The 1993 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. It was held on January 17, 1993, at the Rigodon Ballroom of the Manila Peninsula.
Round 1 Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College 1 Zandro Limpot Jr. Sta. Lucia Realtors De La Salle 2 Victor Pablo Ginebra San Miguel Far Eastern 3 Johnny Abarrientos Alaska Milkmen Far Eastern 4 Dwight Lago Coney Island Ice Cream Stars De La Salle 5 Benito Cheng Coney Island Ice Cream Stars Mapua 6 Johnedel Cardel Alaska Milkmen De La Salle 7 Teodorico Fernandez III Swift Mighty Meaties San Agustin 8 Richard Bachmann Alaska Milkmen De La Salle
Round 2 Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College9 Michael Mustre Sta. Lucia Realtors Letran10 Saturnino Allan Garrido Shell Helix San Sebastian11 Freddie Abuda Coney Island Ice Cream Stars Cebu12 Vilmer Banares Swift Mighty Meaties East13 Felix Duhig Alaska Milkmen CIT14 Roderico Racela Coney Island Ice Cream Stars Ateneo de Manila15 Rodolfo Abad San Miguel Beermen Southwestern
Round 3 Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College Max Delantes Sta. Lucia Realtors Visayas Allan delos Reyes Shell Helix San Sebastian Victor Villarias Coney Island Ice Cream Stars East Jack Santiago 7-Up Bottlers Mapua Nicasio Serafica San Miguel Beermen Southwestern Teddy Monasterio Swift Mighty Meaties De La Salle
Round 4 Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College Gelacio Abanilla 7-Up Bottlers De La Salle Mar Anthony Magada Swift Mighty Meaties Trinity (Quezon City)
Round 5 Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College Romeo Baquiao Swift Mighty Meaties
Round 6 Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College Emmanuel Bonleon Swift Mighty Meaties
Round 7 Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College Eugenio Reyes Swift Mighty Meaties EARIST
Notes Victor Pablo, the second overall pick, was later traded by Ginebra to Seven Up, in exchange for center Manny Victorino, when Pablo held up in contract negotiations. The Draft reached the seventh round with Swift Mighty Meaties choosing three more players including an EARIST cager Eugenio Reyes. Purefoods' pick Victor Villarias' elder brother Vernie was a first-round pick by the Hotdogs two years earlier; this was the only instance in Purefoods' history that brothers were selected in the two separate drafts.
Sources "Sta. Lucia set to pick Limpot in PBA draft," The Philippine Star, January 17, 1993 "Sta. Lucia confident of signing Limpot," The Philippine Star, January 18, 1993 "Pablo-Victorino trade eyed; more transfers likely," The Philippine Star, January 24, 1993
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