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Victor Pablo

Victor Pablo
FEU Tamaraws
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueUAAP
Personal information
Born (1970-08-08) August 8, 1970 (age 54)
Manila, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
CollegeFEU
PBA draft1993: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Ginebra San Miguel
Playing career1993–2008
PositionSmall forward
Number33
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1994Pepsi Mega Bottlers
1995San Miguel Beermen
1995–1999Formula Shell Zoom Masters
2000–2007Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2008Barangay Ginebra Kings
As coach:
2011–presentFEU (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

Victor Pablo (born August 8, 1970) is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association.[1]

Playing career

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A former king Tamaraw at Far Eastern University, Pablo was the second overall pick in the 1993 PBA draft. He was drafted by Ginebra San Miguel but failed to reach an agreement with the Gins and was subsequently traded to Pepsi in exchange for center Manny Victorino. At Pepsi, he rejoined coach Derrick Pumaren, his former coach at Triple-V Foodmasters during his PBL days.

After two seasons with the Mega Bottlers, Pablo would be involved in two trades in the 1995 PBA season, first with Alvin Teng, whom San Miguel dealt to Pepsi to acquire Pablo and towards the end of the 1995 PBA Governors' Cup eliminations, he was traded by the Beermen to Formula Shell for Paul Alvarez.[2][3]

In 1998, Pablo was one of the final cuts in coach Tim Cone's Philippine Centennial Team. Vic made up for the non-inclusion to the Asian Games squad by having an outstanding season with Formula Shell. He earned his first PBA championship in a six-year career when Shell won the season-ending Governors Cup.

He was traded to Mobiline Phone Pals for Mark Telan at the beginning of the new millennium. In 2003, finally free from injuries, Pablo stepped up big and helped the Phone Pals win their first title in the All-Filipino Cup Championship.

Pablo was later on traded to Barangay Ginebra Kings in 2008, where he finally got to play for the team that drafted him. He won a championship ring for the Kings during the Fiesta Conference. After his one season stint w/ Ginebra, he decided to call it quits.

Coaching career

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Pablo later served as one of the assistant coaches for the FEU Tamaraws.[4]

Personal life

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His daughter, Ira, worked as a courtside reporter for PBA in 2022.[5]

PBA career statistics

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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

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Season-by-season averages

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Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1993 7-Up / Pepsi 43 34.0 .494 .222 .810 6.6 1.3 .1 .7 13.5
1994 Pepsi 38 29.4 .511 .318 .715 4.8 1.1 .1 .3 13.2
1995 San Miguel 33 20.8 .493 .286 .703 3.4 .9 .0 .5 9.4
Formula Shell 13 29.7 .445 .400 .733 5.3 1.2 .2 .2 9.4
1996 Formula Shell 63 31.0 .487 .000 .756 5.8 1.3 .2 .6 12.1
1997 Formula Shell 46 39.5 .473 .125 .812 7.2 2.6 .4 .7 17.4
1998 Formula Shell 61 32.4 .469 .357 .771 5.7 2.0 .3 .8 11.6
1999 Formula Shell / Shell 55 40.3 .454 .304 .793 6.1 1.7 .2 .8 15.3
2000 Mobiline 24 .435 .361 .777 9.9 2.8 .3 .7 19.8
2001 Mobiline / Talk 'N Text 31 33.0 .403 .204 .750 4.7 1.5 .2 .6 9.7
2002 Talk 'N Text 47 23.1 .412 .452 .737 4.8 1.1 .2 .4 8.1
2003 Talk 'N Text 46 26.7 .394 .321 .768 4.5 1.5 .4 .6 9.2
2004–05 Talk 'N Text 75 31.2 .451 .324 .804 6.4 .9 .2 .2 11.4
2005–06 Talk 'N Text 33 22.4 .428 .383 .722 3.2 .8 .2 .2 8.9
2006–07 Talk 'N Text 43 12.2 .339 .250 .889 1.9 .5 .0 .2 2.4
2007–08 Barangay Ginebra 10 7.9 .391 .250 1.8 .2 .0 .0 2.0
Career 661 30.2 .457 .330 .771 5.3 1.4 .2 .5 11.3

References

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  1. ^ http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Victor-Pablo/127/ [dead link]
  2. ^ "Pepsi trades Pablo for San Miguel's Teng". Manila Standard.
  3. ^ "Alvarez-Magsanoc rift sparked swap for Pablo?". Manila Standard.
  4. ^ "FEU Tamaraws".
  5. ^ Dioquino, Delfin (October 16, 2024). "Ira Pablo says she lost PBA courtside reporting job for being 'plus-sized'". Rappler. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "Victor Pablo Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.