Gabe Norwood

Gabe Norwood
No. 5 – Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League PBA
Personal information
Born (1985-02-09) February 9, 1985
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Nationality Filipino / American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1][2]
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)[1][2]
Career information
High school State College Area
(State College, Pennsylvania)
College George Mason (2003–2007)
PBA draft 2008 Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Playing career 2008–present
Career history
2008–present Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Career highlights and awards
  • PBA champion (2012 Governors' Cup)
  • PBA Rookie of the Year (2009)
  • PBA Mythical 5
  • PBA All-Rookie Team (2008-09)
  • PBA Slam Dunk Champion (Locals Division) (2009)
  • 4× PBA All-Defensive Team (2010, 2013–2015)
  • PBA Defensive Player of the Year (2010)
  • 7× PBA All-Star (2009–2015)
  • PBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (2010)
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Philippines
FIBA Asia Championship
2013 Manila Team
2015 Changsha Team
William Jones Cup
2007 Taipei Team
2012 Taipei Team
2015 Taipei Team
Southeast Asian Games
2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Team

Gabriel Daniel "Gabe" Norwood (born February 9, 1985) is a Filipino American professional basketball player and a former NCAA basketball player at George Mason University. Norwood is currently playing for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is also a member of the Philippine national basketball team on multiple occasions.

Personal

Gabe is the brother of Denver Bronco's wide receiver Jordan Norwood. He has two other brothers: Levi and Zach, and one sister. His father is Brian Norwood, current associate head coach working with the safeties at Baylor University. Brian Norwood formerly worked for seven seasons at Penn State University.

Gabe married girlfriend Leia in a ceremony in 2013. They have two sons, Cassius and Orion.

Collegiate career

Norwood is part of the 2005–06 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team. He played 35 games averaging 3.4 points per game, 2.0 rebounds per game, 2.2 assists per game, 1.0 steals per game, 42.5 FG%, 58.8FT% in 21.1 mins/game.

Norwood spent his life in many different parts of the United States while his father, Brian Norwood, now defensive coordinator at Baylor University, coached different collegiate football teams. In high school, he and his brother (Jordan Norwood, a former football player at Penn State where his father coached until 2007) were part of the state championship team at State College Area High School in State College, Pennsylvania.

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  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
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003–04 George Mason University 29 1 8.4 .306 .308 .500 0.83 0.76 0.34 .1 1.03
2004–05 George Mason University 29 24 26.3 .438 .133 .672 3.97 2.55 1.62 .55 5.83
2005–06 George Mason University 35 3 21.1 .425 .375 .588 2.03 1.94 0.94 .66 3.4
2006–07 George Mason University 33 9 18.7 .465 .382 .706 2.12 1.76 0.73 .15 3.61

Professional career

Norwood was the first overall pick in the 2008 PBA Draft by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. During the 2009 PBA All-Star Week, Norwood won in the Slam Dunk Contest among locals. He failed to beat the 2006 NCAA Slam Dunk Champion and Barangay Ginebra Kings import, David Noel, who won the same contest but among the imports.

He won the 2008–09 PBA Rookie of the Year for his promising performance inside the court. He was also named into the Second Mythical Team in the same awards night. In the 2010 All-Star Game in Puerto Princesa, Norwood won the Handy Fix All-Star Game MVP for his highlight dunks and moves and also because of his baskets in the critical moments of the game. He had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He led the North All-Stars to a 133–130 win over the South All-Stars.

Later on Rain Or Shine after getting eliminated against the Alaska Aces in game 6 of the Philippine Cup semis, Gabe gave his pair of shoes (Kobe 9) to a lucky fan of his. He also signed the fan's jersey.

Once again Rain Or Shine made another finals stint in the 2015 Commissioner's Cup going up against Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters but they failed to secure the championship on their belt after a competitive second overtime in Game 7. It was the 2nd time Rain Or Shine got the runner-up award after being tortured by the two local gunners for the TNT namely Jayson Castro who was recently named the BPC and Ranidel de Ocampo who was named the finals MVP.

International career

Norwood, a 6'5" guard-forward, is a member of the national basketball team of the Philippines that represented the country in the 2007 William Jones Cup, and in the FIBA Asia Championship 2007.

In 2008, Norwood was again named to the Philippine Training Pool headed by Coach Yeng Guiao for future international competitions. The 2009 Philippines Men's National Basketball Team saw action and finished 8th overall in the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship held in Tianjin, China on August 6–16, 2009.

Norwood once again joined the national team, this time under the 2nd incarnation of the Smart-Gilas program. His athleticism and versatility on both sides of the floor was a great asset in the team's run to a silver medal finish in the FIBA Asia Men's Championship, hosted in the Philippines.

Norwood rejoined the national team for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. He was also included in the final 12 for the upcoming 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.

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

[3][4]

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012 William Jones Cup Smart Gilas 8 26.75 .397 .571 .722 5.125 2.75 0.5 0.5 9.88
2012 FIBA Asia Cup Smart Gilas 7 25.2 .458 .167 .4 5.0 0.9 1.0 0.28 7.1

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 December 23, 2015[2][5]

Season-by-season averages

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Rain or Shine 44 36.4 .394 .269 .583 7.95 3.27 1.16 .64 11.5
2009–10 Rain or Shine 51 38.6 .422 .287 .727 6.69 3.78 1.41 .75 13.7
2010–11 Rain or Shine 40 32.2 .371 .336 .669 6.30 3.77 1.27 .57 10.2
2011–12 Rain or Shine 53 29.5 .396 .294 .644 6.08 3.30 .87 .45 8.6
2012–13 Rain or Shine 58 29.7 .310 .185 .625 6.64 3.93 1.36 1.21 7.6
2013–14 Rain or Shine 58 26.4 .387 .213 .643 4.34 2.5 1.0 0.38 7.8
2014–15 Rain or Shine 53 26.6 .374 .213 .643 3.9 2.0 1.2 0.32 7.3
2015–16 Rain or Shine 11 23.7 .452 .355 .812 4.8 2.2 1.0 0.27 7.2
Career 366 30.5 .390 .280 .646 5.6 3.0 1.1 .52 9.33

Physical statistics

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Gabe_Norwood/Summary/18602
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "PBA Profile: Gabe Norwood".
  3. ↑ http://www.pba-online.net/basketball/jones-cup/schedule-and-results/
  4. ↑ http://tokyo2012.fibaasia.net/Player_Statistics.aspx
  5. ↑ "Basketball Realgm Profile: Gabe Norwood".

External links

Preceded by
Wynne Arboleda		 PBA Defensive Player of the Year
2009-2010 		Succeeded by
Arwind Santos
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