2018 PBA draft

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.

2018 PBA draft
General information
Date(s)December 16, 2018
LocationRobinsons Place Manila
Network(s)ESPN 5 (The 5 Network, PBA Rush, TV5.Espn.com)
Overview
LeaguePhilippine Basketball Association
First selectionC. J. Perez (Columbian Dyip)

Draft order
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
PHLCOMGOV
1stColumbian Dyip12th9th12th11.1
2ndBlackwater Elite10th12th6th9.4
3rdNorthPort Batang Pier7th8th11th8.5
4thPhoenix Fuel Masters9th10th5th8.1
5thMeralco Bolts11th6th4th7.4
6thTNT KaTropa8th5th9th7.4
7thNLEX Road Warriors4th11th8th7.3
8thRain or Shine Elasto Painters6th3rd10th6.3
9thAlaska Aces5th4th1st or 2nd3.8 or 3.5
10thMagnolia Hotshots2nd7th1st or 2nd3.5 or 3.2
11thSan Miguel Beermen1st2nd7th3.1
12thBarangay Ginebra San Miguel3rd1st3rd2.4

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.
PGPoint guard SGShooting guard SFSmall forward PFPower forward CCenter *Mythical Team Member #All-Star
Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
1 1 C. J. Perez G/F  Hong Kong Columbian Dyip Zark's Jawbreakers - LPU Lyceum
1 2 Bobby Ray Parks Jr. G/F  Philippines Blackwater Elite NU-Banco De Oro
Hapee Fresh Fighters		 National U
1 3 Robert Bolick PG  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier Cignal HD - San Beda San Beda
1 4 Paul Desiderio SG  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors (from Phoenix)[lower-alpha 1] Go for Gold Philippines
1 5 Trevis Jackson G  United States Meralco Bolts Gamboa Coffee Mixers Sacramento State
1 6 Javee Mocon F  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from TNT)[lower-alpha 2] Cignal HD - San Beda San Beda
1 7 Abu Tratter C/PF  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors Marinerong Pilipino Skippers De La Salle
1 8 J. J. Alejandro SG  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Go for Gold Scratchers National U
1 9 Jesper Ayaay G  Philippines Alaska Aces Zark's Jawbreakers - LPU Lyceum
1 10 Michael Calisaan F  Philippines Magnolia Hotshots Che'Lu Bar and Grill - SSC-R San Sebastian
1 11 J. P. Calvo G  Philippines Columbian Dyip (from San Miguel)[lower-alpha 3] Wang's Basketball Couriers Letran
1 12 Jorey Napoles F  Philippines Phoenix Fuel Masters (from Ginebra)[lower-alpha 4] Marinerong Pilipino Skippers TIP

2nd round
Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
2 13 Paul Varilla F  United States Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Columbian)[lower-alpha 5] Tanduay Light UE
2 14 Bong Quinto G  Philippines Meralco Bolts (from Blackwater)[lower-alpha 6] Wang's Basketball Couriers Letran
2 15 Jeepy Faundo C  Philippines Magnolia Hotshots (from NorthPort)[lower-alpha 7] Che'Lu Bar and Grill - SSC-R Santo Tomas
2 16 Kris Porter PF  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors (from Phoenix)[lower-alpha 8] Go for Gold Ateneo
2 17 Gideon Babilonia C  Philippines Alaska Aces (from Meralco via Phoenix)[lower-alpha 9] Marinerong Pilipino Ateneo
2 18 Cyrus Tabi G  Philippines Columbian Dyip (from TNT via NLEX and Phoenix)[lower-alpha 10] Batangas-EAC Rizal Tech
2 19 Robbie Manalang G  United States Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from NLEX)[lower-alpha 11] Marinerong Pilipino Adamson
2 20 Harold Ng G  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters AMA Adamson
2 – PASS Alaska Aces
2 – PASS Magnolia Hotshots
2 21 Ron Dennison G  Philippines Phoenix Fuel Masters (from San Miguel via NorthPort)[lower-alpha 12] Go for Gold Far Eastern
2 22 Joe Allen Trinidad G  United States Phoenix Fuel Masters (from Ginebra)[lower-alpha 13] Wang's Basketball Couriers Far Eastern

3rd round
Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
3 23 Teytey Teodoro SG  Philippines Columbian Dyip José Rizal José Rizal
3 24 Diego Dario PG  Philippines Blackwater Elite AMA Philippines
3 25 Edrian Lao F/C  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier Cagayan Rising Suns Visayas
3 26 Ivan Villanueva F  Philippines Phoenix Fuel Masters AMA Adamson
3 27 Steven Cudal F  Philippines Meralco Bolts Zark's Jawbreakers UE
3 28 Jeffrey Ongteco F/C  Philippines TNT KaTropa Flying V Benilde
3 29 Kyles Lao G  Philippines NLEX Road Warriors AMA Philippines
3 30 Kent Lao F  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Che'Lu Bar and Grill UST
3 31 Ryan Monteclaro G  Philippines San Miguel Beermen Boracay Rum Adamson
3 32 Matt Salem F  United States Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Go for Gold National U

4th round
Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
4 33 Oliver Arim F  Philippines Columbian Dyip Batangas-EAC Centro Escolar
4 34 Dan Alberto G  Philippines Blackwater Elite AMA UE
4 35 Jeremiah Taladua G  Philippines NorthPort Batang Pier Wang's Basketball Couriers Letran
4 36 Kim Cinco G  Philippines Phoenix Fuel Masters Zark's Burger Lyceum
4 – PASS Meralco Bolts
4 37 C. J. Isit G  Canada TNT KaTropa Batangas-EAC Mapúa
4 38 Dan Wong G  United States NLEX Road Warriors Go for Gold Ateneo
4 39 Al Josef Cariaga G  Canada Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Zark's Burger Southern Alberta
4 – PASS San Miguel Beermen
4 – PASS Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

5th round
Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth Team PBA D-League team School
5 – PASS Columbian Dyip
5 40 Chris de la Peña C  Philippines Blackwater Elite Batangas-EAC Letran
5 41 John Ragasa G  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 (as Mahindra) (three-team trade with Magnolia [as 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 (as 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 (as GlobalPort) to Magnolia (as 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 (as 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 (as Talk 'N Text) to NLEX (three-team trade with NorthPort [as 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 (as GlobalPort) to Phoenix[14]
    • Phoenix acquired a second round pick
    • GlobalPort acquired Jeric Fortuna
    December 10, 2014: San Miguel to NorthPort (as 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
School 1st round After 1st round Total
Letran 1 3 4
Adamson 0 4 4
Lyceum 2 1 3
National U 2 1 3
UP 1 2 3
UE 0 3 3
Ateneo 0 3 3
San Beda 2 0 2
UST 0 2 2
Far Eastern 0 2 2
Other schools 1 each

Undrafted players
NameSchoolPBA D-League team
Jeric Serrano Lyceum Zark's Burger
Emanuel Calo Visayas MP Hotel
A. J. Coronel Perpetual
Clark Derige UE Batangas-EAC
Jerome Garcia EAC Batangas-EAC
Ralph Salcedo Arellano Marinerong Pilipino

References
  1. "NLEX acquires No. 4 pick in draft, sends Alex Mallari, Dave Marcelo to Phoenix". spin.ph. December 13, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. "TNT adds Kris Rosales to package to gain PBA approval for Jericho Cruz trade". spin.ph. February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  3. "RR Garcia to SMB, Ramos to Star, Mallari, Arana to Mahindra in 3-team trade". spin.ph. November 4, 2016.
  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.
  6. "Rabeh Al-Hussaini, coach Yeng Guiao reunited at NLEX after three-team PBA trade". spin.ph. March 28, 2017.
  7. "GlobalPort-San Mig Coffee draft day trade turns out to be just a pick swap". Slam Philippines. August 27, 2014.
  8. Joble, Rey (May 5, 2016). "NLEX acquires Mac Baracael, Emman Monfort, future pick from Phoenix for Simon Enciso, Mark Borboran". Interaksyon.com. TV5. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016.
  9. "Alaska trades Cyrus Baguio to Phoenix for a pair of future draft picks". Rappler. July 13, 2016.
  10. "KIA severs ties with Revilla, trades guard for Phoenix's Grimaldo, draft pick". philstar.com. The Philippine Star. November 15, 2017.
  11. "TNT acquires Onwubere as Phoenix makes moves". inquirer.net. November 9, 2017.
  12. "Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas". inquirer.net. September 22, 2014.
  13. "Rain or Shine trades second-rounder Simon Enciso to NLEX for future pick". Interaksyon.com. TV5. August 27, 2015. Archived from the original on August 28, 2015.
  14. "Jeric Fortuna reunites with ex-UST coach Pido Jarencio at GlobalPort". Fox Sports Asia. March 1, 2016. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  15. "Alex Cabagnot returns to San Miguel Beer, Sol Mercado back with GlobalPort in revised trade deal". spin.ph. December 10, 2014.
  16. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". pba.inquirer.net. November 16, 2015.
  17. "Romeo-SMB, other trade talks on hold as no transactions allowed on draft day". spin.ph. December 16, 2018.
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