Billy Robles

{{Short description|Filipino basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Billy Robles

| image =

| caption =

| position =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb =

| number = 26

| team = Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards

| league = MPBL

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|5|30}}

| birth_place =

| nationality = Filipino

| high_school =

| college = NIPSC

| draft_year_pba = 2016

| draft_round_pba = Undrafted

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| career_start = 2016

| years1 = 2016–2017

| team1 = Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

| years2 = 2018–2021

| team2 = Davao Occidental Tigers

| years3 = 2022–2023

| team3 = Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters

| years4 = 2023

| team4 = Makati OKBet Kings

| years5 = 2023–present

| team5 = Nueva Ecija Capitals / Rice Vanguards

| highlights =

• MPBL champion (2021)
• MPBL Sportsmanship award (2020)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Billy Ray Robles (born May 30, 1992) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).

Robles played his college career at Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College before trying out in the PBA D-League and Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL).{{Cite web |last=Sacamos |first=Karlo |date=2016-10-29 |title=PBA regular rookie draft may turn out lot more gems than most fans expect. Look |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/top-sleeper-picks-of-the-pba-draft |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}} He went undrafted in the 2016 PBA draft but later signed a deal with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters,{{Cite web |last=Sacamos |first=Karlo |date=2016-11-10 |title=Hope for undrafted player as Billy Robles tries to crack Rain or Shine lineup via backdoor |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/future-for-undrafted-players-as-rain-or-shine-takes-chance-on-billy-robles-as-practice-player |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}} although he didn't get any significant playing time. In 2018, he joined the expansion Davao Occidental Tigers of the then-amateur Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and won a championship with the team in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Flores-Colina |first=Celest |date=2018-06-15 |title=Davao Occidental, Zamboanga trip foes in MPBL Datu Cup |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/304648/davao-occidental-zamboanga-trip-foes-mpbl-datu-cup |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=March 21, 2021 |title=Davao rides big Yee trey in OT to stun San Juan, lift MPBL title |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/davao-occidental-stuns-san-juan-in-ot-in-game-4-wins-mpbl-title-a795-20210321 |access-date=May 29, 2021 |work=spin.ph}}

After a short stint with Davao Occidental in FilBasket, Robles returned to the PBA in 2022, this time with the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters.{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Matthew |date=2022-02-09 |title=Phoenix Super LPG signs Davao Occi's Billy Robles |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/phoenix-super-lpg-signs-davao-occis-billy-robles/231245 |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Tiebreaker Times |language=en-US}} In 2023, Billy moved back to the now-professional MPBL with the Makati OKBet Kings,{{Cite web |date=2023-04-15 |title=OKBet-Makati nails 2nd win in MPBL |url=https://tempo.com.ph/2023/04/15/okbet-makati-nails-2nd-win-in-mpbl/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Tempo |language=en-US}} but later that year, he moved to the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards franchise.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-12-03 |title=Nueva Ecija wins 1st PSL home game; Quezon strikes again |url=https://sports.tribune.net.ph/2023/12/03/nueva-ecija-wins-1st-psl-home-game-quezon-strikes-again/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Daily Tribune |language=en-US}}