The 2024–25 NorthPort Batang Pier season was the 12th and last season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.
Draft picks
RoundPickPlayerPositionPlace of birthCollege 1 5 Dave Ildefonso G/F Ateneo 2 14 Evan Nelle G De La Salle 3 29 Agem Miranda G JRU 4 39 John Uduba F Olivarez 5 46 Germy Mahinay C NU 6 48 Robbi Darang G Diliman
Roster
Governors' Cup Eliminations Group A Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | August 20 | TNT | L 95–101 | Taylor Johns (36) | Taylor Johns (16) | Taylor Johns (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | August 23 | Terrafirma | W 112–93 | William Navarro (31) | Venky Jois (15) | Arvin Tolentino (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | August 29 | Converge | W 135–109 | Arvin Tolentino (51) | Venky Jois (10) | Jalalon, Navarro, Yu (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 2–1
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | September 1 | Meralco | L 99–109 | Arvin Tolentino (21) | William Navarro (11) | Jalalon, Nelle (4) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 2–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | September 4 | Magnolia | L 94–105 | Cade Flores (23) | Arvin Tolentino (12) | Arvin Tolentino (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–3 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 6 | September 8 | Terrafirma | W 133–107 | Venky Jois (26) | Venky Jois (15) | Arvin Tolentino (10) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 3–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 7 | September 11 | Converge | L 99–107 | Venky Jois (24) | Venky Jois (14) | Jio Jalalon (8) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 3–4 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 8 | September 14 | Meralco | L 104–114 | Arvin Tolentino (28) | Arvin Tolentino (7) | Tolentino, Yu (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 3–5 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 9 | September 20 | Magnolia | L 94–110 | Arvin Tolentino (25) | Cade Flores (8) | Jalalon, Tolentino (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 3–6 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 10 | September 22 | TNT | L 79–99 | Arvin Tolentino (24) | Sidney Onwubere (12) | Jio Jalalon (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–7
Commissioner's Cup Eliminations Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | November 28, 2024 | NLEX | W 114–87 | Arvin Tolentino (29) | Evan Nelle (7) | Evan Nelle (8) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | November 30, 2024 | Terrafirma | W 113–101 | Kadeem Jack (32) | Kadeem Jack (15) | Tolentino, Yu (10) | Ynares Center | 2–0
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | December 4, 2024 | Magnolia | W 107–103 | Kadeem Jack (30) | Kadeem Jack (11) | Fran Yu (10) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 3–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 4 | December 8, 2024 | TNT | W 100–95 | Kadeem Jack (27) | Jack, Tolentino (11) | Evan Nelle (8) | Ynares Center | 4–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 5 | December 12, 2024 | Converge | W 108–101 | Kadeem Jack (32) | Kadeem Jack (15) | Evan Nelle (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 5–0 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 6 | December 17, 2024 | Phoenix | L 109–115 | Kadeem Jack (28) | Kadeem Jack (16) | Evan Nelle (6) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 5–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 7 | December 20, 2024 | Eastern | W 120–113 | Kadeem Jack (38) | Kadeem Jack (9) | Fran Yu (9) | PhilSports Arena | 6–1
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 8 | January 8, 2025 | Barangay Ginebra | W 119–116 | Kadeem Jack (32) | Kadeem Jack (16) | Joshua Munzon (6) | PhilSports Arena | 7–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 9 | January 14, 2025 | Meralco | L 94–111 | Kadeem Jack (29) | Kadeem Jack (14) | Joshua Munzon (6) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 7–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 10 | January 16, 2025 | Rain or Shine | L 107–127 | Kadeem Jack (39) | Kadeem Jack (11) | Fran Yu (8) | PhilSports Arena | 7–3 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 11 | January 21, 2025 | San Miguel | W 105–104 | Kadeem Jack (38) | Arvin Tolentino (8) | Munzon, Nelle (5) | Ynares Center | 8–3 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 12 | January 25, 2025 | Blackwater | W 120–93 | Kadeem Jack (30) | Arvin Tolentino (10) | Arvin Tolentino (11) | Ynares Center | 9–3
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | February 6, 2025 | Magnolia | W 113–110 | Kadeem Jack (30) | Kadeem Jack (10) | Joshua Munzon (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 1–0
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | February 26, 2025 | Barangay Ginebra | L 93–115 | Kadeem Jack (33) | Kadeem Jack (12) | Joshua Munzon (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | February 28, 2025 | Barangay Ginebra | L 106–119 | Kadeem Jack (27) | William Navarro (12) | Fran Yu (6) | PhilSports Arena | 0–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 3 | March 2, 2025 | Barangay Ginebra | L 100–127 | Kadeem Jack (32) | Flores, Tolentino (5) | Jack, Yu (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–3 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 4 | March 5, 2025 | Barangay Ginebra | W 108–103 | Kadeem Jack (39) | Kadeem Jack (15) | Arvin Tolentino (11) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | March 7, 2025 | Barangay Ginebra | L 99–126 | Kadeem Jack (31) | Arvin Tolentino (13) | Joshua Munzon (11) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–4
Philippine Cup Eliminations Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | April 12 | Terrafirma | W 97–75 | Arvin Tolentino (19) | William Navarro (10) | Arvin Tolentino (12) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | April 16 | Rain or Shine | L 96–113 | William Navarro (22) | Navarro, Onwubere (12) | Joshua Munzon (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 3 | April 25 | Blackwater | L 98–120 | Joshua Munzon (27) | William Navarro (11) | Jio Jalalon (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | April 30 | Barangay Ginebra | L 106–131 | William Navarro (19) | Munzon, Navarro (7) | Jio Jalalon (9) | PhilSports Arena | 1–3
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | May 9 | Meralco | L 104–105 | Joshua Munzon (36) | William Navarro (12) | Evan Nelle (5) | PhilSports Arena | 1–4 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 6 | May 16 | Converge | L 92–111 | Joshua Munzon (23) | William Navarro (9) | Joshua Munzon (6) | PhilSports Arena | 1–5 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 7 | May 24 | Magnolia | L 97–106 | William Navarro (27) | William Navarro (13) | Bulanadi, Munzon (4) | Candon City Arena | 1–6 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 8 | May 30 | TNT | L 70–94 | Joshua Munzon (20) | Cade Flores (12) | Joshua Munzon (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–7
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 9 | June 4 | Phoenix | L 107–118 | Joshua Munzon (32) | Abueva, Munzon (7) | Jio Jalalon (6) | PhilSports Arena | 1–8 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 10 | June 11 | NLEX | W 113–108 | Cade Flores (26) | Cade Flores (15) | Joshua Munzon (12) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 2–8 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 11 | June 15 | San Miguel | L 91–126 | Joshua Munzon (19) | Cade Flores (12) | Munzon, Yu (4) | Ynares Center | 2–9
Transactions Free agency Signings PlayerDate signedContract amountContract lengthFormer teamRef. Ben Adamos June 7, 2024 Not disclosed 1 year Re-signed Kris Rosales Paul Zamar John Amores June 9, 2024 2 years JM Calma Joshua Munzon June 21, 2024 Allyn Bulanadi July 25, 2024 1 year
Subtractions Player Number Position Reason New team Ref. Jeff Chan 16 Small forward / Shooting guard End of contract Biñan Tatak Gel Kris Rosales 11 Point guard Released San Miguel Beermen John Amores 19, 13 Shooting guard License revoked Arvin Tolentino 10 Small forward / Power forward Going abroad Seoul SK Knights Paul Zamar 8 Shooting guard / Point guardReleased Agem Miranda 4 Point guard / Shooting guard
Trades Pre-season July July 15, 2024 To NorthPortJio JalalonAbu Tratter To MagnoliaZavier Lucero To NorthPortSidney Onwubere To Barangay GinebraBen Adamos July 17, 2024 To NorthPort2026 Terrafirma second-round pick To TerrafirmaBrent Paraiso
Mid-season April April 2, 2025 To NorthPortAvan Nava2025 San Miguel second-round pick To San MiguelJM Calma
Philippine Cup April April 23, 2025 To NorthPortJames Kwekuteye To BlackwaterAbu TratterMay May 27, 2025 To NorthPortCalvin AbuevaJerrick Balanza2026 Magnolia second-round pick To MagnoliaWilliam Navarro
Recruited imports Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record Ref.Governors' Cup Taylor Johns August 20, 2024 0–1 Venky Jois August 23, 2024 September 14, 2024 3–3 Commissioner's Cup Kadeem Jack November 28, 2024 March 7, 2025 11–7
Awards Recipient Award Date awarded ReferenceArvin Tolentino2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the ConferenceMarch 21, 20252024–25 PBA Scoring ChampionOctober 13, 2025Joshua Munzon2024–25 PBA Most Improved PlayerOctober 5, 2025 Recipient Honors Date awarded ReferenceArvin Tolentino2024–25 PBA Mythical First TeamOctober 5, 2025Joshua Munzon2024–25 PBA All-Defensive Team
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