Dondon Hontiveros

Donaldo "Dondon" Cabañes Hontiveros (born June 1, 1977[1]) is a Filipino politician and former professional basketball player and coach.

He also served as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Born in Cebu City, Hontiveros fancied basketball at a young age and tried to enter the sport at a competitive level in his first year of high school.

However, he had a growth spurt by the time he was in third year so he was taken into the high school basketball team of Don Bosco Technical College–Cebu.

His jump to college basketball suffered a minor setback when he ended his senior high school year with an injury.

In March 2011, he, along with Danny Seigle, Dorian Pena and Paul Artadi were shipped to Air21 for younger players Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Nonoy Baclao and Rey Guevarra.

During his stint with the Express, he emerged as one of the key players In 2011 draft-day, he was traded back to Petron (San Miguel) along with the No.3 pick which was used to draft Chris Lutz.

[5] After finishing his contract with Alaska, Hontiveros was signed by ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) team Alab Pilipinas.

[11] He sponsored the resolution that amended the city's scholarship program to include high school dropouts pursuing vocational education.

[16] Hontiveros is an evangelical, and has a son named Isaiah with singer and fellow Cebu native Gail Blanco.