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. He plays both the small forward and the power forward positions. College career. Oftana first played for the San Beda Red Lions in Season 92. He won titles with San Beda from 2016–2018. In Season 95, Oftana took on a bigger role. He had a near triple-double with ten points, ten rebounds, and seven assists in a win against the  San Sebastian Stags. For that performance, he was given Player of the Week honors. He had a career-best of 27 points and nine rebounds against the CSB Blazers. 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. 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 They lost to the Letran Knights in three games. Professional career. In 2021, Oftana declared for the PBA Season 46 draft. He was offered to be included in the special Gilas round during the draft, but he declined. He was drafted with the third pick during the first round by the NLEX Road Warriors. 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. He scored the game-winning layup with 6.1 seconds left as NLEX got an 81–80 win in the quarterfinals. 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. PBA career statistics. "As of the end of 2021 season" 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.