Dondon Hontiveros

Dondon Hontiveros
No. 25 – Alaska Aces
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League PBA
Personal information
Born (1977-06-01) June 1, 1977
Cebu City, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College University of Cebu
PBA draft 2000 / Direct Hire
Selected by the Tanduay Rhum Masters
Playing career 1998–present
Career history
1998–1999 Cebu Gems
2000–2001 Tanduay Rhum Masters
2002–2011 San Miguel Beermen / Magnolia Beverage Masters
2011 Air21 Express
2011–2012 Petron Blaze Boosters
2012–present Alaska Aces
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Philippines
FIBA Asia Championship
2015 Changsha Team
William Jones Cup
2007 Taipei Team
2011 Taipei Team
2015 Taipei Team

Donaldo "Dondon" Hontiveros (born June 1, 1977) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Alaska Aces in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Early life, high school and collegiate career

Born in Cebu City, Hontiveros fancied basketball at a young age and tried to enter the sport at a competitive level in his first year of high school. But at that time, since he lacked the height, no one took notice of him. Fortunately, he had a growth spurt by the time he was in third year so he was taken into the high school basketball team of Don Bosco Technology Center.

His first year with the varsity team was spent mostly on the bench. By the time he became a high school senior, he was already part of the team's rotation. At this point, he was already as tall as the team's center. His jump to college basketball suffered a minor setback when he ended his senior high school year with an injury. To keep himself competitive, he played in the intramural games at University of San Jose–Recoletos.

He eventually played college ball at the University of Cebu for three years.

Professional career

Metropolitan Basketball Association

Hontiveros joined the Metropolitan Basketball Association in its maiden season in 1998 playing for the Cebu Gems. However, despite being a fan favorite among the Cebuano fans, his stint with the Gems was marred with chaos, as he requested to be released by the team because he wanted to finish his studies and the constant travelling to different provinces with the team prompted him to drop some of his subjects.[1]

Philippine Basketball Association

The Cebu Gems management tried to trade Hontiveros to different MBA teams. But Hontiveros' desire to play for the PBA eventually materialized as the Gems strike an agreement with Tanduay Rhum Masters, who acquired Hontiveros in exchange for cash. But after Tanduay franchise was sold to the Lina Group in 2002, San Miguel (his favorite team) acquired him through a trade. Soon, he found himself a vital cog in the team's offensive rotation as he was quickly promoted as a starter for the team. He was a member of the two championships won by San Miguel in 2004-2005 Fiesta Conference and the 2009 Fiesta Conference.

In March 2011, he, along with Danny Seigle, Dorian Pena and Paul Artadi were shipped to Air21 for younger players Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Nonoy Baclao and Rey Guevarra. During his stint with the Express, he emerged as one of the key players In 2011 draft-day, he was traded back to Petron (San Miguel) along with the No.3 pick which was used to draft Chris Lutz.

Before the end of August 2012, he was involved in a six-player, four-team trade that sent him to Alaska.[2] He was a vital addition off-the-bench for the Aces, and was a member of the 2013 championship team. He would often provide heroics when it mattered, as evidenced in the games he played during the 2014-15 Philippine Cup. He was the game's best player once during the elimination round against NLEX, and would provide his usual heroics in the playoffs, once against Rain or Shine and another during the Game 6 (a potential elimination game) against San Miguel in the Finals.

On January 16, 2015, he surpassed fellow Cebuano gunner Al Solis for the No. 4 all time in three-point field goals with 1,002.[3]

PBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Correct as of September 23, 2016[4]

Season-by-season averages

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000 Tanduay 44 25.9 .389 .273 .729 2.6 1.6 .5 .2 10.2
2001 Tanduay 38 29.8 .386 .406 .646 3.9 1.9 .6 .4 12.5
2002 San Miguel 13 32.5 .413 .333 .632 4.6 2.5 .5 .5 11.9
2003 San Miguel 50 33.3 .417 .368 .831 4.6 2.1 .8 .7 12.8
2004–05 San Miguel 77 34.7 .416 .320 .729 4.4 2.5 1.0 .7 12.6
2005–06 San Miguel 42 32.1 .382 .359 .754 4.1 2.1 .9 .5 10.6
2006–07 San Miguel 31 30.5 .346 .310 .739 4.8 3.7 .7 .3 12.8
2007–08 Magnolia 44 28.9 .415 .314 .778 4.0 2.7 1.3 .6 11.7
2008–09 San Miguel 57 29.8 .437 .379 .812 4.5 2.3 .9 .5 14.8
2009–10 San Miguel 56 28.4 .443 .376 .710 3.4 1.8 .6 .3 11.8
2010–11 San Miguel 49 32.3 .418 .377 .739 4.0 2.0 .9 .4 13.5
2011–12 Petron 9 12.8 .243 .250 .375 2.0 .6 .1 .0 2.9
2012–13 Alaska 55 22.2 .319 .294 .811 2.9 1.6 .4 .3 6.2
2013–14 Alaska 44 21.8 .342 .358 .596 3.0 1.1 .5 .1 6.2
2014–15 Alaska 57 21.3 .359 .343 .758 2.5 1.2 .5 .2 7.6
2015–16 Alaska 57 15.2 .376 .338 .837 1.5 .9 .4 .1 5.7
Career 723 27.4 .397 .345 .752 3.6 1.9 .7 .4 10.5

International career

Hontiveros played for the Philippine National Team in 2002 and 2007. He also donned the national colors for the Smart-Gilas Team Pilipinas in 2011 and helped Gilas Pilipinas defeat Japan in the semifinals of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in China. [5]

Personal life

Hontiveros is a Christian, and has a son named Isaiah with singer and fellow Cebu native Gail Blanco. He speaks two languages - Cebuano and Filipino. He is also a cousin to former Akbayan Rep. Risa and CNN Philippines anchor Pia Hontiveros.

He has also worn the following numbers during his career: the numbers 7 with Cebu Gems and San Miguel, the number 34 which was his first jersey number with Tanduay (3+4=7), and 24 with Air21 which was a combination of his 7 and the 17 of his former teammate Olsen Racela. Currently he wears number 25 with Alaska Aces (2+5=7).

References

  1. ↑ Henson, Joaquin (January 29, 2000). "Dondon case to be resolved soon - Gems". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Monster trade involving Tenorio, Casio balanced, says Salud". PBA-Online!. August 31, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ Panaligan, Marisse (January 17, 2015). "PBA: Dondon Hontiveros reaches elite three-point shooting milestone". GMA News and Public Affairs. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ Player at PBA-Online!
  5. ↑ Belen, Reynaldo (August 19, 2011). "Hontiveros bows out of SMART-Gilas; new Talk 'N Text player likely to take spot". InterAksyon.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
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