The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event that allowed teams to take turns selecting amateur basketball players and other eligible players, including half-Filipino foreign players. The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams from the 2017–18 season, with the worst team picking first.
Draft order
The draft order is determined based on the overall performance of the teams from the previous season. The Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 40% of the points, while the rankings of the Commissioner's and Governors' Cups are 30% each.
Draft order Team Final ranking TotalPHL COM GOV 1st Columbian Dyip 12th 9th 12th 11.1 2nd Blackwater Elite 10th 12th 6th 9.4 3rd NorthPort Batang Pier 7th 8th 11th 8.5 4th Phoenix Fuel Masters 9th 10th 5th 8.1 5th Meralco Bolts 11th 6th 4th 7.4 6th TNT KaTropa 8th 5th 9th 7.4 7th NLEX Road Warriors 4th 11th 8th 7.3 8th Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6th 3rd 10th 6.3 9th Alaska Aces 5th 4th 1st or 2nd 3.8 or 3.5 10th Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 2nd 7th 1st or 2nd 3.5 or 3.2 11th San Miguel Beermen 1st 2nd 7th 3.1 12th Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3rd 1st 3rd 2.4 On draft day, Alaska and Magnolia were playing in the 2018 PBA Governors' Cup Finals. Alaska would've finished either with 3.8 or 3.5 points, in 9th position. Magnolia would've finished with 3.2 or 3.5 points, in 10th position. Magnolia eventually won.
Draft selections 1st round
PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center * Mythical team member # All-Star Round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 1 1CJ Perez* SG/SF Columbian Dyip Zark's Jawbreakers - LPU Lyceum 1 2 Bobby Ray Parks Jr. SG/PG Blackwater Elite NU-Banco De OroHapee Fresh Fighters National U 1 3Robert Bolick* PG/SG NorthPort Batang Pier Cignal HD - San Beda San Beda 1 4 Paul Desiderio SG NLEX Road Warriors Go for Gold Philippines 1 5 Trevis Jackson PG/SG Meralco BoltsGamboa Coffee Mixers Sacramento State 1 6 Javee Mocon SF/PF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Cignal HD - San Beda San Beda 1 7 Abu Tratter C/PF NLEX Road WarriorsMarinerong Pilipino Skippers De La Salle 1 8 Jayjay Alejandro SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Go for Gold Scratchers National U 1 9 MJ Ayaay SF/SG Alaska Aces Zark's Jawbreakers - LPU Lyceum 1 10 Michael Calisaan PF Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok Che'Lu Bar and Grill - SSC-R San Sebastian 1 11 J. P. Calvo PG Columbian Dyip Wang's Basketball Couriers Letran 1 12 Jorey Napoles SF Phoenix Fuel Masters Marinerong Pilipino Skippers TIP
2nd round Round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 2 13 Paul Varilla SF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Tanduay Light UE 2 14 Bong Quinto SF Meralco Bolts Wang's Basketball Couriers Letran 2 15 Jeepy Faundo C Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok Che'Lu Bar and Grill - SSC-R Santo Tomas 2 16 Kris Porter C NLEX Road Warriors Go for Gold Ateneo 2 17 Gideon Babilonia C Alaska Aces Marinerong Pilipino Ateneo 2 18 Cyrus Tabi PG Columbian Dyip Batangas-EAC Rizal Tech 2 19 Robbie Manalang PG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Marinerong Pilipino Adamson 2 20 Harold Ng SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters AMA Adamson 2 – PASS Alaska Aces 2 – PASS Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 2 21 Ron Dennison SG/SF Phoenix Fuel Masters Go for Gold Far Eastern 2 22 Joe Allen Trinidad PG Phoenix Fuel Masters Wang's Basketball Couriers Far Eastern
3rd round Round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 3 23 Teytey Teodoro PG/SG Columbian Dyip José Rizal José Rizal 3 24 Diego Dario PG Blackwater Elite AMA Philippines 3 25 Edrian Lao C/PF NorthPort Batang Pier Cagayan Rising Suns Visayas 3 26 Ivan Villanueva PF Phoenix Fuel Masters AMA Adamson 3 27 Steven Cudal PF Meralco Bolts Zark's Jawbreakers UE 3 28 Jeffrey Ongteco C/PF TNT KaTropa Flying V Benilde 3 29 Kyles Lao SG NLEX Road Warriors AMA Philippines 3 30 Kent Lao PF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Che'Lu Bar and Grill UST 3 31 Ryan Monteclaro PG San Miguel Beermen Boracay Rum Adamson 3 32 Matt Salem SF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Go for Gold National U
4th round Round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 4 33 Oliver Arim SF/SG Columbian Dyip Batangas-EAC Centro Escolar 4 34 Dan Alberto PG Blackwater Elite AMA UE 4 35 Jeremiah Taladua SG NorthPort Batang Pier Wang's Basketball Couriers Letran 4 36 Kim Cinco PG Phoenix Fuel Masters Zark's Burger Lyceum 4 – PASS Meralco Bolts 4 37 C. J. Isit PG TNT KaTropa Batangas-EAC Mapúa 4 38 Dan Wong PG NLEX Road Warriors Go for Gold Ateneo 4 39 Al Josef Cariaga PG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Zark's Burger Southern Alberta 4 – PASS San Miguel Beermen 4 – PASS Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
5th round Round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 5 – PASS Columbian Dyip 5 40 Chris de la Peña C Blackwater Elite Batangas-EAC Letran 5 41 John Ragasa SG NorthPort Batang Pier Batangas-EAC St. Mary's (London) 5 – PASS Phoenix Fuel Masters 5 – PASS TNT KaTropa 5 – PASS NLEX Road Warriors 5 – PASS Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
6th round A sixth round was held, but both Blackwater and NorthPort passed, thus ending the draft.
Trades involving draft picks
Pre-draft trades Note: The rights to Barako Bull's draft pick were retained by Phoenix.Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of picks between the teams.
Draft-day trades No trades were allowed during the draft day as requested by commissioner Willie Marcial.
Draft picks per school +School1st roundAfter 1st roundTotal Letran134 Adamson044 Lyceum213 National U213 UP123 UE033 Ateneo033 San Beda202 UST022 Far Eastern022Other schools1 each
Undrafted players Name School PBA D-League teamJeric SerranoLyceumZark's BurgerEmanuel CaloVisayasMP HotelA. J. CoronelPerpetualClark DerigeUEBatangas-EACJerome GarciaEACBatangas-EACRalph SalcedoArellanoMarinerong Pilipino
References
External links PBA.ph