Dondon Hontiveros

Donaldo "Dondon" Cabañes Hontiveros (born June 1, 1977[1]) is a Filipino politician and former professional basketball player currently serving as a council member for the 2nd district of Cebu City.[2]

The Honorable Dondon Hontiveros
Member of the Cebu City Council from the 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2019
Personal details
Born	Donaldo Cabañes Hontiveros July 1, 1977 Cebu City, Philippines
Political party	BARUG-PDP–Laban
Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 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	1998–2018
Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
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
2012–2017	Alaska Aces
2017–2018	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
Career highlights and awards
3× PBA champion (2005 Fiesta, 2009 Fiesta, 2013 Commissioner's) 13× PBA All-Star (2000, 2001, 2003–2011, 2015, 2017) PBA All-Star Three-Point Shootout champion (2007) PBA Mythical Second Team (2009) PBA Sportsmanship Awardee (2005) ABL champion (2018) MBA All-Star MVP (1998) MBA Discovery of the Year (1998)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Philippines FIBA Asia Championship 2015 Changsha Team William Jones Cup 2007 Taipei Team 2011 Taipei Team 2015 Taipei Team

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. However, 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 Technical College-Cebu.

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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

ASEAN Basketball League

After finishing his contract with Alaska, Hontiveros was signed by ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) team Alab Pilipinas.[6]

PBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	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

[7]

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
2016–17	Alaska	21	11.5	.317	.321	.500	1.4	.8	.1	.0	3.5
Career		744	26.1	.378	.336	.704	3.4	1.8	.6	.3	9.8

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.[8]

Personal life

Hontiveros is a Christian, and has a son named Isaiah with singer and fellow Cebu native Gail Blanco. He speaks three languages - his native Cebuano, English and Tagalog. He is also a cousin to Philippine Senator 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, and 24 with Air21, and 25 with Alaska Aces.

References

1. "Hontiveros, Donaldo". pba.inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
2. Lachica, Immae; Panerio, Jonas Rey (May 14, 2019). "Dondon Hontiveros: Decorated basketball player to no.1 Cebu City councilor". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
3. Henson, Joaquin (January 29, 2000). "Dondon case to be resolved soon - Gems". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
4. "Monster trade involving Tenorio, Casio balanced, says Salud". PBA-Online!. August 31, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
5. Panaligan, Marisse (January 17, 2015). "PBA: Dondon Hontiveros reaches elite three-point shooting milestone". GMA News and Public Affairs. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
6. Terrado, Reuben (October 17, 2017). "Dondon Hontiveros takes act to ABL after 17 years in the PBA". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
8. Belen, Reynaldo (August 19, 2011). "Hontiveros bows out of SMART-Gilas; new Talk 'N Text player likely to take spot". InterAksyon.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.