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 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 ...

(MPBL). Robles played his college career at Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College before trying out in the

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and Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL). He went undrafted in the

2016 PBA draft The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event which allows teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams for the 2015–16 seaso ...

but later signed a deal with the

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association owned by Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. It debuted in the league in the 2006–07 PBA season after acquiring the franchise righ ...

, although he didn't get any significant playing time. In 2018, he joined the expansion

Davao Occidental Tigers The Davao Occidental Tigers (also known as Davao Occidental Tigers – Cocolife due to sponsorship reasons) are a Filipino professional basketball team based in the Davao metropolitan area and representing the province of Davao Occidental. The ...

of the then-amateur

(MPBL) and won a championship with the team in

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. After a short stint with Davao Occidental in

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, Robles returned to the PBA in 2022, this time with the

Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters The Phoenix Fuel Masters is a professional basketball team owned by Phoenix Petroleum, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., which debuted in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in the 2015–16 PBA season, 2016 2016 PBA Commissioner's C ...

. In 2023, Billy moved back to the now-professional MPBL with the

Makati OKBet Kings The Makati Super Crunch was a Filipino professional basketball team based in Makati. The team last competed in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) from 2018 to 2023 and played its home games at Makati Coliseum. The team began pla ...

, but later that year, he moved to the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards franchise.

Career statistics

PBA

''As of the end of 2022–23 season''

Season-by-season averages

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MPBL

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Davao Occidental Davao Occidental (; ), officially the Province of Davao Occidental (; ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is the municipality of Malita, the most populous town in the province. To the east lies ...

, 35 , , 35 , , 27.2 , , .399 , , .086 , , .697 , , 6.5 , , 3.1 , , 0.9 , , 1.0 , , 10.6 , - , align=left , 2019–20 , align=left ,

, 40 , , 40 , , 25.6 , , .409 , , .247 , , .661 , , 6.9 , , 2.8 , , 0.9 , , 0.9 , , 10.0 , - , align=left ,

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Makati Makati ( ; ), officially the City of Makati (), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines, known for being one of the leading financial centers in the country. As of 2013, the city has the highest concent ...

, 27 , , 27 , , 25.8 , , .486 , , .270 , , .610 , , 8.6 , , 3.0 , , 1.2 , , 0.9 , , 11.6

References

External links

Billy Ray Robles Player Profile - RealGM

Billy Robles via Genius Sports (MPBL)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robles, Billy 1992 births Living people Filipino men's basketball players Rain or Shine Elasto Painters players Davao Occidental Tigers players Phoenix Fuel Masters players Makati OKBet Kings players Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards players 21st-century Filipino sportsmen