# 2012 PBA draft

The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event held at Robinson's Midtown Mall in Ermita, Manila on August 19, 2012 which allowed PBA teams to draft players from the amateur ranks.

## Draft lottery

The lottery determined the team that will obtain the first pick on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their cumulative win–loss record in the previous season, with records from the Philippine Cup having heavier weight.
The lottery was held on July 22, 2012, during halftime of Game 1 of the 2012 PBA Governors Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The Air21 Express won the rights to the first overall selection against the Alaska Aces, but due to a previous transaction, the draft rights of Air21 went to the Petron Blaze Boosters.

## Draft

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

### 1st round

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Country of origin* | Team | College |
| 1 | 1 | * June Mar Fajardo | C | Philippines | Petron Blaze Boosters (from Barako Bull via Air21) | UC |
| 1 | 2 | * Calvin Abueva | F | Philippines | Alaska Aces | San Sebastian |
| 1 | 3 | # Alex Mallari | G/F | United States | Petron Blaze Boosters (from Barako Bull) | Lewis-Clark State |
| 1 | 4 | * Cliff Hodge | F | United States | Meralco Bolts | Reedley College |
| 1 | 5 | # Aldrech Ramos | F | Philippines | Barako Bull Energy (from Petron Blaze, traded to B-Meg) | FEU |
| 1 | 6 | # Chris Ellis | F | United States | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (from Barako Bull via GlobalPort*) | Mary Hardin-Baylor |
| 1 | 7 | # Chris Tiu | G | Philippines | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Ateneo |
| 1 | 8 | Keith Jensen | F | United States | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | New York |
| 1 | 9 | # Vic Manuel | F | Philippines | B-Meg Llamados (traded to GlobalPort) | PSBA |
| 1 | 10 | Jason Deutchman | F/G | United States | GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Talk 'N Text) | San Diego State |

### 2nd round

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Country of origin* | Team | College |
| 2 | 1 | Yousef Taha | C | Philippines | Air21 Express (from Alaska) | North Lake/Mapúa |
| 2 | 2 | Dave Marcelo | F/C | Philippines | B-Meg Llamados (from Barako Bull via Air21, traded to Barako Bull) | San Beda |
| 2 | 3 | Jewel Ponferada | C | Philippines | B-Meg Llamados (from Barako Bull) | NU |
| 2 | 4 | AJ Mandani | G | Canada | GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Meralco) | Missouri S&T |
| 2 | 5 | Lester Alvarez | G | Philippines | Barako Bull Energy (from Petron Blaze) | Adamson |
| 2 | 6 | #Emman Monfort | G | Philippines | Barako Bull Energy (from GlobalPort) | Ateneo |
| 2 | 7 | Kelly Nabong | F | Philippines | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (traded to Meralco) | Santa Rosa JC |
| 2 | 8 | Woody Co | F | Philippines | Barako Bull Energy (from Barangay Ginebra) | UP Diliman |
| 2 | 9 | Raphy Reyes | G | Philippines | Alaska Aces (from Barako Bull via B-Meg) | UE |
| 2 | 10 | Jaypee Belencion | G/F | Philippines | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Letran |

### 3rd round

Note: This is the natural drafting order.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Country of origin* | Team | College |
| 3 | 1 | Simon Atkins | G | Philippines | Air21 Express | De La Salle |
| 3 | 2 | Karl Dehesa | G/F | United States | Alaska Aces | Waldorf |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Boado | G | United States | Barako Bull Energy | Houston |
| 3 | 4 | Janus Lozada | G/F | Philippines | Meralco Bolts | Adamson |
| 3 | 5 | Mark Sarangay | F/C | Philippines | Petron Blaze Boosters | Mapúa |
| 3 | 6 | Mark Acosta | F/C | Philippines | GlobalPort Batang Pier | Mapúa |
| 3 | 7 | Bacon Austria | G/F | Philippines | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Ateneo |
| 3 | 8 | Jerick Cañada | G | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Adamson |
| 3 | 9 | Gian Chiu | C | United States | B-Meg Llamados | Oberlin |
| 3 | 10 | Jason Escueta | F/C | Philippines | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Ateneo |

### 4th round

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Country of origin* | Team | College |
| 4 | 1 | Kokoy Hermosisima | G | Philippines | Barako Bull Energy | NU |
| 4 | 2 | Eric Suguitan | C | Philippines | Meralco Bolts | ACSAT |
| 4 | 3 | Jan Colina | F | Philippines | GlobalPort Batang Pier | Adamson |
| 4 | 4 | Jewel Palomique | G | Philippines | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Mapúa |
| 4 | 5 | Paul Zamar | G | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | UE |
| 4 | 6 | Ramon Mabayo | G | Philippines | B-Meg Llamados | STI |
Note: Air21, Alaska, Petron Blaze, and Talk 'N Text passed in this round.

### 5th round

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Country of origin* | Team | College |
| 5 | 1 | VJ Serios | F | Philippines | GlobalPort Batang Pier | UP Diliman |
| 5 | 2 | JR Buensuceso | G | United States | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Brigham Young-Hawaii |
Note: Barako Bull, Meralco, Rain or Shine and B-Meg passed in this round.

### 6th round

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Country of origin* | Team | College |
| 6 | 1 | Elliot Tan | G | United States | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Biola |
Note: GlobalPort passed in this round.

## Trades involving draft picks
### Pre-draft trades

    Note: All traded draft picks associated to GlobalPort previously belonged to the Powerade Tigers before selling their franchise to Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.
    Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.
* $^{a1}$ $^2$ $^3$ On May 14, 2011, Petron (as San Miguel) acquired two first round picks and a 2012 first round pick from Barako Bull (as Air21) in exchange for 2012 and 2013 first round picks. Previously, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull (as Burger King) acquired the 2012 pick and a 2010 first round pick on October 12, 2009, from Barako Energy Coffee in a three-team trade with Talk 'N Text. The Barako Energy Coffee franchise was bought by the Lina Group of Companies in 2011 and was renamed as the Shopinas.com Clickers then later as the Air21 Express. The original Air21 Express however was renamed as the Barako Bull Energy in 2011 after the Lina Group acquired the majority share of the Energy Food and Drinks, a subsidiary of Photokina Marketing which owns the Barako Bull brand.
* $^b$ On July 18, 2011, Barangay Ginebra acquired a 2012 first round pick and KG Canaleta from Barako Bull (as Air21) to in exchange for Willie Miller. Previously, the Express acquired the pick and a 2011 second round pick on August 29, 2010, from Powerade in exchange for Ren-Ren Ritualo, Sean Anthony and the draft rights to 18th pick Jai Reyes.
* $^c$
* $^d$ On May 29, 2012, Air21 acquired Eric Salamat and a second round pick from Alaska in exchange for RJ Jazul.
* $^e$
* $^{f1}$ $^2$ On November 16, 2011, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull acquired Jimbo Aquino, a 2012 second round pick and a 2013 first round pick from Barangay Ginebra, B-Meg acquired a 2012 second round pick from the Energy Cola and Yancy de Ocampo from Ginebra, and Ginebra acquired Rico Maierhofer from the Llamados and Allein Maliksi from the Energy Cola.
* $^g$ On September 22, 2010, in a three-team trade, Powerade acquired a 2012 second round pick and Rob Reyes from Barako Bull Energy Boosters, and a 2011 first round pick and a 2012 second round pick from Meralco; the Bolts acquired Asi Taulava from the Tigers; and the Boosters acquired Jason Misolas and Khasim Mirza from the Bolts and Ken Bono from the Boosters.
* $^h$
* $^i$ On January 31, 2011, Barako Bull (as Air21) acquired a second round pick and a 2013 first round pick from Powerade in exchange for J.R. Quiñahan.
* $^j$ On May 30, 2011, Alaska acquired a 2012 second round pick, a 2011 second round pick and Jay-R Reyes from Barako Bull (as Air21) in exchange for Joe Devance. Previously, Air21 acquired the 2012 pick from B-Meg from a previous transaction.

### Draft-day trades

* $^A$ The GlobalPort Batang Pier acquired the draft rights to 9th pick Vic Manuel and Val Acuña from B-Meg in exchange for Sean Anthony.
* $^{B1}$ $^2$ The Barako Bull Energy acquired the draft rights to 12th pick Dave Marcelo and Sean Anthony (who was traded from GlobalPort earlier in the first round), in exchange for Barako Bull's draft rights for Aldrech Ramos.
* $^C$ The Meralco Bolts acquired the draft rights to 17th pick Kelly Nabong from Rain or Shine in exchange for Meralco's 2015 second round pick.

## Undrafted players

| Name | Country of birth | College |
| Don Tirso Trinidad | New Zealand | Ashburton College |
| Daryl Trinidad | Philippines | Our Lady of Fatima University |
| Fhadzmir "Toto" Bandaying | Philippines | UE |
| Jesse Bustos | Philippines | Philippine Maritime Institute |
| Andrian Celada | Philippines | Arellano |
| Erwin Cornejo | Philippines | Mapua |
| Anthony Del Rio | Philippines | San Sebastian |
| Franz Delgado | Philippines | San Sebastian |
| June Dizon | Philippines | UST |
| Paul Gonzalgo | Philippines | Adamson |
| Mark Jeffries | United States | San Diego Mesa College |
| Rex Leynes | Philippines | St. Francis of Assisi |
| Allan Mangahas | Philippines | Mapua |
| Louie Renn Medalla | Philippines | University of Mindanao |
| Christopher Pestano | Philippines | George Brown/Centennial College |
| Danny Pribhdas | Philippines | UST |
| Jerome Rubi | Philippines | CSU – Northridge |
| Stephen Siruma | Philippines | PCU |
| Robby Zablan | Philippines | AMA |