Yves Dignadice

Yves Arones Dignadice (born December 18, 1964) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player who spent fourteen seasons in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), mostly with the San Miguel Beermen.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Arones and the surname or paternal family name is Dignadice.
Yves Dignadice
Personal information
Born (1964-12-18) December 18, 1964
Iloilo City, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High schoolIloilo Chinese Commercial High School
West Negros College
CollegeDe La Salle University
Playing career1983–2000
PositionPower forward/Center
Number12
Career history
1984-1985Northern Consolidated Cement
1986-1998San Miguel Beermen
2000Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Career highlights and awards
Member:

1984 Asian Youth Basketball Championship Seoul, South Korea

Member :

  • 1984 RP Youth National Team
  • 3rd Place Bronze Medal

Member :

  • 1984 RP Men's National Basketball Team
  • 1984 South East Asian Basketball Tournament
  • Bandar Seri Begawan , Brunei
  • 1st Place Gold Medal "Champion"

Member:

  • 1985 RP Men's National Basketball Team
  • 1985 FIBA Asia Championship

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • 1st Place "Gold Medal "Champion"

Member:

  • 1985 RP Men's National Basketball Team
  • 1985 FIBA World Basketball Championships
  • Barcelona, Spain

Member:

  • 1985 RP Men's NationalBasketball Team
  • 1985 William Jones Cup Basketball Tournament
  • Chinese Taipei, Taiwan
  • 1st Place Gold Medal "Champion"

Against the USA National Team

  • 1985 NCAA Champion
  • Villanova and Duke University

Member:

  • 1985 RP Men's National Basketball Team
  • 1985 ABC Basketball Tournament
  • 1st Place Gold Medal "Champion"
  • against China
  • 1989 Grand Slam Member (with San Miguel)
  • 9-time PBA Champion
  • 3-time PBA All-Star
  • #12 retired by the San Miguel Beermen
Medals
Men’s Basketball
Representing  Philippines
FIBA Asia Championship
1985 Kuala LumpurTeam competition
Asian Games
1990 BeijingTeam competition

Early life and career

Yves was born and raised in Jaro, Iloilo City. A pick-up from the Visayan cage recruit. His first taste of competitive basketball was when he participated in a community tournament. After doing time with a Chinese high school, the 6-4 slotman transferred to the West Negros College in Bacolod. Even though he was only in High School, Yves showed a brand of play good enough to earn him a slot with the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association selection (Region VI) that participated in the 1983 Palarong Pambansa held in Tacloban, Leyte.

It was playing against the De La Salle team that coach Pilo Pumaren and "Boss Henry" Cojuangco spotted him and marked him down as a possible De La Salle recruit. In May of that same year, Yves was transported to the mainland to take part in the first-ever PABL tournament as a Taft-based Green Archer. A month later, he joined the training camp of Ron Jacobs with the aspirations of making it with the RP squad to be sent to Hong Kong ABC. Unfortunately, coach Jacobs felt that Yves was still too raw to meet the demands of a tough tournament and was cut from the final selection.

In early 1984, when the call for national team aspirants to the Asian Youth tournament was announced, Yves pounced on the opportunity to sharpen his skills. He passed the requirements and underwent rigid preparations for the biennial competitions. Together with Negrense buddy, Naning Valenciano, they helped steer the RP squad to a third-place finish in Seoul, Korea. By that time, the Northern Consolidated contingent of Ron Jacobs was already showing a lot of muscle in the PBA.

Professional career

With his good looks, Dignadice became an instant darling amongst female basketball fans. But on the court, this basketball adonis was an exceptional defensive player. With his long arms and quick feet, Dignadice could guard all five positions and was a terror when it came to protecting the paint, always forcing his opponents to take awkward shots. His defensive capabilities gave him three All-Star invites and, more importantly, inclusion in the first ever national basketball team composed of PBA players in 1990, purportedly as coach Robert Jaworski's personal choice. He was also an integral part of the San Miguel franchise’s Grand Slam run in 1989.

His stock fell off the grid as the 90s came because of various injuries. Also, unlike contemporary Jerry Codiñera, he never really had a firm grasp on the starting PF/C spot, and it didn't help him that he had the more illustrious Ramon Fernandez as his teammate and the team's main man. He was the last part of the Grand Slam squad to leave the Beermen when he was assigned to Ginebra a year before his eventual retirement.[1]

After his retirement, he left the Philippines and is currently residing in the US.[2]

International career

Dignadice was a member of two Philippine national teams: the first one was with the NCC-backed national team that won the gold medal during the 1985 ABC Championship (now FIBA Asia) in Kuala Lumpur, and second with the all-pro Philippine squad that won silver during the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.[3]

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References
  1. http://www.sydrified.org/2014/03/the-sydrified-special-san-miguel-beer.html
  2. https://m.facebook.com/YvesAD12
  3. Zarate, Noel. "The most memorable Philippine national basketball teams". Yahoo!. Yahoo! Sports Philippines. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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