| Adamson Soaring Falcons | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | UAAP |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 21, 1976 Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | San Sebastian |
| PBA draft | 2003: 1st round, 2nd overall |
| Drafted by | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| Playing career | 1998–2013 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 10, 17, 82 |
| Coaching career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| As a player: | |
| 1998–2000 | Manila Metrostars |
| 2001 | LBC-Batangas Blades |
| 2002 | Osaka-Pangasinan Waves |
| 2003–2006 | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| 2006–2007 | San Miguel Beermen |
| 2007–2011 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants / B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados |
| 2011–2012 | Powerade Tigers |
| 2012–2013 | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| As a coach: | |
| 2013–2014 | GlobalPort Batang Pier (assistant) |
| 2014–2020 | Lyceum (assistant) |
| 2019–2021 | Blackwater Elite / Blackwater Bossing (assistant) |
| 2021–present | Adamson (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
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Rommel Adducul (born April 21, 1976) is a Filipino former professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Adamson Soaring Falcons of the UAAP.
In college, Adducul, a three-time Most Valuable Player, led the San Sebastian Stags to five consecutive NCAA basketball championships from 1993 to 1997. He won the NCAA Seniors Most valuable Player (MVP) back-to-back from 1996 and 1997.
At the same time, he was a star in the Philippine Basketball League playing for the defunct Chowking Food Masters, his UAAP counterpart at that time and later Arch-rival was Danny Ildefonso.
In 1998, Adducul joined the Philippines' second professional league, the now defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association. In 1999, he led the Manila Metrostars to a championship together with American Alex Compton, and was awarded with the Play-off MVP and the Finals MVP. In 2000, Adducul was named MBA Most Valuable Player. In 2001, the Metrostars merged with the Batangas Blades and the coalition team won that year's championship. Unfortunately, the league did not last long and Adducul ended his career in the MBA with the Pangasinan Waves in 2002.
Adducul is a many-time member of the Philippine national basketball team. In 1994,he played for the Philippines at the 19-and-under FIBA Asia Championship. Then, he led the country to four consecutive Southeast Asia Basketball Association championships (1998–2001). He also led the national team to three consecutive South East Asian Games gold medals (1997, 1999, 2001). Adducul is a three-time member of the FIBA Asia All-Star Selection (1997, 1998, 2000) and in 2000, he led the All-Star team against the Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars.
At the same year, he returned briefly in the Philippine Basketball League and won that year's MVP award.
In 2003, he was drafted 2nd overall by the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association. He won two consecutive championships with the Kings in the 2004 and 2005 PBA seasons.
In October 2006, he was traded to the San Miguel Beermen in a three-way trade involving the Gin Kings and the Red Bull Barako.
In May 2007, he was traded to Red Bull in exchange for Enrico Villanueva.
After two days of trading him to the Barako, Adducul was shipped to the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants for Don Camaso where he won his third and final championship during the 2010 Philippine Cup. He went on to finish his pro career playing for the Powerade Tigers and the GlobalPort Batang Pier.
| Legend | |||||
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| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Barangay Ginebra | 40 | 28.4 | .479 | — | .448 | 8.4 | 1.1 | .4 | .7 | 8.1 |
| 2004–05 | Barangay Ginebra | 74 | 25.6 | .499 | .000 | .373 | 8.1 | 1.1 | .3 | .8 | 9.3 |
| 2005–06 | Barangay Ginebra | 34 | 27.0 | .469 | .000 | .474 | 8.5 | 1.1 | .2 | .9 | 8.9 |
| 2006–07 | Barangay Ginebra | 49 | 16.2 | .469 | .000 | .495 | 5.6 | .8 | .2 | .6 | 5.0 |
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| Purefoods | |||||||||||
| 2007–08 | Purefoods | 32 | 21.2 | .520 | — | .470 | 7.1 | .5 | .2 | .8 | 6.0 |
| 2008–09 | Purefoods | 14 | 13.6 | .500 | — | .615 | 2.9 | .4 | .1 | .1 | 3.3 |
| 2009–10 | Purefoods / B-Meg Derby Ace | 32 | 6.9 | .365 | — | .480 | 1.7 | .1 | .0 | .2 | 1.6 |
| 2010–11 | B-Meg Derby Ace | 27 | 8.9 | .435 | — | .267 | 2.9 | .2 | .1 | .3 | 2.1 |
| 2011–12 | Powerade | 40 | 15.6 | .444 | .000 | .360 | 4.0 | .6 | .3 | .7 | 3.5 |
| 2012–13 | GlobalPort | 14 | 8.1 | .450 | — | .500 | 1.8 | .2 | .1 | .1 | 1.4 |
| Career | 356 | 13.6 | .479 | .000 | .432 | 5.9 | .7 | .2 | .6 | 5.8 | |
Adducul was diagnosed with nasopharynx cancer. This condition prevented him from playing in the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference to undergo chemotherapy, but has since returned. [2] On May 3 Startalk, Romel said in an interview: "Right now, I'm doing fine because I see the improvement [from the chemo], the mass is shrinking; The radiation, 35 sessions, five times a week. The chemo is 6 cycles. I have my third cycle on Thursday, and after two more weeks I'll be finished with my last cycle which is three sessions. One week in the hospital...it's really hard but I have to do it." [3]
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