 Cruz in 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1984-12-31) December 31, 1984 (age 39) Manila, Philippines | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||
| High school | UPIS (Quezon City) | |||||||||||
| College | UP | |||||||||||
| PBA draft | 2007: 2nd round, 14th overall pick | |||||||||||
| Selected by the Air21 Express | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2007–2013 | |||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Air21 Express / Burger King Whoppers | |||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Coca-Cola Tigers | |||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Bangkok Cobras | |||||||||||
| 2013 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | |||||||||||
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Marvin Lu Cruz (born December 31, 1984) is a Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the older brother of Mark Cruz.
Player Achievements
RP-Harbour Team
Cruz once played as starting point guard for the SEABA gold winner RP-Harbour Team.
He led the PBL in assists and made the Mythical Five, then he also made the All-Tournament team in the PBL Silver Cup while playing for Toyota Balintawak.
With UP Integrated School, he led his team to its first-ever UAAP juniors title in 2002, when he was also named Finals Most Valuable Player. He was also a Mythical Five member in the 69th UAAP season.
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 |
Season-by-season averages
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | Air21 | 49 | 10.5 | .434 | .263 | .672 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .4 | .0 | 3.7 |
| 2008–09 | Air21 / Burger King | 41 | 11.8 | .372 | .071 | .795 | 1.6 | 1.9 | .4 | .0 | 3.5 |
| 2009–10 | Coca-Cola | 37 | 17.3 | .543 | .667 | .692 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | .0 | 4.6 |
| 2010–11 | Barako Bull | 13 | 16.3 | .239 | .200 | .588 | 2.5 | 2.0 | .6 | .0 | 2.5 |
| 2012–13 | GlobalPort | 5 | 8.4 | .286 | .000 | — | .4 | .2 | .4 | .0 | .8 |
| Career | 145 | 13.1 | .424 | .235 | .703 | 1.7 | 1.8 | .6 | .0 | 3.7 | |
References
- "Welcome to the Air21 Express Basketball Team » Marvin Cruz". Archived from the original on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- "Marvin Cruz Player Profile, North Port Batang Pier, News, Stats - Asia-Basket".
- "Marvin Cruz Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015.
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