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.
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 order Team Final ranking TotalPHI COM GOV 1st Columbian Dyip 10th 11th 10th 10.3 2nd Blackwater Elite 12th 6th 12th 10.2 3rd NLEX Road Warriors 9th 12th 5th 8.7 4th Alaska Aces 8th 8th 7th 7.7 5th Meralco Bolts 11th 9th 2nd 7.7 6th Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters 3rd 10th 11th 7.5 7th NorthPort Batang Pier 7th 5th 8th 6.7 8th Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 4th 4th 9th 5.5 9th Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 2nd 7th 6th 4.7 10th Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5th 3rd 4th 4.1 11th TNT KaTropa 6th 2nd 3rd 3.9 12th San Miguel Beermen 1st 1st 5th 2.2
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.
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.
Draft selections PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center * Mythical team member # All-Star Special round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 1 Isaac Go C/PF Columbian Dyip Cignal HD Hawkeyes Ateneo 2 Rey Suerte SG/SF Blackwater Elite Che'Lu Bar & Grill Revellers UE 3 Matt Nieto PG NLEX Road Warriors Cignal HD Hawkeyes Ateneo 4 Allyn Bulanadi SG Alaska Aces Valencia City, Bukidnon San Sebastian 5 Mike Nieto SF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Cignal HD Hawkeyes Ateneo
1st round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 1 Roosevelt Adams SF Columbian Dyip Go for Gold Scratchers College of Idaho 2 Maurice Shaw C Blackwater Elite Hutchinson CC 3 Mike Ayonayon SG/PG NLEX Road Warriors Marinerong Pilipino Skippers Philippine Christian 4 Barkley Eboña PF/C Alaska Aces Cha Dao Tea Place Far Eastern 5 Adrian Wong SG/SF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Cignal HD Hawkeyes Ateneo 6 Clint Doliguez SF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Metropac Movers San Beda 7 Prince Rivero PF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters De La Salle 8 Sean Manganti SF NorthPort Batang Pier Che'Lu Bar & Grill Revellers Adamson 9 Aris Dionisio# SF/PF Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok Gamboa Coffee Mixers St. Clare 10 Arvin Tolentino# SF/PF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Wang's Basketball Couriers Far Eastern 11 Kib Montalbo PG/SG TNT KaTropa Marinerong Pilipino Skippers De La Salle 12 Christian Balagasay C Columbian Dyip Petron Letran
2nd round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 13 Jerrick Balanza SG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Petron Letran 14 Richard Escoto SF/PF Blackwater Elite Phoenix Accelerators Far Eastern 15 Will McAloney C/PF NLEX Road Warriors Marinerong Pilipino Skippers San Carlos 16 Rey Publico PF Alaska Aces Go for Gold Scratchers Letran 17 Jaycee Marcelino PG/SG Alaska Aces Zark's Jawbreakers Lyceum 18 Aaron Black PG/SG Meralco Bolts AMA Online Education Titans Ateneo 19 Vince Tolentino SF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Go for Gold Scratchers Ateneo 20 AC Soberano SG NLEX Road Warriors Metropac Movers San Beda 21 Yankie Haruna SF Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok Go for Gold Scratchers St. Benilde 22 Kent Salado PG/SG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Go for Gold Scratchers Arellano 23 Wendell Comboy SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Cha Dao Tea Place Far Eastern 24 Renzo Subido PG NorthPort Batang Pier Ironcon Builders Santo Tomas
3rd round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 25 Bonbon Batiller SG Columbian Dyip Petron Letran 26 Chris Bitoon PG Blackwater Elite Go for Gold Scratchers St. Clare 27 Gelo Vito PF NLEX Road Warriors Wang's Basketball Couriers Philippines 28 Ralph Tansingco PF Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters Zark's Jawbreakers Lyceum 29 Mike Cañete PF Meralco Bolts The Masterpiece / CD14 Designs-Trinity Arellano 30 Luke Parcero SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters AMA Online Education Titans St. Francis of Assisi 31 Cris Dumapig C/PF NorthPort Batang Pier BRT Sumisip Basilan Southwestern-U 32 Alvin Capobres SF Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok Valencia City, Bukidnon San Sebastian 33 Fran Asuncion SG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel AMA Online Education Titans AMA 34 Simon Camacho PF TNT KaTropa Akari Adamson 35 Travis Thompson SG San Miguel Beermen Alaska Anchorage
4th round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 36 Marco Balagtas PF Columbian Dyip Diliman College-Gerry's José Rizal 37 Hubert Cani SG Blackwater Elite Cha Dao Tea Place Far Eastern 38 Jayvee Marcelino PG NLEX Road Warriors Wang's Basketball Couriers Lyceum 39 Spencer Pretta PG Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters Zark's Jawbreakers Lyceum 40 Dexter Zamora PG NorthPort Batang Pier Batangas - EAC Lyceum 41 Val Chauca PG TNT KaTropa FamilyMart - Enderun Adamson 42 Daniel de Guzman PF San Miguel Beermen Batangas - EAC NEUST
5th round Player Country of birth Team PBA D-League team 43 Jeramer Cabanag SG NLEX Road Warriors Wang's Basketball Couriers San Beda 44 Jeffrey Santos SG Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters Zark's Jawbreakers Lyceum 45 Von Tambeling SG 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 SchoolSpecial round1st roundAfter 1st roundTotal Lyceum0077 Ateneo3126 FEU0224 Letran0134 Adamson0123 San Beda0123 Arellano0022 De La Salle0202 PCU0112 UST0022 St. Clare0112St. Francis0011Other schools1 each
Notes
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.
Undrafted player NameCountry of birthCollegeNotesMarvin LeeUST
References
External links PBA.ph