The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event held at Robinson's Midtown Mall in Ermita, Manila on August 19, 2012Big Chill Fil-Ams Mallari, Jensen lead early entrants to PBA rookie draft , Rey Joble, InterAKTV, June 18, 2012 which allowed PBA teams to draft players from the amateur ranks.
Draft lottery The lottery determined the team that will obtain the first pick on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their cumulative win–loss record in the previous season, with records from the Philippine Cup having heavier weight.
The lottery was held on July 22, 2012, during halftime of Game 1 of the 2012 PBA Governors Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.Who's the Next PBA Top Draftee?, PBA.ph, July 22, 2012 The Air21 Express won the rights to the first overall selection against the Alaska Aces, but due to a previous transaction, the draft rights of Air21 went to the Petron Blaze Boosters.
Draft
PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center * Mythical team member # All-star
1st round Round Pick Player Position Country of origin* Team College 1 1 * June Mar Fajardo C Petron Blaze Boosters (from Barako Bull via Air21) UC 1 2 * Calvin Abueva SF/PF Alaska Aces San Sebastian 1 3 # Alex Mallari SF/SG Petron Blaze Boosters(from Barako Bull) Lewis-Clark State 1 4 * Cliff Hodge PF Meralco Bolts Reedley College 1 5# Aldrech Ramos PF/C Barako Bull Energy (from Petron Blaze, traded to B-Meg) FEU 1 6 # Chris Ellis SF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (from Barako Bull via GlobalPort*) Mary Hardin-Baylor 1 7 # Chris Tiu PG/SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Ateneo 1 8 Keith Jensen SF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel New York 1 9 # Vic Manuel PF B-Meg Llamados (traded to GlobalPort) PSBA 1 10 Jason Deutchman PF/SF GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Talk 'N Text) San Diego State
2nd round Round Pick Player Position Country of origin* Team College 2 1 Yousef Taha C Air21 Express (from Alaska) North Lake/Mapúa 2 2 Dave Marcelo C B-Meg Llamados (from Barako Bull via Air21, traded to Barako Bull) San Beda 2 3 Jewel Ponferada C/PF B-Meg Llamados (from Barako Bull) NU 2 4 AJ Mandani PG GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Meralco) Missouri S&T 2 5 Lester Alvarez PG Barako Bull Energy (from Petron Blaze) Adamson 2 6 #Emman Monfort PG Barako Bull Energy (from GlobalPort) Ateneo 2 7 Kelly Nabong PF/C Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (traded to Meralco) Santa Rosa JC 2 8 Woody Co PF Barako Bull Energy (from Barangay Ginebra) UP Diliman 2 9 Raphy Reyes PG Alaska Aces (from Barako Bull via B-Meg) UE 2 10 Jaypee Belencion SG/SF Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Letran
3rd round Note: This is the natural drafting order. Round Pick Player Position Country of origin* Team College 3 1 Simon Atkins PG Air21 Express De La Salle 3 2 Karl Dehesa SG Alaska Aces Waldorf 3 3 Ryan Boado SG Barako Bull Energy Houston 3 4 Janus Lozada SF Meralco Bolts Adamson 3 5 Mark Sarangay C/PF Petron Blaze Boosters Mapúa 3 6 Mark Acosta PF/SF GlobalPort Batang Pier Mapúa 3 7 Bacon Austria SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Ateneo 3 8 Jerick Cañada PG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Adamson 3 9 Gian Chiu C B-Meg Llamados Oberlin 3 10 Jason Escueta C/PF Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Ateneo
4th round Round Pick Player Position Country of origin* Team College 4 1 Kokoy Hermosisima SG Barako Bull Energy NU 4 2 Eric Suguitan C Meralco Bolts ACSAT 4 3 Jan Colina PF GlobalPort Batang Pier Adamson 4 4 Jewel Palomique SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Mapúa 4 5 Paul Zamar SG/PG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel UE 4 6 Ramon Mabayo PF B-Meg Llamados STI
Note: Air21, Alaska, Petron Blaze, and Talk 'N Text passed in this round.
5th round Round Pick Player Position Country of origin* Team College 5 1 VJ Serios PF GlobalPort Batang Pier UP Diliman 5 2 JR Buensuceso PG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Brigham Young-Hawaii
Note: Barako Bull, Meralco, Rain or Shine and B-Meg passed in this round.
6th round Round Pick Player Position Country of origin* Team College 6 1 Elliot Tan SG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Biola
Note: GlobalPort passed in this round.
Trades involving draft picks
Pre-draft trades Note: All traded draft picks associated to GlobalPort previously belonged to the Powerade Tigers before selling their franchise to Sultan 900 Capital, Inc. Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams. On May 14, 2011, Petron (as San Miguel) acquired two first round picks and a 2012 first round pick from Barako Bull (as Air21) in exchange for 2012 and 2013 first round picks.Petron Blaze, Air21 eye Fajardo, crack Fil-Ams , Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, May 14, 2011 Previously, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull (as Burger King) acquired the 2012 pick and a 2010 first round pick on October 12, 2009, from Barako Energy Coffee in a three-team trade with Talk 'N Text.Aguilar back with RP Gilas, to play against Whopper Friday , GMANews.tv The Barako Energy Coffee franchise was bought by the Lina Group of Companies in 2011 and was renamed as the Shopinas.com Clickers then later as the Air21 Express. The original Air21 Express however was renamed as the Barako Bull Energy in 2011 after the Lina Group acquired the majority share of the Energy Food and Drinks, a subsidiary of Photokina Marketing which owns the Barako Bull brand. On July 18, 2011, Barangay Ginebra acquired a 2012 first round pick and KG Canaleta from Barako Bull (as Air21) to in exchange for Willie Miller.Gin Kings' Willie Miller to Air 21 for Niño Cañaleta, draft pick , GMA News Online, July 18, 2011 Previously, the Express acquired the pick and a 2011 second round pick on August 29, 2010, from Powerade in exchange for Ren-Ren Ritualo, Sean Anthony and the draft rights to 18th pick Jai Reyes.Trade galore: Fonacier, Ritualo, Villanueva headed to new teams , GMANews.TV, August 30, 2010
On May 29, 2012, Air21 acquired Eric Salamat and a second round pick from Alaska in exchange for RJ Jazul.
On November 16, 2011, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull acquired Jimbo Aquino, a 2012 second round pick and a 2013 first round pick from Barangay Ginebra, B-Meg acquired a 2012 second round pick from the Energy Cola and Yancy de Ocampo from Ginebra, and Ginebra acquired Rico Maierhofer from the Llamados and Allein Maliksi from the Energy Cola.Maierhofer, Maliksi, De Ocampo, Aquino change places in revised deal , interaksyon.com, November 16, 2011 On September 22, 2010, in a three-team trade, Powerade acquired a 2012 second round pick and Rob Reyes from Barako Bull Energy Boosters, and a 2011 first round pick and a 2012 second round pick from Meralco; the Bolts acquired Asi Taulava from the Tigers; and the Boosters acquired Jason Misolas and Khasim Mirza from the Bolts and Ken Bono from the Boosters.Taulava joins Meralco in 5-player, 3-team trade , GMANews.TV, September 22, 2010.Powerade gets additional future pick on Taulava trade , Rey Joble, GMANews.tv, September 26, 2010.
On January 31, 2011, Barako Bull (as Air21) acquired a second round pick and a 2013 first round pick from Powerade in exchange for J.R. Quiñahan.PBA trade: Quiñahan in exchange for 2 future picks approved , by Rey Joble, GMANews.tv, January 31, 2011 On May 30, 2011, Alaska acquired a 2012 second round pick, a 2011 second round pick and Jay-R Reyes from Barako Bull (as Air21) in exchange for Joe Devance.PBA commissioner Salud gives Alaska 2 more picks in Devance-Reyes trade , Rey Joble, GMANews.TV, May 30, 2011 Previously, Air21 acquired the 2012 pick from B-Meg from a previous transaction.
Draft-day trades The GlobalPort Batang Pier acquired the draft rights to 9th pick Vic Manuel and Val Acuña from B-Meg in exchange for Sean Anthony.BOOSTERS GROW STRONGER , PBA.ph, August 19, 2012Vic Manuel to make up for loss of Sean Anthony, says Mikee Romero , Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 19, 2012 The Barako Bull Energy acquired the draft rights to 12th pick Dave Marcelo and Sean Anthony (who was traded from GlobalPort earlier in the first round), in exchange for Barako Bull's draft rights for Aldrech Ramos. The Meralco Bolts acquired the draft rights to 17th pick Kelly Nabong from Rain or Shine in exchange for Meralco's 2015 second round pick.
Undrafted players Name Country of birth College Don Tirso Trinidad Ashburton College Daryl Trinidad Our Lady of Fatima University Fhadzmir "Toto" Bandaying UE Jesse Bustos Philippine Maritime Institute Andrian Celada Arellano Erwin Cornejo Mapua Anthony Del Rio San Sebastian Franz Delgado San Sebastian June Dizon UST Paul Gonzalgo Adamson Mark Jeffries San Diego Mesa College Rex Leynes St. Francis of Assisi Allan Mangahas Mapua Louie Renn Medalla University of Mindanao Christopher Pestano George Brown/Centennial College Danny Pribhdas UST Jerome Rubi CSU – Northridge Stephen Siruma PCU Robby Zablan AMA
References
External links PBA.ph