Reden Celda Explained

Nationality:Filipino
Birth Date:1 March 1992
Birth Place:Davao City, Philippines
College:NU
Position:Point guard / shooting guard
Team:Free agent
Draft Year Pba:2016
Draft Team Pba:NLEX Road Warriors
Draft Round Pba:2
Draft Pick Pba:8
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:165
Career Start:2016
Years1:2016–2022
Team1:Mahindra Floodbuster / Kia Picanto / Columbian Dyip / Terrafirma Dyip
Years2:2022
Team2:Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines
Years3:2022–2023
Team3:NLEX Road Warriors
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Reden Marimon Celda is a Filipino professional basketball player.[1] He played college basketball at the National University. He was drafted by the NLEX Road Warriors at the 2014 PBA draft.

Professional career

Celda was drafted eight overall by the NLEX Road Warriors in the 2016 PBA draft. Nine days after the draft, on November 8, he, along with Rob Reyes and Jeckster Apinan, was traded to the Mahindra Floodbuster for Bradwyn Guinto and Chito Jaime.[2] He became a free agent after the 2021 season.[3]

In October 2022, Celda signed a one-conference contract with the NLEX Road Warriors, the team that originally drafted him.[4] [5] Prior to him signing with NLEX, Celda played with the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).[4]

On May 30, 2023, Celda, along with Tzaddy Rangel, was traded to the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters for Ben Adamos.[6] However, he never played a game for the team.

PBA career statistics

As of the end of 2022–23 season[7]

Season-by-season averages

|-| align=left | | align=left | Mahindra / Kia| 33 || 19.7 || .444 || .333 || .784 || 2.2 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .1 || 9.4|-| align=left | | align=left | Kia / Columbian| 30 || 18.2 || .393 || .286 || .800 || 1.4 || 2.3 || .8 || .1 || 7.1|-| align=left | | align=left | Columbian| 28 || 15.8 || .333 || .284 || .674 || 2.0 || 2.0 || .8 || .1 || 5.2|-| align=left | | align=left | Terrafirma| 10 || 12.6 || .360 || .292 || .700 || 2.0 || .4 || .3 || .0 || 5.7|-| align=left | | align=left | Terrafirma| 12 || 12.7 || .327 || .286 || .850 || 1.8 || 1.8 || .5 || .1 || 4.8|-| align=left | | align=left | NLEX| 7 || 10.5 || .227 || .077 || 1.000 || .9 || 1.3 || .1 || .0 || 1.7|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 120 || 16.6 || .387 || .200 || .762 || 1.8 || 1.7 || .7 || .1 || 6.6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Celda repays Gavina's trust with career game for Mahindra . Lozada . Bong . May 21, 2017 . INQUIRER.net . July 31, 2017.
  2. Web site: Promising sophomore center Bradwyn Guinto is now a Road Warrior . November 8, 2016 . INQUIRER.net . January 20, 2021.
  3. Web site: Ramos . Gerry . Terrafirma Dyip free up Celda after five seasons . June 11, 2022 . spin.ph . October 6, 2022.
  4. News: Reuben . Terrado . October 6, 2022 . Reden Celda picked up from free agent market by NLEX . Spin.ph . October 6, 2022.
  5. News: Gerry . Ramos . October 20, 2022 . Opt-out agreement with MPBL team frees Reden Celda to sign with NLEX . Spin.ph . October 20, 2022.
  6. News: Dy. Richard. NLEX boosts frontline, acquires Adamos in trade with Phoenix. May 30, 2023. October 14, 2023. The Manila Times.
  7. https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Reden-Celda/Summary/114741#International