Dondon Hontiveros

Donaldo "Dondon" Cabañes Hontiveros (born June 1, 1977[1]) is a Filipino politician and former professional basketball player and coach. He is a member of the Cebu City Council since June 30, 2022, and previously from 2019 to 2021.[2] He was the Vice Mayor of Cebu City from November 2021 to June 2022, by virtue of succession due to the death of Mayor Edgardo Labella. He also served as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Cabañes and the surname or paternal family name is Hontiveros.

The Honorable
Dondon Hontiveros
Hontiveros in 2022
Member of the
Cebu City Council
from the 2nd district
Assumed office
June 30, 2022
In office
June 30, 2019 – November 19, 2021
Vice Mayor of Cebu City
In office
November 20, 2021 – June 30, 2022
MayorMike Rama
Preceded byMike Rama
Succeeded byRaymond Alvin Garcia
Personal details
Born
Donaldo Cabañes Hontiveros

(1977-07-01) July 1, 1977
Cebu City, Philippines
Political partyBarug PDP–Laban (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent* (2021–2022)
Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
CollegeUniversity of Cebu
PBA draft2000: Direct hire
Selected by the Tanduay Rhum Masters
Playing career1998–2018
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Coaching career2021–present
Career history
As player:
1998–1999Cebu Gems
2000–2001Tanduay Rhum Masters
2002–2011San Miguel Beermen / Magnolia Beverage Masters
2011Air21 Express
2011–2012Petron Blaze Boosters
2012–2017Alaska Aces
2017–2018San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
As coach:
2021, 2023Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Philippines
FIBA Asia Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Changsha Team
William Jones Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Taipei Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Taipei Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Taipei Team

In basketball, Hontiveros has won three PBA championships and was a 13-time PBA All-Star. He started his career in his hometown of Cebu City, playing for the University of Cebu at the collegiate level and becoming professional with the Cebu Gems of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA). In the 2000 PBA draft, he was a direct hire of Tanduay and was later traded to the San Miguel Beermen, where he won the 2005 and 2009 PBA Fiesta Conferences. In 2013, he won the PBA Commissioner's Cup with the Alaska Aces. He then retired after winning the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) championship in 2018 with San Miguel Alab Pilipinas. He thereafter ventured into politics and coaching.

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 basketball 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] It was after this stint that he retired from the game.

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][8]

Season-by-season averages
Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000 Tanduay 4425.9.389.273.7292.61.6.5.210.2
2001 Tanduay 3829.8.386.406.6463.91.9.6.412.4
2002 San Miguel 1332.5.413.333.6324.62.5.5.511.9
2003 San Miguel 5033.3.417.368.8314.62.1.8.712.8
2004–05 San Miguel 7734.7.416.320.7294.42.51.0.712.6
2005–06 San Miguel 4232.1.382.359.7544.12.0.9.510.5
2006–07 San Miguel 3130.5.346.310.7394.83.6.7.312.8
2007–08 Magnolia 4428.9.415.314.7784.02.71.3.611.7
2008–09 San Miguel 5729.8.437.379.8124.52.3.9.514.8
2009–10 San Miguel 5628.4.443.376.7103.41.8.6.311.8
2010–11 San Miguel 4932.3.418.377.7394.02.0.9.413.5
Air21
2011–12 Petron 912.8.243.250.3752.0.6.1.02.9
2012–13 Alaska 5522.2.319.294.8112.91.6.4.36.2
2013–14 Alaska 4421.8.342.358.5963.01.1.5.16.2
2014–15 Alaska 5721.3.359.343.7582.51.2.5.27.6
2015–16 Alaska 5715.2.376.338.8371.5.9.4.15.7
2016–17 Alaska 2411.9.284.299.5001.5.7.2.03.2
Career 74726.9.395.344.7513.51.9.7.410.3

National team 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.[9]

Political career

In the 2019 elections, Hontiveros won a seat in the Cebu City Council. Running under Barug PDP-Laban, he garnered the most votes in the 2nd district.[2][10] He then became chairman of the council's Committee on Scholarship Program and Committee on Games and Amusement, and vice-chairman of the Committee on Youth and Sports Development.[11] He sponsored the resolution that amended the city's scholarship program to include high school dropouts pursuing vocational education.[12]

In September 2021, Hontiveros and colleague Phillip Zafra announced that they will seek reelection in 2022 as independent candidates; Barug PDP-Laban still endorses them as guest candidates.[13] On October 31, the two councilors announced that they had changed their minds and would not leave Barug. However, the Commission on Elections still categorizes them as independents since they filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) as independents.[14]

On November 20, 2021, Hontiveros, as the first councilor of the Cebu City Council, succeeded to the vice mayorship of Cebu City, replacing Mike Rama, who ascended as mayor of Cebu City after the death of Edgardo Labella.[15] In 2022, Hontiveros returned to the council after topping the polls again.[16]

Personal life

Hontiveros is a evangelical, 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
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  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 September 26, 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.
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  12. Magsumbol, Caecent No-ot (April 30, 2021). "Out-of-school youth now included in city's scholarship program". The Freeman. Philstar Media Group. Archived from the original on September 5, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
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  14. Seares, Pachico A. (November 1, 2021). "Explainer: Councilors Hontiveros, Zafra cancel 'independence,' stay with Barug. To Comelec though, they're still party-less. Nov. 15 deadline is 'only for substitution.'". SunStar Cebu. SunStar Publishing Inc. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
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