Nico Salva was selected 11th overall in the 2013 PBA draft by the Batang Pier.
27 Facts About Nico Salva
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Nico Salva had offers to play for DLSU, UP, and stay with San Beda, but he chose to play for Ateneo.
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Nico Salva chose Ateneo after a personal meeting with businessman and Ateneo sports patron Manny V Pangilinan.
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Nico Salva played college basketball for Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines for five years.
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Nico Salva joined a recruiting class that included Ryan Buenafe, Justin Chua, and Frank Golla.
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Nico Salva got his first championship that season when Ateneo swept DLSU in the UAAP Finals of Season 71, and he made the All-Rookie Team, along with Buenafe.
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Nico Salva was suspended for one game for punching Jens Knuttel of the FEU Tamaraws.
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Nico Salva was able to bounce back once his finger healed, as he grabbed a double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds against the Adamson Falcons.
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Nico Salva then had 14 points in a win over the UST Growling Tigers, their sixth straight that season.
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Nico Salva then had 16 points, six rebounds, and two blocks in another win over UP.
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Nico Salva was limited to just eight the following game, but Ateneo still managed to win, and he received his fifth UAAP championship.
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Nico Salva was drafted by GlobalPort Batang Pier eleventh overall in the 2013 PBA draft.
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Nico Salva was among six Ateneo players taken in that draft, along with Greg Slaughter, Buenafe, Justin Chua, JP Erram, and Chris Sumalinog.
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Nico Salva was signed to a two-year contract worth more than P3.5 million.
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Nico Salva won a championship with Ginebra during the 2016 Governors' Cup.
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On November 15,2016, Nico Salva was traded by Barangay Ginebra for Mahindra Floodbuster's 2017 second round pick.
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Nico Salva tied his then-PBA career high in Game 2 of their Governors' Cup semifinal series against Alaska with 20 points, but Alaska tied the series.
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Nico Salva then had 16 points off the bench in an overtime win over the Batang Pier.
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Nico Salva led the team with 18 points in a loss to the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.
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Nico Salva contributed during the 2019 Governors' Cup Finals against Ginebra, where in Game 2, he contributed nine points, two rebounds, and four assists in 17 quality minutes as Meralco tied the series with a win.
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Nico Salva helped Limitless get to the Grand Finals quarterfinals where they lost to the Purefoods TJ Titans.
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In 2024, Nico Salva was hired by the Ateneo Blue Eagles to coach their 3x3 basketball teams.
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Nico Salva got to play for the Philippine men's national team during the 2011 SEA Games.
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In 2021, Nico Salva married Karla Aguas, a RX 93.1 radio personality.
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Nico Salva was previously in a relationship with Miss World 2013 Megan Young.
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Nico Salva donated to a fund for non-regular PBA workers that was started by the Alaska Aces that year.
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Nico Salva began his collection during his high school days with Kobes and Air Jordans.