Victor Pablo (born August 8, 1970) is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the

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Playing career

A former king Tamaraw at

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, Pablo was the second overall pick in the 1993 PBA draft. He was drafted by Ginebra San Miguel but failed to reach an agreement with the Gins and was subsequently traded to

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in exchange for center

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. At Pepsi, he rejoined coach

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, his former coach at Triple-V Foodmasters during his PBL days. After two seasons with the Mega Bottlers, Pablo would be involved in two trades in the

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, first with

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, whom San Miguel dealt to Pepsi to acquire Pablo and towards the end of the 1995 PBA Governors' Cup eliminations, he was traded by the Beermen to Formula Shell for

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. In 1998, Pablo was one of the final cuts in coach Tim Cone's

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. Vic made up for the non-inclusion to the Asian Games squad by having an outstanding season with Formula Shell. He earned his first PBA championship in a six-year career when Shell won the season-ending Governors Cup. He was traded to Mobiline Phone Pals for

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at the beginning of the new millennium. In 2003, finally free from injuries, Pablo stepped up big and helped the Phone Pals win their first title in the All-Filipino Cup Championship. Pablo was later on traded to

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in 2008, where he finally got to play for the team that drafted him. He won a championship ring for the Kings during the Fiesta Conference. After his one season stint w/ Ginebra, he decided to call it quits.

Coaching career

Pablo later served as one of the assistant coaches for the

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References

1970 births Living people Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players Filipino men's basketball players Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars San Miguel Beermen players Shell Turbo Chargers players Small forwards Basketball players from Manila TNT Tropang Giga players FEU Tamaraws basketball players Barangay Ginebra San Miguel draft picks {{Philippines-basketball-bio-stub