Sunday Salvacion

Sunday Salvacion (born December 17, 1978) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He played the small forward and shooting guard positions. Salvacion played college basketball for the De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) Blazers before spending twelve years in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Salvacion also played in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) and the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).

Sunday Salvacion

Personal information
Born	(1978-12-17) December 17, 1978 (age 45) Tago, Surigao del Sur, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Rizal Memorial Colleges (Davao City)
College	Olivarez College (1998) Benilde (1999–2002)
PBA draft	2003: 2nd round, 11th overall pick
Selected by the Barangay Ginebra Kings
Playing career	2003–2018
Position	Small forward / shooting guard
Career history
As player:
2003–2010	Barangay Ginebra Kings
2010	Barako Bull Energy Boosters
2010–2011	Petron Blaze Boosters
2011–2012	Barako Bull Energy
2012–2014	Meralco Bolts
2014–2015	Blackwater Elite
2015	Pilipinas MX3 Kings
2016	GlobalPort Batang Pier
2018	Navotas Clutch
As coach:
2018	Navotas Clutch (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
5× PBA champion (2004 Fiesta, 2004–05 Philippine, 2006–07 Philippine, 2008 Fiesta, 2011 Governors') PBA All-Star (2007) PBA 2-Ball Challenge co-champion (2003) NCAA Philippines MVP (2002) NCAA Champion (2000) NCAA Philippines Rookie of the Year (1999)

Career

Known as a scorer during his college days, Salvacion, who was a former NCAA Most Valuable Player has evolved into a solid defender and a clutch shooter that placed him in the regular rotation of the Barangay Ginebra Kings. Salvacion (which when translated in English means "salvation") is one of the best shooters the PBA has produced.

Known to elevate his game during the playoffs, Salvacion's contribution was more evident during Ginebra's championship runs on the 2004–2005 and 2006–2007 Philippine Cup where he proved to be one of the key players.

On September 12, 2014, he and Jason Ballesteros were sent to Blackwater Elite in a three-way trade involving NLEX Road Warriors and Meralco Bolts. NLEX obtained Blackwater's 2016 and 2017 2nd round pick along with the draft rights for Juneric Baloria. Meralco received Sean Anthony from NLEX via Blackwater as third party.^[1]

In September 2015, Salvacion was signed by the Pacquiao Powervit Pilipinas Aguilas, which later became known as the Pilipinas MX3 Kings, of the ABL as one of the team's local players. However, in December 2015, Salvacion, along with Emmerson Oreta, Charles Mammie, Chad Alonzo, Jondan Salvador, and Adrian Celada were released by the Pilipinas MX3 Kings after a roster overhaul.

Salvacion later became part of the Navotas Clutch of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as a playing assistant coach to Elvis Tolentino.^[2]

PBA career statistics

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

^[3][4]

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003	Barangay Ginebra	35	16.5	.382	.289	.714	2.9	.5	.3	.0	6.5
2004–05	Barangay Ginebra	76	19.8	.343	.319	.625	3.1	.7	.3	.2	5.3
2005–06	Barangay Ginebra	41	13.6	.387	.250	.706	2.4	.3	.1	.1	3.7
2006–07	Barangay Ginebra	52	26.9	.470	.316	.767	5.0	.9	.2	.2	10.6
2007–08	Barangay Ginebra	45	18.0	.336	.330	.800	3.5	.8	.1	.0	6.4
2008–09	Barangay Ginebra	40	21.3	.357	.323	.580	3.8	1.0	.1	.1	9.5
2009–10	Barangay Ginebra	35	16.2	.362	.324	.800	3.4	.5	.2	.0	6.1
2010–11	Barako Bull	55	20.0	.349	.316	.714	3.2	.6	.2	.1	7.2
	San Miguel
2011–12	Barako Bull	20	17.1	.320	.294	.500	1.8	.6	.4	.1	5.5
2012–13	Meralco	42	20.4	.354	.350	.750	2.9	.5	.2	.1	6.7
2013–14	Meralco	25	14.8	.368	.347	.900	1.4	.2	.2	.0	5.0
2014–15	Blackwater	20	15.5	.325	.269	.800	1.7	.4	.2	.1	6.0
2015–16	GlobalPort	6	11.3	.500	.429	.333	1.2	.0	.2	.2	2.7
Career		492	18.9	.368	.317	.717	3.1	.6	.2	.1	6.6

Personal life

Salvacion now resides in Antipolo along with his mother, sister and his wife.

References

1. "Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer". Dugout.ph. Dugout Philippines. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
2. Jacinto, Christian (10 February 2018). "Aquino, David not the only ex-PBA cagers giving hoops career one last shot in MPBL. See List". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
3. "Sunday Salvacion Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14.
4. "Sunday Salvacion Player Profile - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.