2016 PBA draft

2016 PBA draft
General information
Date(s)	October 30, 2016
Time	3:30 PM
Location	Robinsons Place Manila
Network(s)	Sports5 (TV5, PBA Rush, Sports5.ph)
First selection	Raphael Banal (Blackwater Elite)
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The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event which allows teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams for the 2015–16 season, with the worst team picking first, as a replacement for its lottery system after the controversies that surrounded the 2014 draft.^[1][2]

The league was supposed to hold a special draft for players from the national team, popularly called Gilas, separately from the regular one for other rookies.^[3] However, a consensus lead to an agreement that the cadet players will not be drafted but will be distributed to each team instead.

Draft order

The draft order was 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
		PHIL	COM	GOV
1st	Blackwater Elite	10th	10th	12th	10.6
2nd	Star Hotshots	9th	8th	11th	9.3
3rd	Phoenix Fuel Masters	8th*	11th	8th	8.9
4th	Mahindra Floodbuster	11th	9th	5th	8.6
5th	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4th	12th	10th	8.2
6th	NLEX Road Warriors	7th	7th	7th	7.0
7th	Meralco Bolts	12th	4th	2nd	6.6
8th	TNT KaTropa	6th	6th	3rd	5.1
9th	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3rd	1st	9th	4.2
10th	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5th	5th	1st	3.8
11th	Alaska Aces	2nd	2nd	6th	3.2
12th	San Miguel Beermen	1st	3rd	4th	2.5

* - Phoenix was known as the Barako Bull Energy during the Philippine Cup

Special draft for Gilas pool players

There was a separate draft for the players in the Gilas pool. The draft rights for the special draft cannot be traded. The drafted Gilas players will not be allowed to be traded for two years. All players will be allowed to play for the teams that drafted them but will be pulled out two months before an official FIBA tournament.

As part of the agreement between the PBA and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, all 12 teams will release one player from their roster to the Gilas pool, in addition to the player that they will select in this special draft.^[4]

The draft order was supposed to be announced on October 27.^[5] However, the PBA board agreed that instead of determining the order for the special draft, representatives from the 12 ballclubs agreed to farm out one cadet player per team that was distributed to each team by the board. The results of the consensus was not released during that day and the PBA opted to reveal the results on draft night before the regular draft began.^[6]

Draft

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

*

Mythical Team Member

^#

All-Star

Special draft

Note: The Special draft for Gilas players is considered as the first round of the draft; the regular draft is listed as the second round onwards.

Team	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	PBA D-League team	College
Alaska Aces	Carl Bryan Cruz	F	Philippines	Cafe France Bakers	FEU
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Kevin Ferrer	G/F	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	UST
Blackwater Elite	Mac Belo	F	Philippines	Phoenix Accelerators	FEU
GlobalPort Batang Pier	Von Pessumal	G	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	Ateneo
Mahindra Floodbuster	Russel Escoto	F/C	Philippines	Phoenix Accelerators	FEU
Meralco Bolts	Ed Daquioag	G	Philippines	Phoenix Accelerators	UST
NLEX Road Warriors	Alfonzo Gotladera	C/F	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	Ateneo
Phoenix Fuel Masters	Matthew Wright	G	Canada	none	St. Bonaventure
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Mike Tolomia	G	Philippines	Phoenix Accelerators	FEU
San Miguel Beermen	Arnold Van Opstal	C	Germany	Hapee Fresh Fighters	DLSU
Star Hotshots	Jiovani Jalalon	G	Philippines	Caida Tile Masters	Arellano
TNT KaTropa	Roger Pogoy	G/F	Philippines	Phoenix Accelerators	FEU

Regular draft

2nd round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
2	1	Raphael Banal	G	Philippines	Blackwater Elite	Racal Tile Masters	Hope International
2	2	Gelo Alolino	G	Philippines	Phoenix Fuel Masters (from Star via GlobalPort)^[a]	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	NU
2	3	Jammer Jamito	F	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (from Phoenix)^[b]	AMA Online Education Titans	Saint Clare
2	4	Joseph Eriobu	F	Hong Kong	Mahindra Floodbuster	Caida Tile Masters	Mapúa
2	5	Chris Javier	F	Philippines	Star Hotshots (from GlobalPort)^[c]	Caida Tile Masters	UE
2	6	Rashawn McCarthy	G	United States	San Miguel Beermen (from NLEX)^[d]	AMA Online Education Titans	SUNY Old Westbury
2	7	Jonathan Grey	G/F	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	Racal Tile Masters	DLS-Benilde
2	8	Reden Celda	G	Philippines	NLEX Road Warriors (from TNT)^[e]	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	NU
2	–	PASS			Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2	9	Jericho De Guzman	C	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Z.C. Mindanao Aguilas	DLS-Benilde
2	-	PASS			Alaska Aces
2	10	Jeoffrey Javillonar	F	Philippines	Phoenix Fuel Masters (from San Miguel)^[f]	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	NU

Note: Rain or Shine (9th pick) and Alaska (11th) passed in this round

3rd round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
3	11	Tristan Perez	C/F	Philippines	Blackwater Elite^[g]	BDO-National University	NU
3	-	PASS			Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Star via Phoenix)^[h]
3	12	Al Francis Tamsi	G	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Phoenix)^[i]	Phoenix Accelerators	FEU
3	13	Jessie Saitanan	C	Philippines	Meralco Bolts (from Mahindra)^[j]	Bread Story Smashing Bakers	Mapúa
3	-	PASS			Alaska Aces (from GlobalPort)^[k]
3	-	PASS			Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from NLEX)^[l]
3	14	Jovit Dela Cruz	G	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen	LiverMarin Guardians	SSC-R
3	15	Ryan Arambulo	G/F	United States	GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Meralco)^[m]	AMA Online Education Titans	Cal State Fullerton
3	16	Nico Paolo Javelona	G	Philippines	Phoenix Fuel Masters (from TNT)^[n]	BDO-National University	NU
3	-	PASS			Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
3	17	Cedrick Ablaza	F	Philippines	Mahindra Floodbuster (from Barangay Ginebra)^[o]	Cagayan Rising Suns	STI
3	-	PASS			Alaska Aces
3	18	Alejandrino Iñigo, Jr.	G	Philippines	Phoenix Fuel Masters (from San Miguel)^[p]	Phoenix Accelerators	FEU

4th round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
4	19	Jan Niccolo Jamon	G	Philippines	Mahindra Floodbuster	Cafe France Bakers	EAC
4	20	Spencer John Eman	C	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	Derulo Accelero Oilers	NU
4	21	Ryusei Koga	G	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	Hapee Fresh Fighters	San Beda
4	22	Timothy Habelito	F	New Zealand	TNT KaTropa	Cafe France Bakers	QUT

Note: Blackwater, Star, Phoenix, NLEX, Barangay Ginebra and San Miguel passed in this round

5th round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
5	23	Paolo Pontejos	G	Philippines	Mahindra Floodbuster	Wang's Basketball Couriers	JRU
5	24	Mikee Reyes	G	Philippines	TNT KaTropa	Junior Powerade Tigers	UP

Note: GlobalPort and Meralco passed in this round

6th round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
6	25	Levi Hernandez	G	Philippines	TNT KaTropa	Fruitas Shakers	Arellano

Note: Mahindra passed in this round

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Note: The rights to Air21's and Barako Bull's draft picks were retained by NLEX and Phoenix respectively.

• ^a On August 24, 2014, Globalport acquired the rights to the 2016 first round draft pick of Star (then known as San Mig Coffee) when the teams agreed to swap picks.^[7] This pick was eventually traded to Barako Bull (now Phoenix) in exchange for Joseph Yeo.^[8]
• ^b On August 25, 2015, Ginebra received Nico Salva and a 2016 first round pick from Barako Bull (Phoenix) in exchange for Jens Knuttel, Emman Monfort, and Josh Urbiztondo.^[9]
• ^c On August 24, 2014, Star (then known as San Mig Coffee) traded their 2014 first round pick (later Anthony Semerad) to GlobalPort for Batang Pier's 2016 first round pick (as part of an agreement to swap each other's picks) and 2018 second round pick.^[7]
• ^d On July 25, 2014, San Miguel received NLEX's 2016 first round pick in exchange for the Beermen's 2015 first round pick.^[10]
• ^e On January 20, 2014, Air21 (NLEX) received Sean Anthony, Eliud Poligrates, and a 2016 first round pick from Talk 'N Text in exchange for Niño Canaleta.^[11]
• ^f On August 24, 2014, Phoenix (then known as Barako Bull) traded their 2014 first round pick (later Ronald Pascual) to San Miguel in exchange for the Beermen's Jojo Duncil, Chico Lañete, a 2014 second round pick and 2016 first round pick.^[12]
• ^g On October 27, 2016, Blackwater received James Forrester from NLEX in exchange for Carlo Lastimosa. Blackwater also re-acquired its 2016 second round draft pick which it formerly traded to NLEX on September 12, 2014 along with Juneric Baloria and a 2017 second round pick in a deal involving Meralco.^[13]
• ^h On September 24, 2015, Rain or Shine received Star's 2016 second round pick from Barako Bull (Phoenix) in exchange for Ryan Araña, who was immediately sent to San Miguel for Ronald Pascual.^[14] Previously, Barako Bull acquired this draft pick from Star in a trade involving Josh Urbiztondo.
• ⁱ On January 8, 2015, GlobalPort received a 2016 second round pick and Dennis Miranda from Barako Bull (Phoenix) in exchange for Sol Mercado.^[15]
• ^j On October 7, 2015, Meralco received second round picks for 2016 and 2017 from Mahindra in exchange for Sean Anthony. NLEX acquired Anthony by trading Juneric Baloria and their second round picks also for 2016 and 2017 to Mahindra.^[16]
• ^k
• ^l On December 6, 2013, Rain or Shine received a 2016 second round pick from Air21 (NLEX) in exchange for Ronnie Matias.^[17]
• ^m On October 11, 2013, GlobalPort received Chris Ross, Chris Timberlake, and second round picks for 2016 and 2017 from Meralco in exchange for Gary David and A. J. Mandani.^[18]
• ⁿ On October 8, 2015, Barako Bull (Phoenix) received a 2016 second round pick from Talk 'N Text in exchange for Dylan Ababou.^[19]
• ^o
• ^p On February 18, 2014, Barako Bull (Phoenix) received Jason Deutchman and second round picks for 2016 and 2017 from San Miguel in exchange for Rico Maierhofer as part of a four-team trade which involved GlobalPort and Air21 (NLEX).^[20]

Draft-day trades

None exercised.

Undrafted players

Out of 55 players who are signified their intention to join the rookie draft,^[21] 38 were selected by their teams in the draft proper, while 17 were undrafted. Among those who are undrafted in the draft is Charles Caluya, the oldest (43) and the shortest (5'7) applicant of the 2016 PBA rookie draft.^[22]

Name	College	PBA D-League team
John Ambulodto	St. Clare	Racal
Jaycee John Asuncion	UPHSD / JRU	Wang's / Racal
Gene Belleza	UE
Charley Caluya	UE*
Jerald Cueto	College of the Canyon
Cris Jordan de la Paz	JRU
Erwin Duran	UE
Jairold Flores	UE
Dexter Garcia	St. Benilde
Jayson Ibay	St. Clare	Racal
Aaron Jeruta	CEU	CafeFrance
Gino Jumao-as	UE	ZC Mindanao
Jhygruz Laude	Lyceum	Bread Story
Mc Jour Luib	Letran
Edsel Mag-isa	Univ. of Batangas
Jon Kervin Ortuoste	San Sebastian
John Marco Tayongtong	EAC	Cagayan
Billy Ray Robles	NIPSC	Racal

Note: Did not play in a varsity men's basketball team.

References

1. "Salud says sorry for 'crude' conduct of PBA draft lottery, but insists it was an honest draw", Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 4, 2014
2. "PBA rules out re-draw of draft lottery after board settles controversy in emergency meeting", Richard Dy, spin.ph, July 5, 2014
3. Joaquin Henson (October 3, 2016). "PBA to hold split draft for Gilas". philstar.com.
4. Belo, Ferrer head list of Gilas players in special draft as PBA-SBP renew ties, Jason Mercene, Fox Sports Asia, October 19, 2016
5. PBA BULLETIN RE: Gilas Pool, PBA.inquirer.net, October 24, 2016
6. PBA board distributes Gilas cadets to 12 teams, but won't reveal results until Sunday, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, October 27, 2016
7. San Mig Coffee trades No. 7 to GlobalPort for future picks, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
8. Joseph Yeo on the move again, set to be traded to GlobalPort for 2016 first-round draft pick, spin.ph, July 3, 2015
9. TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015
10. NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, Inquirer.net, July 25, 2014
11. Talk 'N Text gets boost for playoffs by acquiring Canaleta in three-player trade, Richard Dy, spin.ph, January 20, 2014
12. San Miguel acquires No. 3 pick from Barako Bull, selects Ronald Pascual, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
13. Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer Ivan Saldajeno, dugout.ph, September 12, 2014
14. RoS trades Araña for 2016 2nd round pick, inquirer.net, September 24, 2015
15. PBA approves Sol Mercado move from GlobalPort to Barako Bull in swap for Denok Miranda, Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 8, 2015
16. NLEX gets Sean Anthony in three-team deal inquirer.net, October 7, 2015
17. Matias to Air21 inquirer.com, December 6, 2013
18. Gary David, Chris Ross switch places as PBA approves Meralco-GlobalPort trade, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, October 11, 2013
19. Talk 'N Text acquires Dylan Ababou from Barako in exchange for future second-round pick Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 8, 2015
20. Maierhofer, Mercado boost San Miguel as PBA approves four-team, seven-player deal Richard Dy, spin.ph, February 18, 2014
21. "On Cam: The 2016 PBA Draft applicants". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
22. Terrado, Reuben (October 26, 2016). "Oldest, shortest draft hopeful Kobe Charles Caluya shoots for the stars to fulfill PBA dream". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved October 30, 2016.

External links

• PBA.ph