Dennis Ellera "Denok" Miranda (born July 14, 1982), is a Filipino professional basketball coach and former player. He is the head coach for the FEU Tamaraws. He played majority of his career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted third overall by Coca-Cola Tigers during the 2005 PBA draft.
| FEU Tamaraws | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | UAAP |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 14, 1982 Lopez, Quezon, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Letran (Manila) |
| College | FEU |
| PBA draft | 2005: 1st round, 3rd overall pick |
| Selected by the Coca-Cola Tigers | |
| Playing career | 2005–2020 |
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| Coaching career | 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2005–2007 | Coca-Cola Tigers |
| 2007–2009 | Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| 2009–2013 | San Miguel Beermen / Petron Blaze Boosters |
| 2013–2014 | Barako Bull Energy Cola |
| 2015 | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| 2015–2016 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters / TNT Tropang Texters / Tropang TNT |
| 2016–2017 | Blackwater Elite |
| 2018–2020 | Laguna Heroes |
| As coach: | |
| 2019–2022 | FEU (assistant) |
| 2019–2020 | Biñan City Luxxe White |
| 2023–2024 | FEU |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
PBA career
editCoca-Cola Tigers
editMiranda played for the Coca-Cola Tigers for two seasons and averaged 8.1 points per game, 4.1 rebounds per game, and 4.4 assists per game.
Sta. Lucia Realtors
editIn the 2006–07 Philippine Cup, Miranda was traded to the Sta. Lucia Realtors with Manny Ramos and the Coca-Cola Tigers' 2008 second round pick in exchange for Alex Cabagnot, Ricky Calimag, and Kenneth Duremdes. He, Paolo Mendoza, Joseph Yeo and Ryan Reyes shared minutes at the guards positions. He was one of the key players in the championship team that defeated Purefoods in 2007-08.
San Miguel Beermen/Petron Blaze Boosters
editBefore the start of the 2009–10 PBA season, he was traded to the San Miguel Beermen for Sta. Lucia's future draft picks.
GlobalPort Batang Pier
editHe was traded to the GlobalPort Batang Pier for Chris Ross.[1] However, he never played for GlobalPort in the 2013–14 season, so he was reacquired by Barako Bull.
Barako Bull
editMiranda was traded by GlobalPort to the Barako Bull Energy in exchange for the sixth pick in the 2013 PBA draft, RR Garcia, who would later play with him for Barako.[2]
Second coming to GlobalPort
editHe was traded by Barako Bull along with a 2016 second round pick, this time to GlobalPort which gave up Sol Mercado.[3]
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
editMiranda was traded to Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters for Jay Washington. He was later released by the newly named TNT KaTropa.
Blackwater Elite
editMiranda signed with the Blackwater Elite for a short term contract during the 2016 Governors' Cup.[4]
PBA career statistics
edit| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games 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 |
Correct as of September 18, 2016[5]
Season-by-season averages
edit| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Coca-Cola | 34 | 27.7 | .414 | .188 | .593 | 3.0 | 3.2 | .9 | .1 | 7.3 |
| 2006–07 | Coca-Cola / Sta. Lucia | 41 | 30.7 | .430 | .216 | .614 | 4.1 | 4.4 | .8 | .2 | 8.2 |
| 2007–08 | Sta. Lucia | 54 | 29.8 | .425 | .222 | .657 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 1.2 | .0 | 7.1 |
| 2008–09 | Sta. Lucia | 45 | 30.7 | .439 | .323 | .600 | 3.2 | 4.4 | .4 | .2 | 7.3 |
| 2009–10 | San Miguel | 49 | 15.4 | .409 | .263 | .662 | 1.8 | 2.3 | .4 | .0 | 5.1 |
| 2010–11 | San Miguel | 47 | 15.0 | .463 | .233 | .637 | 1.9 | 1.9 | .3 | .0 | 5.6 |
| 2011–12 | Petron | 43 | 23.4 | .475 | .262 | .674 | 2.8 | 3.1 | .7 | .0 | 8.4 |
| 2012–13 | Petron | 39 | 17.0 | .481 | .348 | .631 | 2.2 | 2.9 | .5 | .0 | 6.0 |
| 2013–14 | Barako Bull | 29 | 26.7 | .358 | .309 | .739 | 3.1 | 3.6 | .3 | .0 | 9.5 |
| 2014–15 | Barako Bull / GlobalPort | 34 | 19.6 | .404 | .275 | .714 | 2.0 | 2.1 | .7 | .2 | 7.3 |
| 2015–16 | TNT / Blackwater | 20 | 14.2 | .366 | .217 | .682 | 1.6 | 1.9 | .4 | .1 | 4.0 |
| Career | 435 | 23.1 | .428 | .270 | .650 | 2.7 | 3.2 | .6 | .1 | 6.9 | |
Coaching record
editCollegiate record
edit| Season | Team | Elimination round | Playoffs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | PCT | Finish | GP | W | L | PCT | Results | ||
| 2023 | FEU | 14 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7th | — | — | — | — | Eliminated |
| Totals | 14 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 championships | ||
References
edit- ^ "DotPH domains available portal".
- ^ GlobalPort trades for Barako Bull’s sixth pick, selects RR Garcia Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, November 3, 2013
- ^ PBA approves Sol Mercado move from GlobalPort to Barako Bull in swap for Denok Miranda, Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 8, 2015
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (August 15, 2016). "Denok Miranda gets new lease on life as Blackwater signs free agent PBA guard". SPIN.ph. spin.ph. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
- ^ Player at PBA-Online!