No. 10 – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ||||||||||
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Position | Center / Power forward | |||||||||
League | PBA | |||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||
Born |
Manila, Philippines |
February 22, 1989 |||||||||
Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||
Listed weight | 223 lb (101 kg) | |||||||||
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High school | San Beda College | |||||||||
College | San Beda College | |||||||||
PBA draft | 2012 Round: 2 / Pick: 12th overall | |||||||||
Selected by the Barako Bull Energy Cola | ||||||||||
Playing career | 2012–present | |||||||||
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2012–2015 | Barako Bull Energy Cola / Barako Bull Energy | |||||||||
2015–present | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | |||||||||
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David Paul M. "Dave" Marcelo (born February 22, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Marcelo was drafted by Barako Bull in the 2012 PBA draft as the 12th overall pick.
Marcelo studied and played for the San Beda Red Lions from 2007 from 2011 together graduated with Garvo Lanete and Mar Villahermosa. The Red Lions won 4 out of 5 championships with them. He was well known for his inside scoring and rebounding.
On his last year with the Red Lions, they faced the JRU Heavy Bombers in the semifinals after beating San Sebastian Stags in the top-seed playoff. They won over the Heavy Bombers, 83–74, to advance to the Finals then the Stags won over the Letran Knights in the second game of their semifinals, 63–56. The Part III of the Red Lions–Stags rivalry started when the Red Lions won 75–63 in Game One. In Game Two of the Finals, there was a hard-fought battle when they outscored the Stags in the low-scoring fourth quarter, 9–5, as Pascual missed a three-point field goal that could have won over the Red Lions as the Red Lions won, 57–55, to get their 16th championship, tying Letran.
Marcelo played for the NLEX Road Warriors in the PBA Developmental League also together with Lanete. In his last conference with the Road Warriors, they completed a 13–0 sweep at the end of the conference.
Marcelo declared himself for the 2012 PBA draft. There, he was drafted 12th overall by the Barako Bull Energy Cola.