League PBA Pro career 1981–1999 Weight 92 kg Nationality Filipino Name Manny Victorino College Jose Rizal University | Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Role Basketball Player Listed weight 202 lb (92 kg) Height 1.96 m | |
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1981–1986 Similar Abet Guidaben, Robert Jaworski, Jerry Codiñera | ||
Pba legend manny victorino
Manuel "Manny" Victorino (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association.
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Myki Victorino on Wowowee
Player profile
Victorino is a 6–foot–5 slotman with the speed and skills of a small man. He is an impressive post-up player with a sweeping hook shot down the middle. He is also a dead-eye perimeter shooter and an excellent fastbreak finisher despite his size. Victorino ran the wings like a small forward and finished strong, usually with a powerful slam dunk.
The former Jose Rizal Heavy Bomber in the NCAA first caught the attention of cage buffs when he made it as alternate in the RP Youth team which took part in the 1979 World Youth Basketball championship held in Brazil. He entered the PBA in 1981 and was taken by Presto Fun Drinks, from their farm team in the MICAA. Victorino went on to hold his own at a time when all-time greats like Ramon Fernandez and Abet Guidaben were lording it over in the league. His stock climbed phenomenally in a span of few years, and was already challenging Fernandez and company for supremacy inside the paint.
His finest season came in 1984 when he won two titles for Great Taste. He was named the league's Most Improved Player and earned a spot on the Mythical Team for the first time alongside Guidaben, Fernandez, Atoy Co and teammate Ricardo Brown.
In his 15–year basketball career, he scored 9,596 points in 727 games for a 13.2 point average and collected 4,450 rebounds, 1,035 assists, 817 shot blocks and 222 steals. He was the 18th player to hit the 5000–point mark in 1987 with Shell and was the seventh player to reach the 1,000 rebound plateau on both the offensive and defensive ends.
He last won a PBA Championship with Purefoods in the 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup. He later played a few games in the Metropolitan Basketball Association with the Cagayan de Oro Nuggets in 1998 and the Surigao Miners in 1999 and before calling it quits.
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his family. He also plays regularly during Legends games.
Other media
Victorino appeared with his son Myki in ABS-CBN's former noontime show, Wowowee in 2009. He also competed in TV5's dance reality show Shall We Dance?.