Dean Paulo Villegas Hubalde (born January 24, 1981) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Cebu Classic of the

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(MPBL). He is the son of PBA great,

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. Hubalde plays the

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position.

College career

Hubalde played college basketball for the

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(UE) Red Warriors, playing alongside

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, James Yap, Niño Canaleta, and Ronald Tubid.

Professional career

Hubalde was drafted by the

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in the 2005 PBA draft. He was San Miguel's lone draftee in 2005, drafting Hubalde with the intention of being an understudy for the aging

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. His role diminished when the Beermen took in Brandon Cablay and played only eight games in that season in just five minutes a night of exposure. Hubalde saw himself reuniting with coach

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with the Barangay Ginebra Kings in a multi-player trade in the early part of the season. However, he was a third stringer in the point guard rotation after the Kings signed veteran

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to be the chief backup of Jayjay Helterbrand. During the 2008–09 season, Hubalde was signed by the

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, where he finally had the chance to prove his skills as an athletic point guard. After the 2010–11 PBA Philippine Cup, he was acquired by the Beermen for a second stint. There he became a role player and helped the Cojuangco-owned franchise now known as the Petron Blaze Boosters win the 2011 PBA Governors' Cup against Talk 'N Text. This off-season, he and Magi Sison were involved in a three-team, seven player deal that sent Nonoy Baclao and Robert Reyes to Air21. On November 12, 2014, Hubalde was traded by the

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in exchange for Jeric Fortuna.

PBA career statistics

Season-by-season averages

, - , align=left , , align=left , San Miguel , 8 , , 5.0 , , .000 , , .200 , , .000 , , 1.1 , , .3 , , .1 , , — , , .5 , - , align=left , , align=left , Barangay Ginebra , 6 , , 3.2 , , .500 , , .750 , , .500 , , .2 , , .2 , , — , , — , , 2.3 , - , align=left, , align=left, Red Bull / Barako Bull , 27 , , 17.7 , , .461 , , .273 , , .846 , , 3.0 , , 2.0 , , .5 , , .3 , , 6.6 , - , align=left, , align=left, Barako Bull / Barako Energy Coffee , 28 , , 15.9 , , .387 , , .200 , , .750 , , 2.8 , , 2.0 , , .8 , , .1 , , 4.9 , - , align=left rowspan=2, , align=left, Barako Bull , rowspan=2, 36 , , rowspan=2, 13.4 , , rowspan=2, .402 , , rowspan=2, .071 , , rowspan=2, .765 , , rowspan=2, 2.1 , , rowspan=2, 2.3 , , rowspan=2, .4 , , rowspan=2, .1 , , rowspan=2, 3.5 , - , align=left , San Miguel / Petron , - , align=left, , align=left, Shopinas.com / Air21 , 31 , , 22.0 , , .374 , , .267 , , .632 , , 2.9 , , 3.4 , , .8 , , .2 , , 5.9 , - , align=left, , align=left,

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, 6 , , 8.3 , , .350 , , .143 , , 1.000 , , 1.3 , , .8 , , .7 , , — , , 2.8 , - , align=left, , align=left, Petron / San Miguel , 25 , , 13.8 , , .403 , , .283 , , .667 , , 1.6 , , 1.3 , , .6 , , — , , 5.2 , - , align=left rowspan=2, , align=left, San Miguel , rowspan=2, 31 , , rowspan=2, 11.9 , , rowspan=2, .376 , , rowspan=2, .115 , , rowspan=2, .545 , , rowspan=2, 1.6 , , rowspan=2, 1.5 , , rowspan=2, .5 , , rowspan=2, — , , rowspan=2, 3.3 , - , align=left , Barako Bull , - , align=left, , align=left, Mahindra , 15 , , 13.5 , , .339 , , .125 , , .286 , , 2.1 , , .6 , , .5 , , .1 , , 3.0 , - , align=left, , align=left, GlobalPort , 6 , , 8.8 , , .500 , , — , , 1.000 , , .3 , , .5 , , .2 , , .2 , , 1.0 , -class=sortbottom , colspan=2 align=center , Career , 219 , , 14.5 , , .395 , , .226 , , .696 , , 2.1 , , 1.8 , , .5 , , .1 , , 4.3

References

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