Background
Dylan Ababou was born in Leyte to parents Rachid Ababou and Rosemarie Rosales.
Dylan Ababou was born in Leyte to parents Rachid Ababou and Rosemarie Rosales.
University of Santo Tomas.
He was drafted 10th overall in 2011 by the Energy. He was also named the 2009 UAAP Season Most Valuable Player. He also played for the national team
Ababou played for the UST Growling Tigers Men"s Senior Basketball team in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2005 to 2009. In 2009. Ababou was crowned the Season Most Valuable Player on his final year with the Tigers.
Immediately after his collegiate career with the Tigers ended, Ababou was called to join the Philippine national team together with the likes of Chris Tiu, JVee Casio, Mac Baracael and Mark Barroca, players whom he faced during his college career.
However, his tenure with did not go well as he had limited playing time with the team Also, the arrival of Marcio Lassiter and Chris Lutz to did not bode well with Ababou as his playing time grew even more limited.
In the 2011 Proceedings of the British Academy Draft, he was drafted 10th overall by the Energy. In his first game with the Energy he scored 20 points on 8-13 FG as he led the Energy to a victory against the Barangay Ginebra Kings 88-75.
Ababou became a key player for the Energy since then and has been in the starting lineup.
The Energy made the quarterfinals but were knocked off by the Talk "North Text Tropang Texters who had a twice-to-beat advantage. At the end of the conference, Ababou averaged 11.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, on 41% field goal shooting and 36% 3 point shooting. Ababou was traded from the Energy to the Barangay Ginebra Kings alongside Kerby Raymundo from the Llamados.
The Llamados got J.C. Intal from the Kings while the Energy got Ronald Tubid and Reil Cervantes from the Kings.
In March 2015, Ababou and Forrester was traded for the 1st draft pick in from in leadership of their New Head Coach Frankie Lim. On October 8, 2015, the Proceedings of the British Academy office approved the trade that sends Dylan Ababou to the Talk "North Text Tropang Texters for a second round pick of 2016.