Sunday Salvacion Explained

Sunday Salvacion
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lbs:190
Birth Date:17 December 1978
Birth Place:Tago, Surigao del Sur, Philippines
High School:Rizal Memorial Colleges
College:Olivarez College (1998)
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (1999–2002)
Nationality:Filipino
Draft Year Pba:2003
Draft Round Pba:2
Draft Pick Pba:11
Draft Team Pba:Barangay Ginebra Kings
Career Start:2003
Career End:2018
Career Position:Small forward / shooting guard
Team1:Barangay Ginebra Kings
Years1:2003–2010
Years2:2010
Team3:Petron Blaze Boosters
Years3:2010–2011
Team4:Barako Bull Energy
Years4:2011–2012
Years5:2012–2014
Years6:2014–2015
Team7:Pilipinas MX3 Kings
Years7:2015
Team8:GlobalPort Batang Pier
Years8:2016
Team9:Navotas Clutch
Years9:2018
Cteam1:Navotas Clutch (assistant)
Cyears1:2018
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Sunday Salvacion (born December 17, 1978) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He played the small forward and shooting guard positions. Salvacion played college basketball for the De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) Blazers before spending twelve years in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Salvacion also played in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) and the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).

Career

Known as a scorer during his college days, Salvacion, who was a former NCAA Most Valuable Player has evolved into a solid defender and a clutch shooter that placed him in the regular rotation of the Barangay Ginebra Kings. Salvacion (which when translated in English means "salvation") is one of the best shooters the PBA has produced.

Known to elevate his game during the playoffs, Salvacion's contribution was more evident during Ginebra's championship runs on the 2004–2005 and 2006–2007 Philippine Cup where he proved to be one of the key players.

On September 12, 2014, he and Jason Ballesteros were sent to Blackwater Elite in a three-way trade involving NLEX Road Warriors and Meralco Bolts. NLEX obtained Blackwater's 2016 and 2017 2nd round pick along with the draft rights for Juneric Baloria. Meralco received Sean Anthony from NLEX via Blackwater as third party.[1]

In September 2015, Salvacion was signed by the Pacquiao Powervit Pilipinas Aguilas, which later became known as the Pilipinas MX3 Kings, of the ABL as one of the team's local players. However, in December 2015, Salvacion, along with Emmerson Oreta, Charles Mammie, Chad Alonzo, Jondan Salvador, and Adrian Celada were released by the Pilipinas MX3 Kings after a roster overhaul.

Salvacion later became part of the Navotas Clutch of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as a playing assistant coach to Elvis Tolentino.[2]

PBA career statistics

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Season-by-season averages

|-| align=left | | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| 35 || 16.5 || .382 || .289 || .714 || 2.9 || .5 || .3 || .0 || 6.5|-| align=left | | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| 76 || 19.8 || .343 || .319 || .625 || 3.1 || .7 || .3 || .2 || 5.3|-| align=left | | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| 41 || 13.6 || .387 || .250 || .706 || 2.4 || .3 || .1 || .1 || 3.7|-| align=left | | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| 52 || 26.9 || .470 || .316 || .767 || 5.0 || .9 || .2 || .2 || 10.6|-| align=left | | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| 45 || 18.0 || .336 || .330 || .800 || 3.5 || .8 || .1 || .0 || 6.4|-| align=left | | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| 40 || 21.3 || .357 || .323 || .580 || 3.8 || 1.0 || .1 || .1 || 9.5|-| align=left | | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| 35 || 16.2 || .362 || .324 || .800 || 3.4 || .5 || .2 || .0 || 6.1|-| align=left rowspan=2| | align=left | Barako Bull| rowspan=2|55 || rowspan=2|20.0 || rowspan=2|.349 || rowspan=2|.316 || rowspan=2|.714 || rowspan=2|3.2 || rowspan=2|.6 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|.1 || rowspan=2|7.2|-| align=left | San Miguel|-| align=left | | align=left | Barako Bull| 20 || 17.1 || .320 || .294 || .500 || 1.8 || .6 || .4 || .1 || 5.5|-| align=left | | align=left | Meralco| 42 || 20.4 || .354 || .350 || .750 || 2.9 || .5 || .2 || .1 || 6.7|-| align=left | | align=left | Meralco| 25 || 14.8 || .368 || .347 || .900 || 1.4 || .2 || .2 || .0 || 5.0|-| align=left | | align=left | Blackwater| 20 || 15.5 || .325 || .269 || .800 || 1.7 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 6.0|-| align=left | | align=left | GlobalPort| 6 || 11.3 || .500 || .429 || .333 || 1.2 || .0 || .2 || .2 || 2.7|-class=sortbottom| align=center colspan=2 | Career| 492 || 18.9 || .368 || .317 || .717 || 3.1 || .6 || .2 || .1 || 6.6

Personal life

Salvacion now resides in Antipolo along with his mother, sister and his wife.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer . Dugout Philippines . Dugout.ph . October 31, 2015 .
  2. News: Jacinto. Christian. Aquino, David not the only ex-PBA cagers giving hoops career one last shot in MPBL. See List. 9 March 2018. Sports Interactive Network Philippines. 10 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Sunday Salvacion Player Profile - PBA-Online.net . PBA-Online.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20170214044307/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Sunday-Salvacion/125/ . 2017-02-14 .
  4. Web site: Sunday Salvacion Player Profile - RealGM . basketball.realgm.com.