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Billy Robles
Billy Ray Robles (born May 30, 1992) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Robles played his college career at Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College before trying out in the PBA D-League and Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL). He went undrafted in the 2016 PBA draft but later signed a deal with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, although he didn't get any significant playing time. In 2018, he joined the expansion Davao Occidental Tigers of the then-amateur Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and won a championship with the team in 2021 MPBL finals, 2021. After a short stint with Davao Occidental in FilBasket, Robles returned to the PBA in 2022, this time with the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters. In 2023, Billy moved back to the now-professional MPBL with the Makati OKBet Kings, but later that year, he moved to the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards franchise. Career st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's regional professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 30 teams. Founded in 2017 by eight-division boxing world champion and then-Senator Manny Pacquiao, the MPBL is not intended to be a competitor to the top-flight Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), but rather to provide a gateway for local, homegrown talents to showcase their skills. The league uses a home-and-away format, similar to the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association. The MPBL started an amateur league before being granted professional status by the Games and Amusements Board. Due to Pacquiao's role in the league, it has also been referred to as Manny Pacquiao's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. The MPBL is the first in a series of leagues which bear the ''Maharlika Pilipinas'' name. It is followed by the Junior MPBL and Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association (MPVA) in 2023, and the Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
