Dylan Ababou

Dylan Simon Rosales Ababou (born December 7, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Columbian Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted 10th overall in 2011 by the Energy. He was one of the key players of the UST Growling Tigers who won the UAAP title in 2006. He was also named the 2009 UAAP Season MVP. He also played for the Philippines men's national basketball team.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Rosales and the surname or paternal family name is Ababou.
Dylan Ababou
Free agent
PositionSmall forward / Shooting guard
LeaguePBA
Personal information
Born (1986-12-07) December 7, 1986
Leyte, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolSiena College of Quezon City
CollegeUniversity of Santo Tomas
PBA draft2011 Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall
Selected by the Barako Bull Energy
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Barako Bull Energy
2012–2015Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2015Barako Bull Energy
2015–2016Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters / TNT Tropang Texters / Tropang TNT / TNT KaTropa
2016–2017Blackwater Elite
2017GlobalPort Batang Pier
2017Phoenix Fuel Masters
2017–2018Kia Picanto / Columbian Dyip
Career highlights and awards

Early life

Dylan Ababou was born in Leyte to parents Rachid Ababou and Rosemarie Rosales.[1] He was raised by his grandmother and started playing basketball when he was 8 years old.[1]

College career

Ababou played for the UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2005 to 2009. In 2006, he was one of the members of the 2006 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team who won the title against the heavily favored Ateneo Blue Eagles 2-1. He also won the Sixth Man of the Year award for that season. Ababou was crowned the Season MVP on his final year with the Tigers.[2]

Professional career

In the 2011 PBA draft, he was drafted 10th overall by the Barako Bull Energy.[3] In his first game with the Energy he scored 20 points on 8 of 13 FG as he led the Energy to a victory against the Barangay Ginebra Kings, 88-75.[4] Ababou became a key player for the Energy since then and has been in the starting lineup. The Energy made the quarterfinals but were knocked off by the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters who had a twice-to-beat advantage. At the end of the conference, Ababou averaged 11.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, on 41% field goal shooting and 36% 3 point shooting.

Ababou was traded from the Energy to the Barangay Ginebra Kings alongside Kerby Raymundo from the B-Meg Llamados. The Llamados got JC Intal from the Kings while the Energy got Ronald Tubid and Reil Cervantes from the Kings.[5]

In March 2015, Ababou and Forrester was traded for the 1st round draft pick of the Barako Bull Energy from Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in leadership of their new head coach Frankie Lim.

On October 8, 2015, the PBA office approved the trade that sent Dylan Ababou to the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters for a 2016 second round pick.[6]

On November 14, 2016, Ababou was traded by the TNT KaTropa to the Blackwater Elite for Frank Golla.

International career

Immediately after his collegiate career with the Tigers ended, Ababou was called to join the Smart Gilas Philippines men's national basketball team together with the likes of Chris Tiu, JVee Casio, Mac Baracael and Mark Barroca, players whom he faced during his college career. However, his tenure with Smart Gilas did not go well as he had limited playing time with the team. Also, the arrival of Marcio Lassiter and Chris Lutz to Smart Gilas did not bode well with Ababou as his playing time grew even more limited.[7]

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

Correct as of October 2, 2016[8]

Season-by-season averages
Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Barako Bull / Barangay Ginebra 4222.6.406.299.8163.1.7.2.38.0
2012–13 Barangay Ginebra 68.5.267.2221.0001.2.2.0.52.7
2013–14 Barangay Ginebra 279.3.317.235.7271.2.3.3.12.9
2014–15 Barangay Ginebra / Barako Bull 1810.8.400.387.8751.1.2.2.03.7
2015–16 Talk 'N Text / TNT 248.4.438.3891.000.5.4.2.32.8
Career 11714.1.390.308.8271.7.4.2.24.8

References
  1. "Super Ababou; ready to put heartbreak, disappointments behind". Interaksyon. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. "Ababou is UAAP MVP". The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. "Casio, Lee headline top rookie pick". PBA.ph. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  4. "PRIZED ROOKIE TOW BARAKO BULL PAST GINEBRA". PBA.ph. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  5. "PBA OKs Raymundo-Intal-Ababou deal". interaksyon.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  6. . pba.inquirer.net http://pba.inquirer.net/transactions. Retrieved 8 October 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "'Super Ababou' ready to put heartbreak, disappointments behind". interaksyon.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  8. Player PBA Online
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