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Gary David is a Filipino

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

Professional

A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...

basketball player currently playing for the Powerade Tigers in the Philippine Basketball Association

Philippine Basketball Association

The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

. He is widely perceived as one of the most prolific scorers in the PBA

Philippine Basketball Association

today.

2004 season

David first entered the PBA

Philippine Basketball Association

in 2004 and was the tenth overall draft pick by the Coca-Cola Tigers. He played one season for the Tigers where he had limited minutes. He was then shifted to Air21 where he made an immediate impact in the PBA.

2005-06 season

He was considered a major steal in the 2005 mid season after Air21 got him. 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

Darvin Ham

Darvin Ham is an American former professional basketball player. He played eight seasons in the NBA from 1996 to 2005 and later for the Philippine Basketball Association and NBA Development League until 2008.- Basketball career :...

-led Talk 'N Text Phone Pals, 117-110, in Game 5 of the quarterfinals on January 20, 2006 in Antipolo City.

If not for an elbow injury, David was on the verge of having an impressive season and probably an MVP

Most Valuable Player

In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...

award to boot. 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

Ronald Tubid

Ronald Tubid is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...

to Ginebra

Barangay Ginebra Kings

The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...

.

The 2003 PBL

Philippine Basketball League

The Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...

MVP, who played under Moñtana Pawnshop, emerged from being an effective role player to a legitimate superstar after improving his numbers and collecting numerous awards along the way.

2006-07 season

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

Air21 Express

The Barako Bull Energy is a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002.Barako Bull is owned by Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the defunct Laguna Lakers of the Metropolitan Basketball Association...

'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

Philippine Basketball Association Most Improved Player award

The Philippine Basketball Association Most Improved Player award is awarded to the player which showed marked improvement in his game year-on-year.-List of awardees:*1983: Terry Saldaña *1984: Manny Victorino...

and belonged to the Mythical First Team

Philippine Basketball Association Mythical Team award

The Philippine Basketball Association Mythical Team is the award given to the best player in each of the five basketball positions: point guard, shooting guard , small forward, power forward and center. A Mythical Second Team was institutionalized in 1984.-Mythical Team Selections:-Mythical first...

2007-08 season

In the 2007-08 PBA season

2007-08 PBA season

The 2007-08 PBA Season was the 33rd season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season was formally opened on October 14, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum...

, 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

2008 PBA Fiesta Conference

The 2008 Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Conference or known as the 2008 Smart PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, is the last conference of the 2007-08 PBA season. The tournament began on March 29 with a game between the Coca-Cola Tigers and the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals at...

Finals against the Barangay Ginebra Kings

Barangay Ginebra Kings

but eventually lost the series in seven games.

2008-09 season

During the 2008-09 PBA season, David immediately led the Air21 Express

Air21 Express

as one of the contenders to win the title. Unfortunately, after trading Ranidel de Ocampo

Ranidel de Ocampo

Ranidel Rozal de Ocampo , better known as Ranidel de Ocampo, is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. de Ocampo currently plays for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters after he was traded by Air21 Express. He is the younger brother of Yancy 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

San Miguel Beermen

The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...

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.

2009-10 season

Before the start of the season, David's tandem partner Arwind Santos

Arwind Santos

Arwind Santos is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association playing for the Petron Blaze Boosters. He also played college hoops at Far Eastern University in the UAAP and the Magnolia Ice Cream Spinners in the Philippine Basketball League...

, was traded to the San Miguel Beermen

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

Points per game

Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in...

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

Alex Cabagnot

Alex Cabagnot is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Petron Blaze Boosters. He plays the point guard position. Alex once had a rivalry with Mark Caguioa for of the Eagle Rock High School scoring record.-About the player:He was drafted by the Sta...

and Wesley Gonzales

Wesley Gonzales

Wesley O. Gonzales is a Filipino professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Alaska Aces in the Philippine Basketball Association.-Player Profile:...

. Because of their dismal record before David's arrival, Coca-Cola ended up in the wildcard

Wild card (sports)

The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

phase and were eventually eliminated by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.

2010 PBA Fiesta Conference

2010 PBA Fiesta Conference

The 2010 Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Conference, is the last conference of the 2009-10 PBA season. It started on March 21 and finished on August 18, 2010...

was a blast for David as he led the PBA in scoring with 21.9 points per game

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

Wild card (sports)

The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

phase with a 8-10 record. They beat the Sta. Lucia Realtors

Sta. Lucia Realtors

The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta...

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 cost David the Best Player of the Conference Award which went to San Miguel Beermen

San Miguel Beermen

's Jay Washington

Jay Washington

Anthony Jay Washington, better known as Jay Washington is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Petron Blaze Boosters.-College:...

2010-11 season

David started strong in the Philippine Cup, averaging a league best 21.5 points

Points per game

while adding 3.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists. However, his team failed to reach the quarterfinals and was eliminated with a disappointing 3-11 record, carrying an 8-game losing streak.

With only 9 remaining games to be played in the Commissioner's Cup

2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup

-Air21-Alaska series:-Talk 'N Text-Air21 series:-Smart Gilas-Barangay Ginebra series:-Finals:- Imports :The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics...

, David quickly got his game going as he led the league again in scoring with an average of 23.5 points

Points per game

along with 3.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists , highlighted by back-to-back 30-point performances, dropping 36 points against the Brgy. Ginebra Kings

Barangay Ginebra Kings

and 35 points against the San Miguel Beermen

San Miguel Beermen

. 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

2011 PBA Governors Cup

- Imports :The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the entire conference....

, David was only able to play 5 games because of an injury. In spite of this, he still managed to produce 19.6 points

Points per game

, 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.

Regular Season

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| align="left" | 2004-05
| align="left" | CCT

Coca-Cola Tigers

The Powerade Tigers is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2002 when the then-San Miguel Corporation-owned Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines bought the RFM-owned Cosmos Bottling Corporation. In 2006, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company under the Coca-Cola...

/FEE

Air21 Express

| 53 || 15.0 || .348 || .263 || .718 || 2.1 || 1.0 || .4 || .1 || 6.9
|-
| align="left" | 2005-06
| align="left" | Air21

Air21 Express

| 27 || 17.6 || .437 || .276 || .722 || 1.8 || .7 || .4 || .2 || 9.9
|-
| align="left" | 2006-07
| align="left" | Air21
| 39 || 31.8 || .476 || .303 || .829 || 3.4 || 1.7 || .9 || .1 || 20.6
|-
| align="left" | 2007-08
| align="left" | Air21
| 33 || 27.2|| .413 || .360 || .812 || 2.4 || 1.3 || .5 || .1 || 15.4
|-
| align="left" | 2008-09
| align="left" | Air21
| 45 || 28.9 || .423 || .290 || .849 || 3.6 || 2.1 || .6 || .1 || 17.2
|-
| align="left" | 2009-10
| align="left" | BKW

Air21 Express

/CCT

Coca-Cola Tigers

| 39 || 31.5 || .452 || .320 || .795 || 3.3 || 2.3 || .7 || .1 || 18.3
|-
| align="left" | 2010-11
| align="left" | Powerade
| 28 || 35.0 || .448 || .368 || .810 || 3.1 || 2.8 || .6 || .2 || 21.8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 264 || 26.1 || .436 || .316 || .806 || 2.8 || 1.6 || .5 || .1 || 15.3

Player achievements

Year	Team	Award
PBL Philippine Basketball League The Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...
2003	Montaña Pawnshop Jewels	Most Valuable Player
PBA Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
2006-07 2006-07 PBA season The 2006–07 PBA season is the 32nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association . The season started September 28 in Guam and began its formal opening on October 1 at the Araneta Coliseum, and ended on July 20...	Air21 Express Air21 Express The Barako Bull Energy is a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002.Barako Bull is owned by Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the defunct Laguna Lakers of the Metropolitan Basketball Association...	2011-12
		Mythical First Team Philippine Basketball Association Mythical Team award The Philippine Basketball Association Mythical Team is the award given to the best player in each of the five basketball positions: point guard, shooting guard , small forward, power forward and center. A Mythical Second Team was institutionalized in 1984.-Mythical Team Selections:-Mythical first...
		All-Defensive First Team Philippine Basketball Association All-Defensive Team award The Philippine Basketball Association All-Defensive Team award is the award given to the five players which exhibited outstanding defensive capabalities in each of basketball's five positions: point guard, shooting guard , small forward, power forward and center.-Awardees per year:*1985: Chito...
		Most Improved Player Philippine Basketball Association Most Improved Player award The Philippine Basketball Association Most Improved Player award is awarded to the player which showed marked improvement in his game year-on-year.-List of awardees:1983: Terry Saldaña 1984: Manny Victorino...
		Sportsmanship Award Philippine Basketball Association Sportsmanship Award -Winners per season:-Multiple time winners:...
Comeback Player of the Year

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