Marvin Cruz | |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Birth Date: | December 31, 1984[1] |
Birth Place: | Manila, Philippines |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 8 |
Career Position: | Point guard |
Weight Lbs: | 160 |
High School: | UPIS (Quezon City) |
College: | UP |
Draft Year Pba: | 2007 |
Draft Round Pba: | 2 |
Draft Pick Pba: | 14 |
Draft Team Pba: | Air21 Express[2] |
Career Start: | 2007 |
Career End: | 2013 |
Years1: | 2007–2009 |
Team1: | Air21 Express / Burger King Whoppers |
Years2: | 2009–2010 |
Team2: | Coca-Cola Tigers |
Years3: | 2010–2011 |
Team3: | Barako Bull Energy Boosters |
Years4: | 2011–2012 |
Years5: | 2013 |
Team5: | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
Marvin Lu Cruz (born December 31, 1984) is a Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the older brother of Mark Cruz.
Cruz once played as starting point guard for the SEABA gold winner RP-Harbour Team.
He led the PBL in assists and made the Mythical Five, then he also made the All-Tournament team in the PBL Silver Cup while playing for Toyota Balintawak.
With UP Integrated School, he led his team to its first-ever UAAP juniors title in 2002, when he was also named Finals Most Valuable Player. He was also a Mythical Five member in the 69th UAAP season.
|-| align=left| | align=left| Air21| 49 || 10.5 || .434 || .263 || .672 || 1.0 || 1.2 || .4 || .0 || 3.7|-| align=left| | align=left| Air21 / Burger King| 41 || 11.8 || .372 || .071 || .795 || 1.6 || 1.9 || .4 || .0 || 3.5|-| align=left| | align=left| Coca-Cola| 37 || 17.3 || .543 || .667 || .692 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 1.0 || .0 || 4.6|-| align=left| | align=left| Barako Bull| 13 || 16.3 || .239 || .200 || .588 || 2.5 || 2.0 || .6 || .0 || 2.5|-| align=left| | align=left| GlobalPort| 5 || 8.4 || .286 || .000 || — || .4 || .2 || .4 || .0 || .8|-class=sortbottom| align=center colspan=2 | Career| 145 || 13.1 || .424 || .235 || .703 || 1.7 || 1.8 || .6 || .0 || 3.7