# PBA season 49 draft

The PBA season 49 draft was the 39th edition of the PBA draft. It was held at Glorietta Activity Center in Makati on July 14, 2024, marking its first time at the venue since 2004. The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams from the 2023–24 season, with the Converge FiberXers, which finished last, picking first.

## Draft order

The draft order was determined based on the overall performance of the teams from the previous season. The Commissioner's Cup final ranking comprises 40% of the points, while the ranking of the Philippine Cup is 60%.
| Draft order | Team | Final ranking | Final ranking | Total |
| Draft order | Team | COM | PHI | Total |
| 1st | Converge FiberXers | 12th | 12th | 12 |
| 2nd | Blackwater Bossing | 11th | 10th | 10.4 |
| 3rd | Terrafirma Dyip | 10th | 8th | 8.8 |
| 4th | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4th | 11th | 8.2 |
| 5th | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6th | 9th | 7.8 |
| 6th | NLEX Road Warriors | 9th | 6th | 7.2 |
| 7th | TNT Tropang Giga | 8th | 5th | 6.2 |
| 8th | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7th | 4th | 5.2 |
| 9th | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 2nd | 7th | 5 |
| 10th | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3rd | 3rd | 3 |
| 11th | Meralco Bolts | 5th | 1st | 2.6 |
| 12th | San Miguel Beermen | 1st | 2nd | 1.6 |

## Draft selections

| PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center | * | Mythical team member | $^#$ | All-Star |

### 1st round

| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
| 1 | Justine Baltazar | PF/C | Philippines | Converge FiberXers | De La Salle / Pampanga Giant Lanterns (MPBL) |
| 2 | Sedrick Barefield | PG/SG | United States | Blackwater Bossing | Utah |
| 3 | RJ Abarrientos | PG | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (from Terrafirma) | FEU |
| 4 | Kai Ballungay | PF/C | United States | Phoenix Fuel Masters | Ateneo |
| 5 | Dave Ildefonso | SG | Philippines | NorthPort Batang Pier | Ateneo |
| 6 | Jonnel Policarpio | PF | Philippines | NLEX Road Warriors | De La Salle |
| 7 | Caelan Tiongson | PF/SF | United States | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from TNT via Blackwater) | Biola |
| 8 | Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti | PG | Sweden | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Salt Lake CC |
| 9 | Jerom Lastimosa | PG | Philippines | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | Adamson |
| 10 | Mark Nonoy | PG | Philippines | Terrafirma Dyip (from Barangay Ginebra) | De La Salle / Iloilo United Royals (MPBL) |
| 11 | CJ Cansino | SG | Philippines | Meralco Bolts | UP Diliman / Iloilo United Royals (MPBL) |
| 12 | Avan Nava | PG/SG | Canada | San Miguel Beermen | St. Francis Xavier |

### 2nd round

| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
| 13 | Francis Escandor | SF | Philippines | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Converge) | De La Salle / Manila Batang Sampaloc (MPBL) |
| 14 | Evan Nelle | PG | Philippines | NorthPort Batang Pier (from Blackwater via NLEX) | De La Salle |
| 15 | CJ Catapusan | SF | Philippines | Terrafirma Dyip | UP Diliman / Iloilo United Royals (MPBL) |
| 16 | Mike Malonzo | SF/SG | Philippines | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Phoenix) | NU / San Juan Knights (MPBL) |
| 17 | Didat Hanapi | SG | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (from NorthPort, traded to Terrafirma) | Adamson / Manila Batang Sampaloc (MPBL) |
| 18 | Brandon Ramirez | PF | Canada | NLEX Road Warriors | York / Pampanga Giant Lanterns (MPBL) |
| 19 | Paolo Javillonar | PF/C | Philippines | Converge FiberXers (from TNT) | Letran |
| 20 | Miguel Corteza | PF | Philippines | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (traded to Blackwater) | Benilde / Marikina Shoemasters (MPBL) |
| 21 | Ben Phillips | PF/C | United States | Converge FiberXers (from Magnolia) | De La Salle |
| 22 | Paolo Hernandez | SG/PG | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (traded to Terrafirma) | Mapúa / San Juan Knights (MPBL) |
| 23 | Kurt Reyson | PG | Philippines | Meralco Bolts | Letran / Pampanga Giant Lanterns (MPBL) |
| 24 | Jason Credo | SF | Philippines | Converge FiberXers (from San Miguel) | Ateneo / Iloilo United Royals (MPBL) |

### 3rd round

| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
| 25 | Ronan Santos | C/PF | Philippines | Converge FiberXers | Arellano / Pampanga Giant Lanterns (MPBL) |
| 26 | DJ Mitchell | PG/SG | United States | Blackwater Bossing | Hartford / Manila Batang Sampaloc (MPBL) |
| 27 | Peter Alfaro | PG | Philippines | Terrafirma Dyip | San Beda |
| 28 | CJ Payawal | SF | United States | Phoenix Fuel Masters | UE / Valenzuela Classic (MPBL) |
| 29 | Agem Miranda | PG/SG | Philippines | NorthPort Batang Pier | JRU |
| 30 | Xyrus Torres | SG | Philippines | NLEX Road Warriors | FEU / Quezon Huskers (MPBL) |
| 31 | Jared Brown | PG | United States | TNT Tropang Giga | Ateneo |
| 32 | Darwish Bederi | C/PF | Philippines | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | UP Diliman |
| 33 | RV Berjay | PF | Philippines | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | Ateneo / Iloilo United Royals (MPBL) |
| 34 | Paul Garcia | SG | United States | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Ateneo / Quezon City Toda Aksyon (MPBL) |
| 35 | JP Maguliano | PF | Philippines | Meralco Bolts | EAC / Pangasinan Heatwaves (MPBL) |
| 36 | Abdul Sawat | PF | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen | UE / Quezon City Toda Aksyon (MPBL) |

### 4th round

| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
| 37 | Keith Pido | PG | Philippines | Blackwater Bossing | Perpetual / Parañaque Patriots (MPBL) |
| 38 | Chino Mosqueda | SG | Philippines | Phoenix Fuel Masters | NU / Quezon City Toda Aksyon (MPBL) |
| 39 | John Uduba | PF | Philippines | NorthPort Batang Pier | Olivarez / Parañaque Patriots (MPBL) |
| 40 | Denzel Wong | PG | Philippines | NLEX Road Warriors | Asia Pacific |
| 41 | Mark Neil Cruz | PF/C | Philippines | TNT Tropang Giga | CEU / Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters (MPBL) |
| 42 | Ry dela Rosa | SG | United States | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | JRU |
| 43 | Jordan Bartlett | PG | United States | Meralco Bolts | De La Salle |
| 44 | Ralph Robin | SG | Philippines | San Miguel Beermen | EAC / Pangasinan Heatwaves (MPBL) |
* Converge, Terrafirma, Rain or Shine and Barangay Ginebra passed during the round.

### 5th round

| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
| 45 | Patrick Feliciano | SG | Philippines | Phoenix Fuel Masters | Diliman |
| 46 | Germy Mahinay | C | Philippines | NorthPort Batang Pier | NU |
| 47 | Adrian Partosa | SG | Philippines | NLEX Road Warriors | Benilde |
* Blackwater, TNT, Magnolia, Meralco and San Miguel passed during the round.

### 6th round

| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
| 48 | Robbi Darang | PG | Philippines | NorthPort Batang Pier | Diliman / Bataan Risers (MPBL) |
* Phoenix and NLEX passed during the round.

### 7th round

A seventh round was held, but NorthPort passed, thus ending the draft.

## Combine

The PBA draft combine for this edition of the draft was held at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig from July 10 to 11, with 70 applicants expected to attend. 62 of the 70 showed up to the two-day event, with several unable to make it due to commitments with Strong Group Athletics (such as RJ Abarrientos and Dave Ildefonso) or were still in the US (such as Sedrick Barefield and Evan Nelle). Jonnel Policarpio was named the draft combine MVP as his team won the mini-tournament, and he, Justine Baltazar, Brandon Ramirez, Kurt Reyson, and Jordan Bartlett were named to the Mythical Five.

## 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 draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between teams. Converge retained the right to Alaska's second-round picks.
* 1 2 July 13, 2024: Terrafirma to Barangay Ginebra Barangay Ginebra acquired Isaac Go, Stephen Holt, and a 2023 first-round pick Terrafirma acquired Stanley Pringle, Christian Standhardinger, and a 2023 first-round pick
* ↑ March 11, 2021: Blackwater to NLEX (three-team trade with TNT) NLEX acquired Don Trollano, Roi Sumang, Maurice Shaw, and a 2022 second-round pick (from TNT via Blackwater) Blackwater acquired David Semerad, Simon Enciso, a 2023 first-round pick (from TNT), and a 2024 second-round pick (from TNT) TNT acquired a 2020 first-round pick (from NLEX) February 14, 2024: Blackwater to Rain or Shine Rain or Shine acquired a 2023 first-round pick (from TNT), and 2024 second-round pick (from TNT) Blackwater acquired Rey Nambatac
* ↑ May 8, 2023: Converge to Rain or Shine Rain or Shine acquired 2023 and 2024 second-round picks Converge acquired Mike Nieto
* ↑ November 16, 2021: Blackwater to NLEX NLEX acquired Marion Magat and Blackwater's 2023 second-round pick Blackwater acquired Mike Ayonayon and Will McAloney December 11, 2023: NLEX to NorthPort (three-team trade with San Miguel) NLEX acquired Robert Bolick and Kent Salado (from NorthPort) NorthPort acquired Ben Adamos, Kris Rosales, and Blackwater's 2023 second-round pick (from NLEX); Allyn Bulanadi and Jeepy Faundo (from San Miguel) San Miguel acquired Don Trollano (from NLEX)
* ↑ June 7, 2022: Phoenix to Rain or Shine Rain or Shine acquired Nick Demusis, a 2022 first-round pick, and a 2023 second-round pick Phoenix acquired Javee Mocon
* ↑ May 8, 2023: NorthPort to Barangay Ginebra Barangay Ginebra acquired a 2023 second-round pick NorthPort acquired MJ Ayaay
* ↑ January 6, 2020: TNT to Converge Converge acquired Michael DiGregorio and a 2023 second-round pick TNT acquired Simon Enciso
* ↑ April 11, 2024: Magnolia to Converge Converge acquired a 2023 second-round pick Magnolia acquired Jerrick Balanza
* ↑ June 6, 2022: San Miguel to Converge Converge acquired 2023 and 2024 second-round picks San Miguel acquired Robbie Herndon

### Post-draft trades

Post-draft trades are made after the draft begins. These trades are usually not confirmed until the next day.
* 1 2 July 17, 2024: Barangay Ginebra to Terrafirma Terrafirma acquired the draft rights to Didat Hanapi (No. 17) and Paolo Hernandez (No. 22) Barangay Ginebra acquired a 2024 second-round pick
* ↑ July 17, 2024: Blackwater to Rain or Shine Rain or Shine acquired a 2025 second-round pick (from TNT) Blackwater acquired the draft rights to Miguel Corteza (No. 20)