# 2024–25 NorthPort Batang Pier season

The 2024–25 NorthPort Batang Pier season is the 12th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 1 | 5 | Dave Ildefonso | G | Philippines | Ateneo |
| 2 | 14 | Evan Nelle | G | Philippines | De La Salle |
| 3 | 29 | Agem Miranda | G | Philippines | JRU |
| 4 | 39 | John Uduba | F | Philippines | Olivarez |
| 5 | 46 | Germy Mahinay | C | Philippines | NU |
| 6 | 48 | Robbi Darang | G | Philippines | Diliman |

## Governors' Cup
### Eliminations
#### Group A Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | TNT Tropang Giga | 8 | 2 | .800 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Converge FiberXers | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5 | |
| 6 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 9 | .100 | 7 | |

#### Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 3–7 :
August: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 20
TNT
L 95–101
Taylor Johns (36)
Taylor Johns (16)
Taylor Johns (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
August 23
Terrafirma
W 112–93
William Navarro (31)
Venky Jois (15)
Arvin Tolentino (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
August 29
Converge
W 135–109
Arvin Tolentino (51)
Venky Jois (10)
Jalalon, Navarro, Yu (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
2–1 :
September: 1–6
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
September 1
Meralco
L 99–109
Arvin Tolentino (21)
William Navarro (11)
Jalalon, Nelle (4)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
2–2
5
September 4
Magnolia
L 94–105
Cade Flores (23)
Arvin Tolentino (12)
Arvin Tolentino (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3
6
September 8
Terrafirma
W 133–107
Venky Jois (26)
Venky Jois (15)
Arvin Tolentino (10)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–3
7
September 11
Converge
L 99–107
Venky Jois (24)
Venky Jois (14)
Jio Jalalon (8)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–4
8
September 14
Meralco
L 104–114
Arvin Tolentino (28)
Arvin Tolentino (7)
Tolentino, Yu (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–5
9
September 20
Magnolia
L 94–110
Arvin Tolentino (25)
Cade Flores (8)
Jalalon, Tolentino (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–6
10
September 22
TNT
L 79–99
Arvin Tolentino (24)
Sidney Onwubere (12)
Jio Jalalon (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–7 :

## Commissioner's Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 9 | 3 | .750 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | TNT Tropang Giga | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Converge FiberXers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Eastern (G) | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | |
| 10 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4 | |
| 11 | Blackwater Bossing | 3 | 9 | .250 | 6 | |
| 12 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 9 | .250 | 6 | |
| 13 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 11 | .083 | 8 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.04, Converge 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 0.94
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.08, Rain or Shine 1.04, Eastern 0.88
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Magnolia 112–81 NLEX
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Phoenix

#### Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 9–3 :
November: 2–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 28, 2024
NLEX
W 114–87
Arvin Tolentino (29)
Evan Nelle (7)
Evan Nelle (8)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–0
2
November 30, 2024
Terrafirma
W 113–101
Kadeem Jack (32)
Kadeem Jack (15)
Tolentino, Yu (10)
Ynares Center
2–0 :
December: 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
December 4, 2024
Magnolia
W 107–103
Kadeem Jack (30)
Kadeem Jack (11)
Fran Yu (10)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–0
4
December 8, 2024
TNT
W 100–95
Kadeem Jack (27)
Jack, Tolentino (11)
Evan Nelle (8)
Ynares Center
4–0
5
December 12, 2024
Converge
W 108–101
Kadeem Jack (32)
Kadeem Jack (15)
Evan Nelle (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
5–0
6
December 17, 2024
Phoenix
L 109–115
Kadeem Jack (28)
Kadeem Jack (16)
Evan Nelle (6)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
5–1
7
December 20, 2024
Eastern
W 120–113
Kadeem Jack (38)
Kadeem Jack (9)
Fran Yu (9)
PhilSports Arena
6–1 :
January: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
January 8, 2025
Barangay Ginebra
W 119–116
Kadeem Jack (32)
Kadeem Jack (16)
Joshua Munzon (6)
PhilSports Arena
7–1
9
January 14, 2025
Meralco
L 94–111
Kadeem Jack (29)
Kadeem Jack (14)
Joshua Munzon (6)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
7–2
10
January 16, 2025
Rain or Shine
L 107–127
Kadeem Jack (39)
Kadeem Jack (11)
Fran Yu (8)
PhilSports Arena
7–3
11
January 21, 2025
San Miguel
W 105–104
Kadeem Jack (38)
Arvin Tolentino (8)
Munzon, Nelle (5)
Ynares Center
8–3
12
January 25, 2025
Blackwater
W 120–93
Kadeem Jack (30)
Arvin Tolentino (10)
Arvin Tolentino (11)
Ynares Center
9–3 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | |
| 1 | NorthPort | 113 | | | | | |
| 8 | Magnolia | 110 | | | | | |
| 8 | Magnolia | 110 | 1 | NorthPort | 1 | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | NorthPort | 1 | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | 4 | Barangay Ginebra |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | Barangay Ginebra |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | TNT |
| 2 | TNT | 109 | | | | 2 | TNT |
| 7 | Eastern | 93 | | | | | |
| 7 | Eastern | 93 | 2 | TNT | 4 | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | TNT | 4 | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 6 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | |
| 3 | Converge | 1 | 6 | Rain or Shine | 1 | | |
| 6 | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 2–4 :
Quarterfinals: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
February 6, 2025
Magnolia
W 113–110
Kadeem Jack (30)
Kadeem Jack (10)
Joshua Munzon (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–0 :
Semifinals: 1–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
February 26, 2025
Barangay Ginebra
L 93–115
Kadeem Jack (33)
Kadeem Jack (12)
Joshua Munzon (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
February 28, 2025
Barangay Ginebra
L 106–119
Kadeem Jack (27)
William Navarro (12)
Fran Yu (6)
PhilSports Arena
0–2
3
March 2, 2025
Barangay Ginebra
L 100–127
Kadeem Jack (32)
Flores, Tolentino (5)
Jack, Yu (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–3
4
March 5, 2025
Barangay Ginebra
W 108–103
Kadeem Jack (39)
Kadeem Jack (15)
Arvin Tolentino (11)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–3
5
March 7, 2025
Barangay Ginebra
L 99–126
Kadeem Jack (31)
Arvin Tolentino (13)
Joshua Munzon (11)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–4 :

## Transactions
### Free agency
#### Signings

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
| Ben Adamos | June 7, 2024 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |
| Kris Rosales | June 7, 2024 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |
| Paul Zamar | June 7, 2024 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |
| John Amores | June 9, 2024 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Re-signed |
| JM Calma | June 9, 2024 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Re-signed |
| Joshua Munzon | June 21, 2024 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Re-signed |
| Allyn Bulanadi | July 25, 2024 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Number | Position | Reason | New team |
| Jeff Chan | 16 | Small forward / shooting guard | End of contract | Biñan Tatak Gel (MPBL) |
| Kris Rosales | 11 | Point guard | Released | San Miguel Beermen |
| John Amores | 19, 13 | Shooting guard | License revoked | |

### Trades
#### Pre-season

July :
| July 15, 2024 | To NorthPortJio Jalalon Abu Tratter | To MagnoliaZavier Lucero |
| July 15, 2024 | To NorthPortSidney Onwubere | To Barangay GinebraBen Adamos |
| July 17, 2024 | To NorthPort2026 Terrafirma second-round pick | To TerrafirmaBrent Paraiso |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Governors' Cup | Taylor Johns | August 20, 2024 (vs. TNT) | August 20, 2024 (vs. TNT) | 0–1 |
| Governors' Cup | Venky Jois | August 23, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma) | September 14, 2024 (vs. Meralco) | 3–3 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Kadeem Jack | November 28, 2024 (vs. NLEX) | March 7, 2025 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 11–7 |