Riego Meinardo Villa Gamalinda (born May 25, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rizal Golden Coolers of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 11th overall in 2010 by the Bolts. He was one of the key players of the San Beda Red Lions during its three peat run from 2006 to 2008.
| No. 22 – Rizal Golden Coolers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Small forward |
| League | MPBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 25, 1986 Iligan City, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 184 lb (83 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Iligan City National |
| College | San Beda |
| PBA draft | 2010: 2nd round, 11th overall pick |
| Selected by the Meralco Bolts | |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2011 | Meralco Bolts |
| 2011–2013 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
| 2014–2017 | Blackwater Elite |
| 2017–2019 | Star / Magnolia Hotshots |
| 2020–2021 | San Miguel Beermen |
| 2023–2024 | Davao Occidental Tigers |
| 2024–present | Rizal Golden Coolers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Professional career
editIn the 2010 PBA draft, he was drafted 11th overall by the Bolts. He played primarily as a backup guard/forward to Mark Cardona and had limited minutes.
At the off-season, he and Shawn Weinstein were traded to the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters. He was traded along with Rabeh Al-Hussaini and Pamboy Raymundo in a three-way trade involving Air21 Express and Meralco Bolts. He was waived after.
After being waived by TNT, he was picked up by Blackwater Elite in the 2014 PBA Expansion Draft. He had his best year of his career so far, posting career highs in minutes (24 MPG), points (8.2 PPG) and rebounds (4.1 RPG) while playing 33 games during the 2014–15 season. In the following season (2015–16), he had his most efficient year shooting the ball, with career-highs in percentages in both FGs (.433) and 3-point FGs (.319) while playing for 34 games.
On September 10, 2017, Gamalinda, along with Kyle Pascual, was traded to the Star Hotshots for Allein Maliksi and Chris Javier.[1]
On February 7, 2020, Gamalinda signed with the San Miguel Beermen.[2]
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 |
As of the end of 2021 season[3][4]
Season-by-season averages
edit| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Meralco | 17 | 10.0 | .340 | .000 | .600 | 1.5 | .7 | .1 | .1 | 2.5 |
| 2011–12 | Talk 'N Text | 41 | 8.4 | .383 | .250 | .550 | .9 | .4 | .0 | .1 | 2.2 |
| 2012–13 | Talk 'N Text | 24 | 5.2 | .382 | .250 | .000 | .5 | .3 | .0 | .1 | 1.2 |
| 2014–15 | Blackwater | 33 | 24.0 | .376 | .293 | .744 | 4.1 | 1.3 | .3 | .2 | 8.2 |
| 2015–16 | Blackwater | 34 | 19.1 | .433 | .319 | .712 | 2.9 | .8 | .4 | .3 | 7.0 |
| 2016–17 | Blackwater | 32 | 14.2 | .435 | .393 | .655 | 2.3 | .7 | .3 | .1 | 3.9 |
| Star | |||||||||||
| 2017–18 | Magnolia | 24 | 7.5 | .459 | .200 | .611 | 1.3 | .3 | .2 | .0 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | Magnolia | 11 | 5.0 | .556 | .000 | .000 | .4 | .5 | .1 | .1 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | San Miguel | 13 | 13.0 | .409 | .667 | .579 | 3.0 | .4 | .4 | .2 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | San Miguel | 16 | 5.8 | .208 | — | .667 | 1.0 | .3 | .1 | .1 | .8 |
| Career | 245 | 12.4 | .401 | .295 | .652 | 2.0 | .6 | .2 | .1 | 3.8 | |
References
edit- ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (September 10, 2017). "Hotshots send Maliksi to Elite in 4-player trade". INQUIRER.net.
- ^ "SMB re-signs Pessumal and Mamaril, picks up free-agent Gamalinda". Spin.ph.
- ^ [1] PBA-Online.net
- ^ [2] Real GM