Nico Salva Biography

Nico Salva born as Nicolas Raymond J. Salva is a Filipino basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was selected 11th overall in the 2013 PBA draft by the Batang Pier.

Nico Salva Age

He was born on March 8, 1990, in Quezon City, Philippines. He is 29 years old as of 2019.

Nico Salva Height In Feet

The Filipino basketball player has a standing height of 6 inches 3 feet which is equivalent to 1.9 meters tall.

Nico Salva Parents

He is the son of Amando Salva. Not much is known about his family background. This information will soon be updated.

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Nico has been in relationships with Karla Aguas (2010) and Megan Young (2009 – 2010).

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Salva played college basketball for Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) for five years. In all of those years, Salva has won a UAAP championship and was the Finals MVP in 2011 and 2012, his final two years in college.

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He plays for the Meralco Bolts which is a team in the Phillippine Basketball Association (PBA). During his PBA draft in 2013, he was selected in the 11th overall pick. He was picked by the Batang Pier.

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PBA: Oh that guy? He woke me up –- Lassiter on Salva

Marcio Lassiter went hot early.

The worst you can do is to add fuel to an already waxing-hot San Miguel Beer scorer.

Nico Salva just made that mistake Friday night.

Lassiter and Salva got into a verbal altercation late in the third quarter with the Beermen already blowing the game open.

The SMB guard made Salva and the Meralco Bolts pay with a scoring spurt that highlighted the Beermen’s 105-93 win in the 2019 PBA Philippine Cup at the Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo.

“Oh, that guy? He woke me up,” said Lassiter, who led SMB with 25 points on 12-of-17 field goal shooting with four rebounds and four assists.

The Beermen were up 69-56 in the third when Lassiter and Salva got a little too close for comfort, exchanging words and a little shoving as they jog up the court.

Lassiter got the best of Salva as the Beerman drew an offensive foul. Lassiter followed it up by nailing a step-back jumper after shaking off the Meralco forward.

The two continued to exchange sweet nothings and after the Bolts bricked two chances, Lassiter buried a booming triple over the outstretched arms of Salva before bellowing out a loud roar.

He made his roar just a little too close to Salva’s face, warranting a double technical on both players with 3:11 left in the period and SMB up 74-56.

Meralco subbed out Salva after that play while Lassiter drilled his last point of the game with just a minute left in the third quarter that put SMB up by 20 points, 83-63.

“Pretty much I was just playing my game, trying to play a team game and I guess he just woke up a sleeping dragon. He just barked at the wrong tree,” said Lassiter.

In the end, Lassiter gave a little more jab on Salva.

“He kinda just woke me up pretty much,” he said. “I guess, ‘Thanks Nico for firing me up a little bit. I didn’t need it but it helped.’”

Source: sports.abs-cbn.com

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PBA: Prayer helps Nico Salva clinch the win for Meralco

If it were not for a simple request to the Almighty, Meralco Bolts guard Nico Salva would not have helped his team to their first win of the season.

Fresh off a career-high 22 points in a deflating 93-92 overtime loss against the Phoenix Fuel Masters last Wednesday, Salva this time provided the heroics for coach Norman Black’s side and helped obtain their first win of the PBA Philippine Cup at the expense of the Blackwater Elite, 99-94.

The Ateneo alumnus was not having exactly expecting a breakout since he rode the pine the entirety of the first half, and shared that he said a little prayer in hoping that he could be fielded in by his longtime mentor.

“I was praying for an opportunity na second half mabigyan ng chance ulit at makatulong. Napaganda. Tuloy-tuloy naman. My teammates did a great job of looking for me and it also helped that I made shots and felt comfortable,” the 6’4” forward shared.

In a close fourth quarter, and the game still very much in doubt, the Bolts were looking to find a hot hand, and Salva rose to the occasion.

The 28-year old took charge and scored 12 in the payoff period with an array of shots, drilling jumpers and taking advantage of the switches his opponents were making, including a high-arching lay-up that pushed the lead up to 6, 89-83, with over two minutes left.

“When we watched film, I saw that when you do that double-high screen on top, yung nagro-rotate yung big men sa corner nila. So I knew that yesterday that I had to use my speed and do something to get a shot off.”

Black, who was his college coach during his five-year stint in Ateneo, praised Salva and rookie Trevis Jackson for breaking the game wide open as they held on to the win.

“There were a lot of guys that I felt really stepped up and really helped us tonight, led by Trevis Jackson who made a lot of good outside shots for us, helping us to open up their defense. Nico Salva came up with big shots in the fourth quarter that gave us an opportunity to separate there in the end game,” said Black.

Source: sports.abs-cbn.com