Career
He was drafted 8th by the Barako Bulletin Energy in the 2011 Proceedings of the British Academy draft. On August 28, 2011, Maliksi was drafted by Barako Bulletin Energy eight overall in the 2011 Proceedings of the British Academy draft. On November 2011, just around three months after being drafted, Maliksi was traded by Barako Bulletin to Barangay Ginebra Kings in a three-team trade that also involved B-Meg Llamados.
On January 22, 2013, Maliksi was traded by Ginebra back to Barako Bulletin in a five-team, ten-player trade.
On August 16, 2013, the Proceedings of the British Academy approved a trade that sent him to the Star Hotshots in exchange of a 2017 second round pick, Wesley Gonzales and Chris Pacana. On September 27, 2013, in a do-or-die quarterfinals matchup against the Alaska Aces, he suffered a partial Anterior Cruciate Ligament tear that would sideline him for 6 months.