The PBA season 49 draft was the 39th edition of the PBA draft and the draft for the 2024–25 PBA season. It was held at Glorietta Activity Center in Makati on July 14, 2024, marking its first time at the venue since 2004. The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams from the 2023–24 season, with the Converge FiberXers, which finished last, picking first.
Draft order The draft order was determined based on the overall performance of the teams from the previous season. The Commissioner's Cup final ranking comprises 40% of the points, while the ranking of the Philippine Cup is 60%.
Draft order Team Final ranking TotalCOM PHI 1st Converge FiberXers 12th 12th12 2nd Blackwater Bossing 11th 10th10.4 3rd Terrafirma Dyip 10th 8th8.8 4th Phoenix Fuel Masters 4th 11th8.2 5th NorthPort Batang Pier 6th 9th7.8 6th NLEX Road Warriors 9th 6th7.2 7th TNT Tropang Giga 8th 5th6.2 8th Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7th 4th5.2 9th Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 2nd 7th5 10th Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3rd 3rd3 11th Meralco Bolts 5th 1st2.6 12th San Miguel Beermen 1st 2nd1.6
Draft selections PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center * Mythical team member # All-Star
1st round Player Country of birth Team 1Justine Baltazar# PF/C Converge FiberXers De La Salle / Pampanga Giant Lanterns 2 Sedrick Barefield PG/SG Blackwater Bossing Utah 3RJ Abarrientos# PG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel FEU 4 Kai Ballungay PF/C Phoenix Fuel Masters Ateneo 5 Dave Ildefonso SG/SF NorthPort Batang Pier Ateneo 6 Jonnel Policarpio PF/SF NLEX Road Warriors De La Salle 7 Caelan Tiongson PF/SF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Biola 8 Felix Lemetti PG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Salt Lake CC 9 Jerom Lastimosa PG Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Adamson 10 Mark Nonoy PG Terrafirma Dyip De La Salle / Iloilo United Royals () 11CJ Cansino# SG Meralco Bolts UP Diliman / Iloilo United Royals () 12 Avan Nava SG/PG San Miguel Beermen St. Francis Xavier
2nd round Player Country of birth Team 13 Francis Escandor SF/SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters De La Salle / Manila Batang Sampaloc () 14 Evan Nelle PG NorthPort Batang Pier De La Salle 15 CJ Catapusan SF Terrafirma Dyip UP Diliman / Iloilo United Royals () 16 Mike Malonzo SF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters NU / San Juan Knights () 17 Didat Hanapi SG/SF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Adamson / Manila Batang Sampaloc () 18 Brandon Ramirez C/PF NLEX Road Warriors York / Pampanga Giant Lanterns () 19 Paolo Javillonar PF/C Converge FiberXers Letran 20 Miguel Corteza PF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (traded to Blackwater) Benilde / Marikina Shoemasters () 21 Ben Phillips PF/C Converge FiberXers De La Salle 22 Paolo Hernandez SG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (traded to Terrafirma) Mapúa / San Juan Knights () 23 Kurt Reyson PG Meralco Bolts Letran / Pampanga Giant Lanterns 24 Jason Credo SF Converge FiberXers Ateneo / Iloilo United Royals ()
3rd round Player Country of birth Team 25 Ronan Santos C Converge FiberXers Arellano / Pampanga Giant Lanterns 26 DJ Mitchell PG/SG Blackwater Bossing Hartford / Manila Batang Sampaloc 27 Peter Alfaro PG Terrafirma Dyip San Beda 28 CJ Payawal SF Phoenix Fuel Masters UE / Valenzuela Classic 29 Agem Miranda PG/SG NorthPort Batang Pier JRU 30 Xyrus Torres SG NLEX Road Warriors FEU / Quezon Huskers () 31 Jared Brown PG TNT Tropang Giga Ateneo 32 Darwish Bederi C/PF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters UP Diliman 33 RV Berjay PF/C Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Ateneo / Iloilo United Royals 34 Paul Garcia SG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Ateneo / Quezon City Toda Aksyon () 35 JP Maguliano PF Meralco Bolts EAC / Pangasinan Heatwaves () 36 Abdul Sawat SF/PF San Miguel Beermen UE / Quezon City Toda Aksyon ()
4th round Player Country of birth Team 37 Keith Pido PG Blackwater Bossing Perpetual / Parañaque Patriots 38 Chino Mosqueda SG Phoenix Fuel Masters NU / Quezon City Toda Aksyon 39 John Uduba PF NorthPort Batang Pier Olivarez / Parañaque Patriots 40 Denzel Wong PG NLEX Road Warriors Asia Pacific 41 Mark Neil Cruz PF/C TNT Tropang Giga CEU / Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters 42 Ry dela Rosa SG Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots JRU 43 Jordan Bartlett PG Meralco Bolts De La Salle 44 Ralph Robin SG San Miguel Beermen EAC / Pangasinan Heatwaves Converge, Terrafirma, Rain or Shine, and Barangay Ginebra passed during the round.
5th round Player Country of birth Team 45 Patrick Feliciano SG Phoenix Fuel Masters Diliman 46 Germy Mahinay C NorthPort Batang Pier NU 47 Adrian Partosa SG NLEX Road Warriors Benilde Blackwater, TNT, Magnolia, Meralco, and San Miguel passed during the round.
6th round Player Country of birth Team 48 Robbi Darang PG NorthPort Batang Pier Diliman / Bataan Risers () Phoenix and NLEX passed during the round.
7th round A seventh round was held, but NorthPort passed, thus ending the draft.
Trades involving draft picks NOTE: Due to the postponement of the PBA season 46 draft, all draft picks from 2020 onwards are executed one year later.
Pre-draft trades Prior to the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between teams. Converge retained the right to Alaska's second-round picks.
Post-draft trades Post-draft trades are made after the draft begins. These trades are usually not confirmed until the next day.
Combine
The PBA draft combine for this edition of the draft was held at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig from July 10 to 11, with 70 applicants expected to attend. 62 of the 70 showed up to the two-day event, with several unable to make it due to commitments with Strong Group Athletics (such as RJ Abarrientos and Dave Ildefonso) or were still in the US (such as Sedrick Barefield and Evan Nelle). Jonnel Policarpio was named the draft combine MVP as his team won the mini-tournament, and he, Justine Baltazar, Brandon Ramirez, Kurt Reyson, and Jordan Bartlett were named to the Mythical Five.
Eligibility and entrants Applications for the draft began on May 8 and ended on July 4. By the end of the application period, 70 players applied for the draft. The final tally was brought down to 67 after three players were dropped from the pool.
The following were the eligibility requirements for local players:
Entrants of at least 22 years of age on the day of the draft must be four years removed from high school or have played one year of college basketball; Entrants between 19 and 21 years of age must have had at least two years of college education; All entrants must be at least 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) in height.
Eligibility requirements for Filipino-foreigner entrants are similar to the locals but with some additions:
All Filipino-foreigner entrants must be a holder of a Philippine passport. All Filipino-foreigner entrants must have previously played professional basketball elsewhere and is not under contract with other teams.
Players who applied for the draft on the fourth or fifth year of eligibility will instead be assigned to a lottery separate from draft proper.
Notable entrants Domestic league players In this section, only entrants who have played for a UAAP, NCAA, CESAFI, UCAL, NCRAA or U.S. NCAA school are included. Additionally, all listed entrants have played in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League prior to the draft unless specified.
Justine Baltazar – F/C, De La Salle / Pampanga Giant Lanterns Darwish Bederi – C/F, UP / Sarangani Marlins RV Berjay – F, Ateneo / Iloilo United Royals CJ Cansino – G, UP / Iloilo United Royals CJ Catapusan – G, UP / Iloilo United Royals Miguel Corteza – F, Benilde / Marikina Shoemasters Mark Neil Cruz – C/F, CEU / Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters Lugie Cuyos – G, USPF / Negros Muscovados Robbie Darang – G, Diliman College / Bataan Risers Ry dela Rosa – G, JRU / Iloilo United Royals Martin Enriquez – G, San Diego State / Quezon City Toda Aksyon Francis Escandor – G/F, De La Salle / Manila Batang Sampaloc Paul Garcia – G, Ateneo / Quezon City Toda Aksyon Alfren Gayosa – G, Arellano / Bicol Volcanoes Didat Hanapi – G, Adamson / Manila Batang Sampaloc Paolo Hernandez – Mapúa / San Juan Knights Pio Longa – F, UP / Negros Muscovados JP Maguliano – F, EAC / Pangasinan Heatwaves Germy Mahinay – C, NU Bulldogs basketball / Negros Muscovados Mike Malonzo – F, NU / San Juan Knights Agem Miranda – G, JRU / San Juan Knights DJ Mitchell – G, Hartford / Manila Batang Sampaloc Chino Mosqueda – G, NU / Quezon City Toda Aksyon Mark Nonoy – G, De La Salle / Iloilo United Royals Khen Osicoy – F, TIP / Mindoro Tamaraws Adrian Partosa – F, Benilde / Bacolod City of Smiles CJ Payawal – G, UE / Valenzuela Classic Keith Pido – G, Perpetual / Parañaque Patriots Brandon Ramirez – F/C, York / Pampanga Giant Lanterns Jielo Razon – G, Perpetual / Parañaque Patriots Kurt Reyson – G, Letran / Pampanga Giant Lanterns Ralph Robin – G, EAC / Pangasinan Heatwaves Ronan Santos – F, Arellano / Pampanga Giant Lanterns JP Sarao – F, Saint Francis of Assisi College / Parañaque Patriots Abdul Sawat – F, UE / Quezon City Toda Aksyon Jason Tan – G, JRU / Pangasinan Heatwaves Xyrus Torres – G, FEU / Quezon Huskers John Uduba – F, Olivarez / Parañaque Patriots
International league players
RJ Abarrientos – G, FEU / Shinshu Brave Warriors Sedrick Barefield – G, Utah / Taipei Fubon Braves Dave Ildefonso – G, Ateneo / Suwon KT Sonicboom Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti – G, Salt Lake CC / Fryshuset Basket Avan Nava – G, St. Francis Xavier / Seoul Samsung Thunders Toan-Anh Nguyen – G, Algonquin College / Cantho Catfish Caelan Tiongson – F, Biola / Taoyuan Leopards
PBA on Tour / PBA D-League / PBA 3x3 players
Peter Alfaro III – G, San Beda / TNT Tropang Giga Denzel Wong – G, Asia Pacific College / Marinerong Pilipino Skippers Jayson Puray – F, CEU
UAAP and NCAA players
Kai Ballungay – F, Ateneo Jordan Bartlett – G, De La Salle Jared Brown – G, Ateneo Jason Credo – G/F, Ateneo Pao Javillonar – F/C, Letran Jerom Lastimosa – G, Adamson Evan Nelle – G, De La Salle Ben Phillips – F, De La Salle Jonnel Policarpio – F, De La Salle Jade Talampas – G, Arellano
References
External links PBA.ph