Victorino Aranas Manuel (born June 18, 1987) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
 Manuel with the Alaska Aces in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 87 – San Miguel Beermen | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | PBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | June 18, 1987 Licab, Nueva Ecija, Philippines | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| College | PSBA | ||||||||||||||
| PBA draft | 2012: 1st round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the B-Meg Llamados | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Meralco Bolts | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Air21 Express | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | Alaska Aces | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | San Miguel Beermen | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Amateur career
editManuel possessed tremendous athleticism and agility uncommon for athletes his size. He played college ball at Philippine School of Business Administration as a member of PSBA Jaguars varsity squad under Coach Joseph Ocampo where he was awarded UCAA Most Valuable Player. He first rose from obscurity two years ago when he stole the spotlight from older, more experienced players to capture the PBL MVP plum as a player of Pharex B-Complex.[citation needed]
He also suited up for the Cebuana Lhuillier Gems in the PBA D-League where he was awarded PBA D-League Aspirants Cup Best Player of the Conference honors,[1] after averaging 15.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.
Professional career
editManuel was drafted ninth overall by GlobalPort Batang Pier in the 2012 PBA draft. After spending one season at GlobalPort, he was acquired by Meralco in 2013.
On July 12, 2013, prior to the start of the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup he was traded, along with Carlo Sharma to Air21 for Nonoy Baclao and swingman John Wilson.[2]
On March 10, 2014, PBA Commissioner Chito Salud approved the trade that sent him to Alaska Aces in exchange for Aldrech Ramos.[3] With this trade, he reunited with his former coach at Cebuana, Luigi Trillo.[4]
On February 23, 2021, Alaska traded Manuel, along with two draft picks, to Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters for Brian Heruela and three draft picks.[5]
On November 5, 2021, Manuel, along with Michael Calisaan, was traded to NorthPort Batang Pier for Sean Anthony, Sean Manganti and a 2021 second round draft pick.[6] He never played for NorthPort as he was traded on November 8 to the San Miguel Beermen for Arwind Santos.[7]
On September 4, 2022, Manuel won his first ever PBA Championship Philippine Cup
PBA career statistics
edit| Legend | |||||
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| 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 2022–23 season[8][9]
Season-by-season averages
edit| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2012–13 | GlobalPort | 36 | 17.9 | .477 | .000 | .606 | 4.1 | .5 | .6 | .3 | 8.1 |
| Meralco | |||||||||||
| Air21 | |||||||||||
| 2013–14 | Air21 | 40 | 17.4 | .541 | — | .698 | 4.5 | .5 | .2 | .2 | 7.8 |
| Alaska | |||||||||||
| 2014–15 | Alaska | 57 | 18.0 | .500 | — | .672 | 4.6 | 1.0 | .5 | .3 | 8.6 |
| 2015–16 | Alaska | 41 | 21.7 | .535 | .000 | .718 | 6.2 | 1.0 | .7 | .6 | 13.7 |
| 2016–17 | Alaska | 26 | 20.2 | .493 | — | .744 | 5.2 | .7 | .3 | .6 | 12.9 |
| 2017–18 | Alaska | 50 | 21.5 | .485 | .400 | .716 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | .4 | 16.0 |
| 2019 | Alaska | 22 | 23.8 | .450 | .000 | .851 | 5.0 | .8 | .6 | .3 | 13.2 |
| 2020 | Alaska | 12 | 27.1 | .444 | — | .761 | 6.1 | 2.2 | .6 | .5 | 15.6 |
| 2021 | Phoenix | 23 | 21.5 | .482 | .333 | .680 | 5.0 | 1.3 | .3 | .7 | 13.0 |
| San Miguel | |||||||||||
| 2022–23 | San Miguel | 46 | 16.3 | .521 | — | .694 | 2.9 | .8 | .3 | .3 | 9.8 |
| 2023–24 | San Miguel | 12 | 5.0 | .500 | — | 1.000 | .7 | .3 | — | .1 | 2.3 |
| Career | 365 | 19.2 | .496 | .227 | .708 | 4.5 | .9 | .5 | .4 | 11.1 | |
References
edit- ^ "Draft Focus: Vic Manuel is a Man Amongst Boys". Nikko Ramos, SLAMonline Philippines. August 14, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ^ "Air 21 sends Noy Baclao, John Wilson to Meralco for Vic Manuel, Carlo Sharma". Rey Joble, InterAKTV. July 12, 2013. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ^ "Alaska Aces acquire Vic Manuel, send Aldrech Ramos to Air21". GMANetwork.com. March 10, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ^ Badua, Snow (March 10, 2014). "Vic Manuel feels lucky to have landed at Alaska rather than at San Mig. Find out why". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ^ "Alaska sends Vic Manuel to Phoenix for Brian Heruela". PBA.ph. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- ^ "Phoenix trades Vic Manuel to NorthPort for Sean Anthony". PBA.ph. November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Vic Manuel, Arwind Santos trade places". PBA.ph. November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "Vic Manuel Player Profile, San Miguel Beermen - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09.
- ^ "Vic Manuel Player Profile, San Miguel Beermen - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.