- Paul Artadi
Infobox NBA Player
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position =Point Guard
league =Philippine Basketball Association
height_ft = 5
height_in = 9
weight_lb = 150
team =Barangay Ginebra Kings
nationality = Philippines
birth_date = birth date and age|1981|5|5
birth_place =Manila ,Philippines
draft = 11th overall
draft_year = 2004
draft_team =Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
draft_league = PBA Draft
college =University of the East
career_start = 2004
former_teams =Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants (2004–2007)
Awards =member of 2008 PBA FIESTA CUP CHAMPIONS (ginebra kings)Paul Anthony Dy Artadi (born May 5, 1981) is a professional Filipino basketball player for the
Barangay Ginebra Kings in thePhilippine Basketball Association .Artadi was born in the
University of Santo Tomas Hospital inManila but grew inSan Juan, Metro Manila . He was known for his fast-paced, run-gun action inside the court that gave him the trademark "The Kid Lightning". He was drafted byPurefoods Tender Juicy Giants , alongside with friend, teammate fromUE Red Warriors ,James Yap , in the2004 PBA Draft .About the player
A second round pick by Purefoods in 2004, the former UE Red Warrior will add quickness to the backcourt of the Kings and Uichico feels that his style of play fits the team to a T.
The 26-year old speedster most of the time played backup to Roger Yap with the Giants, playing in 38 games last season with five starts while averaging 4.6 points and 2.7 assists. His 1.3 steals per game was No. 5 in the league. But with Ginebra, the 5-9 Artadi will have to compete for playing time with Macky Escalona and Johnny Abarrientos as the chief reliever of Jayjay Helterbrand.when he was on his former team purefoods his averaged is (4.8ppg 2.3apg 1.8rpg) while in ginebra he averaged (10.2ppg 4.9apg 4.2rpg 1.2 spg and he shooting from the arc was very different when he play in purefoods.artadi shoot 3pt% in purefood was 38% one of the worse shooting from the arc in the pba,while in ginerba he shoots 62% from the arc,one of the best shooting in pba history.
Physical statistics
*Height: 5' 9" 175 cm ( w/o shoes), 5' 10" 177 cm ( with shoes)
*Weight: 150
*Wingspan: 6' 1"
*Vertical Le
38 inches
*Jumping reach: 11'6"External links
* [http://mypba.com/forum/index.php?showforum=4 Barangay Ginebra Kings]
* [http://www.pba.ph/component/option,com_comprofiler/task,userProfile/user,109/Itemid,1/ Profile at PBA.ph]
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