Calvin Oftana

Calvin John Oftana (born January 3, 1996) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the NLEX Road Warriors 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.

Calvin Oftana
No. 3 – NLEX Road Warriors
PositionSmall forward / Power forward
LeaguePBA
Personal information
Born (1996-01-03) January 3, 1996
Danao City, Cebu, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
CollegeSan Beda University
PBA draft2020 Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall[lower-alpha 1]
Selected by the NLEX Road Warriors
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021–presentNLEX Road Warriors
Career highlights and awards

College career

Oftana first played for the San Beda Red Lions in Season 92.[1] He won titles with San Beda from 2016–2018.[2][3][4]

In Season 95, Oftana took on a bigger role.[5] He had a near triple-double with ten points, ten rebounds, and seven assists in a win against the San Sebastian Stags.[6] For that performance, he was given Player of the Week honors.[7] He had a career-best of 27 points and nine rebounds against the CSB Blazers.[8] 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.[9] 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[10] They lost to the Letran Knights in three games.[11]

Professional career

In 2021, Oftana declared for the PBA Season 46 draft.[12] He was offered to be included in the special Gilas round during the draft, but he declined.[13] He was drafted with the third pick during the first round by the NLEX Road Warriors.[14] 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.[15] He scored the game-winning layup with 6.1 seconds left as NLEX got an 81–80 win in the quarterfinals.[16] 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.[17]

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[18]

Season-by-season averages
Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021 NLEX 1922.9.456.319.7445.91.7.6.610.4
Career 1922.9.456.319.7445.91.7.6.610.4

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.[19]

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. Li, Matthew (June 22, 2016). "San Beda Red Lions: NCAA Season 92 Starter Pack". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. Bracher, Jane (October 11, 2016). "San Beda sweeps Arellano for record 20th NCAA title". RAPPLER. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. Marquez, CJ (November 16, 2017). "San Beda captures second straight NCAA basketball title". cnn. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. Naredo, Camille B. (November 12, 2018). "NCAA: San Beda sweeps Lyceum for third straight crown". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "San Beda forward Calvin Oftana named NCAA Player of the Week". Spin.ph. July 28, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  8. 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.
  9. "Calvin Oftana voted NCAA Player of the Week for second time in Season 95". Spin.ph. October 13, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  10. "Calvin Oftana is NCAA Season 95 MVP, becomes eighth San Beda player to win". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  11. Isaga, JR (November 19, 2019). "Letran ends San Beda reign, captures NCAA crown". RAPPLER. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  12. 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.
  13. Leongson, Randolph B. (February 12, 2021). "Why Calvin Oftana, William Navarro aren't part of special Gilas draft". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  14. Li, Matthew (March 14, 2021). "PBA Draft: Calvin Oftana finds home in NLEX". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  15. Ramos, Gerry (September 22, 2021). "Rookie Calvin Oftana breaks Caidic record in head-turning performance". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  16. Terrado, Reuben (September 29, 2021). "Calvin Oftana nails winner as NLEX forces rubber match vs Meralco". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  17. Li, Matthew (February 11, 2022). "Calvin Oftana out six weeks due to fractured ring finger". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
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  19. 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.
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