Amal Omari McCaskill (born October 28, 1973 in Maywood, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player, at the center position.

After a four-year career at Marquette University, McCaskill was selected by the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic with the 49th pick (2nd round) of the 1996 NBA Draft. He appeared in 4 seasons with as many teams: 1996-97 with Orlando, 2001-02 with the San Antonio Spurs, 2002-03 with the Atlanta Hawks and 2003-04 with the Philadelphia 76ers.

After his release from Orlando in 1997 (and Philadelphia in 2004), McCaskill played as an import in Greece, Spain, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Italy and Lebanon. In the United States, McCaskill also appeared for the CBA's Fort Wayne Fury in 1997-98, and the Albany Patroons (2007–08).

In June 2008, McCaskill moved to the Philippine Basketball Association, as an import for the Magnolia Beverage Masters, helping the team reach the semi-finals.^[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

• NBA.com profile
• Amal McCaskill at Basketball-Reference.com
• College stats at sportsstats.com
• ACB.com profile

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Arwind Santos

Alias	"The Spiderman"
Jersey No.	29
Position	Small forward/Power forward
Current Team	Petron Blaze Boosters
Personal Info
Country	Philippines
Born	(1981-06-10) June 10, 1981 (age 31) Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines
Height	6 ft. 4 in.
Weight	170 lbs.
College	Far Eastern University
Career Highlights
Draft	2006, 2nd overall by Air21 Express
Pro Career	2006 – present
Also played for	Air21 Express (2006-2008)
Awards Received
2002 UAAP Rookie of the Year 2003 UAAP Finals Most Valuable Player 2003 UAAP Mythical First Five 2003 UAAP Defensive Player of the Year 2004 UAAP Most Valuable Player 2004 UAAP Mythical First Five 2005 UAAP Most Valuable Player 2005 UAAP Finals Most Valuable Player 2005 UAAP Mythical First Five 2004 PBL Most Valuable Player 2004 PBL Mythical First Team 2006 PBL Mythical Second Team 2006-07 PBA All-Rookie Team 2006-07 PBA Mythical Second Team 2006-07 PBA All-Defensive Team 2007 PBA Blitz Game MVP 2007-08 PBA Mythical First Team 2007-08 PBA Defensive Player of the Year 2007-08 PBA All-Defensive Team 2008-09 PBA Mythical First Team 2008-09 PBA All-Defensive Team 2009-10 PBA Mythical First Team 2009-10 PBA All-Defensive Team 2010-11 PBA Mythical First Team 2010-11 PBA All-Defensive Team 2010-11PBA Defensive Player of the Year 2011 PBA Governors Cup Best Player of the Conference 2011 PBA Governors Cup Finals MVP 4x PBA All-Star (2008-2011)

Arwind Santos (born June 10, 1981 in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines) is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association currently playing for the Petron Blaze Boosters. Selected second overall by the Air21 Express in the 2006 PBA Draft, he also played college hoops at Far Eastern University in the UAAP and the Magnolia Ice Cream Spinners in the Philippine Basketball League.

Amateur career[link]

High School Career[link]

Santos played for Lubao Institute during his high school career. In 2000, he became well known during zonal competitions because of his hardwork on the basketball court.

UAAP career[link]

Santos arrived at the UAAP scene in 2002 with the FEU Tamaraws where he won Rookie of the Year honors. With the Tamaraws struggling to enter the Final Four, Santos was still able to put a decent performance. One of the highlights of his freshman year was a game-tying three against eventual champion Ateneo Blue Eagles.

In 2003, Santos led the Tamaraws to the UAAP title for the first time in six seasons, sweeping the Blue Eagles in the process. Santos was a candidate to win the Most Valuable Player Award, but was beaten by University of the East star James Yap. However, by leading the Tamaraws to the title, he was named Finals MVP. He was also named Defensive Player of the Year and was part of the Mythical Five together with season MVP Yap, Rich Alvarez, Paul Artadi, and Reynaldo Mendoza.^[1]

Santos would win the Most Valuable Player plum the next season (2004) but the Tamaraws lost to the De La Salle Green Archers in three crucial games. However, with the controversy that surrounded the Archers, the title was then awarded to the Morayta-based team. He also made it to the UAAP Mythical Five alongside Mark Cardona, LA Tenorio, Paolo Bugia and Dennis Miranda.

In his last year (2005) in the UAAP, he again led the team to the title by sweeping the anticipated championship rematch against the Green Archers thereby giving the FEU Tamaraws a three-peat from 2003-2005. Santos was adjudged Season MVP and Finals MVP. He was also named to the Mythical Five with Isip, Tenorio, Edwin Asoro and Joseph Yeo.

He is one of the only two players in the FEU Tamaraws that had his jersey retired. The other was Johnny Abarrientos.

Philippine Basketball League[link]

In 2003, Santos made his PBL debut for Viva Mineral Water, a team composed of fellow FEU teammates. After a slow start, he led the Water Force all the way to the PBL Unity Cup Finals, where they lost in five games to Hapee Toothpaste.

In 2004, Santos led Viva to its first PBL crown defeating Welcoat Paints in the 2004 Unity Cup. He was adjudged PBL MVP during the tournament and was part of the 2004 Mythical Five alongside former PBA players Jojo Tangkay and Chester Tolomia and teammates Dennis Miranda and Mark Isip.^[2] In 2006, he led Magnolia Ice Cream to the PBL Heroes Cup title, coming back from 0-2 deficit to defeat Welcoat Paints. In the PBL Unity Cup, Magnolia made an early exit. However, Santos still made the Mythical Second Team in his final PBL conference.^[3]

PBA career[link]

In the 2006 PBA Draft, Santos was selected second overall by the Air21 Express. He later signed a deal to play his first three seasons with the team, playing alongside Ranidel de Ocampo, Yancy de Ocampo, and KG Canaleta. He chose to wear the number 29 since his usual number 19 was already worn by Wynne Arboleda.

He ranked first among rookies in scoring during the Philippine Cup and almost led the Express to a quarterfinals appearance only to lose against the Sta. Lucia Realtors in a knockout match. He wound up with averages of 14.2 points per game (ppg), 8.3 rebounds per game (rpg), 0.9 assists per game (apg), 0.8 steals per game (spg), and 1.2 blocks per game (bpg). Because of his sterling play, he made it to the Mythical Second Team as well as the All-Defensive Team.

Santos was one of the leading contenders for the Rookie of the Year (ROY) honors at the season's end with the likes of Sta. Lucia's Kelly Williams and Welcoat's Jay-R Reyes as among the possible winners. Williams eventually won the ROY award. But Santos was part of the All-Rookie Team together with Williams, Jay-R Reyes, Jireh Ibañez and LA Tenorio.

The next season, 2007-2008 season, Santos and Williams faced each other again for the Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference (BPC) award by finishing No. 1 and 2 in the statistical points (SPs). However, despite trailing in the SPs department, Williams would win the award with Santos finishing No. 2 just like in the previous year's rookie race. Santos eventually posted numbers of 16.3 ppg (8th-best), 9.6 rpg (4th best), 1.7 apg, 1.2 spg (8th-best) and 1.5 bpg (2nd-best) on the way to earning a berth in both the Mythical First Team and All-Defensive Team. He also won the Defensive Player of the Year award. He led the Express team to a runner-up finish against Barangay Ginebra together with import Steve Thomas in the Fiesta Cup. At season's end, Santos and Williams battled it out again, this time for the MVP award, which went again to Williams (2762 points) as against Santos' 1775 points. This would be the third time that Williams edged out Santos in the race for a major award (2006-07 ROY and 2007-08 Philippine Cup BPC).^[4]

In the 2008-2009 season, Santos averaged 26.7 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.2 spg and 1.1 bpg. By virtue of his consistent play, Santos made it to the Mythical First Team for the second year in a row and the All-Defensive Team for the third straight year.^[5] This year would prove to be his last year with the Express team.

During the off season Arwind Santos finally got his wish to play for the San Miguel Beermen, the winningest team in the history of the Philippine Basketball Association. None among the officials confirmed the trade although a highly-placed source revealed that Santos was shipped to the Beermen in exchange for 6'4" power forward Marc Pingris, 6'6" sophomore center Ken Bono and San Miguel's 2010 first round pick.^[6][7]

In the 2009-2010 season, his first year with the San Miguel franchise, he shared stellar minutes with the likes of Jay Washington, Dondon Hontiveros, Danny Seigle and Alex Cabagnot. Because of this his averages dipped a bit as he posted averages of 14.6 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 7.2 apg, 1.1 spg and 1.2 bpg. He again made it to the Mythical First Team (3rd-straight) and All-Defensive Team (4th time in 4 years).

In the first round of the 2010-11 Philippine Cup, San Miguel compiled an 11-3 record while Santos averaged 16.6 points per game. In the 2011 PBA Governors Cup, he was awarded with the Best Player of the Conference.^[8] He also led his team to an improbable championship in the Governor's Cup conference over the highly favored Talk 'N Text team who were aiming to complete a rare grand slam. In so doing, he was named the Phoenix Fuels-PBA Press Corps Finals MVP.^[9] At season's end, Santos posted averages of 25.3 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 7.2 apg, 1.0 spg and 1.3 bpg on the way to earning berths in the Mythical First Team and All-Defensive Team for the 4th and 5th year in a row, respectively.

International career[link]

He also suited up for the Philippine National Team a couple of times under coach Chot Reyes in 2006 and coach Yeng Guiao in 2008.

In August 2010, Santos, along with other PBA players, was considered as a possible reinforcement for Smart Gilas, as the developmental Philippine national basketball team was looking to make the squad more competitive.^[10]

Santos also suited up for the PBA All-Stars in the NBA-Asia Challenge 2009 dubbed as "NBA Generations vs. PBA All-Stars" held last September 11, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum.^[11] The NBA Generations team featured NBA legends Dominique Wilkins, Tim Hardaway, Vlade Divac and Robert Horry and coached by NBA six-time MVP and Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Making up the PBA All-Stars line-up were PBA legends Alvin Patrimonio, Allan Caidic, Ronnie Magsanoc, Benjie Paras and Kenneth Duremdes and active players Santos, Wynne Arboleda, Japeth Aguilar, Dondon Hontiveros, Jay-R Reyes, Marc Pingris, Enrico Villanueva, Sonny Thoss, Willie Miller and Joseph Yeo.^[12] The NBA Generations defeated the PBA All-Stars 109-86 behind the efforts of Wilkins (28 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals) and Horry (10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists). The PBA All-Stars were led by Caidic, Miller and Hontiveros with 15, 14 and 10 points, respectively while Santos scored 5 points.

Santos was again selected to play in the NBA-Asia Challenge 2010 where the two teams, Red and White, were composed of a mixture of NBA and PBA legends as well as NBA D-Leaguers and active PBA players. Making up the Red team were NBA legends Glen Rice and Gary Payton, D-leaguers Darnell Lazare and Chris McCray reinforced by PBA legends Caidic, Vergel Meneses, Atoy Co and active players like Santos, Rico Maierhofer and LA Tenorio while the White team was composed of NBA legends Chris Webber and Mitch Richmond with help from D-leaguers Richie Frahm, who was also a former PBA import, and Mark Tyndale and PBA legends Paras, Magsanoc, Patrimonio and active players Hontiveros and Ronald Tubid. Santos fired 16 points along with Meneses as they supported Caidic who scored 54 points including 14 3-point shots as the Red team walloped the White team 177-167.^[13]

Personal life[link]

Santos married Karyn Maye Umayam and started living together in Sampaloc, Manila. On Dec. 9, 2005, Umayam gave birth to their first child but barely a month after, Santos left his wife and child. When Umayan found out that Santos was living with Ivette Iza Gavieres, daughter of his former FEU coach Danny Gavieres, who was pregnant, she decided to go back to her parents' house in Batangas City.^[14]

Achievements[link]

UAAP[link]

• 1-Time UAAP Rookie of the Year
  • 65th UAAP season
• 2-Time UAAP Most Valuable Player
  • 67th UAAP season
  • 68th UAAP season
• 2-Time UAAP Finals Most Valuable Player
  • 66th UAAP season
  • 68th UAAP season
• 3-Time Mythical First Five Member
  • 66th UAAP season
  • 67th UAAP season
  • 68th UAAP season

Philippine Basketball League[link]

• 1-Time PBL Most Valuable Player
  • 2004 PBL Unity Cup
• 1-Time PBL Mythical First Team Member
  • 2004 PBL Unity Cup
• 1-Time PBL Mythical Second Team Member
  • 2006 PBL Unity Cup

Philippine Basketball Association[link]

• 4-Time PBA Mythical First Team Member
  • 2007-2008 PBA Season
  • 2008-2009 PBA Season
  • 2009-2010 PBA Season
  • 2010-2011 PBA Season
• 5-Time PBA All Defensive Team Member
  • 2006-2007 PBA Season
  • 2007-2008 PBA Season
  • 2008-2009 PBA Season
  • 2009-2010 PBA Season
  • 2010-2011 PBA Season
• 4-Time PBA All-Star
  • 2007-2008 PBA Season
  • 2008-2009 PBA Season
  • 2009-2010 PBA Season
  • 2010-2011 PBA Season
• 2-Time PBA Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2007-2008 PBA Season
  • 2010-2011 PBA Season^[15]
• 2-Time PBA Mythical Second Team Member
  • 2006-2007 PBA Season
  • 2010-2011 PBA Season
• 1-Time Best Player of the Conference
  • 2010-2011 Governor's Cup
• 1-time PBA Finals MVP
  • 2011 Governors Cup

References[link]

External links[link]

• Profile at PBA-Online!
• Profile at PBA.ph
• Arwind Santos at the Internet Movie Database

Corliss Williamson

No. 4, 34, 35, 14
Power forward / Small forward
Personal information
Born	(1973-12-04) December 4, 1973 (age 38) Russellville, Arkansas
Nationality	American
High school	Russellville
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
College	Arkansas (1992–1995)
NBA Draft	1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Pro career	1995–2007
Career history
As player:
1995–2000	Sacramento Kings
2000–2001	Toronto Raptors
2001–2004	Detroit Pistons
2004–2005	Philadelphia 76ers
2005–2007	Sacramento Kings
As coach:
2009–2010	Arkansas Baptist College (NJCAA)
2010–present	Central Arkansas University (NCAA)
Career highlights and awards
NBA Champion (2004) NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2002) NCAA Champion (1994) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1994) 2× SEC Player of the Year (1994–1995) SEC Athlete of the Year (1994) 2× Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (1994–1995)
Career NBA statistics
Points	9,147 (11.1 ppg)
Rebounds	3,183 (3.9 rpg)
Assists	972 (1.2 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men’s Basketball Competitor for  United States FIBA U21 World Championship Gold 1993 Valladolid National team

Corliss Mondari Williamson (born December 4, 1973) is the current head basketball coach for the University of Central Arkansas and a retired American professional basketball player, who played for four teams during his 12-year NBA career. His nickname is "Big Nasty",^[1] a moniker he received from his cousin when he was 13. Williamson was a dominating power forward in college, but became an undersized power forward in the NBA and mostly played at the small forward position.

Amateur career[link]

High school[link]

Corliss Williamson played basketball at Russellville High School, where he achieved numerous accolades. He was a three-time all-conference and all-state selection, and was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 1991 and 1992. Prior to his senior year, Williamson held his own against Chris Webber in an AAU championship game, getting 37 points to Webber's 38 points. As a senior Williamson averaged twenty-eight points and nine rebounds per game,^[2] and led his team to the King Cotton Classic championship. In that title game, Russellville defeated a team led by Jason Kidd, with Williamson blocking a potential game-winner by Kidd at the buzzer. Williamson was named tournament MVP, but gave his medal to Kidd at the award podium. Williamson closed out his career with a selection to play in the 1992 McDonald's All-American Game.^[3] He came in second in scoring to game MVP Othella Harrington, with fourteen points, and also had ten rebounds.^[4] His #34 jersey has been retired by Russellville High and hangs on the wall of the school's arena, along with his McDonald's All-American jersey.

College[link]

Williamson played at the University of Arkansas for head coach Nolan Richardson from 1992 to 1995. In the 1992–93 season, Williamson led Arkansas to a 22–9 record and a Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Williamson averaged 14.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game,^[5] and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. Williamson helped lead Arkansas to a 22–9 record and a Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

In the 1993-94 season Williamson was named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament while leading the Razorbacks to a 31–3 record and their only NCAA Basketball Championship under coach Nolan Richardson by defeating the Duke Blue Devils.

Williamson's stellar play led the team into the championship game in 1995 as well. Arkansas lost to UCLA, finishing 32–7.

In three seasons at the University of Arkansas, Williamson was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 1993, and was 1st Team All-SEC from 1993 to 1995. He was also named the SEC Player of the Year for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons, and was named 2nd Team All-American for both years as well. In addition to the 1994 NCAA National Championship, Williamson also led the Razorbacks to the SEC West Division title all three seasons, and the SEC regular season championship in 1994 and 1995. Williamson finished his career at Arkansas with 1,728 points, which ranks 8th all-time in UofA history.

Williamson is considered to be one of the greatest basketball players in school and state history, and was recently inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.

NBA career[link]

Williamson declared for the NBA Draft following his junior season, and was selected by the Sacramento Kings as a lottery pick (13th overall) in the first round of the 1995 NBA Draft. His best career year was in the 1997–98 season when he played 79 games and averaged 17.7 points per game for the Kings, finishing second to Alan Henderson for the NBA Most Improved Player Award. After Sacramento traded him prior to the 2000–01 season to the Toronto Raptors (in exchange for Doug Christie), for whom he played 42 games, Williamson was traded to the Detroit Pistons where in the 2001–02 season he was named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year and eventually was a member of the Pistons' 2003–04 NBA Championship team. After being traded by the Pistons along with an undisclosed amount of cash to the Philadelphia 76ers for Derrick Coleman and Amal McCaskill on August 8, 2004, he was again traded back to the Kings along with Brian Skinner and Kenny Thomas for power forward Chris Webber on February 22, 2005.^[5]

Williamson has the distinction of being one of the few professional basketball players to win national championships at three different levels, AAU, the NCAA with Arkansas, and the NBA with Detroit.

Coaching[link]

Williamson announced his retirement in September 2007 to become an assistant coach at Arkansas Baptist College.^[6]

On March 11, 2010, Williamson was announced the men's head basketball coach at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas.

References[link]

External links[link]

• NBA Player Profile
• http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3088

Gary David

Gary David, during his tenure with the Air21 Express
Alias	"El Granada" / "Mr. Pure Energy"
Jersey No.	20
Position	Shooting Guard
Current Team	Powerade Tigers
Personal Info
Country	Philippines
Born	(1978-07-13) July 13, 1978 (age 33) Dinalupihan, Bataan, Philippines
Height	6 ft. 2 in.
Weight	180 lbs.
College	Lyceum of the Philippines University
Career Highlights
Draft	2004, 10th overall by Coca-Cola Tigers
Pro Career	2004 – present
Also played for	Coca-Cola Tigers (2004–2005) Air21 Express (2005–2009) Powerade Tigers (2009–2011)
Awards Received
2003 PBL Most Valuable Player 2006–07 PBA Sportsmanship Award 2006–07 PBA Mythical First Team 2006–07 PBA Most Improved Player 2006–07 PBA Comeback Player of the Year 2006–07 PBA All-Defensive First Team 2011-12 PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference 2-Time PBA All-Star (2007, 2009) 2-Time PBA Scoring Champion (2009–10, 2010–11) 64th Member of PBA 5,000 point club

Gary David (born July 13, 1978, in Bataan, Philippines) is a Filipino Professional basketball player currently playing for the Powerade Tigers in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is widely perceived as the most prolific scorer in the PBA today.

Collegiate and Amateur career[link]

David started out as an intramural player at the Lyceum of the Philippines University, the same school he later powered to three runner-up finishes in the NCRAA versus a star-studded St. Francis of Assisi team led by behemoth brothers Yancy and Ranidel de Ocampo.

From Lyceum, he joined the Montaña Pawnshop Jewelers in the Philippine Basketball League, winning an MVP award in 2003.^[1]

International career[link]

Also in 2003, David made the Philippine team to the 2003 Southeast Asian Games, starring alongside Ranidel De Ocampo, James Yap, Rich Alvarez, and Marc Pingris in bringing home the gold medal.

PBA career[link]

Coca-Cola Tigers[link]

2004 season[link]

David made himself available for the 2004 PBA Draft where he was selected tenth overall by the Coca-Cola Tigers. He played one season for the Tigers where he had limited minutes. He was eventually traded to Air21.

2005–06 season[link]

Air21's acquisition of David was considered a major steal in the 2005 mid-season. David brought high energy to Air21’s running game and led the Express to a third place finish in the 2006 PBA Fiesta Conference. David exploded for 19 points to carry Air21 to its first-ever Final Four appearance after upsetting the Darvin Ham-led Talk 'N Text Phone Pals, 117–110, in Game 5 of the quarterfinals on January 20, 2006 in Antipolo City.

Prior to an unfortunate elbow injury, David was having an impressive season and was on the verge of a probable MVP award. Despite several injuries in the past, David took the cudgels as the team's go-to-guy after former franchise player Renren Ritualo was shipped to Talk 'N Text and the energetic Ronald Tubid to Ginebra.

Despite improving his numbers and collecting numerous awards along the way, David remained an underrated superstar for most of his early years.

Air21 Express[link]

2006–07 season[link]

David improved his numbers significantly by averaging 21.3 points per game with 4.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists to go. He then got injured causing Air21's semi-finals bid to go down the drain. Before he got injured though, he earned several awards during the season including the PBA Most Improved Player and belonged to the Mythical First Team.

2007–08 season[link]

Gary David, in a game against Red Bull Barako, with the Air21 Express.

In the 2007-08 PBA season, David came back in action as he led the team in scoring again averaging 16.3 points per game. He led the Express to the Fiesta Conference Finals against the Barangay Ginebra Kings but eventually lost the series in seven games.

2008–09 season[link]

During the 2008-09 PBA season, David immediately led the Air21 Express as one of the contenders to win the title. Unfortunately, after trading Ranidel de Ocampo to the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, the team only managed to muster 1 win in the next 4 games without de Ocampo. His team finished at a disappointing 8th spot and eventually lost to the San Miguel Beermen during the wildcard phase. He led his team again in scoring during the conference with 19.2 points per game including 4.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists.

Burger King Whoppers / Coca-Cola Tigers[link]

2009–10 season[link]

Before the start of the season, David's tandem partner Arwind Santos, was traded to the San Miguel Beermen. Expected to lead his team all by himself, David started slow during the 2009–10 Philippine Cup by only averaging 14.1 points per game and only winning 5 out of 16 games with the Burger King Whoppers. At that point, he was already asking for a trade. On January 4, 2010, he was then traded to the Coca-Cola Tigers for Alex Cabagnot and Wesley Gonzales.^[2] Because of their dismal record before David's arrival, Coca-Cola ended up in the wildcard phase and were eventually eliminated by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.^[3]

2010 PBA Fiesta Conference was a blast for David as he led the PBA in scoring with 21.9 points per game along with 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. But due to the lack of support, his team again wounded up in the wildcard phase with an 8–10 record. They beat the Sta. Lucia Realtors but were eliminated again by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, who took the final spot in the Quarterfinals. Despite being the league's leading scorer, a poor finish by the team caused David to lose the Best Player of the Conference Award to San Miguel Beermen's Jay Washington.^[4]

Coca-Cola/Powerade Tigers[link]

2010–11 season[link]

David started strong in the Philippine Cup, averaging a league best 21.5 points while adding 3.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists.^[5] However, his team failed to reach the quarterfinals and was eliminated with a dismal 3–11 record, highlighted by an 8-game losing streak.

With only 9 remaining games to be played in the Commissioner's Cup, David quickly got his game going as he led the league again in scoring with an average of 23.5 points along with 3.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists,^[6] highlighted by back-to-back 30-point performances, dropping 36 points against the Brgy. Ginebra Kings^[7] and 35 points against the San Miguel Beermen.^[8] Unfortunately, the Tigers once again failed to reach the playoffs, as they finished in 9th place with a 2–7 record.

In the Governors Cup, David was only able to play 5 games because of an injury. Still, he still managed to produce 19.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists. Despite being tied with Rain or Shine and B-Meg after compiling a 4–4 record, Powerade did not make the playoffs as the quotient system did not favor them.

2011–12 season[link]

In the 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup, David led his team to 6 wins and 8 losses during eliminations, as Powerade finished 8th to begin the playoffs. The team pulled off a huge upset as they defeated the 1st seeded B-Meg Llamados twice to advance to the next round. This marked the Tigers' first semi-finals appearance in 7 years, the last being in 2004.

During the playoffs, Gary David scored 30 points or more in almost every game. Impressed by David's string of high-scoring games, veteran PBA statistician Fidel Mangonon commented via Facebook: "Since I worked in the PBA starting in late '91 as a sportswriter, Gary David is the 1st local player to score at least 30 pts in 5 straight games." In their next game, David had another 30-point outing as he extended his streak to 6 consecutive games.^[9] He was able to anchor his team past the Rain or Shine in the semifinals.

Powerade battled with the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Finals series. Despite the Tropang Texters beating Powerade in 5 games to become back-to-back Philippine Cup champions, David's sterling performance is still regarded as one of the best in PBA playoff/finals history.

David was named the Best Player of the Conference for the PBA Philippine Cup, beating Petron Blaze Boosters' Arwind Santos, despite the latter leading in statistical points. David became just the third player from the Coca Cola franchise to win the plum after Jeffrey Cariaso and Rudy Hatfield. He also became the first and only player from an eighth-seeded team to receive the award.

David tallied averages of 25 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and a steal per game in the Philippine Cup.

In the early days of February, it was reported that David will be rewarded accordingly by his team, to be given a three-year contract-extension deal worth P15.1 million. Powerade top official JB Baylon has confirmed that they are giving David the maximum monthly pay of P420,000—allowed under the league’s amended salary cap rule. With David's constant improvement came his wage increases. He received P250,000 a month in 2009, P300,000 in 2010 and P350,000 at present.^[10]

On 25 March 2012, he became the 64th and latest member of the PBA 5,000-point club, a plateau he reached with his first of two charities at the 3:43 mark of the third period.^[11]

PBA career statistics[link]

Correct as of April 1, 2012^[12]

Season[link]

Player achievements[link]

Personal life[link]

David is a native of Dinalupihan, Bataan. He and his wife Jenny Rose have been blessed with two children, Maxene and Gariel.

Aware that he cannot play basketball forever, David has made some investments, including a 10-door residential/commercial apartment in Pandi, Bulacan. He also plans to add more apartment units and enter the livestock business.^[13]

References[link]