{{short description|Filipino basketball player and MPBL commissioner}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Emmerson Oreta | image = | caption = | office = | order = 3rd Commissioner of the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League|MPBL]] | term_start = January 17, 2026 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Kenneth Duremdes]] | successor = | deputy = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|3|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Manila]], Philippines | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = | alma_mater = | module2 = {{Infobox basketball biography | embed = yes | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = 180 | high_school = | college = [[UST Growling Tigers basketball|UST]] | draft_year_pba = 2005 | draft_round_pba = | draft_pba = Undrafted | draft_team_pba = | career_start = 2010 | career_end = 2015 | career_position = [[Point guard]] / [[shooting guard]] | years1 = 2010–2013 | team1 = [[Talk N' Text Tropang Texters]] | years2 = 2015 | team2 = [[Pilipinas MX3 Kings]] | awards = * 4× [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] [[List of Philippine Basketball Association champions|champion]] ([[2010–11 PBA Philippine Cup|2010–11 Philippine]], [[2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup|2011 Commissioner's]], [[2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup|2011–12 Philippine]], [[2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup|2012–13 Philippine]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[basketball]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{PHL}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Southeast Asian Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2003 Southeast Asian Games|2003 Vietnam]]|[[Basketball at the Southeast Asian Games|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[SEABA Championship]]}} {{MedalGold|[[SEABA Championship|2003 Kuala Lumpur]]|[[2003 SEABA Championship|Team]]}} }} }}
'''Emmerson Serrano Oreta''' (born March 28, 1980) is a Filipino former professional [[basketball]] player who currently serves as the commissioner for the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League]] (MPBL).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosal |first1=Glendale G. |title=Duremdes named MPBL chief, Oreta assumes as commissioner |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/689375/duremdes-named-mpbl-chief-oreta-assumes-as-commissioner |website=Cebu Daily News |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |access-date=2026-01-18 |date=2026-01-17}}</ref> He was undrafted in the [[2005 PBA draft]].
==Collegiate career== Oreta played for the [[UST Growling Tigers]] in the [[University Athletic Association of the Philippines|UAAP]]. In his final season with the team, he averaged 11.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oreta, Espiritu to see action |url=https://varsitarian.net/sports/sports/20081116/oreta_espiritu_to_see_action |work=[[The Varsitarian]] |author=Billy Joe I. Allardo |date=May 26, 2003 |access-date=November 16, 2008}}</ref> In addition, he was also the team captain of the team.
==Professional career== In 2003, Oreta played for the John-O basketball team in the semi-professional [[Philippine Basketball League]] (PBL), but a couple of months later joined the Sunkist–UST Tigers team, the PBL affiliate of his collegiate team, the [[UST Growling Tigers]].
In 2008, Oreta joined the Smart-Pampanga Buddies of the semi-professional [[Liga Pilipinas]] and stayed there until 2009 when the team folded.
In 2010, Oreta finally got his first taste of action in the [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] after the [[TNT Tropang Texters|Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters]] signed him from free agency. He won 4 PBA titles with the team.
In 2015, Oreta joined the tryouts held by a new team, the [[Pilipinas MX3 Kings|Pilipinas Aguilas]] along with many other hopeful veterans unable to make it to the PBA.<ref>{{ cite news |title=With PBA jobs scarce, Willie Miller, fellow pros try luck with ABL side Pilipinas Aguilas |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/abl/news/willie-miller-on-abl-pacman-powervit-aguilas |work=Spin.ph |date=September 8, 2015 |accessdate=September 8, 2015 }}</ref> A couple of weeks later, it was confirmed that Oreta will be a part of the final lineup of the Aguilas. However, in December 2015, Oreta, along with [[Sunday Salvacion]], [[Charles Mammie]], [[Chad Alonzo]], [[Jondan Salvador]], and [[Adrian Celada]] were released by the [[Pilipinas MX3 Kings]] after a roster overhaul.
In 2018, Oreta played for the [[Department of Agriculture (Philippines)|Department of Agriculture]] Food Masters in the [[UNTV Cup]]. He was hailed the Best Player of the Game one time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.untvweb.com/untvcup/?p=15263|title=Best Player's Highlights: Emerson Oreta (September 9, 2018)|publisher=UNTVweb.com|date=September 12, 2018|accessdate=September 13, 2018}}</ref>
==International career== He was part of the Philippine squad that won the [[2003 Southeast Asian Games]] basketball tournament and the [[2003 SEABA Championship]].<ref>{{ cite news |title=RP captures third SEABA crown |url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/218217/rp-captures-third-seaba-crown |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=August 23, 2003 |accessdate=October 31, 2015 }}</ref>
==PBA career statistics== {{PBA player statistics legend}} ''Correct as of September 1, 2015''<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111115012029/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Emmerson-Oreta/402/ Player Profile]}} at PBA-Online!</ref>
===Season-by-season averages=== {{PBA player statistics start}} |- | align=left | {{pbay|2010}} | align=left | [[Tropang TNT|Talk 'N Text]] | '''18''' || 2.7 || '''.381''' || '''.429''' || '''.625''' || .5 || '''.4''' || .0 || .0 || 1.3 |- | align=left | {{pbay|2011}} | align=left | Talk 'N Text | 5 || '''7.0''' || .357 || .333 || .500 || '''1.2''' || '''.4''' || .0 || .0 || '''3.8''' |- | align=left | Career | align=left | | 23 || 3.7 || .371 || .375 || .550 || .7 || .4 || .0 || .0 || 1.9 {{end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://basketball.asia-basket.com/player/Emmerson_Oreta/Talk_N_Text_Tropang_Texters/63652 Player Profile] at Asia-Basket * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111115012029/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Emmerson-Oreta/402/ Player Profile]}} at PBA-Online!
{{Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 2010-11 PBA Philippine Cup Champions}} {{Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Champions}} {{Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 2011-12 PBA Philippine Cup Champions}} {{Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 2012-13 PBA Philippine Cup Champions}} {{MPBL commissioners}}
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