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.
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]
A seventh round was held, but all remaining teams passed, thus ending the draft.
Trades involving draft picks
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
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
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
June 10, 2019: NorthPort to TNT (three-team trade with NLEX)[9]
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
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
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:
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