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{{short description|Filipino basketball player}}
{{Philippine name|Celera|Duremdes}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kenneth Duremdes
| image = Kenneth Duremdes 2019 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Duremdes in 2019
| office = 
| order = 2nd Commissioner of the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League|MPBL]]
| term_start = November 22, 2017
| term_end = 
| predecessor = [[Snow Badua|Edmund "Snow" Badua]]
| successor = 
| deputy = 
| birth_name = Kenneth Celera Duremdes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1974|01|31}}
| birth_place = [[Koronadal]], [[South Cotabato]], [[Philippines]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| other_names = 
| known_for = 
| occupation = 
| nationality = Filipino
| alma_mater = [[Adamson University]]
| module2         = {{Infobox basketball biography
| embed           = yes
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 3
| weight_lbs      = 190
| college = [[Adamson Soaring Falcons basketball|Adamson]]
| draft_year_pba = 1995
| draft_round_pba = 1
| draft_pick_pba = 3
| draft_team_pba = [[Pop Cola Panthers|Sunkist Orange Juicers]]
| career_start = 1995
| career_end = 2008
| career_number = 19
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[small forward]]
| coach_start = 2008
| coach_end = 2014
| team1 = [[Pop Cola Panthers|Sunkist Orange Juicers]]
| years1 = 1995–1997
| team2 = [[Alaska Aces (PBA)|Alaska Aces]]
| years2 = 1997–2002
| team3 = [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]]
| years3 = 2003–2007
| team4 = [[Powerade Tigers|Coca-Cola Tigers]]
| years4 = 2007–2008
| cyears1 = 2007–2008
| cteam1 = [[Powerade Tigers]] (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2008–2009
| cteam2 = [[Powerade Tigers]]
| cyears3 = 2012–2013
| cteam3 = [[Adamson Soaring Falcons basketball|Adamson]] (assistant)
| cyears4 = 2014
| cteam4 = [[Adamson Soaring Falcons basketball|Adamson]]
| awards = 
* 6× [[List of Philippine Basketball Association champions|PBA champion]] ([[1995 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals|1995 All-Filipino]], [[1995 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals|1995 Commissioner's]], [[1997 PBA Governors' Cup finals|1997 Governors']], [[1998 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals|1998 All-Filipino]], [[1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals|1998 Commissioner's]], [[2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals|2000 All-Filipino]])
* 2× [[PBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|PBA Finals MVP]] ([[1998 PBA All-Filipino Cup|1998 All-Filipino]], [[1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup|1998 Commissioner's]])
* [[PBA Most Valuable Player Award|PBA Most Valuable Player]] ({{pbay|1998}})
* 2× [[PBA Best Player of the Conference Award|PBA Best Player of the Conference]] ([[1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup|1998 Commissioner's]], [[2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup|2000 All-Filipino]])
* 9× [[PBA All-Star Game|PBA All-Star]] ([[1995 PBA All-Star Game|1995]]–[[2001 PBA All-Star Weekend|2001]], [[2003 PBA All-Star Weekend|2003]], [[2004 PBA All-Star Weekend|2004]])
* [[PBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award|PBA All-Star Game MVP]] ([[1996 PBA All-Star Weekend|1996]])
* 2× [[PBA Mythical Team|PBA Mythical First Team]] ({{pbay|1998}}, {{pbay|2000}})
* 3× [[PBA Mythical Team|PBA Mythical Second Team]] ({{pbay|1996}}, {{pbay|1999}}, {{pbay|2001}})
* [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] Two-Ball Competition Co-Champion (w/ [[Johnny Abarrientos]]) ([[1999 PBA All-Star Weekend|1999]])
* [[50 Greatest Players in PBA History]] (2000 selection)
| medaltemplates  = 
{{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{PHL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok]]|[[Basketball at the 1998 Asian Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[William Jones Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1998 William Jones Cup|1998 Taipei]]|[[1998 William Jones Cup|Team]]}}
}}
}}

'''Kenneth Celera Duremdes''' (born January 31, 1974) is a [[Filipino people|Filipino]] retired [[professional sports|professional]] [[basketball]] player who currently serves as the commissioner of the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League]] (MPBL). Nicknamed as "'''Captain Marbel'''", Duremdes played in the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA) from 1995 to 2008. He is a six-time PBA champion, a two-time [[PBA Finals Most Valuable Player award|Finals MVP]], a one-time [[Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award|MVP]] in [[1998 PBA season|1998]], and a former member of the [[Philippine men's national basketball team|Philippine national basketball team]].

==Amateur career==
Duremdes played for [[Adamson University]] in the [[UAAP]] during the mid-90s and was touted as one of the future PBA superstars. He also played in the [[Philippine Basketball League]] where he had solid credentials.

One of Adamson University's greatest players, Duremdes immediately gave basketball fans a glimpse of his talent, earning Rookie of the Year honors with Burger Machine back in 1993 in the PBL.

Under the tutelage of coach Perry Ronquillo, Duremdes turned from a raw cager into a fearless [[slasher (basketball)|slasher]], and was instrumental in giving Burger Machine a championship in 1994. After two years with the PBL, Duremdes moved on to the PBA and was picked third overall in the 1995 draft.

==PBA career==

===Sunkist and Pop Cola===
In [[1995 PBA season|1995]], Duremdes was selected by the [[Pop Cola Panthers|Sunkist Orange Juicers]] as the 3rd overall in the rookie draft. His team won the PBA All-Filipino and the PBA Commissioner's Cup conference titles despite playing a limited role behind 1995 MVP [[Vergel Meneses]], [[Bonel Balingit]], [[Nelson Asaytono]] and Boybits Victoria.

However, Duremdes was on the bench for most of his time with the then-renamed Pop Cola 800s despite the departure of Asaytono from the team. After languishing on the bench, Pop Cola traded him and Jack Tanuan to [[Alaska Aces (PBA)|Alaska]] for Dwight Lago and Boyet Fernandez.

===Alaska Milkmen===
After his arrival with the 1996 Grandslam champions, Duremdes' career took a big rise. He had a strong showing with the Milkmen's Governors Cup title conquest of [[Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants|Purefoods]].

In [[1998 PBA season|1998]], Duremdes led Alaska to the All-Filipino and Commissioner's Cup titles during the said year. He also won the Commissioner's Cup Best Player honors. Before leading the Philippines to a bronze-medal finish in the [[1998 Asian Games]] in [[Bangkok]], Duremdes was named as the league's Most Valuable Player at age 24.

He continued to have MVP numbers from 1999–2000, in which he led the Milkmen to the 2000 All-Filipino title. After becoming a free agent, he signed a reported 48 million peso to stay with the Aces in 2001, despite offers from teams such as the [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters|Mobiline Phone Pals]]. With Alaska focusing itself on rebuilding the team, Duremdes became the top man for the Aces along with young players [[John Arigo]] and [[Ali Peek]]. In 2002, he again played for the country in the [[Busan]] [[Asian Games]], becoming one of the most notable players on the squad. However, the squad failed to win a medal in the said event. Duremdes then led Alaska to a runner-up finish in the season-ending All-Filipino Conference.

In [[2000 PBA season|2000]], he became a member of the PBA's 25 Greatest Player's List, the youngest of the group.

===Sta. Lucia Realtors===
In [[2003 PBA season|2003]], Duremdes was surprisingly traded from Alaska to the [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]] for a future first round pick (which turned out to be [[Brandon Cablay]]). The trade stunned everyone in attendance and made the Realtors one of the formidable contenders to win a PBA crown with the trio of Duremdes, [[Marlou Aquino]] and [[Dennis Espino]]. Despite big numbers in his first season with Sta. Lucia, he failed to lead the squad to a single championship. However, in the 2003 All-Star Game, he led the Commissioner's All-Star in a win over the Governor's team after scoring a buzzer-beating layup in the final seconds.

Injuries hampered Duremdes in the 2004 Fiesta Conference but he still played in the All-Star Game. He only played for 47 games that year as several nagging injuries affected him. Duremdes saw action in the TM Legends Game, pitting several members of the PBA's 25 Greatest Players. In the 2005-2006 season, Duremdes saw limited action due to injuries, as well as his limited playing minutes. In last Philippine Cup, he led all scorers with 22 points-per-game.

===Coca-Cola Tigers===
In 2007, Duremdes was traded to Coca-Cola along with [[Alex Cabagnot]] and [[Ricky Calimag]] for Manny Ramos and [[Dennis Miranda]]. And in 2008, he was named as the head coach of the [[Powerade Tigers|Coca-Cola Tigers]], ending his career as a basketball player.

On March 23, 2012, before a game between Alaska and Powerade, the Tigers retired his jersey. They went on to lose to the Aces in overtime, 102–100, despite having a 16-point lead.

==Coaching career==
Duremdes was hired by his college alma mater [[Adamson University]] as the head coach of its basketball team, replacing [[Leo Austria]], who decided not to renew his contract with the Falcons. The team manager of the [[Adamson Falcons]] confirmed the choice of Duremdes as the Falcons' new head coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spin.ph/sports/basketball/news/falcons-great-duremdes-gets-head-coaching-job-as-austria-takes-a-break|title = Adamson great Duremdes gets head-coaching job as Austria 'takes a break'}}</ref> Following a dismal campaign in [[UAAP Season 77|Season 77]] (finished 8th in the standings, 1-13 win–loss record), Duremdes was fired by the team management citing a "need for full-time mentor" for the young Falcon team. He was replaced by one of his assistants, Michael A. Fermin who played for UP Fighting Maroons in the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/182798/adamson-falcons-fire-coach-duremdes|title=Adamson Falcons fire coach Duremdes|date=31 May 2015}}</ref>

==National team career==
In 1994, he was included in the [[Philippines men's national basketball team|national team]] that played in the [[Hiroshima]] [[Asian Games]].

In 1998, Duremdes was again named to the [[Philippine Centennial Team]] for the [[Bangkok]] Asian Games. He had outstanding numbers against teams from Asia and led the country to a bronze-medal finish. The country also won the Jones Cup in [[Taiwan]] the same year. He led all scorers in the 1998 Asian Games and the 1998 Jones cup averaging 11.9 point per game and 17.3 point per game, respectively.

In 2002, Duremdes once again took part in the [[Philippines men's national basketball team|national team]] that played in the [[Busan]] Asian Games.

==PBA career statistics==
{{PBA player statistics legend}}
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenneth Duremdes Player Profile - PBA-Online.net |url=http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Kenneth-Duremdes/75 |website=PBA-Online.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424105155/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Kenneth-Duremdes/75 |archive-date=April 24, 2017 }}</ref>

===Season-by-season averages===
{{PBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|1995}}
| align=left| [[1995 Sunkist Orange Juicers season|Sunkist]]
| '''65''' || 17.9 || .482 || .244 || .716 || 1.9 || 1.4 || .2 || .4 || 8.0
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|1996}}
| align=left| [[1996 Sunkist Orange Bottlers season|Sunkist]]
| 37 || 19.2 || .453 || .320 || .671 || 2.0 || 1.4 || .3 || .4 || 8.5
|-
| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|1997}}
| align=left| [[1997 Pop Cola Bottlers season|Pop Cola]]
| rowspan=2|46 || rowspan=2|22.5 || rowspan=2|.470 || rowspan=2|.237 || rowspan=2|.663 || rowspan=2|2.8 || rowspan=2|1.5 || rowspan=2|.3 || rowspan=2|.6 || rowspan=2|10.3
|-
| align=left| [[1997 Alaska Milkmen season|Alaska]]
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|1998}}
| align=left| [[1998 Alaska Milkmen season|Alaska]]
| 51 || 38.4 || '''.496''' || '''.417''' || .738 || 5.1 || 3.3 || .6 || '''1.1''' || 15.7
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|1999}}
| align=left| [[1999 Alaska Milkmen season|Alaska]]
| 56 || 39.0 || .466 || .299 || .821 || 5.1 || 3.5 || .7 || '''1.1''' || 16.6
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2000}}
| align=left| [[2000 Alaska Milkmen season|Alaska]]
| 49 || 38.1 || .469 || .331 || '''.855''' || 5.8 || '''5.8''' || .7 || .8 || 16.3
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2001}}
| align=left| [[2001 Alaska Aces season|Alaska]]
| 46 || '''39.4''' || .431 || .326 || .778 || 5.5 || 5.5 || .5 || .3 || 16.6
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2002}}
| align=left| [[2002 Alaska Aces season|Alaska]]
| 16 || 33.0 || .438 || .329 || .763 || 4.6 || 4.9 || '''1.3''' || .6 || 14.6
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2003}}
| align=left| [[2003 Sta. Lucia Realtors season|Sta. Lucia]]
| 37 || 38.6 || .424 || .347 || .776 || '''7.4''' || 3.6 || .8 || .8 || '''19.8'''
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2004}}
| align=left| [[2004–05 Sta. Lucia Realtors season|Sta. Lucia]]
| 47 || 33.0 || .402 || .290 || .750 || 5.3 || 3.1 || .7 || .7 || 16.5
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2005}}
| align=left| [[2005–06 Sta. Lucia Realtors season|Sta. Lucia]]
| 21 || 24.0 || .465 || .406 || .720 || 3.5 || 3.3 || .3 || .6 || 13.0
|-
| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2006}}
| align=left| [[2006–07 Sta. Lucia Realtors season|Sta. Lucia]]
| rowspan=2|41 || rowspan=2|18.4 || rowspan=2|.402 || rowspan=2|.350 || rowspan=2|.696 || rowspan=2|2.8 || rowspan=2|1.7 || rowspan=2|.3 || rowspan=2|.3 || rowspan=2|8.7
|-
| align=left| [[2006–07 Coca-Cola Tigers season|Coca-Cola]]
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2007}}
| align=left| [[2007–08 Coca-Cola Tigers season|Coca-Cola]]
| 15 || 17.6 || .385 || .211 || .750 || 2.5 || 1.7 || .2 || .1 || 6.6
|-class=sortbottom
| align=center colspan=2 | Career
| 527 || 29.9 || .450 || .326 || .759 || 4.2 || 3.1 || .5 || .6 || 13.4
{{end}}

==Achievements==

===Philippine Basketball Association===
* 1998 and 2000 Mythical First Team
* 1998 Most Valuable Player
* 1996, 1999 and 2001 Mythical Second Team
* 1998 Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the Conference
* 1998 All-Filipino Cup and 1998 Commissioner's Cup Finals Most Valuable Player
* 2000 All-Filipino Cup Best Player of the Conference
* 1996 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
* 9-time All-Star
* PBA's 500 Three-Point Club Member
* PBA's 25 Greatest Players Member

===Philippine Basketball League===
* PBL's 20 Greatest Players Member
* 1993 Most Valuable Player

===Philippine national team===
* 1998 Asian Games Bronze Medalist
* 1998 Jones Cup Champion Centennial Team

== Coaching record ==

=== UAAP ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Season
!Team
!GP
!W
!L
!PCT
!Finish
!PG
!PW
!PL
!PCT
!Results
|-
|[[UAAP Season 77 basketball tournaments|2014]]
|[[Adamson Soaring Falcons basketball|AdU]]
|14
|1
|13
|.071
|8th
|–
|–
|–
|–
|Eliminated
|-
! colspan="2" |Totals
!14
!1
!13
!.071
!
!0
!0
!0
!.000
!0 championships
|}

=== PBA ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Season
!Team
!Conference
!GP
!W
!L
!PCT
!Finish
!GP
!W
!L
!PCT
!Results
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2008–09 PBA season|2008–09]]
| rowspan="2" |[[2008–09 Coca-Cola Tigers season|Coke]]
|[[2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup|Philippine Cup]]
|18
|7
|11
|.389
|9th
|1
|0
|1
|.000
|Lost in wildcard round
|-
|[[2009 PBA Fiesta Conference|Fiesta]]
|14
|6
|8
|.429
|8th
|1
|0
|1
|.000
|Lost in wildcard round
|-
|[[2009–10 PBA season|2009–10]]
|[[2009–10 Coca-Cola Tigers season|Coke]]
|[[2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup|Philippine Cup]]
|9
|1
|8
|.111
| –
|–
|–
|–
|–
|(Replaced)
|-
! colspan="3" |'''Career Total'''
!41
!'''14'''
!27
!'''.341'''
!Playoff Total
!'''2'''
!'''0'''
!'''2'''
!'''.000'''
!'''0 championships'''
|}

==Personal life==
Kenneth Duremdes married Vanessa Cariaga in 1993 at the [[Manila City Hall]], and the ceremony was officiated by Reverend Jesus Mesa before witnesses Manolita San Luis and Nora Atienzo. Duremdes contracted a second [[marriage]] with Theresa Ibasco in 1996. Cariaga filed a [[bigamy]] lawsuit against him. Thereafter, he filed an annulment of marriage case which was later dismissed by a [[Quezon City]] regional trial court, Branch 255. The ruling was affirmed on October 21, 2008, by the [[Philippine Court of Appeals]]' 9th division.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20081022-167854/CA-junks-ex-cagers-appeal-vs-annulment |title=newsinfo.inquirer.net, CA junks ex-cager's appeal vs annulment |access-date=2008-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025071910/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20081022-167854/CA-junks-ex-cagers-appeal-vs-annulment |archive-date=2008-10-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.pba.ph/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=33166 PBA.ph: Kenneth Duremdes Player Profile]
* [http://www.spin.ph/sports/basketball/news/falcons-great-duremdes-gets-head-coaching-job-as-austria-takes-a-break Adamson great Duremdes gets head-coaching job as Austria 'takes a break']
* [http://www.untvweb.com/videos/untv-cup-season-3-featuring-kenneth-duremdes UNTV Cup Season 3 'featuring' Kenneth Duremdes ]

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