Val Acuña | |
Number: | 21 |
Position: | Small forward / shooting guard |
League: | MPBL |
Team: | South Cotabato Warriors |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Birth Date: | 8 August 1986 |
Birth Place: | Ilagan, Isabela, Philippines |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lbs: | 180 |
College: | UE |
Draft Year Pba: | 2010 |
Draft Round Pba: | 2 |
Draft Pick Pba: | 13 |
Draft Team Pba: | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados |
Career Start: | 2010 |
Years1: | 2009–2010 |
Years2: | 2010–2013 |
Team2: | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants / B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados / B-Meg Llamados |
Years3: | 2013 |
Years4: | 2013–2014 |
Team4: | San Mig Coffee Mixers / San Mig Super Coffee Mixers |
Years5: | 2014 |
Team5: | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
Years6: | 2014–2015 |
Team6: | Blackwater Elite |
Years7: | 2015–2016 |
Team7: | Pacquiao Powervit Pilipinas Aguilas / Pilipinas MX3 Kings |
Years8: | 2016–2017 |
Team8: | Alab Pilipinas |
Years9: | 2018–2019 |
Team9: | Batangas City Athletics |
Years10: | 2019–2020 |
Team10: | Valenzuela Classic |
Years11: | 2021 |
Team11: | MJAS Zenith–Talisay Aquastars |
Years12: | 2022–2023 |
Team12: | Sta. Rosa Laguna Lions |
Years13: | 2023 |
Team13: | Muntinlupa Cagers |
Years14: | 2024–present |
Team14: | South Cotabato Warriors |
Awards: |
Hezy Val B. Acuña II (born August 8, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the South Cotabato Warriors of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
Acuña played straight out of the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, where he played for five seasons (2004 and 2006 to 2009). He was also part of the Warriors team that finished runner-up to the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles in the 2009 season, where he averaged 19.2 points 7.2 assist and 11.2 rebounds in almost 32 minutes.
Acuña was selected in the 2010 PBA draft by the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados third overall in the second round over Ford Arao and Jai Reyes. He previously played for the Philippine Patriots in the ABL.[1]
In 2015, Acuña returned to the ABL after signing a contract with the Pacquiao Powervit Pilipinas Aguilas (now the Pilipinas MX3 Kings).
|-| align=left | | align=left | B-Meg Derby Ace| 6 || 6.7 || .200 || .364 || .833 || .7 || .3 || .0 || .2 || 2.8|-| align=left | | align=left | B-Meg| 14 || 1.6 || .273 || .286 || — || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .6|-| align=left | | align=left | San Mig Coffee| 11 || 4.7 || .467 || .300 || 1.000 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.7|-| align=left | | align=left | San Mig Super Coffee| 13 || 7.2 || .326 || .231 || .571 || .5 || .6 || .2 || .0 || 3.1|-| align=left | | align=left | Blackwater| 22 || 13.8 || .289 || .304 || .565 || 2.0 || .6 || .5 || .0 || 4.7|-class=sortbottom| align=center colspan=2 | Career| 66 || 7.7 || .303 || .293 || .632 || 1.0 || .4 || .2 || .0 || 2.8
|-| align=left | 2018| align=left | Batangas City| 17 || 17 || 23.9 || .407 || .379 || .700 || 2.9 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 13.4|-| align=left | 2018–19| align=left | Batangas City| 29 || 24 || 17.5 || .326 || .301 || .563 || 2.1 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 8.0|-| align=left rowspan=2 | 2019–20| align=left | Batangas City| 13 || 12 || 23.4 || .286 || .256 || .714 || 3.3 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 7.7|-| align=left | Valenzuela| 13 || 7 || 23.3 || .374 || .342 || .762 || 2.9 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 13.1|-| align=left | 2023| align=left | Muntinlupa| 15 || 8 || 17.4 || .338 || .317 || .870 || 1.9 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 9.7|- class=sortbottom| align=center colspan=13 | Source: Val Acuña via Genius Sports (MPBL)