Vic Manuel

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Vic Manuel
Vic Manuel 2015.jpg
Manuel with the Alaska Aces in 2015
No. 87–San Miguel Beermen
Position Power forward
League PBA
Personal information
Born (1987-06-18) June 18, 1987 (age 37)
Licab, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight231 lb (105 kg)
Career information
College PSBA
PBA draft 2012: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the B-Meg Llamados
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 GlobalPort Batang Pier
2013 Meralco Bolts
2013–2014 Air21 Express
2014–2020 Alaska Aces
2021 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
2021–present San Miguel Beermen
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Philippines Team

Victorino Aranas Manuel (born June 18, 1987) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Amateur career

Manuel possessed tremendous athleticism and agility uncommon for athletes his size. He played college ball at Philippine School of Business Administration as a member of PSBA Jaguars varsity squad under Coach Joseph Ocampo where he was awarded UCAA Most Valuable Player. He first rose from obscurity two years ago when he stole the spotlight from older, more experienced players to capture the PBL MVP plum as a player of Pharex B-Complex.[ citation needed ]

He also suited up for the Cebuana Lhuillier Gems in the PBA D-League where he was awarded PBA D-League Aspirants Cup Best Player of the Conference honors, [1] after averaging 15.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Manuel was drafted ninth overall by GlobalPort Batang Pier in the 2012 PBA draft. After spending one season at GlobalPort, he was acquired by Meralco in 2013.

On July 12, 2013, prior to the start of the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup he was traded, along with Carlo Sharma to Air21 for Nonoy Baclao and swingman John Wilson. [2]

On March 10, 2014, PBA Commissioner Chito Salud approved the trade that sent him to Alaska Aces in exchange for Aldrech Ramos. [3] With this trade, he reunited with his former coach at Cebuana, Luigi Trillo. [4]

On February 23, 2021, Alaska traded Manuel, along with two draft picks, to Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters for Brian Heruela and three draft picks. [5]

On November 5, 2021, Manuel, along with Michael Calisaan, was traded to NorthPort Batang Pier for Sean Anthony, Sean Manganti and a 2021 second round draft pick. [6] He never played for NorthPort as he was traded on November 8 to the San Miguel Beermen for Arwind Santos. [7]

On September 4, 2022, Manuel won his first ever PBA Championship Philippine Cup

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

As of the end of 2022–23 season [8] [9]

Season-by-season averages

YearTeamGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2012–13 GlobalPort 3617.9.477.000.6064.1.5.6.38.1
Meralco
Air21
2013–14 Air21 4017.4.541—.6984.5.5.2.27.8
Alaska
2014–15 Alaska 5718.0.500—.6724.61.0.5.38.6
2015–16 Alaska 4121.7.535.000.7186.21.0.7.613.7
2016–17 Alaska 2620.2.493—.7445.2.7.3.612.9
2017–18 Alaska 5021.5.485.400.7164.91.21.0.416.0
2019 Alaska 2223.8.450.000.8515.0.8.6.313.2
2020 Alaska 1227.1.444—.7616.12.2.6.515.6
2021 Phoenix 2321.5.482.333.6805.01.3.3.713.0
San Miguel
2022–23 San Miguel 4616.3.521—.6942.9.8.3.39.8
2023–24 San Miguel 125.0.500—1.000.7.3—.12.3
Career36519.2.496.227.7084.5.9.5.411.1

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References

  1. ↑ "Draft Focus: Vic Manuel is a Man Amongst Boys". Nikko Ramos, SLAMonline Philippines. August 14, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Air 21 sends Noy Baclao, John Wilson to Meralco for Vic Manuel, Carlo Sharma". Rey Joble, InterAKTV. July 12, 2013. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Alaska Aces acquire Vic Manuel, send Aldrech Ramos to Air21". GMANetwork.com. March 10, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Badua, Snow (March 10, 2014). "Vic Manuel feels lucky to have landed at Alaska rather than at San Mig. Find out why". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Alaska sends Vic Manuel to Phoenix for Brian Heruela". PBA.ph. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Phoenix trades Vic Manuel to NorthPort for Sean Anthony". PBA.ph. November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Vic Manuel, Arwind Santos trade places". PBA.ph. November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Vic Manuel Player Profile, San Miguel Beermen - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09.
  9. ↑ "Vic Manuel Player Profile, San Miguel Beermen - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
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