2019 PBA draft

The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event that allows 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 two-thirds of the member teams from the 2019 season, with the worst team picking first.

2019 PBA draft
General information
Date(s)December 8, 2019[1]
LocationRobinsons Place Manila
Network(s)ESPN 5 (The 5 Network, PBA Rush, TV5.ESPN.com)
Overview
LeaguePhilippine Basketball Association
First selectionRoosevelt Adams,[n 1] Columbian Dyip

Draft order

The draft order was determined based on the overall performance of the teams from the previous season. The Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 40% of the points, while the rankings of the Commissioner's and Governors' Cups are 25% each. The order for teams picking 9th to 12th was determined by their positions after the Governors' Cup regular round. NorthPort and Rain or Shine swapped places during the draft.

Draft orderTeamFinal rankingTotal
PHICOMGOV
1stColumbian Dyip10th11th10th10.3
2ndBlackwater Elite12th6th12th10.2
3rdNLEX Road Warriors9th12th5th8.7
4thAlaska Aces8th8th7th7.7
5thMeralco Bolts11th9th2nd7.7
6thPhoenix Pulse Fuel Masters3rd10th11th7.5
7thNorthPort Batang Pier7th5th8th6.7
8thRain or Shine Elasto Painters4th4th9th5.5
9thMagnolia Hotshots2nd7th6th4.7
10thBarangay Ginebra San Miguel5th3rd4th4.1
11thTNT KaTropa6th2nd3rd3.9
12thSan Miguel Beermen1st1st5th2.2

Special draft

There was a separate draft for the players in the pool for the Philippine national team, better known as Gilas Pilipinas. The five teams held their rights to the players they selected only after their release from international duty.[2]

As part of the agreement between the PBA and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the latter named 5 players being loaned to Gilas's training camp after their selection in this special draft. The draft order was identical to the first five picks in the regular first and second rounds.[2]

Draft selections
PGPoint guard SGShooting guard SFSmall forward PFPower forward CCenter *Mythical team member #All-Star

Special round
Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
1 Isaac Go C/F  Philippines Columbian Dyip Cignal HD Hawkeyes Ateneo
2 Rey Suerte G  Philippines Blackwater Elite Che'Lu Bar & Grill Revellers UE
3 Matt Nieto G  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors Cignal HD Hawkeyes Ateneo
4 Allyn Bulanadi G  Philippines Alaska Aces Valencia City, Bukidnon San Sebastian
5 Mike Nieto G/F  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Cignal HD Hawkeyes Ateneo

1st round
Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
1 Roosevelt Adams F  United States Columbian Dyip Go for Gold Scratchers College of Idaho
2 Maurice Shaw C  Philippines Blackwater Elite Hutchinson CC
3 Mike Ayonayon G  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors Marinerong Pilipino Skippers Philippine Christian
4 Barkley Eboña F  Philippines Alaska Aces Cha Dao Tea Place Far Eastern
5 Adrian Wong G  United States Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Phoenix Pulse via Alaska)[lower-alpha 1] Cignal HD Hawkeyes Ateneo
6 Clint Doliguez F  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Meralco)[lower-alpha 2] Metropac Movers San Beda
7 Prince Rivero F  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters De La Salle
8 Sean Manganti F  United States NorthPort Batang Pier Che'Lu Bar & Grill Revellers Adamson
9 Aris Dionisio F  Philippines Magnolia Hotshots Gamboa Coffee Mixers St. Clare
10 Arvin Tolentino# F  Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Wang's Basketball Couriers Far Eastern
11 Kib Montalbo G  Philippines TNT KaTropa Marinerong Pilipino Skippers De La Salle
12 Christian Balagasay C  Philippines Columbian Dyip (from San Miguel)[lower-alpha 3] Petron Letran

2nd round
Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
13 Jerrick Balanza G  Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (from Columbian)[lower-alpha 4] Petron Letran
14 Richard Escoto F  Philippines Blackwater Elite Phoenix Accelerators Far Eastern
15 Will McAloney C/F  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors Marinerong Pilipino Skippers San Carlos
16 Rey Publico F  Philippines Alaska Aces Go for Gold Scratchers Letran
17 Jaycee Marcelino G  Philippines Alaska Aces (from Phoenix Pulse)[lower-alpha 5] Zark's Jawbreakers Lyceum
18 Aaron Black G  Philippines Meralco Bolts AMA Online Education Titans Ateneo
19 Vince Tolentino F  United States Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Go for Gold Scratchers Ateneo
20 AC Soberano G  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors (from NorthPort via TNT)[lower-alpha 6] Metropac Movers San Beda
21 Yankie Haruna F  Philippines Magnolia Hotshots Go for Gold Scratchers St. Benilde
22 Kent Salado G  Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Go for Gold Scratchers Arellano
23 Wendell Comboy G  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from TNT)[lower-alpha 7] Cha Dao Tea Place Far Eastern
24 Renzo Subido G  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier (from San Miguel)[lower-alpha 8] Ironcon Builders Santo Tomas

3rd round
Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
25 Bonbon Batiller G  Philippines Columbian Dyip Petron Letran
26 Chris Bitoon G  Philippines Blackwater Elite Go for Gold Scratchers St. Clare
27 Gelo Vito F  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors Wang's Basketball Couriers U of Philippines
28 Ralph Tansingco F  Philippines Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters Zark's Jawbreakers Lyceum
29 Mike Cañete F  Philippines Meralco Bolts The Masterpiece / CD14 Designs-Trinity Arellano
30 Luke Parcero G  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters AMA Online Education Titans St. Francis of Assisi
31 Cris Dumapig C/F  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier BRT Sumisip Basilan Southwestern-U
32 Alvin Capobres F  Philippines Magnolia Hotshots Valencia City, Bukidnon San Sebastian
33 Fran Asuncion G  Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel AMA Online Education Titans AMA
34 Simon Camacho F  Philippines TNT KaTropa Akari Adamson
35 Travis Thompson G  United States San Miguel Beermen Alaska Anchorage

4th round
Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
36 Marco Balagtas F  Philippines Columbian Dyip Diliman College-Gerry's José Rizal
37 Hubert Cani G  Philippines Blackwater Elite Cha Dao Tea Place Far Eastern
38 Jayvee Marcelino G  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors Wang's Basketball Couriers Lyceum
39 Spencer Pretta G  Philippines Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters Zark's Jawbreakers Lyceum
40 Dexter Zamora G  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier Batangas - EAC Lyceum
41 Val Chauca G  United States TNT KaTropa FamilyMart - Enderun Adamson
42 Daniel de Guzman F  Philippines San Miguel Beermen Batangas - EAC NEUST[12]

5th round
Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
43 Jeramer Cabanag G  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors Wang's Basketball Couriers San Beda
44 Jeffrey Santos G  Philippines Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters Zark's Jawbreakers Lyceum
45 Von Tambeling G  Philippines San Miguel Beermen Wang's Basketball Couriers Philippine Christian

6th round

A sixth round was supposed to be held, but the teams from the fifth round passed, ending the draft.

Draft picks per school
School Special round 1st round After 1st round Total
Lyceum 0 0 7 7
Ateneo 3 1 2 6
FEU 0 2 2 4
Letran 0 1 3 4
Adamson 0 1 2 3
San Beda 0 1 2 3
Arellano 0 0 2 2
De La Salle 0 2 0 2
PCU 0 1 1 2
UST 0 0 2 2
St. Clare 0 1 1 2
St. Francis 0 0 1 1
Other schools 1 each

Notes
  1. The 2019 draft was composed of two drafts: the Gilas special draft, which consists of 5 players reserved for the Gilas Pilipinas program, and the regular draft. Go was selected as the first pick in the Gilas special draft. Roosevelt Adams (College of Idaho) was selected by Columbian Dyip as the first pick of the regular draft.

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of picks between the teams.

  1. August 16, 2019: Alaska to Rain or Shine[3] August 7, 2018: Phoenix Pulse (Phoenix) to Alaska[4]
  2. May 13, 2019: Meralco to Rain or Shine[5]
    • Rain or Shine acquired 2019 and 2021 first-round picks
    • Meralco acquired Raymond Almazan
  3. October 27, 2017: San Miguel to Columbian (Kia)[6]
  4. November 15, 2016: Columbian (Mahindra) to Barangay Ginebra[7]
    • Ginebra acquired a future second-round pick
    • Mahindra acquired Nico Salva
  5. December 15, 2017: Phoenix Pulse (Phoenix) to Alaska[8]
    • Alaska acquired a second-round pick
    • Phoenix acquired Jaypee Mendoza
  6. May 6, 2017: NorthPort (GlobalPort) to NLEX (four-team trade with Meralco and TNT)[9]
    • NLEX (via GlobalPort) acquired Larry Fonacier and GlobalPort's second-round pick from TNT, and Kia's 2017 second-round pick from Meralco
    • GlobalPort acquired Sean Anthony and Bradwyn Guinto from NLEX, and Jonathan Grey from Meralco
    • Meralco acquired Garvo Lanete from NLEX via GlobalPort
    • TNT acquired Anthony Semerad and re-acquired their 2017 first-round pick from GlobalPort
  7. October 2, 2014: TNT (Talk 'n Text) to Rain or Shine[10]
    • Rain or Shine acquired 2015 and 2019 second-round picks
    • Talk 'n Text acquired Larry Rodriguez
  8. December 10, 2014: San Miguel to NorthPort (GlobalPort)[11]

Undrafted player
Name Country of birth College Notes
Marvin Lee  Philippines UST [13]

References
  1. "PBA draft set Dec. 8". Philstar.com. June 8, 2019.
  2. "Who will be the top pick of the 2019 PBA Draft?". PBA.ph. December 7, 2019.
  3. "Rain or Shine trades Ahanmisi to Alaska for Exciminiano, 1st round draft picks". Inquirer Sports. August 16, 2019.
  4. "Alaska trades Abueva to Phoenix for 2019 pick and Dehesa". Slam Philippines. August 7, 2018.
  5. "Rain or Shine ships Almazan to Meralco". Rappler. May 13, 2019.
  6. "PBA approves Kia-San Miguel trade". Inquirer Sports. October 27, 2017.
  7. "Salva traded to Mahindra". Inquirer Sports. November 15, 2016.
  8. "Phoenix acquires Jaypee Mendoza from Alaska in exchange for 2019 second-round draft pick". Spin.ph. December 15, 2017.
  9. "NLEX acquires Larry Fonacier, JR Quinahan in 4-team trade". Interaksyon.com. News5. May 6, 2017.
  10. "Larry Rodriguez moves to TNT". Dugout.ph. October 2, 2014.
  11. "Alex Cabagnot returns to San Miguel Beer, Sol Mercado back with GlobalPort in revised trade deal". Spin.ph. December 10, 2014.
  12. "Unheralded Daniel de Guzman signs one-year deal with San Miguel". spin.ph. March 4, 2020.
  13. Henson, Joaquin M. (June 6, 2023). "Chance to prove worth". Philstar.com. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
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