Renz Palma | |
Position: | Shooting guard / Small forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Number: | 77 |
Team: | Negros Muscovados |
League: | MPBL |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1992 |
Nationality: | Filipino |
College: | UE |
Draft Year Pba: | 2017 |
Draft Round Pba: | 2 |
Draft Pick Pba: | 15 |
Draft Team Pba: | Blackwater Elite |
Career Start: | 2017 |
Years1: | 2017–2019 |
Team1: | Blackwater Elite |
Years2: | 2021 |
Team2: | Kapatagan Buffalo Braves |
Years3: | 2021–2023 |
Team3: | Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards / Capitals |
Years4: | 2024–present |
Team4: | Negros Muscovados |
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Emil Renz Palma (born March 16, 1992) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Negros Muscovados of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
A UE Red Warrior in college, Palma was selected with the 15th overall pick by the Blackwater Elite in the 2017 PBA draft. In 2021, Palma moved to the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup and played for the Kapatagan Buffalo Braves before moving to the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards franchise later that year. He won two professional championships with the team. In 2024, he moved to the Negros Muscovados.
In college, Palma played for the UE Red Warriors.[1]
In 2017, after playing for the Tanduay Light Rhum Masters in the PBA D-League, Palma was selected by the Blackwater Elite with the 15th pick of the 2017 PBA draft.[2] He played with the Blackwater franchise for two seasons.
In 2021, he played for the Kapatagan Buffalo Braves of the newly founded Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup.[3]
On March 3, 2020, Renz Palma signed a deal with the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).[4] The COVID-19 pandemic suspended league play for over a year and Palma wouldn't make his debut with his hometown team until the 2021 MPBL Invitational.[5] During his time with Nueva Ecija, Palma won two championships, one during FilBasket's 2022 Summer Championship and the other during the 2022 MPBL finals.
In 2024, Palma moved to the Negros Muscovados.
As of the end of 2019 season[6]
|-| align=left | | align=left | Blackwater| 21 || 0.9 || .436 || .333 || .696 || 1.8 || .7 || .8 || .3 || 3.3|-| align=left | | align=left | Blackwater| 6 || 7.0 || .348 || .000 || .000 || 1.3 || — || 1.0 || .2 || 2.7
As of the end of 2023 season
|-| align=left | 2022| align=left | Nueva Ecija| 31 || 8 || 14.5 || .387 || .156 || .552 || 2.6 || 2.6 || 1.4 || .1 || 4.5|-| align=left | 2023| align=left | Nueva Ecija| 24 || 11 || 13.7 || .523 || .290 || .615 || 2.9 || 1.9 || .8 || .3 || 5.4