Yancy de Ocampo
Personal information
Born (1980-11-11) November 11, 1980 (age 43)
Tanza, Cavite, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
CollegeSaint Francis of Assisi College System
PBA draft2002: 1st round, 1st overall
Selected by the FedEx Express
Playing career2002–2019
PositionCenter
Number18, 95
Career history
2002–2004Fedex Express
2004–2005Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
2005–2006Air21 Express
2006–2010Talk 'N Text Phone Pals / Tropang Texters
2010–2011Barangay Ginebra Kings
2011–2014B-Meg Llamados/San Mig Coffee Mixers/San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
2014–2015GlobalPort Batang Pier
2015–2019San Miguel Beermen
Career highlights and awards

Yancy Rozal de Ocampo (born November 11, 1980) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He is the elder brother of basketball player Ranidel de Ocampo. He is a 12-time Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) champion.

College career

Yancy started playing organized basketball with the Saint Francis of Assisi College System Doves together with his brother, Ranidel.[1] The De Ocampo brothers led the varsity squad to several NCRAA titles.[2] Along with Ervin Sotto, they became known as the "Triple Towers".[3]

PBL career

Before entering the PBA, De Ocampo played in the Philippine Basketball League for the Welcoat Paints.[4] He is also among the PBL's 20 Greatest Players of All-time.[5]

PBA career

Fedex Express

De Ocampo was the first overall pick during the 2002 PBA draft and was the first-ever draft pick of FedEx as a PBA team.[6] He was signed to a P10.8 million contract that lasted three years.[7]

Talk 'N Text Phone Pals

Fedex dealt him to the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in a series of moves that made Talk 'N Text one of the teams to beat that season.[8] In both conferences, they made it to the Finals, where they lost.

Air 21 Express

A month after the 2005 draft, just before the start of the 2005–06 season, De Ocampo was traded back to the Express for the first pick in that year's draft, Jay Washington.[9]

Return to Talk 'N Text

In the 06–07 season, De Ocampo was reacquired by Talk 'N Text in a trade.[10] He scored a season-high of 26 points.[11] He would also go on to be named to the Mythical Second Team that season.[1]

In the following seasons, he was able to win titles alongside his brother.[12] He also had a career-high 33 points in a loss to Air21 during the 07–08 season.[13]

Barangay Ginebra Kings

In the offseason of the 2010 Fiesta Conference, he was sent back to Air21.[14] Five days later, Air21 traded him to Ginebra in exchange for Rich Alvarez and Doug Kramer.[15]

B-Meg Llamados/San Mig Coffee Franchise

De Ocampo was then traded from Ginebra to the B-Meg Llamados along with a 2nd-round draft pick for Rico Maierhofer.[16]

In the opening week of the 2012-13 season, he scored 22 points in a win over the Alaska Aces.[11] That was the most he had scored since his career-high.[11] He won three straight championships in the 2013 Governors' Cup, 2014 Philippine Cup and the 2014 Commissioner’s Cup. But he was traded midway through the 2014 Governors’ Cup which the Mixers also topped to complete their Grand Slam run.[17]

GlobalPort Batang Pier

On June 4, 2014, De Ocampo and Val Acuña were traded to GlobalPort Batang Pier for Yousef Taha and Ronnie Matias.[18]

San Miguel Beermen

De Ocampo was shipped to the San Miguel Beermen along with Gabby Espinas for Billy Mamaril and Doug Kramer.[19] In an overtime win against the NLEX Road Warriors, he stepped up with a team-high-tying 17 points and 12 rebounds (Alex Cabagnot also had 17 points that game).[20] In Game 1 of the 2015-16 Philippine Cup Finals, he had 18 points in a game he started with Junemar Fajardo injured.[21] In Game 2, he had 13 points and 14 rebounds.[19] The Beermen would go on to eventually win the championship.[22]

In 2020, De Ocampo retired after 17 seasons in the PBA.[23]

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

[24][25]

Season-by-season averages

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002 FedEx 33 21.7 .409 .302 .731 5.6 .4 .3 .6 7.0
2003 FedEx 42 24.9 .439 .357 .515 7.0 .7 .4 .8 8.3
2004–05 Talk 'N Text 75 20.2 .416 .196 .603 5.6 .3 .2 .6 6.8
2005–06 Air21 52 23.2 .447 .341 .651 7.7 1.0 .3 .4 8.1
2006–07 Talk 'N Text 63 23.6 .509 .346 .669 7.1 1.5 .4 .7 9.4
2007–08 Talk 'N Text 38 16.7 .412 .298 .653 5.0 1.0 .4 .5 6.8
2008–09 Talk 'N Text 41 14.4 .426 .370 .640 4.6 .3 .2 .4 5.6
2009–10 Talk 'N Text 43 12.5 .382 .276 .833 3.5 .5 .1 .3 4.7
Barangay Ginebra
2010–11 Barangay Ginebra 25 12.4 .331 .262 .636 3.4 .7 .1 .4 5.2
2011–12 Barangay Ginebra 57 15.6 .442 .143 .754 4.4 1.0 .1 .3 5.2
B-Meg
2012–13 San Mig Coffee 54 15.4 .426 .154 .780 4.1 1.4 .2 .5 4.6
2013–14 San Mig Super Coffee 34 10.5 .320 .167 .600 2.8 .6 .1 .3 2.2
2014–15 GlobalPort 13 19.4 .325 .286 .846 4.7 1.6 .2 .5 4.9
2015–16 San Miguel 44 11.1 .388 .286 .769 3.2 .7 .1 .3 3.2
2016–17 San Miguel 29 7.1 .379 .292 .357 1.8 .4 .0 .1 1.9
2017–18 San Miguel 19 7.5 .321 .412 .750 1.8 .3 .0 .1 2.4
2019 San Miguel 2 7.5 .167 .000 — 3.0 1.0 .0 1.0 1.0
Career 664 16.9 .422 .302 .665 4.8 .8 .2 .5 5.8

Player Profile

At 6'9", he was a good outside shooter and a low post threat.[26] He was also capable of limiting opposing centers' impact on the floor.[27] As he got older, he became a reliable backup bigman.[20][28]

References

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  2. ^ Terrado, Reuben (April 15, 2020). "This St Francis of Assisi College team truly was something else". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  3. ^ Cordero, Abac. "Ginebra, Coke, Air21 okay 7-player trade". Philstar.com. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
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  5. ^ "20 Greatest Players pararangalan ng PBL". Philstar.com. March 17, 2003. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  6. ^ Cruz, Agnes (January 24, 2002). "PBA's FedEx make 6-foot-8 De Ocampo No. 1 draft pick". Arab News. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  7. ^ "De Ocampo, pumirma ng P10.8M kontrata sa Fedex". Philstar.com. January 31, 2002. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
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  9. ^ ORELLANA, JOEL (September 6, 2005). "Yancy back with Air21, Washington to TNT". The Manila Times. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  10. ^ "Yancy returns to Talk n Text in trade deal". Philstar.com. December 28, 2006. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  11. ^ a b c "PBA wRap: Gilas 2.0 members shine in opening week". RAPPLER. October 6, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
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  14. ^ "5-player deal sends Yancy, Renren back to Air21". ABS-CBN News. March 3, 2010.
  15. ^ "Air21 ships Yancy to Ginebra for Alvarez, Kramer". GMA News Online. March 8, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  16. ^ "Maierhofer, Maliksi shipped to Barangay Ginebra". ABS-CBN News. November 16, 2011.
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  18. ^ "GLOBALPORT TWEAKS LINEUP". Inquirer.net. July 4, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
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  22. ^ Gonzales, J. C. (February 3, 2016). "History is made! San Miguel cement 'Beeracle Run'". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  23. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (February 6, 2020). "Yancy de Ocampo firm on retirement despite SMB need to fill Fajardo void". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  24. ^ [1] PBA-Online.net
  25. ^ [2] Real GM
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  27. ^ "Taulava hopeful to see a more mature Express for the rest of season after early exit". Spin.ph. January 11, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  28. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (December 9, 2015). "Seldom-used Yancy de Ocampo surprised coming prepared physically for San Miguel against NLEX". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
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