the 2012 PBA draft as the 12th overall pick.

College career

Marcelo studied and played for the San Beda Red Lions from 2007 from 2011 together graduated with Garvo Lanete and Mar Villahermosa. The Red Lions won 4 out of 5 championships with them. He was well known for his inside scoring and rebounding.

On his last year with the Red Lions, they faced the JRU Heavy Bombers in the semifinals after beating San Sebastian Stags in the top-seed playoff. They won over the Heavy Bombers, 83–74, to advance to the Finals then the Stags won over the Letran Knights in the second game of their semifinals, 63–56. The Part III of the Red Lions–Stags rivalry started when the Red Lions won 75–63 in Game One. In Game Two of the Finals, there was a hard-fought battle when they outscored the Stags in the low-scoring fourth quarter, 9–5, as Pascual missed a three-point field goal that could have won over the Red Lions as the Red Lions won, 57–55, to get their 16th championship, tying Letran.

Amateur career

Marcelo played for the NLEX Road Warriors in the PBA Developmental League also together with Lanete. In his last conference with the Road Warriors, they completed a 13–0 sweep at the end of the conference.

Professional career

Barako Bull Energy (2012–2015)

Marcelo declared himself for the 2012 PBA draft. There, he was drafted 12th overall by the Barako Bull Energy Cola.

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (2015–present)

On April 2015, Marcelo was traded to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in exchange for Billy Mamaril who was later dealt to San Miguel Beermen in exchange for Rico Maierhofer in a complex 4-team 6-players blockbuster trade that involved GlobalPort Batang Pier, where he was reunited with his former college coach at San Beda, Frankie Lim. ^[2]

PBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	MPG	Minutes per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage
3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Correct as of October 27, 2013^[3]

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2012–13	Barako Bull	15	9.6	.500	.000	.455	2.8	.4	.3	.5	2.5
2013–14	Barako Bull	27	10.7	.460	1.000	.400	2.7	.4	.3	.5	1.9
2014–15	Barako Bull / Barangay Ginebra	36	19.0	.433	.000	.661	3.6	.6	.6	.6	4.8
Career		78	14.3	.448	1.000	.602	3.2	.5	.4	.6	3.3

References

1. MARCELO, David Paul
2. "Ginebra trades Billy Mamaril for Dave Marcelo in 4-team swap". April 6, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
3. Player Profile at PBA-Online!

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