Niño Canaleta

Height: 6' 4" 203 cm ( w/o shoes), 6' 5" 196 cm ( with shoes)
Weight: 190
Wingspan: 7' 0"
Vertical Leap: 42 inches
Jumping reach: 12'6"

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Niño Canaleta

Position	Small forward/Shooting guard
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Team	Air21 Express
Born	July 27, 1980 (1980-07-27) (age 27) Tarlac, Philippines
Nationality	Philippines
College	University of the East
Pro career	2005–present
Awards	PBA Slam Dunk Champion (2006, 2007)

Rommel Niño Canaleta (born July 27, 1980 in Tarlac, Philippines) is a Filipino professional basketball player of Filipino-American descent.^{[citation needed]} He currently plays for the Air21 Express in the Philippine Basketball Association. A 6'5", 190-pound swingman, he is fondly called by nicknames like KG, The Big Ticket, and The Da Vinci of Dunk. He won the 2006 and 2007 PBA Slam Dunk Contests and led the Air21 Express to a third-place finish in the 2006 PBA Philippine Cup.

1 About The Player
2 Awards
3 Physical statistics
4 External links
5 PBA Highlights

[edit] About The Player

KG Canaleta as member of the Air21 Express.

He made a serious run for the Rookie of the Year honors with an impressive Philippine Cup campaign where he averaged 16.2 points per game, No. 1 among rookies and seventh in the tournament among locals. But a so-so performance in the Fiesta Conference and two finals stints of Red Bull made Larry Fonacier a no-brainer for the award.

Canaleta is doubtedly one of the biggest attractions in the league with his jaw-dropping, never-seen slams by a local player. The 6-5 forward was a back-to-back winner of the Slam-Dunk competition, both by convincing fashion. He was ranked number 2 in scoring among rookies during his rookie year with 9.4 points per outing. Canaleta was the First Philippine Basketball Association player to become a 3-time PBA Slamdunk Champion.