Dylan Ababou
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| No. 33 – GlobalPort Batang Pier | |
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| Position | Small forward / Shooting guard |
| League | PBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
December 7, 1986 Leyte, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Siena College of Quezon City |
| College | University of Santo Tomas |
| PBA draft | 2011 Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall |
| Selected by the Barako Bull Energy | |
| Playing career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| 2011–2012 | Barako Bull Energy |
| 2012–2015 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
| 2015 | Barako Bull Energy |
| 2015–2016 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters / TNT Tropang Texters / Tropang TNT / TNT KaTropa |
| 2016–2017 | Blackwater Elite |
| 2017–present | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Dylan Simon R. Ababou (born December 7, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the GlobalPort Batang Pier 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.
Dylan Ababou was born in Leyte to parents Rachid Ababou and Rosemarie Rosales. He was raised by his grandmother and started playing basketball when he was 8 years old.
Ababou played for the UST Growling Tigers Men's Senior Basketball team in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2005 to 2009. In 2006, he was one of the members of Growling Tigers who won the title against the heavily favored Ateneo Blue Eagles 2-1. In 2009. 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.
Immediately after his collegiate career with the Tigers ended, Ababou was called to join the Smart Gilas Philippine national 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.
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