2017 PBA draft

2017 PBA draft
General information
Date(s)	October 29, 2017
Location	Robinsons Place Manila
Network(s)	ESPN5 (TV5, PBA Rush, Sports5.ph)
Overview
League	Philippine Basketball Association
First selection	Christian Standhardinger (San Miguel Beermen)
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The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event that allowed teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. It was held at the Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila on October 29, 2017. ^[1] The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams from the 2016–17 season, with the worst team picking first. The San Miguel Beermen selected first overall after a trade with the Kia Picanto.

Draft order

The draft order is determined based from 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 30% each.

Draft order	Team	Final ranking			Total
		PHL	COM	GOV
1st	Kia Picanto	10th	10th	12th	10.6
2nd	NLEX Road Warriors	12th	12th	5th	9.9
3rd	Blackwater Elite	9th	11th	8th	9.3
4th	Phoenix Fuel Masters	7th	7th	11th	8.2
5th	GlobalPort Batang Pier	6th	8th	10th	7.8
6th	Alaska Aces	5th	9th	9th	7.4
7th	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8th	6th	7th	7.1
8th	Meralco Bolts	11th	5th	2nd	6.5
9th	Star Hotshots	3rd	4th	4th	3.6
10th	TNT KaTropa	4th	2nd	3rd	3.1
11th	San Miguel Beermen	1st	1st	6th	2.5
12th	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	2nd	3rd	1st	2.0

Controversy involving Kia's first round pick

On October 27, 2017, PBA Commissioner Chito Narvasa approved the trade that sent Kia Picanto's first-round pick (first overall), which is used to draft Christian Standhardinger, in exchange for Ronald Tubid, Jay-R Reyes, Rashawn McCarthy and San Miguel's 2019 first-round draft choice, with minimal revisions from the original trade proposal that originally involved Keith Agovida, Reyes, McCarthy and a San Miguel draft pick. ^[2] The trade proposal already earned the ire of fans as well as Wilfred Steven Uytengsu, team owner of the Alaska Aces, ^[3] and Dioceldo Sy, team owner of the Blackwater Elite, ^[4] since Kia traded its opportunity to pick a potential starter in exchange for role players.

In defense of approving the controversial Kia-San Miguel trade, Narvasa cited that TNT KaTropa also tried to make a deal with Kia's first-round pick. Narvasa also stated that TNT's manager Magnum Membrere submitted draft application papers on behalf of Standhardinger, even if Standhardinger already submitted his own papers three weeks before the September 4 draft application deadline for Filipino-descended foreign applicants. ^[5]

TNT management then released a statement hours after the 2017 draft concluded, blasting Narvasa for being biased and questioned his credibility as the league's commissioner. TNT also clarified that the actions done by Magnum Membrere when submitting Standhardinger's draft application papers were done as a Philippine national basketball team representative. ^{[6] [7]}

Draft

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

*

Mythical team member

#

All-Star

1st round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team(s)	School
1	1	Christian Standhardinger *	C/F	Germany	San Miguel Beermen (from Kia) [lower-alpha 1]		Hawaii
1	2	Kiefer Ravena #	G	Philippines	NLEX Road Warriors		Ateneo
1	3	Raymar Jose	F	Philippines	Blackwater Elite	Cignal HD Hawkeyes	FEU
1	4	Jason Perkins #	F	United States	Phoenix Fuel Masters	Caida Tile Masters	De La Salle
1	5	Jeron Teng	G/F	Philippines	Alaska Aces (from GlobalPort) [lower-alpha 2]	Flying V Thunder	De La Salle
1	6	Robbie Herndon	G/F	United States	GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Alaska) [lower-alpha 3]	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	San Francisco State
1	7	Rey Nambatac	G	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Racal Tile Masters	Letran
1	8	Sidney Onwubere	F	Philippines	Phoenix Fuel Masters (from Meralco) [lower-alpha 4]	Racal Tile Masters	EAC
1	9	Lervin Flores	C	Philippines	Star Hotshots	Racal Tile Masters	Arellano
1	10	Mark Tallo	G	Philippines	TNT KaTropa (previously from GlobalPort via TNT) [lower-alpha 5]	Racal Tile Masters	SWU
1	11	Jonjon Gabriel	C	Philippines	TNT KaTropa (from San Miguel via Phoenix) [lower-alpha 6]	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	Colegio de San Lorenzo
1	12	Jett Manuel	G	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Wang's Basketball Couriers	UP

2nd round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team(s)	School
2	13	John Grospe	F	Philippines	NLEX Road Warriors (from Kia via Meralco) [lower-alpha 7]	Team Batangas JRU Heavy Bombers	JRU
2	14	Joseph Gabayni	C	Philippines	Star Hotshots (from NLEX via Kia) [lower-alpha 8]	Racal Tile Masters Team Batangas	Lyceum
2	15	Emil Palma	G	Philippines	Blackwater Elite (previously from NLEX via Blackwater) [lower-alpha 9]	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	UE
2	16	Julian Sargent	G/F	United States	Star Hotshots (from Phoenix) [lower-alpha 10]	AMA Titans Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	De La Salle
2	17	Louie Vigil	G	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen (from GlobalPort) [lower-alpha 11]	Blackwater Sports Tanduay Light Rhum Masters Bread Story Smashing Bakers	UST
2	18	Davon Potts	G	United States	Alaska Aces	Cignal HD Hawkeyes	San Beda
2	19	Jomari Sollano	F	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	Letran
2	20	Gwyne Capacio	F	Philippines	Star Hotshots (from Meralco via GlobalPort) [lower-alpha 12]	Racal Tile Masters Wang's Couriers	Ateneo
2	21	Jayson Grimaldo	F	Philippines	Phoenix Fuel Masters (from Star) [lower-alpha 13]	Victoria Sports Stallions Racal Tile Masters	MLQU
2	22	Monbert Arong	G	Philippines	TNT KaTropa	Cignal HD Hawkeyes	FEU
2	23	Wilson Baltazar	F	Philippines	Phoenix Fuel Masters (from San Miguel) [lower-alpha 14]	Bread Story Smashing Bakers	Lyceum
2	24	Andreas Cahilig	F	Sweden	GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Barangay Ginebra) [lower-alpha 15]	Cignal HD Hawkeyes	Earist

3rd round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team(s)	School
3	25	Chris de Chavez	G	Philippines	Kia Picanto	Wang's Basketball Couriers	Ateneo
3	26	Gabriel Dagangon	F	Philippines	NLEX Road Warriors	AMA Online Education Titans Racal Tile Masters	Perpetual
3	27	Ebrahim Lopez	G/F	Philippines	Blackwater Elite	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	UE
3	28	Roldan Sara	G	Philippines	Phoenix Fuel Masters	Team Batangas Racal Tile Masters	San Beda
3	29	Zachary Nicholls	F	Canada	GlobalPort Batang Pier	Victoria Sports Stallions	Arellano
3	-	PASS			Alaska Aces
3	30	Michael Juico	G	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Wang's Couriers	San Sebastian
3	31	Jebb Bulawan	F	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	Racal Tile Masters Team Batangas	Lyceum
3	32	Thomas Torres	G	Philippines	Star Hotshots	Racal Motors Flying V Thunder	De La Salle
3	33	Dave Moralde	G	Philippines	TNT KaTropa	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers JAM Liner	UP
3	34	Jerome Ortega	G	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen	AMA Titans	AMA
3	35	Elmer Mykiel Cabahug	G	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Wang's Couriers Flying V Thunder	Ateneo

4th round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team(s)	School
4	36	Arvie Bringas	C	Philippines	Kia Picanto	Hapee Fresh Fighters Big Chill Super Chargers	FEU
4	37	Felix Apreku	F	Israel	NLEX Road Warriors	MP Hotel Warriors Racal Tile Masters	Letran
4	38	Kyle Neypes	F	Philippines	Blackwater Elite	BDO–NU JAM Liner Racal Tile Masters	NU
4	39	John Karlo Casiño	G	Philippines	Phoenix Fuel Masters	Café France Bakers CEU Scorpions	CEU
4	40	Gian Abrigo	F	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters Racal Tile Masters	Adamson
4	-	PASS			Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
4	-	PASS			Meralco Bolts
4	-	PASS			Star Hotshots
4	-	PASS			TNT KaTropa
4	41	Joseph Nalos	G	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen	Z.C. Aguilas Zark's Jawbreakers	Adamson
4	-	PASS			Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

5th round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team(s)	School
5	42	Christian Geronimo	G	Philippines	Kia Picanto		PUP
5	-	PASS			NLEX Road Warriors
5	43	Jhon Sumido	G	Philippines	Blackwater Elite	Cobra Iron Men Cebuana Lhuillier Gems MP Hotel Warriors	UE
5	-	PASS			Phoenix Fuel Masters
5	-	PASS			GlobalPort Batang Pier
5	-	PASS			San Miguel Beermen

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Note: The rights to Barako Bull's draft picks were retained by Phoenix.

1. October 27, 2017: Kia to San Miguel ^[8]
   • San Miguel acquired a first round pick
   • Kia acquired Rashawn McCarthy, Ronald Tubid, Jay-R Reyes, and a 2019 first round pick
2. March 14, 2015: GlobalPort to Alaska ^[9]
   • Alaska acquired Nonoy Baclao and a first round pick
   • GlobalPort acquired Gabby Espinas and a first round pick
3. March 14, 2015: Alaska to GlobalPort ^[9]
   • GlobalPort acquired Gabby Espinas and a first round pick
   • Alaska acquired Nonoy Baclao and a first round pick
4. September 11, 2017: Meralco to Phoenix ^[10]
   • Phoenix acquired Justin Chua and a first round pick
   • Meralco acquired Ranidel de Ocampo
5. May 6, 2017: GlobalPort to TNT ^[11]
   • TNT re-acquired a first round pick and acquired Anthony Semerad
   • GlobalPort acquired Larry Fonacier
   September 22, 2014: TNT (Talk 'n Text) to GlobalPort (three-team trade with NLEX) ^[12]
   • GlobalPort acquired a first round pick from Talk 'n Text
   • Talk 'n Text acquired Jay Washington from GlobalPort and Matt Ganuelas from NLEX via GlobalPort
   • NLEX acquired Harold Arboleda, Ginebra's 2016 second round pick, and Talk 'n Text's 2018 second round pick from GlobalPort
6. September 11, 2017: Phoenix to TNT ^[10]
   • TNT acquired Norbert Torres and a first round pick
   • Phoenix acquired Ranidel de Ocampo
   February 3, 2015: San Miguel to Barako Bull (three-team trade with Barangay Ginebra) ^[13]
   • Barako Bull acquired the pick and Justin Chua from San Miguel
   • San Miguel acquired Jay-R Reyes from Ginebra via Barako Bull
   • Ginebra acquired Dorian Peña and a 2015 second round pick from Barako Bull
7. May 6, 2017: GlobalPort to NLEX (three-team trade with Meralco) ^[11]
   • NLEX acquired Larry Fonacier, Kia's second round pick, and a 2019 second round pick from GlobalPort
   • GlobalPort acquired Sean Anthony and Bradwyn Guinto from NLEX and Jonathan Grey from Meralco
   • Meralco acquired Garvo Lanete from NLEX via GlobalPort
   October 7, 2015: Mahindra (Kia) to Meralco (three-team trade with NLEX) ^[14]
   • Meralco acquired the pick and a 2016 second round pick from Mahindra
   • Mahindra acquired a second round pick, a 2016 second round pick, and Juneric Baloria from NLEX
   • NLEX acquired Anthony from Meralco via Mahindra
8. November 3, 2016: Mahindra (Kia) to Star (three-team trade with San Miguel) ^[15]
   • Star acquired Aldrech Ramos and a second round pick from Mahindra
   • Mahindra acquired Alex Mallari from Star and Ryan Araña from San Miguel
   • San Miguel acquired Keith Agovida from Mahindra and RR Garcia from Star via Mahindra
   October 7, 2015: NLEX to Mahindra (three-team trade with Meralco) ^[14]
   • Mahindra acquired the pick, a 2016 second round pick, and Juneric Baloria from NLEX
   • NLEX acquired Anthony from Meralco via Mahindra
   • Meralco acquired a second round pick and a 2016 second round pick from Mahindra
9. March 28, 2017: NLEX to Blackwater (three-team trade with Meralco) ^[16]
   • Blackwater re-acquired a second round pick from NLEX
   • NLEX acquired Rabeh Al-Hussaini from Meralco via Blackwater
   • Meralco acquired a 2018 second round pick from Blackwater
   September 12, 2014: Blackwater to NLEX (three-team trade with Meralco) ^[17]
   • NLEX acquired the pick, a 2016 second round pick, and Juneric Baloria from Blackwater
   • Blackwater acquired Sunday Salvacion and Jason Ballesteros from Meralco
   • Meralco acquired Sean Anthony from NLEX via Blackwater
10. September 19, 2015: Barako Bull to Star ^[18]
    • Star acquired a second round pick
    • Barako Bull (Phoenix) acquired Mick Pennisi
11. June 10, 2013: GlobalPort to Petron (San Miguel) (three-team trade with Ginebra) ^[19]
    • Petron acquired a second round pick and Jason Deutchman from GlobalPort
    • GlobalPort acquired Jay Washington from Petron
    • Ginebra acquired Japeth Aguilar from GlobalPort
12. November 11. 2013: GlobalPort to San Mig Coffee (Star) ^[20]
    • San Mig Coffee acquired a second round pick
    • GlobalPort acquired Jewel Ponferada
    October 11, 2013: Meralco to GlobalPort ^[21]
    • GlobalPort acquired Chris Ross, Chris Timberlake, the pick, and a 2016 second round pick
    • Meralco acquired Gary David and A. J. Mandani
13. August 12, 2013: San Mig Coffee (Star) to Barako Bull (Phoenix) ^[22]
    • Barako Bull acquired a second round pick, Wesley Gonzales, and Chris Pacana
    • San Mig Coffee acquired Allein Maliksi
14. February 18, 2014: San Miguel to Barako Bull (Phoenix) (four-team trade with GlobalPort and Air21 [NLEX]) ^[23]
    • Barako Bull acquired Leo Najorda from GlobalPort, 2016 and 2017 second round picks, and Jason Deutchman from San Miguel
    • San Miguel acquired Rico Maierhofer from Barako Bull and Sol Mercado from GlobalPort
    • GlobalPort acquired Alex Cabagnot from San Miguel and Bonbon Custodio from Air21
    • Air21 acquired Jonas Villanueva from Barako Bull via GlobalPort
15. November 3, 2013: Ginebra to GlobalPort ^[24]
    • GlobalPort acquired 2016 and 2017 second round picks and the draft rights to third round pick LA Revilla
    • Ginebra acquired a 2014 first round pick

Undrafted player

Name	Country of birth	College	Notes
Jeremiah dela Peña	Philippines	San Beda

Draft picks per school

School	1st round	After 1st round	Total
De La Salle	2	2	4
Ateneo	2	1	3
FEU	1	2	3
Letran	1	2	3
Lyceum	0	3	3
UE	0	3	3
Adamson	0	2	2
Arellano	0	2	2
San Beda	0	2	2
Other schools			1 each

References

1. Standhardinger, Kiefer, Jeron headline 2017 PBA draft prospects, ABS-CBN Sports, October 12, 2017
2. Narvasa approves revised version of KIA-San Miguel trade for No. 1 PBA draft pick, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 27, 2017
3. PBA: Kia plan to trade top pick would undermine draft, Alaska boss Uytengsu says, ABS-CBN News, October 25, 2017
4. Kia-SMB proposed trade 'garbage,' says Blackwater owner, Josef Ramos, The Manila Times, October 22, 2017
5. TNT also tried to arrange trade for Kia draft pick, says Narvasa, Randolf Leongson, Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 28, 2017
6. del Rosario, Paolo (October 29, 2017). "PBA: TNT KaTropa management criticizes Comm. Narvasa on SMB-KIA trade". cnn. Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
7. TNT blasts Narvasa's name-dropping of KaTropa exec in 'Standhardinger' trade, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, October 29, 2017
8. "PBA approves Kia-San Miguel trade". sports.inquirer.net. October 27, 2017.
9. "Alaska trades Gabby Espinas to GlobalPort for Noy Baclao". interaksyon.com. March 14, 2015. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
10. "Ranidel De Ocampo traded to Meralco in 3-team deal". Rappler. September 11, 2017.
11. "NLEX acquires Larry Fonacier, JR Quinahan in 4-team trade". interaksyon.com. News5. May 6, 2017.
12. "Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas". inquirer.net. September 22, 2014.
13. "Peña moves to Ginebra in 3-team trade". inquirer.net. February 3, 2015.
14. "NLEX gets Sean Anthony in three-team deal". inquirer.net. October 7, 2015.
15. "RR Garcia to SMB, Ramos to Star, Mallari, Arana to Mahindra in 3-team trade". spin.ph. November 4, 2016.
16. "Rabeh Al-Hussaini, coach Yeng Guiao reunited at NLEX after three-team PBA trade". spin.ph. March 28, 2017.
17. "Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer". dugout.ph. September 12, 2014.
18. "Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit". spin.ph. September 19, 2015.
19. "GlobalPort deals Japeth Aguilar to Ginebra, acquires Jay Washington from Petron". gmanetwork.com. June 11, 2013.
20. "PBA: GlobalPort beefs up frontline, acquires Jewel Ponferada from San Mig Coffee". gmanetwork.com. GMA News. November 11, 2013.
21. Rey Joble (October 11, 2013). "Gary David, Chris Ross switch places as PBA approves Meralco-GlobalPort trade". interaksyon.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
22. Rey Joble (August 16, 2013). "PBA approves Allein Maliksi trade from Barako to San Mig Coffee as Alaska coach Luigi Trillo fumes". interaksyon.com. TV5. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
23. "PBA: Petron/San Miguel Beer shakes up roster, brings aboard Sol Mercado and Rico Maierhofer". gmanetwork.com. February 18, 2014.
24. "Barako, GlobalPort go bullish in PBA draft day trades". pba.inquirer.ph. November 4, 2013.

External links

• PBA.ph