| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 22, 1978 Quezon City, Metro Manila |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | University of the Philippines Integrated School |
| College | University of the Philippines Diliman |
| PBA draft | 2000: 1st round, 1st overall |
| Selected by the Sta. Lucia Realtors | |
| Playing career | 2000–2011 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 8 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2000-2010 | Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| 2010-2011 | Powerade Tigers |
| As coach: | |
| 2013-present | UPIS Junior Maroons |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Paolo Mendoza (born April 22, 1978) in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He last played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Powerade Tigers. He was drafted by Sta. Lucia in 2000 as the first overall.[1][2]
Player Profile
Paolo Mendoza is a certified scoring machine in his high school (UPIS) and collegiate (UP) days where he was scoring above 40 points. In an instance, he holds the UAAP junior record of most points in a single game at 69 when he led University of the Philippines Integrated School to victory over University of the East in 1994. In fact, Mendoza's 48 points – the highest output made by collegiate player – in the 1997 UAAP season stays unbreakable until now.
He is one of the factors that allowed the Realtors to capture the 2001 Governor's Cup championship, the first-ever PBA title of the team. Mendoza, along with Marlou Aquino and Dennis Espino were the last and remaining members of that 2001 champion team before the Sta. Lucia Realtors finally disbanded in 2010.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sta. Lucia | 40 | 23.9 | .387 | .287 | .817 | 2.4 | 2.1 | .4 | .1 | 8.0 |
| 2001 | Sta. Lucia | 49 | 26.2 | .379 | .301 | .830 | 2.2 | 2.9 | .3 | .1 | 9.8 |
| 2002 | Sta. Lucia | 33 | 27.0 | .399 | .352 | .893 | 2.6 | 2.6 | .5 | .1 | 11.0 |
| 2003 | Sta. Lucia | 47 | 29.8 | .329 | .312 | .825 | 2.8 | 2.6 | .6 | .0 | 8.1 |
| 2004–05 | Sta. Lucia | 52 | 28.6 | .328 | .361 | .590 | 2.2 | 2.5 | .4 | .1 | 8.1 |
| 2005–06 | Sta. Lucia | 36 | 26.9 | .344 | .343 | .622 | 2.6 | 3.3 | .4 | .1 | 9.1 |
| 2006–07 | Sta. Lucia | 46 | 24.0 | .358 | .354 | .650 | 2.3 | 2.3 | .4 | .0 | 8.2 |
| 2007–08 | Sta. Lucia | 50 | 14.9 | .373 | .340 | .792 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .3 | .1 | 5.5 |
| 2008–09 | Sta. Lucia | 40 | 13.9 | .325 | .311 | .800 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .4 | .1 | 4.5 |
| 2009–10 | Sta. Lucia | 26 | 15.5 | .303 | .292 | .750 | 1.4 | 1.4 | .2 | .0 | 3.5 |
| Coca-Cola | |||||||||||
| 2010–11 | Powerade | 14 | 14.1 | .258 | .300 | — | 1.6 | .9 | .1 | .0 | 1.6 |
| Career | 433 | 23.1 | .355 | .332 | .775 | 2.0 | 2.2 | .4 | .1 | 7.5 | |
References
- ^ Waylon Galvez (1 November 2017). "PBA: Kiefer can easily adjust – Paolo Mendoza". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ Reuben Terrado (26 October 2013). "Eyed for UP coaching job, Paolo Mendoza glad to help in any way he can". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Paolo Mendoza Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017.
External links
- Profile at Asia-basket.com
- Statistics at worldhoopstats.com
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