Rommel Adducul Explained

Rommel Adducul
Position:Assistant coach
League:UAAP
Team:Adamson Soaring Falcons
Nationality:Filipino
Birth Date:21 April 1976
Birth Place:Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines
Height Ft:6
Height In:6
Weight Lbs:230
College:San Sebastian
Draft Year Pba:2003
Draft Round Pba:1
Draft Pick Pba:2
Draft Team Pba:Barangay Ginebra Kings
Career Start:1998
Career End:2013
Coach Start:2013
Career Number:10, 17, 82
Career Position:Center
Years1:1998–2000
Team1:Manila Metrostars
Years2:2001
Team2:LBC-Batangas Blades
Years3:2002
Team3:Osaka-Pangasinan Waves
Years4:2003–2006
Team4:Barangay Ginebra Kings
Years5:2006–2007
Team5:San Miguel Beermen
Years6:2007–2011
Team6:Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants / B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados
Years7:2011–2012
Team7:Powerade Tigers
Years8:2012–2013
Team8:GlobalPort Batang Pier
Cyears1:2013–2014
Cteam1:GlobalPort Batang Pier (assistant)
Cyears2:2014–2020
Cteam2:Lyceum (assistant)
Cyears3:2019–2021
Cteam3:Blackwater Elite / Blackwater Bossing (assistant)
Cyears4:2021–present
Cteam4:Adamson (assistant)
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Rommel Adducul (born April 21, 1976) is a Filipino former professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Adamson Soaring Falcons of the UAAP.

Career

In college, Adducul, a three-time Most Valuable Player, led the San Sebastian Stags to five consecutive NCAA basketball championships from 1993 to 1997. He won the NCAA Seniors Most valuable Player (MVP) back-to-back from 1996 and 1997.

At the same time, he was a star in the Philippine Basketball League playing for the defunct Chowking Food Masters, his UAAP counterpart at that time and later Arch-rival was Danny Ildefonso.

In 1998, Adducul joined the Philippines' second professional league, the now defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association. In 1999, he led the Manila Metrostars to a championship together with American Alex Compton, and was awarded with the Play-off MVP and the Finals MVP. In 2000, Adducul was named MBA Most Valuable Player. In 2001, the Metrostars merged with the Batangas Blades and the coalition team won that year's championship. Unfortunately, the league did not last long and Adducul ended his career in the MBA with the Pangasinan Waves in 2002.

Adducul is a many-time member of the Philippine national basketball team. In 1994,he played for the Philippines at the 19-and-under FIBA Asia Championship. Then, he led the country to four consecutive Southeast Asia Basketball Association championships (1998–2001). He also led the national team to three consecutive South East Asian Games gold medals (1997, 1999, 2001). Adducul is a three-time member of the FIBA Asia All-Star Selection (1997, 1998, 2000) and in 2000, he led the All-Star team against the Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars.

At the same year, he returned briefly in the Philippine Basketball League and won that year's MVP award.

In 2003, he was drafted 2nd overall by the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association. He won two consecutive championships with the Kings in the 2004 and 2005 PBA seasons.

In October 2006, he was traded to the San Miguel Beermen in a three-way trade involving the Barangay Ginebra and the Red Bull Barako.

In May 2007, he was traded to Red Bull for Enrico Villanueva.

After two days of trading him to the Red Bull, Adducul was shipped to the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants for Don Camaso.

PBA career statistics

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Season-by-season averages

|-| align=left | | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| 40 || 28.4 || .479 || — || .448 || 8.4 || 1.1 || .4 || .7 || 8.1|-| align=left | | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| 74 || 25.6 || .499 || .000 || .373 || 8.1 || 1.1 || .3 || .8 || 9.3|-| align=left | | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| 34 || 27.0 || .469 || .000 || .474 || 8.5 || 1.1 || .2 || .9 || 8.9|-| align=left rowspan=3| | align=left | Barangay Ginebra| rowspan=3|49 || rowspan=3|16.2 || rowspan=3|.469 || rowspan=3|.000 || rowspan=3|.495 || rowspan=3|5.6 || rowspan=3|.8 || rowspan=3|.2 || rowspan=3|.6 || rowspan=3|5.0|-| align=left | San Miguel|-| align=left | Purefoods|-| align=left | | align=left | Purefoods| 32 || 21.2 || .520 || — || .470 || 7.1 || .5 || .2 || .8 || 6.0|-| align=left | | align=left | Purefoods| 14 || 13.6 || .500 || — || .615 || 2.9 || .4 || .1 || .1 || 3.3|-| align=left | | align=left | Purefoods / B-Meg Derby Ace| 32 || 6.9 || .365 || — || .480 || 1.7 || .1 || .0 || .2 || 1.6|-| align=left | | align=left | B-Meg Derby Ace| 27 || 8.9 || .435 || — || .267 || 2.9 || .2 || .1 || .3 || 2.1|-| align=left | | align=left | Powerade| 40 || 15.6 || .444 || .000 || .360 || 4.0 || .6 || .3 || .7 || 3.5|-| align=left | | align=left | GlobalPort| 14 || 8.1 || .450 || — || .500 || 1.8 || .2 || .1 || .1 || 1.4|-class=sortbottom| align="center" colspan="2" | Career| 356 || 13.6 || .479 || .000 || .432 || 5.9 || .7 || .2 || .6 || 5.8

Personal life

Adducul was diagnosed with nasopharynx cancer. This condition prevented him from playing in the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference to undergo chemotherapy, but has since returned.[2] On May 3 Startalk, Romel said in an interview: "Right now, I'm doing fine because I see the improvement [from the chemo], the mass is shrinking; The radiation, 35 sessions, five times a week. The chemo is 6 cycles. I have my third cycle on Thursday, and after two more weeks I'll be finished with my last cycle which is three sessions. One week in the hospital...it's really hard but I have to do it."[3]

Awards and achievements

Collegiate achievements

PBL achievements

MBA achievements

PBA achievements

International career highlights

Club and Country

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rommel Adducul Player Profile - PBA-Online.net . PBA-Online.net.
  2. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=113197 Adducul battles Big C
  3. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/93197/PBA-player-Rommel-Adducul-fights-the-Big-C GMA NEWS.TV, PBA player Rommel Adducul fights the 'Big C'