Rommel Adducul

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Rommel Adducul
Adamson Soaring Falcons
Position Assistant coach
League UAAP
Personal information
Born (1976-04-21) April 21, 1976 (age 48)
Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College San Sebastian
PBA draft 2003: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Barangay Ginebra Kings
Playing career1998–2013
Position Center
Number10, 17, 82
Coaching career2013–present
Career history
As player:
1998–2000 Manila Metrostars
2001 LBC-Batangas Blades
2002Osaka-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 coach:
2013–2014 GlobalPort Batang Pier (assistant)
2014–2020 Lyceum (assistant)
2019–2021 Blackwater Elite / Blackwater Bossing (assistant)
2021–present Adamson (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

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.

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Career

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.

PBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GSGames 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

[1]

Season-by-season averages

YearTeamGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2003 Barangay Ginebra 4028.4.479—.4488.41.1.4.78.1
2004–05 Barangay Ginebra 7425.6.499.000.3738.11.1.3.89.3
2005–06 Barangay Ginebra 3427.0.469.000.4748.51.1.2.98.9
2006–07 Barangay Ginebra 4916.2.469.000.4955.6.8.2.65.0
San Miguel
Purefoods
2007–08 Purefoods 3221.2.520—.4707.1.5.2.86.0
2008–09 Purefoods 1413.6.500—.6152.9.4.1.13.3
2009–10 Purefoods / B-Meg Derby Ace 326.9.365—.4801.7.1.0.21.6
2010–11 B-Meg Derby Ace 278.9.435—.2672.9.2.1.32.1
2011–12 Powerade 4015.6.444.000.3604.0.6.3.73.5
2012–13 GlobalPort 148.1.450—.5001.8.2.1.11.4
Career35613.6.479.000.4325.9.7.2.65.8

Personal life

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]

Awards and achievements

Collegiate achievements

PBL achievements

MBA achievements

PBA achievements

International career highlights

Club and Country

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Rommel Adducul Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ Adducul battles Big C, ABS-CBN News, Retrieved March 28, 2008
  3. ↑ GMA NEWS.TV, PBA player Rommel Adducul fights the 'Big C'
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