The 2023–24 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the 17th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates September 17: The PBA season 48 draft was held at the Market! Market! in Taguig., PBA.ph, September 17, 2023
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Place of birth College 1 3 Luis Villegas C UE 1 4 Keith Datu C Chico State 2 15 Henry Galinato C/F UP Diliman 2 24 Adrian Nocum G Mapúa 3 27 Sherwin Concepcion F UST 4 38 JC Cullar G Benilde 5 49 Larry Arpia G San Sebastian
Roster
also serves as Rain or Shine's board governor.
Preseason
PBA on Tour Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | May 26 | NLEX | W 117–93 | Asistio, Nambatac (22) | Leonard Santillan (10) | Jhonard Clarito (4) | Ynares Sports Arena | 1–0
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | June 2 | Phoenix Super LPG | W 113–104 | Caracut, Demusis (15) | Leonard Santillan (11) | Demusis, Mamuyac, Nambatac (4) | Ynares Center | 2–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | June 7 | San Miguel | W 100–98 | Jhonard Clarito (17) | Leonard Santillan (10) | Beau Belga (8) | Ynares Sports Arena | 3–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 4 | June 11 | Terrafirma | W 121–95 | Rey Nambatac (21) | Nick Demusis (7) | Andrei Caracut (5) | Ynares Center | 4–0 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | June 25 | Barangay Ginebra | L 107–108 | Demusis, Mamuyac (16) | Mark Borboran (10) | Rey Nambatac (7) | Ynares Sports Arena | 4–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 6 | June 30 | Converge | W 127–110 | Anton Asistio (20) | Nick Demusis (8) | Leonard Santillan (5) | Ynares Sports Arena | 5–1
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 7 | July 12 | TNT | W 106–100 | Gian Mamuyac (21) | Gian Mamuyac (10) | Caracut, Mamuyac (5) | Ynares Sports Arena | 6–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 8 | July 15 | Magnolia | L 88–103 | Jhonard Clarito (17) | Jhonard Clarito (9) | Jhonard Clarito (5) | Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center | 6–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 9 | July 19 | NorthPort | W 118–112 | Leonard Santillan (20) | Beau Belga (8) | Beau Belga (7) | Ynares Sports Arena | 7–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 10 | July 23 | Blackwater | W 131–108 | Leonard Santillan (24) | Beau Belga (8) | Beau Belga (10) | Filoil EcoOil Centre | 8–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 11 | July 28 | Meralco | L 95–103 | Mac Belo (22) | Nick Demusis (10) | Jhonard Clarito (6) | Ynares Sports Arena | 8–3
Converge Pocket Tournament Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | October 13 | Phoenix Super LPG | W 109–105 | DaJuan Summers (20) | Sherwin Concepcion (7) | Gabe Norwood (4) | Gatorade Hoops Center | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | October 15 | Converge | L 111–120 | DaJuan Summers (21) | Andrei Caracut (5) | Andrei Caracut (6) | Gatorade Hoops Center | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 3 | October 17 | Blackwater | L 87–102 | Clarito, Santillan (17) | Belga, Clarito, Ildefonso (7) | Caracut, Mamuyac (4) | Gatorade Hoops Center | 1–2
MassKara Festival exhibition Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | October 19 | Meralco | W 94–81 | Leonard Santillan (16) | Leonard Santillan (12) | Anton Asistio (4) | La Salle Coliseum | 1–0
Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | November 8 | Meralco | L 102–107 | DaJuan Summers (27) | DaJuan Summers (9) | Andrei Caracut (6) | PhilSports Arena | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | November 12 | NorthPort | L 103–113 | DaJuan Summers (32) | DaJuan Summers (9) | Andrei Caracut (5) | Ynares Center | 0–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 3 | November 18 | Phoenix Super LPG | L 98–99 | Leonard Santillan (19) | DaJuan Summers (7) | Andrei Caracut (5) | Ynares Center | 0–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | November 24 | Barangay Ginebra | L 102–107 | Andrei Caracut (32) | DaJuan Summers (12) | Andrei Caracut (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–4 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | November 29 | San Miguel | L 110–115 | Gian Mamuyac (33) | Demetrius Treadwell (15) | Andrei Caracut (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–5
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 6 | December 2 | Blackwater | W 115–110 | Andrei Caracut (17) | Demetrius Treadwell (18) | Demetrius Treadwell (7) | PhilSports Arena | 1–5 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 7 | December 8 | NLEX | W 113–101 | Demetrius Treadwell (23) | Demetrius Treadwell (18) | Andrei Caracut (6) | PhilSports Arena | 2–5 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 8 | December 16 | Magnolia | W 113–110 | Demetrius Treadwell (30) | Demetrius Treadwell (16) | Demetrius Treadwell (9) | Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. International Convention Center | 3–5 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 9 | December 23 | Terrafirma | W 116–105 | Beau Belga (18) | Demetrius Treadwell (19) | Caracut, Nocum, Treadwell (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–5
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 10 | January 5 | TNT | W 119–112 | Demetrius Treadwell (25) | Demetrius Treadwell (24) | Caracut, Nambatac, Treadwell (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–5 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 11 | January 14 | Converge | W 112–111 | Demetrius Treadwell (21) | Demetrius Treadwell (17) | Demetrius Treadwell (8) | PhilSports Arena | 6–5
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | January 19 | San Miguel | L 122–127 | Demetrius Treadwell (22) | Demetrius Treadwell (10) | Demetrius Treadwell (8) | PhilSports Arena | 0–1
Philippine Cup Eliminations Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | February 28 | TNT | L 107–108 | Nocum, Santillan (20) | Leonard Santillan (11) | Beau Belga (6) | Ynares Center | 0–1
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | March 2 | Meralco | L 117–121 (OT) | Adrian Nocum (29) | Beau Belga (9) | Caracut, Norwood, Santillan (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 3 | March 8 | Barangay Ginebra | L 107–113 | Anton Asistio (21) | Beau Belga (11) | Adrian Nocum (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | March 15 | San Miguel | L 97–109 | Leonard Santillan (31) | Leonard Santillan (14) | Gian Mamuyac (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–4 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 5 | March 17 | Phoenix | W 100–85 | Adrian Nocum (28) | Beau Belga (11) | Caracut, Nocum (6) | Ynares Center | 1–4 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 6 | April 3 | Converge | W 110–90 | Beau Belga (25) | Beau Belga (12) | Andrei Caracut (13) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–4 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 7 | April 6 | Blackwater | W 110–103 | Leonard Santillan (28) | Belga, Santillan (7) | Gian Mamuyac (8) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 3–4 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 8 | April 13 | Terrafirma | W 116–104 | Beau Belga (19) | Leonard Santillan (9) | Andrei Caracut (10) | Caloocan Sports Complex | 4–4 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 9 | April 17 | NorthPort | W 115–105 | Beau Belga (28) | Beau Belga (13) | Beau Belga (7) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 5–4 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 10 | April 20 | Magnolia | L 102–108 | Adrian Nocum (19) | Beau Belga (8) | Beau Belga (6) | Tiaong Convention Center | 5–5
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 11 | May 3 | NLEX | W 120–104 | Beau Belga (18) | Leonard Santillan (9) | Andrei Caracut (6) | PhilSports Arena | 6–5
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | May 8 | TNT | L 99–116 | Leonard Santillan (23) | Mark Borboran (5) | Andrei Caracut (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | May 10 | TNT | W 121–113 | Jhonard Clarito (29) | Jhonard Clarito (7) | Beau Belga (5) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | May 13 | TNT | W 110–109 | Gian Mamuyac (25) | Jhonard Clarito (9) | Asistio, Belga, Caracut, Nocum, Santillan (3) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 2–1
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | May 17 | San Miguel | L 98–101 | Gian Mamuyac (20) | Leonard Santillan (8) | Jhonard Clarito (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | May 19 | San Miguel | L 89–106 | Anton Asistio (20) | Adrian Nocum (9) | Adrian Nocum (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 3 | May 22 | San Miguel | L 107–117 | Beau Belga (19) | Leonard Santillan (11) | Andrei Caracut (6) | Dasmariñas Arena | 0–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | May 24 | San Miguel | L 100–107 | Gian Mamuyac (30) | Belga, Demusis (8) | Belga, Norwood (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–4
Transactions Free agency Signings PlayerDate signedContract amountContract lengthFormer team Nick Demusis April 28, 2023 Not disclosed 2 years Re-signed Mark Borboran Mac Belo May 31, 2023 ₱300,000 per month 1 year Rey Nambatac June 27, 2023 ₱420,000 per month (max. contract) 2 years Andrei Caracut August 29, 2023 Not disclosed James Yap September 26, 2023 1 conference Beau Belga December 14, 2023 1 year Leonard Santillan January 24, 2024 3 years Anton Asistio 2 years Philip Paredes March 21, 2024 1 conference NLEX Road Warriors Shaun Ildefonso April 29, 2024 2 years Re-signed Jhonard Clarito Gabe Norwood May 30, 2024 1 year
Subtractions
Player Number Position Reason New team Dave Marcelo Center Waived NLEX Road Warriors James Yap 18 Small forward / Shooting guard Request for release Blackwater Bossing
Trades
Pre-season May May 8, 2023 To Rain or Shine2024 Converge second-round pick2025 Converge second-round pick To ConvergeMike Nieto May 18, 2023 To Rain or ShineMac Belo To MeralcoNorbert TorresSeptember September 21, 2023 To Rain or ShineDave Marcelo2024 TNT first-round pick To TNTHenry GalinatoJewel Ponferada
Philippine Cup February February 14, 2024 To Rain or Shine2023 TNT first-round pick2024 TNT second-round pick To BlackwaterRey Nambatac
Recruited imports Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record Commissioner's Cup DaJuan Summers November 8, 2023 November 24, 2023 0–4 Demetrius Treadwell November 29, 2023 January 19, 2024 6–2
Awards Recipient Award Date awardedJhonard Clarito2023–24 PBA Most Improved PlayerAugust 18, 2024
References