2018 PBA draft

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2018 PBA draft
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General information
Date(s)December 16, 2018
Location Robinsons Place Manila
Network(s) ESPN 5 (The 5 Network, PBA Rush, TV5.Espn.com)
Overview
League Philippine Basketball Association
First selection C. J. Perez (Columbian Dyip)
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The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event that 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 2017–18 season, with the worst team picking first.

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Draft order

PBA Commissioner Willy Marcial posing with players selected in the 2018 PBA Rookie Draft. 2018 PBA Rookie Draft.jpg
PBA Commissioner Willy Marcial posing with players selected in the 2018 PBA Rookie Draft.

The draft order is 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 30% each.

Draft orderTeamFinal rankingTotal
PHL COM GOV
1st Columbian Dyip 12th9th12th11.1
2nd Blackwater Elite 10th12th6th9.4
3rd NorthPort Batang Pier 7th8th11th8.5
4th Phoenix Fuel Masters 9th10th5th8.1
5th Meralco Bolts 11th6th4th7.4
6th TNT KaTropa 8th5th9th7.4
7th NLEX Road Warriors 4th11th8th7.3
8th Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6th3rd10th6.3
9th Alaska Aces 5th4th1st or 2nd3.8 or 3.5
10th Magnolia Hotshots 2nd7th1st or 2nd3.5 or 3.2
11th San Miguel Beermen 1st2nd7th3.1
12th Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3rd1st3rd2.4

On draft day, Alaska and Magnolia were playing in the 2018 PBA Governors' Cup Finals. Alaska would've finished either with 3.8 or 3.5 points, in 9th position. Magnolia would've finished with 3.2 or 3.5 points, in 10th position. Magnolia eventually won.

Draft selections

1st round

CJ Perez receives the Columbian Dyip team jacket during the first round of the 2018 PBA Rookie Draft. CJ Perez 2018 PBA Rookie Draft.jpg
CJ Perez receives the Columbian Dyip team jacket during the first round of the 2018 PBA Rookie Draft.
PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center *Mythical team member#All-Star
RoundPickPlayerPos.Country of birthTeam PBA D-League teamSchool
11 CJ Perez*G/FFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Columbian Dyip Zark's Jawbreakers - LPU Lyceum
12 Bobby Ray Parks Jr. G/FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Blackwater Elite NU-Banco De Oro
Hapee Fresh Fighters 		National U
13 Robert Bolick*GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier Cignal HD - San Beda San Beda
14 Paul Desiderio GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors (from Phoenix) [lower-alpha 1] Go for Gold Philippines
15 Trevis Jackson GFlag of the United States.svg  United States Meralco Bolts Gamboa Coffee Mixers Sacramento State
16 Javee Mocon FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from TNT) [lower-alpha 2] Cignal HD - San Beda San Beda
17 Abu Tratter C/FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors Marinerong Pilipino Skippers De La Salle
18 Jayjay Alejandro GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Go for Gold Scratchers National U
19 MJ Ayaay G/FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Alaska Aces Zark's Jawbreakers - LPU Lyceum
110 Michael Calisaan FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Magnolia Hotshots Che'Lu Bar and Grill - SSC-R San Sebastian
111 J. P. Calvo GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Columbian Dyip (from San Miguel) [lower-alpha 3] Wang's Basketball Couriers Letran
112 Jorey Napoles FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Phoenix Fuel Masters (from Ginebra) [lower-alpha 4] Marinerong Pilipino Skippers TIP

2nd round

RoundPickPlayerPos.Country of birthTeam PBA D-League teamSchool
213 Paul Varilla G/FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Columbian) [lower-alpha 5] Tanduay Light UE
214 Bong Quinto G/FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Meralco Bolts (from Blackwater) [lower-alpha 6] Wang's Basketball Couriers Letran
215 Jeepy Faundo CFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Magnolia Hotshots (from NorthPort) [lower-alpha 7] Che'Lu Bar and Grill - SSC-R Santo Tomas
216 Kris Porter FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors (from Phoenix) [lower-alpha 8] Go for Gold Ateneo
217 Gideon Babilonia CFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Alaska Aces (from Meralco via Phoenix) [lower-alpha 9] Marinerong Pilipino Ateneo
218 Cyrus Tabi GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Columbian Dyip (from TNT via NLEX and Phoenix) [lower-alpha 10] Batangas-EAC Rizal Tech
219 Robbie Manalang GFlag of the United States.svg  United States Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from NLEX) [lower-alpha 11] Marinerong Pilipino Adamson
220 Harold Ng GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters AMA Adamson
2–PASS Alaska Aces
2–PASS Magnolia Hotshots
221 Ron Dennison G/FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Phoenix Fuel Masters (from San Miguel via NorthPort) [lower-alpha 12] Go for Gold Far Eastern
222 Joe Allen Trinidad GFlag of the United States.svg  United States Phoenix Fuel Masters (from Ginebra) [lower-alpha 13] Wang's Basketball Couriers Far Eastern

3rd round

RoundPickPlayerPos.Country of birthTeam PBA D-League teamSchool
323 Teytey Teodoro GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Columbian Dyip José Rizal José Rizal
324 Diego Dario GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Blackwater Elite AMA Philippines
325 Edrian Lao C/FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier Cagayan Rising Suns Visayas
326 Ivan Villanueva FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Phoenix Fuel Masters AMA Adamson
327 Steven Cudal FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Meralco Bolts Zark's Jawbreakers UE
328 Jeffrey Ongteco C/FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines TNT KaTropa Flying V Benilde
329 Kyles Lao GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors AMA Philippines
330 Kent Lao FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Che'Lu Bar and Grill UST
331 Ryan Monteclaro GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines San Miguel Beermen Boracay Rum Adamson
332 Matt Salem FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Go for Gold National U

4th round

RoundPickPlayerPos.Country of birthTeam PBA D-League teamSchool
433 Oliver Arim FFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Columbian Dyip Batangas-EAC Centro Escolar
434 Dan Alberto GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Blackwater Elite AMA UE
435 Jeremiah Taladua GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier Wang's Basketball Couriers Letran
436 Kim Cinco GFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Phoenix Fuel Masters Zark's Burger Lyceum
4–PASS Meralco Bolts
437 C. J. Isit GFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada TNT KaTropa Batangas-EAC Mapúa
438 Dan Wong GFlag of the United States.svg  United States NLEX Road Warriors Go for Gold Ateneo
439 Al Josef Cariaga GFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Zark's Burger Southern Alberta
4–PASS San Miguel Beermen
4–PASS Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

5th round

RoundPickPlayerPos.Country of birthTeam PBA D-League teamSchool
5–PASS Columbian Dyip
540 Chris de la Peña CFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Blackwater Elite Batangas-EAC Letran
541 John Ragasa GFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom NorthPort Batang Pier Batangas-EAC St. Mary's (London)
5–PASS Phoenix Fuel Masters
5–PASS TNT KaTropa
5–PASS NLEX Road Warriors
5–PASS Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

6th round

A sixth round was held, but both Blackwater and NorthPort passed, thus ending the draft.

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Note: The rights to Barako Bull's draft pick were retained by Phoenix.
Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of picks between the teams.

  1. ↑ December 13, 2018: Phoenix to NLEX [1]
  2. ↑ February 15, 2018: TNT to Rain or Shine [2]
  3. ↑ November 3, 2016: San Miguel to Columbian (Mahindra) (three-team trade with Magnolia [Star]) [3]
  4. ↑ June 18, 2018: Ginebra to Phoenix [4]
    • Phoenix acquired a first round pick
    • Ginebra acquired Jeff Chan
  5. ↑ October 14, 2016: Columbian (Mahindra) to Rain or Shine [5]
    • Rain or Shine acquired a second round pick
    • Mahindra acquired Josan Nimes
  6. ↑ March 28, 2017: Blackwater to Meralco (three-team trade with NLEX) [6]
    • Meralco acquired a second round pick from Blackwater
    • Blackwater re-acquired a 2017 second round pick from NLEX
    • NLEX acquired Rabeh Al-Hussaini from Meralco via Blackwater
  7. ↑ August 24, 2014: NorthPort (GlobalPort) to Magnolia (San Mig Coffee) [7]
    • San Mig Coffee acquired a second round pick and a 2016 first round pick
    • GlobalPort acquired the draft rights to Anthony Semerad and a 2016 first round pick
  8. ↑ May 5, 2016: Phoenix to NLEX [8]
  9. ↑ July 13, 2016: Phoenix to Alaska [9]
    • Alaska acquired a second round pick, which was the best remaining pick from Meralco
    • Phoenix acquired Cyrus Baguio
  10. ↑ November 15, 2017: Phoenix to Columbian (Kia) [10]
    • Kia acquired a second round pick and Jason Grimaldo
    • Phoenix acquired LA Revilla
    November 6, 2017: NLEX to Phoenix [11]
    • Phoenix acquired the pick
    • NLEX acquired Michael Miranda
    September 22, 2014: TNT (Talk 'N Text) to NLEX (three-team trade with NorthPort [GlobalPort]) [12]
    • NLEX acquired the pick and Harold Arboleda from GlobalPort
    • Talk 'n Text acquired Jay Washington from GlobalPort and Matt Ganuelas from NLEX via GlobalPort
    • GlobalPort acquired a 2017 first round pick from Talk 'n Text
  11. ↑ August 24, 2015: NLEX to Rain or Shine [13]
    • Rain or Shine acquired a second round pick
    • NLEX acquired Simon Enciso
  12. ↑ March 1, 2016: NorthPort (GlobalPort) to Phoenix [14]
    • Phoenix acquired a second round pick
    • GlobalPort acquired Jeric Fortuna
    December 10, 2014: San Miguel to NorthPort (GlobalPort) [15]
    • GlobalPort acquired the pick and a 2019 second round pick, and re-acquired Sol Mercado
    • San Miguel re-acquired Alex Cabagnot
  13. ↑ November 16, 2015: Ginebra to Barako Bull (Phoenix) [16]

Draft-day trades

No trades were allowed during the draft day as requested by commissioner Willie Marcial. [17]

Draft picks per school

School1st roundAfter 1st roundTotal
Letran 134
Adamson 044
Lyceum 213
National U 213
UP 123
UE 033
Ateneo 033
San Beda 202
UST 022
Far Eastern 022
Other schools1 each

Undrafted players

NameSchoolPBA D-League team
Jeric SerranoLyceumZark's Burger
Emanuel CaloVisayasMP Hotel
A. J. Coronel Perpetual
Clark DerigeUEBatangas-EAC
Jerome Garcia EAC Batangas-EAC
Ralph Salcedo Arellano Marinerong Pilipino

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References

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  2. ↑ "TNT adds Kris Rosales to package to gain PBA approval for Jericho Cruz trade". spin.ph. February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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  4. ↑ "Phoenix trades Jeff Chan to Ginebra" . Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Rain or Shine trades Josan Nimes to Mahindra for draft pick; Belga, Norwood still unsigned". Spin.ph. October 14, 2016.
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  9. ↑ "Alaska trades Cyrus Baguio to Phoenix for a pair of future draft picks". Rappler. July 13, 2016.
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