PBA season 47 draft
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| PBA season 47 draft | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Date | May 15, 2022 |
| Location | Robinsons Place Manila |
| Networks | One Sports (TV5, PBA Rush) |
| Overview | |
| League | Philippine Basketball Association |
| First selection | Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser (Blackwater Bossing) |
The PBA season 47 draft was the 37th edition of the PBA draft. The event 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 2021 season, with the worst team picking first.
Draft order
[edit]In past drafts until 2019, the draft order was determined based on the team's overall performance from the previous season. The Philippine Cup final ranking comprised 40% of the points, while the Commissioner's and Governors' Cup rankings were 30% each.
Since the league only held two tournaments for the 2021 season, only the final rankings of the Philippine Cup (60%) and Governors' Cup (40%) were used to determine the draft order.[1]
| Draft order | Team | Final ranking | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI | GOV | |||
| 1st | Blackwater Bossing | 12th | 12th | 12.0 |
| 2nd | Terrafirma Dyip | 10th | 11th | 10.4 |
| 3rd | Converge FiberXers* | 11th | 7th | 9.4 |
| 4th | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 9th | 8th | 8.6 |
| 5th | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6th | 10th | 7.6 |
| 6th | NorthPort Batang Pier | 5th | 9th | 6.6 |
| 7th | NLEX Road Warriors | 7th | 4th | 5.8 |
| 8th | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8th | 1st | 5.2 |
| 9th | San Miguel Beermen | 4th | 6th | 4.8 |
| 10th | Meralco Bolts | 3rd | 2nd | 2.6 |
| 11th | TNT Tropang Giga | 1st | 5th | 2.6 |
| 12th | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 2nd | 3rd | 2.4 |
- Converge's previous franchisee competed as the Alaska Aces during the 2021 season.
Draft selections
[edit]| PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center | * | Mythical team member | # | All-Star |
1st round
[edit]| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser | C/PF |  United States
|
Blackwater Bossing | UC Riverside |
| 2 | Jeremiah Gray# | SF | United States
|
Terrafirma Dyip | Dominican/San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (ABL) |
| 3 | Jeo Ambohot | C/PF |  Philippines
|
Converge FiberXers | Letran |
| 4 | Justin Arana | C | Philippines
|
Converge FiberXers (from Phoenix)[a] | Arellano |
| 5 | Gian Mamuyac# | SG | Philippines
|
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Ateneo |
| 6 | JM Calma | C | Philippines
|
NorthPort Batang Pier | San Sebastian |
| 7 | Tyrus Hill | PF | United States
|
NLEX Road Warriors | De La Salle |
| 8 | Javi Gómez de Liaño | SF | Philippines
|
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | UP Diliman/Ibaraki Robots (Japan) |
| 9 | Kurt Lojera | SG | Philippines
|
Blackwater Bossing (from San Miguel via TNT)[b] | De La Salle |
| 10 | Shaun Ildefonso | SF/SG | Philippines
|
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Meralco)[c] | NU |
| 11 | Mark Dyke | SF | Philippines
|
Blackwater Bossing (from TNT)[d] | De La Salle/Manila Stars (MPBL) |
| 12 | Keith Zaldivar | C | Philippines
|
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | Adamson |
2nd round
[edit]3rd round
[edit]| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Daryl Pascual | C | Philippines
|
Blackwater Bossing | Letran |
| 26 | Allen Mina | SF/SG | Philippines
|
Terrafirma Dyip | Letran |
| 27 | Jollo Go | SG | Philippines
|
Converge FiberXers | De La Salle/Manila Stars (MPBL) |
| 28 | Alvin Baetiong | C | Philippines
|
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | San Sebastian |
| 29 | Rhaffy Octobre | PF | Philippines
|
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | UV |
| 30 | John Apacible | PF | Philippines
|
NorthPort Batang Pier | UE |
| 31 | Levi dela Cruz | PG | Philippines
|
NLEX Road Warriors | Arellano |
| 32 | Rence Alcoriza | SG | Philippines
|
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Arellano |
| 33 | Jerwyn Guinto | PF |  Australia
|
San Miguel Beermen | Lyceum |
| 34 | JJ Espanola | SG | Philippines
|
Meralco Bolts | UP Diliman |
| 35 | Roberto Bartolo | C | Philippines
|
TNT Tropang Giga | Benilde |
| 36 | Orlan Wamar | PG | Philippines
|
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | Centro Escolar |
4th round
[edit]| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Earvin Lacsamana | C |  Canada
|
Blackwater Bossing | Champlain |
| 38 | Shaq Alanes | PG | Philippines
|
Terrafirma Dyip | Lyceum |
| 39 | Leonard Esguerra | C | Philippines
|
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | José Rizal |
| 40 | JJ Caspe | PG | Philippines
|
NorthPort Batang Pier | Batangas |
| 41 | Lyndon Colina | PG/SG | Philippines
|
San Miguel Beermen | USPF |
| 42 | Andrey Armenion | PG | Philippines
|
Meralco Bolts | UE |
| 43 | John Villanueva | SG | Philippines
|
TNT Tropang Giga | Perpetual Help |
| 44 | Garciano Puerto | SF | Philippines
|
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | UC |
- Converge, Rain or Shine, NLEX, and Barangay Ginebra passed during the round.
5th round
[edit]| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Arthur Navasero | SF | Philippines
|
Blackwater Bossing | Centennial |
| 46 | Sandy Ceñal | SF | Philippines
|
Terrafirma Dyip | RTU/Bicol Volcanoes (MPBL) |
| 47 | Niño Ibañez | PG | Philippines
|
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | Lyceum |
| 48 | Yves Sason | SG/PG | Philippines
|
NorthPort Batang Pier | PCU |
| 49 | John Gonzaga | PG | Philippines
|
San Miguel Beermen | San Sebastian |
- Meralco, TNT, and Magnolia passed during the round.
6th round
[edit]| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Red Cachuela | PF | Philippines
|
Terrafirma Dyip | Southwestern/KCS Mandaue (VisMin) |
| 51 | Nichole John Ubalde | SG/SF | Philippines
|
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | USTSP |
| 52 | CJ Cadua | PG | United States
|
San Miguel Beermen | EAC |
- Blackwater and NorthPort passed during the round.
7th round
[edit]A seventh round was held, but all remaining teams passed, thus ending the draft.
Trades involving draft picks
[edit]- 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
[edit]Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of picks between the teams. Converge retained the rights to Alaska's draft picks.
- ^ February 23, 2021: Phoenix to Converge (Alaska)[2]
- Alaska acquired Brian Heruela, Magnolia's 2020 first and second round picks, and a 2021 first round pick
- Phoenix acquired Vic Manuel, 2020 first and second round picks
- ^ December 3, 2019: TNT to Blackwater[3]
- Blackwater acquired Don Trollano, Anthony Semerad, and San Miguel's 2021 first round pick
- TNT acquired Bobby Ray Parks Jr.
- TNT acquired Brian Heruela, David Semerad, and a 2021 first round pick
- San Miguel acquired Terrence Romeo
- ^ May 13, 2019: Meralco to Rain or Shine[5]
- Rain or Shine acquired 2019 and 2021 first round picks
- Meralco acquired Raymond Almazan
- ^ February 28, 2020: TNT to Blackwater (three-team trade with NLEX)[6]
- Blackwater acquired Marion Magat, Yousef Taha, Ed Daquioag, 2021 and 2022 first round picks from TNT
- NLEX acquired Anthony Semerad, Rabeh Al-Hussaini, 2020 first round pick, and San Miguel's 2021 second round pick from Blackwater
- TNT acquired Poy Erram from Blackwater via NLEX
- ^ December 5, 2017: Terrafirma (Kia) to Phoenix[7]
- Phoenix acquired a 2021 second round pick
- Kia acquired Jon Jon Gabriel
- ^ January 14, 2020: TNT to Rain or Shine[8]
- Rain or Shine acquired a 2020 second round pick, NorthPort's 2021 second round pick, and San Miguel's 2022 second round pick
- TNT acquired Ed Daquioag
- NorthPort acquired Terrafirma's (Columbian's) 2020 second round pick and Phoenix's 2019 second round pick that was not conveyed, from NLEX; and Michael Miranda from TNT
- NLEX acquired Jericho Cruz from TNT and San Miguel's 2020 second round pick from NorthPort
- TNT acquired Marion Magat from NLEX; 2021 and 2022 second round picks from NorthPort
- ^ February 24, 2022: NLEX to Phoenix[10]
- Phoenix acquired Kris Porter, 2021 second round and 2022 first round picks
- NLEX acquired Justin Chua
- ^ February 28, 2020: Blackwater to NLEX (three-team trade with TNT)[6]
- See TNT to Blackwater
- Blackwater acquired 2021 and 2022 second round picks
- San Miguel acquired Paul Zamar
- ^ November 5, 2021: NorthPort to Phoenix[11]
- Phoenix acquired Sean Anthony, Sean Manganti, and TNT's 2021 second round pick
- NorthPort acquired Michael Calisaan and Vic Manuel
- GlobalPort acquired Mo Tautuaa, 2020 first round and 2021 second round picks
- TNT acquired Terrence Romeo and Yousef Taha
Notable undrafted player
[edit]| Name | Country of birth | College | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Opiso | Philippines
|
CEU | [13] |
Combine
[edit]The PBA draft combine for this edition of the draft was held from May 11 to 12 at the Gatorade Hoops Center in Mandaluyong.[14] Encho Serrano was named the draft combine MVP as his team won the mini-tournament, and he, Shaun Ildefonso, Kurt Lojera, Ato UIar, and JayR Dela Cruz were named to the Mythical Five.[15]
Eligibility and entrants
[edit]Applications for the draft began on March 21.[16] Although the deadline was initially on May 2, it was moved to May 7.[17] For this year, UAAP seniors were allowed to declare for the draft, since the draft took place after the UAAP season.[18] From 76 initial applicants, the final tally was brought down to 66 as several players withdrew their applications or had insufficient documents.[19]
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.[20]
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;[21]
- All Filipino-foreigner entrants must have previously played professional basketball elsewhere and is not under contract with other teams
- Must not be over the age of 30 years old.[22]
Notable entrants
[edit]Domestic league players
[edit]In this section, only entrants who have played for a UAAP, NCAA, CESAFI, UCAL, NCRAA, NAASCU 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.
- Shaq Alanes – G, Lyceum / MACFI Basilan Golden Lions (VisMin)
- Rence Alcoriza – G, Arellano / AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers (FilBasket)
- John Apacible – F, UE / Pagadian Explorers (PSL)
- Jeferson Arceo – G, AMA / AMA Online Education Titans (FilBasket)
- Andrey Armenion – G, UE / Valenzuela MJAS Zenith
- Alvin Baetiong – C, San Sebastian / Mindoro Tamaraws
- Roberto Bartolo – C, Benilde / Pasay Voyagers
- Keanu Caballero – G, CEU / Taguig Generals (NBL)
- JJ Caspe – G, Batangas / Mindoro Tamaraws (NBL)
- Fidel Castro – G, PCU / Taguig Generals (NBL)
- Sandy Ceñal – F, RTU / CPG–Bohol Pure Mineral Water Dolphins (VisMin)
- Jhonard Clarito – F/G / De Ocampo / San Juan Knights
- Levi Dela Cruz – G, Arellano / Roxas Vanguards (PSL)
- Jay-R Dela Rosa – G, AMA / AMA Online Education Titans (FilBasket)
- Mark Dyke – F, De La Salle / Pampanga Delta (NBL)
- Leonard Esguerra – C, JRU / Caloocan Excellence
- JJ Espanola – G, UP / Marikina Shoe City
- Alvin Fuentes – G, AMA / AMA Online Education Titans (FilBasket)
- John Gonzaga – G, San Sebastian / Pagadian Explorers (PSL)
- Earvin Lacsamana – C, Champlain / Makati Super Crunch
- Chris Lalata – C/F, Olivarez / Davao Occidental Tigers
- Danny Marilao – F, CDSL / Caloocan Excellence
- Brylle Meca – G, Arellano / Valenzuela MJAS Zenith
- Arthur Navasero – F, Centennial / Manila Stars
- Rhaffy Octobre – F, UV / Basilan Peace Riders (PSL)
- Jason Opiso – F, CEU / Pagadian Explorers (PSL)
- Daryl Pascual – C, Letran / Marikina Shoe City
- Graciano Puerto – F, UC / Max4-Birada Cebu (Chooks3x3)
- RJ Ramirez – G, FEU / GenSan Warriors
- Chester Saldua – F, PCU / Davao Occidental Tigers
- Yves Sason – G, PCU / Marikina Shoe City
- Nichole John Ubalde – G/F, USTSP / Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol
- Ato Ular – F, Letran / Marikina Shoe City
- John Villanueva – G, Perpetual Help / Batangas City Embassy Chill
- Orlan Wamar – G, CEU / San Juan Knights
International league players
[edit]- Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser – C/F, UC Riverside / San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (Southeast Asia)
- Arvin Gomez – G, UC / Boleraus (Australian Chinese Basketball Association)
- Javi Gómez de Liaño – F, UP / Ibaraki Robots (Japan)
PBA 3x3 and PBA D-League players
[edit]- Red Cachuela – F, Southwestern / Terrafirma 3x3
- Carlo de Chavez – F, Bloomfield / Pioneer Pro Tibay
- Jayson David – F/G, Lyceum / Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
- Jollo Go – G, De La Salle / Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
- Jeremiah Gray – F, Dominican / TNT Tropang Giga 3x3
- Encho Serrano – G, De La Salle / Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
- Kyle Toth – G, Cal Poly / Marinerong Pilipino Skippers
UAAP and NCAA players
[edit]- Jeo Ambohot – C/F, Letran
- Justin Arana – C, Arellano
- CJ Cadua – G, EAC
- JM Calma – C, San Sebastian
- Christian Fajarito – C, Letran
- Enzo Joson – G, NU
- Allen Mina – F/G, Letran
- Jerwyn Guinto – F, Lyceum
- Tyrus Hill – F, De La Salle
- Niño Ibañez – G, Lyceum
- Shaun Ildefonso – F/G, NU
- Gian Mamuyac – G, Ateneo
- Kurt Lojera – G, De La Salle
- Marwin Taywan – G, EAC
- Tyler Tio – G, Ateneo
- Keith Zaldivar – C, Adamson
Players from other collegiate leagues
[edit]References
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