Nico Salva

Nico Salva

Salva receiving the Finals MVP award during the 2010 Philippine Collegiate Championship.
No. 78 – Mahindra Floodbuster
Position Small forward
League PBA
Personal information
Born (1990-03-08) March 8, 1990
Quezon City, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school San Beda College
College Ateneo de Manila University
PBA draft 2013 Round: 2 / Pick: 11th overall
Selected by the GlobalPort Batang Pier
Playing career 2013–present
Career history
2013–2014 GlobalPort Batang Pier
2014–2015 Barako Bull Energy
2015–2016 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2016–present Mahindra Floodbuster
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Southeast Asian Games
2011 Jakarta Team

Nicolas Raymond J. Salva (born March 8, 1990) is a Filipino basketball player for the Mahindra Floodbuster of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was selected 11th overall in the 2013 PBA draft by the Batang Pier.[1]

College career

Salva played college basketball for Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) for five years. In all of those years, Salva has won a UAAP championship and was the Finals MVP in 2011 and 2012, his final two years in college.

Professional career

GlobalPort Batang Pier (2013–2014)

Salva was drafted by GlobalPort Batang Pier eleventh overall in the 2013 PBA draft.

Barako Bull Energy (2014–2015)

On June 4, 2014, Salva and Bonbon Custodio was traded by GlobalPort to Barako Bull Energy for Ronjay Buenafe and a 2015 second round pick.[2]

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (2015–2016)

On August 25, 2015, Salva and a 2016 first round pick was traded by Barako Bull to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel for Josh Urbiztondo, Jens Knuttel, Emman Monfort.

Mahindra Floodbuster (2016–present)

On November 15, 2016, Salva was traded by Barangay Ginebra for Mahindra Floodbuster's 2017 second round pick.

PBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  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 October 19, 2016[3]

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 GlobalPort 24 11.9 .310 .143 .824 2.0 .5 .2 .0 3.3
2014–15 Barako Bull 18 6.8 .321 .333 1.000 .9 .2 .0 .0 2.4
2015–16 Barangay Ginebra 16 6.3 .304 .214 .750 1.0 .2 .0 .2 2.1
Career 58 8.8 .312 .225 .846 1.4 .3 .1 .1 2.7

References

  1. ↑ COMPLETE 2013 PBA DRAFT RESULTS | Philippine Basketball Association PBA
  2. ↑ "GlobalPort continues trade spree, gets Ronjay Buenafe from Barako for Salva, Custodio". InterAksyon. June 4, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Player Profile at PBA-Online!
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