{{Short description|Filipino basketball player (born 1987)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Paul Zamar | image = | caption = | position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[point guard]] | team = Blackwater Bossing | league = [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] | number = 5 | nationality = Filipino | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|20}} | birth_place = [[Mandaluyong]], Philippines | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lbs = 179 | high_school = [[San Beda University|San Beda]] ([[Manila]])<br>[[University of the East|UE]] ([[Caloocan]]) | college = [[UE Red Warriors basketball|UE]] | draft_year_pba = 2012 | draft_round_pba = 4 | draft_pick_pba = 35 | draft_team_pba = [[Barangay Ginebra San Miguel]] | career_start = 2016 | years1 = 2016–2017 | team1 = [[Mono Thewphaingarm]] | years2 = 2017–2018 | team2 = [[Mono Vampire]] | years3 = 2018 | team3 = [[Blackwater Bossing|Blackwater Elite]] | years4 = 2019–2022 | team4 = [[San Miguel Beermen]] | years5 = 2023–2024 | team5 = [[NorthPort Batang Pier]] | years6 = 2025–present | team6 = Blackwater Bossing | highlights = * 3× [[List of Philippine Basketball Association champions|PBA champion]] ([[2019 PBA Philippine Cup Finals|2019 Philippine]], [[2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals|2019 Commissioner's]], [[2022 PBA Philippine Cup Finals|2022 Philippine]]) * [[Samboy Lim PBA Sportsmanship Award|PBA Sportsmanship Award]] ({{pbay|2023|end}}) * [[PBA All-Rookie Team]] ({{pbay|2017|end}}) }}
'''Paul Christian Zamar''' (born October 20, 1987) is a Filipino professional [[basketball]] player for the [[Blackwater Bossing]] of the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2018/04/22/never-say-die-paul-zamar-s-pba-dream-lives-40664|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130113157/https://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2018/04/22/never-say-die-paul-zamar-s-pba-dream-lives-40664|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 30, 2018|title=Never Say Die: Paul Zamar's PBA Dream lives on|website=ABS-CBN Sports}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.inquirer.net/295644/abl-stint-paul-zamar-joins-blackwater|title=After ABL stint, Paul Zamar joins Blackwater|first=Randolph|last=Leongson|date=May 2, 2018 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>
On January 5, 2023, while still being a restricted free agent, Zamar was traded to the [[NorthPort Batang Pier]] for Allyn Bulanadi and [[San Miguel Beermen|San Miguel]]'s 2025 second round pick.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Reuben |last=Terrado |title=SMB trades rights to Paul Zamar, future pick to NorthPort for Bulanadi |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/smb-trades-paul-zamar-draft-pick-to-northport-for-bulanadi-a795-20230105 |work=Spin.ph |date=January 5, 2023|access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref> Zamar signed a one-year contract with NorthPort on January 17.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Terrado|first=Reuben|title=Paul Zamar signs one-year deal with NorthPort than head elsewhere |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/paul-zamar-signs-one-year-deal-with-northport-a795-20230117 |date=January 17, 2023|access-date=January 17, 2023|website=Spin.ph|language=en}}</ref> He signed another one-year contract extension with the Batang Pier on June 7, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramos|first=Gerry|title=Kris Rosales, Paul Zamar, Ben Adamos inked to new NorthPort deals |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/rosales-zamar-adamos-back-for-another-tour-of-duty-with-northport-a793-20240607 |date=June 7, 2024|access-date=June 7, 2024|website=Spin.ph}}</ref>
==PBA career statistics== {{PBA player statistics legend}} ''As of the end of 2023–24 season''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Christian Zamar Player Profile, Northport Batang Pier - RealGM |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Paul-Christian-Zamar/Summary/136583 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref>
===Season-by-season averages=== {{PBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | {{pbay|2017}} | align="left" | [[2017–18 Blackwater Elite season|Blackwater]] | 19 || '''22.8''' || .442 || .378 || .773 || '''3.6''' || '''1.5''' || '''.6''' || '''.1''' || '''10.3''' |- | align="left" | {{pbay|2019}} | align="left" | [[2019 San Miguel Beermen season|San Miguel]] | 23 || 7.9 || .316 || .207 || .400 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .2 || .0 || 2.1 |- | align="left" | {{pbay|2020}} | align="left" | [[2020 San Miguel Beermen season|San Miguel]] | 13 || 14.4 || '''.467''' || .385 || .571 || 2.0 || .9 || .2 || '''.1''' || 6.0 |- | align="left" | {{pbay|2021}} | align="left" | [[2021 San Miguel Beermen season|San Miguel]] | 16 || 7.3 || .417 || .350 || '''.833''' || .8 || .4 || .1 || {{sort|-|—}} || 2.6 |- | align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2022}} | align=left | [[2022–23 San Miguel Beermen season|San Miguel]] | rowspan=2|'''32'''|| rowspan=2|12.0 || rowspan=2|.439 || rowspan=2|.358 || rowspan=2|.791 || rowspan=2|1.2 || rowspan=2|1.2 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|'''.1''' || rowspan=2|5.0 |- | align=left | [[2022–23 NorthPort Batang Pier season|NorthPort]] |- | align="left" | {{pbay|2023}} | align="left" | [[2023–24 NorthPort Batang Pier season|NorthPort]] | 18 || 18.5 || .444 || '''.403''' || .667 || 1.4 || 1.4 || '''.6''' || '''.1''' || 7.9 |-class=sortbottom | align="center" colspan=2 | Career | 121 || 13.5 || .429 || .360 || .698 || 1.7 || 1.1 || .3 || .1 || 5.5 {{end}}
==Personal life== He is a son of former national team head coach [[Boyzie Zamar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sy says Boycie Zamar's request for SMB reunion with son Paul prompted trade |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/sy-says-boycie-zamar-s-request-for-smb-reunion-with-son-paul-prompted-trade-a793-20181217 |date=December 17, 2018|access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Spin.ph }}</ref>
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