Danny Ildefonso

Danny Ildefonso
Converge FiberXers
Position	Assistant coach
League	PBA
Personal information
Born	December 9, 1976; Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College	National University
PBA draft	1998: 1st round, 1st overall
	Selected by the Formula Shell
Playing career	1998–2015, 2023
Position	Power forward / center
Number	10
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
As player:
1998–2013	San Miguel Beermen / Petron Blaze Boosters
2013–2015	Meralco Bolts
2023	Converge FiberXers
As coach:
2016–2017	Ateneo HS (assistant)
2017–present	National University (assistant)
2017–2022	Alaska Aces (assistant)
2022–present	Converge FiberXers (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	8× PBA champion (1999 Commissioner's, 1999 Governors', 2000 Commissioner's, 2000 Governors', 2001 All-Filipino, 2005 Fiesta, 2009 Fiesta, 2011 Governors'); 3× PBA Finals Most Valuable Player (1999 Governors', 2000 Commissioner's, 2005 Fiesta); 2× PBA Most Valuable Player (2000, 2001); 5× PBA Best Player of the Conference (2000 Commissioner's, 2000 Governors', 2001 All-Filipino, 2001 Commissioner's, 2001 Governors'); 8× PBA All-Star (1999–2001, 2003–2005, 2007, 2009); PBA All-Star MVP (2001); 2× PBA Mythical First Team (2000, 2001); 3× PBA Mythical Second Team (1998, 1999, 2007); PBA Rookie of the Year (1998); PBA Comeback Player of the Year (2011); PBA's 40 Greatest Players;

Danilo Ildefonso (born December 9, 1976) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He currently serves as an assistant coach for both the Converge FiberXers of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the NU Bulldogs of the UAAP. Nicknamed "Danny I", "The Demolition Man" and "Lakáy", Ildefonso was awarded PBA Most Valuable Player in 2000 and 2001, being one of four players to do so in back-to-back seasons (along with Bogs Adornado, Alvin Patrimonio, and June Mar Fajardo). He is also one of the few PBA players to have won all three major MVP awards in the league: regular season, finals, and all-star game MVP. He was picked 1st overall in the 1998 PBA draft and the 2014 PBA Expansion Draft, becoming the only player in the PBA to be drafted first-overall two times and being drafted first-overall in the draft and the expansion draft.

Ildefonso played amateur basketball for the National University Bulldogs in the UAAP and for AGFA in the Philippine Basketball League and a member of the Philippine national basketball team on several occasions. He started his PBA career in 1998, when he was drafted by Formula Shell. In 2013, after 15 years with San Miguel, he was waived by the team and then joined the Meralco Bolts in the same year. He spent one season with Meralco before being released to the 2014 Expansion Draft. However, Blackwater Elite who drafted him, did not sign him because of contract problems, stating that Ildefonso is expecting too much salary on the team. Ildefonso defended himself stating that his wage with the team is very low. In late 2014, Ildefonso returned to Meralco.

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