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Calvin Oftana
No. 8 – TNT Tropang Giga
PositionSmall forward / Power forward
LeaguePBA
Personal information
Born (1996-01-03) January 3, 1996 (age 28)
Danao City, Cebu, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolAsian College - Dumaguete
CollegeSan Beda University
PBA draft2020: 1st round, 3rd overall[a]
Selected by the NLEX Road Warriors
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021–2022NLEX Road Warriors
2022–presentTNT Tropang Giga
Career highlights and awards

Calvin John Oftana (born January 3, 1996) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for the San Beda Red Lions in the NCAA.[1] He plays both the small forward and the power forward positions. He has also played as a shooting guard during college.[2][3]

Early life

Oftana was born in Danao City, Cebu but grew up in Siaton after his parents split up.[4] He was raised by his mother along with his nine siblings.[5] He did track and field, winning a 100-meter sprint in a district meet when he was Grade 6.[6][7] He was also a volleyball spiker.[5] When he got a growth spurt in high school, he was encouraged to try basketball. He played it in fiesta opens.[4]

High school career

When Oftana was in second year high school, he was discovered by Coach Mike Villahermosa of Asian College-Dumaguete.[6] He convinced Oftana's mother to let Calvin play basketball for him. Under Coach Villahermosa, Oftana learned the basics of basketball. He also watched YouTube videos of shooting and dribbling drills to hone his skills further.[7]

College career

Oftana first played for the San Beda Red Lions in Season 92.[1] He won titles with San Beda from 2016–2018.[8][9][10] He was a backup to Art Dela Cruz and Javee Mocon during this time, as he developed his work ethic.[5]

In Season 95, Oftana took on a bigger role.[11] He had a near triple-double with ten points, ten rebounds, and seven assists in a win against the San Sebastian Stags.[12] For that performance, he was given Player of the Week honors.[13] He had a career-best of 27 points and nine rebounds against the CSB Blazers.[14] He won Player of the Week again after scoring a personal-best 29 points while adding nine rebounds, five assists, and two steals in San Beda's rematch over the Blazers.[15] He won MVP after averaging 15.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.2 blocks, becoming the eighth MVP to hail from San Beda (the first since Sudan Daniel in 2010), and finishing 18–0 in the eliminations as they gained an outright Finals berth.[16] They lost to the Letran Knights in three games.[17]

Professional career

NLEX Road Warriors (2021–2022)

In 2021, Oftana declared for the PBA Season 46 draft.[18] He was offered to be included in the special Gilas round during the draft, but he declined.[19] He was drafted with the third pick during the first round by the NLEX Road Warriors.[20] In their elimination round match against the Meralco Bolts, he had 34 points on 8-of-11 shooting on three-pointers and 12-of-18 from the field in 29 minutes of play; breaking the all-time record in three point attempts made by a rookie at eighth, erasing the 34-year mark of Allan Caidic at seven.[21] He scored the game-winning layup with 6.1 seconds left as NLEX got an 81–80 win in the quarterfinals.[22] On February 11, 2022, during a 100–110 loss against the Meralco Bolts, Oftana exited the game in the fourth quarter after suffering an injury. It was later revealed to be a fractured left ring finger, and was subsequently ruled out for six weeks.[23] Despite not being able to finish the season, he still made it to the PBA All-Rookie team.[24]

In Oftana's first game since the injury (which was also NLEX's season-opener for the 2022 season), he scored 18 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to help his team outscore the Terrafirma Dyip and complete their comeback win.[25] Against the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters, he made a three-pointer that sent the game into overtime.[26] The Road Warriors won in overtime, and he finished with 22 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists, two steals, and two blocks. He then had 18 points against the NorthPort Batang Pier as NLEX claimed the 6th seed.[27] In Game 3 of their Philippine Cup playoff series against the Magnolia Hotshots, he had 32 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals, but he wasn't able to score in overtime and Magnolia went on to eliminate them.[28]

TNT Tropang Giga (2022–present)

On September 19, 2022, Oftana was traded to the TNT Tropang Giga in a three-team trade involving TNT, NLEX, and Blackwater Bossing.[29] Prior to playing a game with the team, he signed a three-year contract extension on October 4.[30]

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

As of the end of 2021 season[31]

Season-by-season averages

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021 NLEX 19 22.9 .456 .319 .744 5.9 1.7 .6 .6 10.4
Career 19 22.9 .456 .319 .744 5.9 1.7 .6 .6 10.4

National team career

In 2020, Oftana was called up to the national team to play against Thailand. In that contest, he scored 9 points on 3-of-5 shooting along with 4 rebounds and 4 assists.[32]

In 2022, Oftana made his return to the national team for the fourth window of qualifying for the 2023 World Cup.[33] He played against Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.[33][2]

Notes

  1. ^ The 2021 draft was composed of two drafts: the Gilas special round, which consists of 4 players reserved for the Gilas Pilipinas program, and the regular draft. Oftana was selected as the third pick of the regular draft.

References

  1. ^ a b Li, Matthew (June 22, 2016). "San Beda Red Lions: NCAA Season 92 Starter Pack". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Agcaoili, Lance (August 30, 2022). "Marc Pingris impressed by Gilas' Calvin Oftana". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Dumaguete City shooting guard named NCAA MVP". Watchmen Daily Journal. November 12, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Henson, Joaquin (November 27, 2020). "Another Calvin joins Gilas". Philstar.com. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Riego, Normie (July 2, 2022). "With Calvin Oftana at the wheel, NLEX are in good hands for road ahead". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Calvin Oftana: Soaring from Siaton to San Beda | ABS-CBN Sports". web.archive.org. August 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Sacamos, Karlo (August 5, 2022). "YouTube-taught late-bloomer Calvin Oftana in line for another Gilas call-up". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  8. ^ Bracher, Jane (October 11, 2016). "San Beda sweeps Arellano for record 20th NCAA title". RAPPLER. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  9. ^ Marquez, CJ (November 16, 2017). "San Beda captures second straight NCAA basketball title". cnn. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  10. ^ Naredo, Camille B. (November 12, 2018). "NCAA: San Beda sweeps Lyceum for third straight crown". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  11. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (July 26, 2019). "Amid recruitment offers, Oftana glad to stay at San Beda as he inherits Mocon role". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  12. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (July 26, 2019). "Oftana overshadows 'Bandana Bros' as San Beda rips San Sebastian to sustain streak". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  13. ^ "San Beda forward Calvin Oftana named NCAA Player of the Week". Spin.ph. July 28, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  14. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (August 23, 2019). "San Beda shows St. Benilde how it's done to stay unbeaten in NCAA for a year". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  15. ^ "Calvin Oftana voted NCAA Player of the Week for second time in Season 95". Spin.ph. October 13, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  16. ^ "Calvin Oftana is NCAA Season 95 MVP, becomes eighth San Beda player to win". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  17. ^ Isaga, JR (November 19, 2019). "Letran ends San Beda reign, captures NCAA crown". RAPPLER. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  18. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (January 26, 2021). "Calvin Oftana foregoing final year at San Beda to enter PBA Rookie Draft". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  19. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (February 12, 2021). "Why Calvin Oftana, William Navarro aren't part of special Gilas draft". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  20. ^ Li, Matthew (March 14, 2021). "PBA Draft: Calvin Oftana finds home in NLEX". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  21. ^ Ramos, Gerry (September 22, 2021). "Rookie Calvin Oftana breaks Caidic record in head-turning performance". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  22. ^ Terrado, Reuben (September 29, 2021). "Calvin Oftana nails winner as NLEX forces rubber match vs Meralco". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  23. ^ Li, Matthew (February 11, 2022). "Calvin Oftana out six weeks due to fractured ring finger". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  24. ^ Joble, Rey (June 25, 2022). "Sky is the limit for Oftana". The Manila Times. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  25. ^ Ramos, Gerry (June 8, 2022). "Fit-again Calvin Oftana wastes no time making presence felt for NLEX". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  26. ^ Terrado, Reuben (June 30, 2022). "Oftana to the rescue as NLEX survives Phoenix comeback". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  27. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 22, 2022). "NLEX pounces on shorthanded NorthPort to claim No. 6 seed". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  28. ^ "Jalalon plays hero as Magnolia survives NLEX in OT, sets semis date vs TNT". RAPPLER. July 31, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  29. ^ Ramos, Gerry (September 19, 2022). "Rosario now a Bossing, Oftana goes to TNT as PBA approves trade". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  30. ^ Ramos, Gerry (October 4, 2022). "Prized TNT acquisition Calvin Oftana signed to 3-year extension". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
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  32. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (December 1, 2020). "Oftana insists no hard feelings after cut in first game, proves worth in Gilas debut". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  33. ^ a b Ramos, Gerry (August 23, 2022). "Why Calvin Oftana is ecstatic in second Gilas stint". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
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