Kerby Raymundo

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Marianoand the surname or paternal family name is Raymundo.

Kerby Raymundo

Personal information
Born	(1981-01-19) January 19, 1981 (age 42) Orion, Bataan, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Jose Rizal Institute
College	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
PBA draft	2000: Elevated
Selected by the Batang Red Bull Energizers
Playing career	2000–2013
Position	Power forward
Career history
As player:
2000–2001	Red Bull
2002–2012	Purefoods/B-Meg
2012–2013	Barangay Ginebra
As coach:
2015	Letran Knights (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player 4x PBA champion (2001 Commissioner's, 2002 Governors', 2006 Philippine, 2009–10 Philippine) PBA Finals MVP (2002 Governors') 10x PBA All-Star (2001, 2003–2011) PBA Mythical First Team (2006) 2x PBA Mythical Second Team (2002, 2008) PBA's 40 Greatest Players NCAA Most Valuable Player (1999) NCAA Rookie of the Year (1997) NCAA Finals Most Valuable Player (1999) 2× NCAA Champion (1998, 1999) As coach NCAA champion (2015)
Medals Men's basketball Representing   Philippines Southeast Asian Games 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan William Jones Cup 2007 Taipei Team

Kerby Mariano Raymundo (born January 19, 1981) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He last played for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as The Kid, he was a former star player with the Letran Knights during his NCAA years.

Amateur career

It was only in Raymundo's junior year in Jose Rizal Institute (High school) that he started playing basketball. He was discovered by Manuel "Molet" Pineda, a former Colegio de San Juan de Letran player and coach. ^[1]

Raymundo played for Letran in the NCAA from 1997–1999 and made significant impact for the Knights alongside future PBA players Chris Calaguio and Willie Miller. From 1998-1999, he was a member of the Knights' back-to-back NCAA championships with victories over five-peat champion San Sebastian Stags and the JRU Heavy Bombers, respectively. He was named NCAA MVP in 1999. He also played for the Philippine national team in the 1999 Southeast Asian Games as the country won the gold medal.

He played for Red Bull in the Philippine Basketball League, teaming up with future teammates Jimwell Torion, Lordy Tugade, Junthy Valenzuela, and Fil-American recruit Davonn Harp, but never led the Energy Kings to a title in his only stint in 1999.

PBA career

Red Bull Barako

Raymundo joined the PBA at the age of 19 when Red Bull made the decision to move to the PBA from the PBL making him the second youngest player to join the league. He played six games for Red Bull in his debut in the 2000 All-Filipino Cup, but was banned by the league for the rest of the season after finding out that Raymundo falsified his requirements to enter the league. The league required players who have graduated from high school in 1996, while Raymundo graduated only a year later before going to Letran.

He would later return in 2001 for the Thunder, becoming one of the vital cogs, along with Davonn Harp, Mick Pennisi, Jimwell Torion, former collegiate teammate Miller and import Antonio Lang, to lead Red Bull to their first championship over the San Miguel Beermen in the Commissioner's Cup.

Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs

In 2002, Raymundo was shipped to Purefoods. In his first year with the franchise, he led the team to a Governor's Cup championship. Raymundo also received the Finals MVP award under then-interim coach Ryan Gregorio.

He was again instrumental in Purefoods' 2006 PBA Philippine Cup crown, along with James Yap, Peter June Simon and Marc Pingris.

After Rey Evangelista retired in 2008, Raymundo assumed the role of team captain.

He was sidelined with a knee injury when Purefoods took home the 2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup trophy.

On March 28, 2011, Raymundo became the 63rd player to join the PBA’s 5,000-point club. ^[2]

On April 2, 2011, Raymundo became the 33rd player in PBA history to collect at least 2,000 defensive rebounds. ^[3]

On December 3, 2011, Raymundo became the 41st player in PBA history to collect at least 1,000 offensive rebounds. ^[4]

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

Before the start of the 2012 Commissioner's Cup, B-MEG traded former team-captain and stalwart Raymundo to its sister team Ginebra and in turn acquired high flying forward JC Intal. ^[5]

Meralco Bolts

After Meralco got eliminated in the Governor's Cup Semifinals series against San Mig Coffee Mixers, the Bolts traded big man Jay-R Reyes for him. This trade reunites him with Ryan Gregorio, his former coach in Purefoods. ^[6] The veteran Raymundo, who chose not to sign a contract with Meralco for the moment, has yet to play a single game for the Bolts. He has been sidelined by a complicated knee injury since the start of the 2013 Governors' Cup while he was still playing for the Gin Kings - an injury which would cost Raymundo around P4.5 million of his own money if he opts to undergo surgery in the US. ^[7]

Originally diagnosed as a mere bone bruise, the injury turned out to be a lot more serious when Raymundo had his knee checked in the United States last November 2013. The injury is the same one that sidelined New York Knicks power forward Amar'e Stoudemire for a long period. ^[8]

In May 2015, Raymundo announced his retirement, saying that although he is still capable of playing after he was cleared by his doctors to play, he no longer had the passion to continue playing basketball. ^[9]

PBA career 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

^[10]

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2001	Red Bull	50	24.4	.391	.000	.656	5.1	.9	.2	.6	6.9
2002	Purefoods	43	22.7	.468	.200	.636	5.1	1.3	.3	.4	8.2
2003	Purefoods	36	35.6	.419	.314	.680	8.4	2.9	.6	1.1	13.9
2004–05	Purefoods	61	32.2	.444	.214	.626	8.1	1.9	.7	.7	12.9
2005–06	Purefoods	55	36.6	.427	.226	.690	9.5	3.0	.5	1.1	15.0
2006–07	Purefoods	23	39.4	.400	.250	.716	9.4	3.8	.9	.9	15.5
2007–08	Purefoods	50	36.7	.327	.261	.750	9.2	4.3	.7	.4	15.3
2008–09	Purefoods	36	36.5	.329	.291	.709	7.6	2.8	.5	.5	16.6
2009–10	Purefoods / B-Meg Derby Ace	32	32.0	.412	.343	.675	5.9	2.8	.3	.4	13.5
2010–11	B-Meg Derby Ace	5	29.8	.347	.000	.560	8.6	2.0	1.0	.0	13.2
2011–12	B-Meg	45	25.3	.429	.077	.642	5.9	1.7	.5	.4	9.9
	Barangay Ginebra
2012–13	Barangay Ginebra	38	16.6	.423	.000	.638	4.6	1.0	.3	.4	7.7
Career		474	30.5	.401	.266	.677	7.2	2.3	.5	.6	12.2

National team career

He is a many-time member of the Philippine national basketball team, and was considered as a possible team captain in 2009. ^[11]

References

1. Ramos, Gerry (November 13, 2023). "Molet Pineda, PBA pioneer, Letran great and Kerby discoverer, dies at 71". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
2. http://www.malaya.com.ph/mar29/sports2.html%5B%5D
3. "Rain or Shine drubs Alaska - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Archived from the original on 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
4. "PBA - the Official Website".
5. "B-MEG's Raymundo headed to Barangay Ginebra". GMA . January 26, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
6. Badua, Snow (October 22, 2014). "Ginebra sends Kerby Raymundo to Meralco for JR Reyes in one-on-one trade". Spin.ph. Spin.ph. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
7. "Retirement beckons as Raymundo gives self until January 15 to decide on surgery".
8. Dy, Richard (January 16, 2014). "Wait and see for Meralco as Raymundo chooses between surgery or retirement". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
9. Badua, Snow (May 18, 2015). "KERBY RETIRES: Raymundo given clean bill of health, but admits passion no longer there". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
10. "Kerby Raymundo Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017.
11. Guiao gives Raymundo time to think about his RP team plans

External links

• Player Profile at PBA-Online!
• B-Meg Llamados Basketball