The 2024–25 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the 18th 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
Round Pick Player Position Place of birth College 1 7 Caelan Tiongson F Biola 1 8 Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti G Salt Lake CC 2 13 Francis Escandor F De La Salle 2 16 Mike Malonzo F NU 2 20 Miguel Corteza F Benilde 3 32 Darwish Bederi C/F UP
Roster
also serves as Rain or Shine's board governor.
Governors' Cup Eliminations Group B Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | August 20 | Blackwater | W 110–97 | Aaron Fuller (24) | Aaron Fuller (19) | Andrei Caracut (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | August 24 | Barangay Ginebra | W 73–64 | Aaron Fuller (16) | Aaron Fuller (23) | Jhonard Clarito (4) | Candon City Arena | 2–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | August 28 | NLEX | W 124–105 | Jhonard Clarito (24) | Aaron Fuller (20) | Andrei Caracut (7) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 3–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 4 | August 30 | Phoenix | W 116–99 | Aaron Fuller (28) | Aaron Fuller (22) | Caracut, Tiongson (4) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 4–0
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | September 5 | San Miguel | L 112–113 | Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (28) | Aaron Fuller (19) | Gian Mamuyac (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 4–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 6 | September 10 | Phoenix | W 122–107 | Fuller, Nocum (16) | Aaron Fuller (11) | Caracut, Nocum (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 5–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 7 | September 13 | Barangay Ginebra | L 102–124 | Aaron Fuller (28) | Aaron Fuller (11) | Andrei Caracut (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 8 | September 17 | NLEX | W 123–114 (OT) | Anton Asistio (25) | Aaron Fuller (25) | Caelan Tiongson (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 6–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 9 | September 19 | San Miguel | W 122–112 | Andrei Caracut (20) | Fuller, Norwood (11) | Andrei Caracut (8) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 7–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 10 | September 23 | Blackwater | L 118–139 | Jhonard Clarito (18) | Aaron Fuller (9) | Andrei Caracut (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 7–3
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | September 25 | Magnolia | W 109–105 | Aaron Fuller (24) | Aaron Fuller (20) | Fuller, Santillan (4) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | September 27 | Magnolia | L 69–121 | Adrian Nocum (13) | Caelan Tiongson (6) | Gian Mamuyac (3) | Santa Rosa Sports Complex | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | September 29 | Magnolia | W 111–106 (OT) | Aaron Fuller (29) | Leonard Santillan (13) | Aaron Fuller (6) | Ynares Center | 2–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | October 1 | Magnolia | L 100–129 | Aaron Fuller (22) | Aaron Fuller (10) | Belga, Caracut, Clarito, Mamuyac, Nocum, Norwood, Pangilinan-Lemetti (2) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 2–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 5 | October 5 | Magnolia | W 113–103 | Aaron Fuller (26) | Jhonard Clarito (10) | Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (6) | Ynares Center | 3–2
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | October 9 | TNT | L 81–90 | Aaron Fuller (18) | Aaron Fuller (21) | Caracut, Mamuyac (4) | PhilSports Arena | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | October 11 | TNT | L 91–108 | Jhonard Clarito (18) | Jhonard Clarito (7) | Caracut, Fuller (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | October 13 | TNT | W 110–109 | Aaron Fuller (26) | Aaron Fuller (16) | Gian Mamuyac (5) | Dasmariñas Arena | 1–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | October 16 | TNT | L 79–81 | Aaron Fuller (22) | Aaron Fuller (18) | Mamuyac, Nocum, Pangilinan-Lemetti (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | October 18 | TNT | L 95–113 | Aaron Fuller (14) | Aaron Fuller (6) | Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (4) | Ynares Center10,039 | 1–4
Commissioner's Cup Eliminations Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | December 1, 2024 | Meralco | L 111–121 | Keith Datu (17) | Jhonard Clarito (11) | Andrei Caracut (8) | Ynares Center | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | December 4, 2024 | Eastern | W 99–81 | Deon Thompson (21) | Deon Thompson (15) | Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (4) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | December 10, 2024 | San Miguel | W 107–93 | Deon Thompson (18) | Jhonard Clarito (11) | Caracut, Nocum, Pangilinan-Lemetti (5) | Filoil EcoOil Centre | 2–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 4 | December 18, 2024 | Magnolia | W 102–100 | Deon Thompson (18) | Deon Thompson (15) | Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (4) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 3–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 5 | December 22, 2024 | Terrafirma | W 124–112 | Deon Thompson (23) | Deon Thompson (17) | Pangilinan-Lemetti, Thompson (4) | PhilSports Arena | 4–1
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 6 | January 8, 2025 | Blackwater | W 122–106 | Deon Thompson (25) | Deon Thompson (16) | Anton Asistio (7) | PhilSports Arena | 5–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 7 | January 11, 2025 | Phoenix | L 91–93 | Deon Thompson (22) | Deon Thompson (13) | Deon Thompson (6) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 5–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 8 | January 14, 2025 | Converge | L 96–103 | Jhonard Clarito (24) | Deon Thompson (22) | Andrei Caracut (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 5–3 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 9 | January 16, 2025 | NorthPort | W 127–107 | Deon Thompson (27) | Deon Thompson (11) | Adrian Nocum (7) | PhilSports Arena | 6–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 10 | January 22, 2025 | Barangay Ginebra | L 92–120 | Deon Thompson (23) | Deon Thompson (15) | Caelan Tiongson (5) | Ynares Center | 6–4 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 11 | January 25, 2025 | NLEX | L 110–122 | Deon Thompson (26) | Deon Thompson (11) | Nocum, Thompson (5) | Ynares Center | 6–5 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 12 | January 31, 2025 | TNT | W 106–96 | Deon Thompson (22) | Deon Thompson (16) | Andrei Caracut (6) | PhilSports Arena | 7–5
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | February 5, 2025 | Converge | L 118–130 | Caelan Tiongson (23) | Deon Thompson (6) | Anton Asistio (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | February 7, 2025 | Converge | W 114–104 | Nocum, Thompson (28) | Deon Thompson (18) | Deon Thompson (7) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | February 9, 2025 | Converge | W 112–103 | Deon Thompson (34) | Deon Thompson (12) | Deon Thompson (7) | Ynares Center | 2–1
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | February 26, 2025 | TNT | L 84–88 | Deon Thompson (29) | Deon Thompson (16) | Andrei Caracut (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | February 28, 2025 | TNT | L 91–93 | Deon Thompson (22) | Deon Thompson (14) | Deon Thompson (5) | PhilSports Arena | 0–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | March 2, 2025 | TNT | W 103–98 | Deon Thompson (19) | Deon Thompson (15) | Caracut, Clarito, Nocum, Thompson, Tiongson (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | March 5, 2025 | TNT | L 85–93 | Deon Thompson (44) | Deon Thompson (13) | Adrian Nocum (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | March 7, 2025 | TNT | L 92–97 | Deon Thompson (34) | Leonard Santillan (7) | Adrian Nocum (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–4
Philippine Cup Eliminations Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | April 12 | NLEX | L 95–109 | Caelan Tiongson (24) | Clarito, Nocum, Tiongson (7) | Adrian Nocum (6) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | April 16 | NorthPort | W 113–96 | Gian Mamuyac (22) | Norwood, Santillan (10) | Andrei Caracut (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | April 27 | Meralco | W 128–116 | Leonard Santillan (27) | Leonard Santillan (7) | Andrei Caracut (7) | Ynares Center | 2–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | April 30 | Converge | L 97–107 | Leonard Santillan (26) | Keith Datu (10) | Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (5) | PhilSports Arena | 2–2
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 5 | May 7 | Blackwater | W 120–106 | Keith Datu (27) | Leonard Santillan (9) | Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 3–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 6 | May 18 | Magnolia | W 119–105 | Adrian Nocum (20) | Leonard Santillan (13) | Adrian Nocum (7) | Ynares Center II8,175 | 4–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 7 | May 21 | TNT | L 103–111 | Andrei Caracut (20) | Leonard Santillan (10) | Gian Mamuyac (7) | Ynares Center | 4–3 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 8 | May 28 | Phoenix | W 109–99 | Adrian Nocum (30) | Jhonard Clarito (10) | Mamuyac, Tiongson (4) | PhilSports Arena | 5–3
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 9 | June 4 | Terrafirma | W 94–85 | Jhonard Clarito (12) | Leonard Santillan (9) | Adrian Nocum (6) | PhilSports Arena | 6–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 10 | June 7 | San Miguel | L 111–120 | Andrei Caracut (24) | Clarito, Santillan (6) | Andrei Caracut (7) | Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. International Convention Center | 6–4 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 11 | June 15 | Barangay Ginebra | L 80–98 | Nocum, Santillan (13) | Leonard Santillan (10) | Andrei Caracut (3) | Ynares Center | 6–5
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | June 18 | NLEX | W 92–89 | Clarito, Nocum (20) | Jhonard Clarito (21) | Gabe Norwood (3) | PhilSports Arena | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | June 21 | NLEX | W 103–92 | Leonard Santillan (24) | Jhonard Clarito (16) | Adrian Nocum (6) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 2–0
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | June 25 | TNT | L 91–98 | Andrei Caracut (16) | Caelan Tiongson (8) | Nocum, Tiongson (3) | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | June 27 | TNT | L 105–113 (OT) | Adrian Nocum (27) | Jhonard Clarito (8) | Gian Mamuyac (5) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium | 0–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | June 29 | TNT | W 107–86 | Anton Asistio (24) | Keith Datu (10) | Anton Asistio (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | July 2 | TNT | L 92–108 | Gabe Norwood (18) | Gabe Norwood (9) | Andrei Caracut (7) | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 1–3 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 5 | July 4 | TNT | W 113–97 | Gian Mamuyac (22) | Clarito, Norwood (7) | Clarito, Nocum (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 6 | July 6 | TNT | L 89–97 | Caelan Tiongson (30) | Leonard Santillan (8) | Caracut, Mamuyac, Nocum (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–4
Transactions
Free agency Signings PlayerDate signedContract amountContract lengthFormer teamRef. Beau Belga September 11, 2024 Not disclosed 1 year Re-signed Mike Malonzo April 14, 2025 3 years Kris Porter May 28, 2025 Not disclosed Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters Adrian Nocum July 1, 2025 ₱420,000 per month (max. contract) 3 years Re-signed
Subtractions Player Number Position Reason New team Ref. Sherwin Concepcion 23 Small forward End of contract Abra Weavers Mac Belo 12 Power forward Released Zamboanga Valientes Nick Demusis 31 Small forward / Power forward Contract not renewed Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards
Trades Pre-season July July 17, 2024 To Rain or Shine2026 Blackwater second-round pick (from TNT) To BlackwaterMiguel Corteza
Recruited imports Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record Ref. Governors' Cup Aaron Fuller August 20, 2024 October 18, 2024 11–9 Commissioner's Cup Deon Thompson December 4, 2024 March 7, 2025 10–9
Awards Recipient Award Date awarded ReferenceGian Mamuyac2024–25 PBA Sportsmanship awardOctober 5, 2025 Recipient Honors Date awarded ReferenceCaelan Tiongson2024–25 PBA All-Rookie TeamOctober 13, 2025
References