# 2024–25 Blackwater Bossing season

The 2024–25 Blackwater Bossing season is the 10th 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 | 2 | Sedrick Barefield | G | USA | Utah |
| 3 | 26 | DJ Mitchell | G | USA | Hartford |
| 4 | 37 | Keith Pido | G | Philippines | Perpetual |

## Governors' Cup
### Eliminations
#### Group B Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 3 | .700 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Blackwater Bossing | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2 | |
| 6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 1 | 9 | .100 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Barangay Ginebra (San Miguel 1.23, Barangay Ginebra 0.82)
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–1 Blackwater (NLEX 1.03, Blackwater 0.97)

#### Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 5–5 :
August: 1–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 20
Rain or Shine
L 97–110
Sedrick Barefield (18)
Ricky Ledo (8)
Jaydee Tungcab (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
August 22
NLEX
L 87–104
David, Rosario (17)
Christian David (10)
Sedrick Barefield (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–2
3
August 25
San Miguel
L 108–128
Troy Rosario (25)
Christian David (8)
James Kwekuteye (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–3
4
August 30
Barangay Ginebra
W 95–88
George King (33)
George King (19)
Casio, Ilagan, King (4)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–3 :
September: 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
September 3
Phoenix
W 123–111
George King (44)
George King (13)
Barefield, Ilagan (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3
6
September 6
NLEX
W 110–99
George King (39)
George King (15)
Barefield, King (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–3
7
September 10
Barangay Ginebra
L 98–112
George King (21)
George King (11)
George King (8)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
3–4
8
September 15
Phoenix
L 114–119
George King (32)
George King (10)
George King (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–5
9
September 21
San Miguel
W 111–94
George King (49)
George King (11)
RK Ilagan (7)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
4–5
10
September 23
Rain or Shine
W 139–118
George King (64)
George King (13)
Sedrick Barefield (4)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
5–5 :

## 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: 3–9 :
November: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 28, 2024
Magnolia
L 100–118
George King (42)
George King (12)
Barefield, Kwekuteye (3)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
0–1
2
November 30, 2024
NLEX
L 95–107
George King (40)
King, Tungcab (8)
RK Ilagan (5)
Ynares Center
0–2 :
December: 1–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
December 10, 2024
Eastern
L 75–84
George King (41)
George King (12)
Justin Chua (4)
Filoil EcoOil Centre
0–3
4
December 12, 2024
Meralco
W 114–98
Sedrick Barefield (33)
George King (14)
Sedrick Barefield (9)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–3
5
December 15, 2024
San Miguel
L 102–115
George King (40)
Christian David (8)
RK Ilagan (7)
Ynares Center
1–4
6
December 19, 2024
TNT
L 93–109
George King (28)
George King (9)
RK Ilagan (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1–5 :
January: 2–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
January 8, 2025
Rain or Shine
L 106–122
George King (35)
George King (12)
George King (4)
PhilSports Arena
1–6
8
January 12, 2025
Barangay Ginebra
L 63–86
George King (27)
David, Jopia (9)
Ayonayon, Ponferada (3)
Ynares Center
1–7
9
January 15, 2025
Terrafirma
W 96–86
George King (26)
Chua, King (12)
Jaydee Tungcab (5)
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
2–7
10
January 19, 2025
Converge
L 109–127
George King (34)
George King (13)
George King (6)
Ynares Center
2–8
11
January 21, 2025
Phoenix
W 100–92
Justin Chua (22)
Christian David (12)
JVee Casio (5)
Ynares Center
3–8
12
January 25, 2025
NorthPort
L 93–120
Justin Chua (15)
Justin Chua (8)
Chua, Tungcab (3)
Ynares Center
3–9 :

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

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
| Bradwyn Guinto | June 8, 2024 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Re-signed |
| Jaydee Tungcab | June 8, 2024 | Not disclosed | 2 years | Re-signed |
| Troy Mallillin | February 24, 2025 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | San Miguel Beermen |
| Prince Caperal | March 18, 2025 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Zamboanga Valientes (Dubai International Basketball Championship) |

#### Subtractions

| Player | Number | Position | Reason | New team | Ref. |
| Troy Rosario | 18 | Power forward | End of contract; did not agree to term extension | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | |
| Mike DiGregorio | 1 | Shooting guard | Moving to MPBL | Pangasinan Heatwaves (MPBL) | |

### Trades
#### Pre-season

July :
| July 2, 2024 | To BlackwaterKib Montalbo Jewel Ponferada 2028 TNT second-round pick | To TNTRey Nambatac |
| July 17, 2024 | To BlackwaterMiguel Corteza | To Rain or Shine2026 Blackwater second-round pick (from TNT) |

#### Mid-season

February :
| February 17, 2025 | To BlackwaterBJ Andrade | To ConvergeRey Suerte |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Governors' Cup | Ricky Ledo | August 20, 2024 (vs. Rain or Shine) | August 22, 2024 (vs. NLEX) | 0–2 |
| Governors' Cup | George King | August 30, 2024 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | September 23, 2024 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 5–2 |
| Commissioner's Cup | George King | November 28, 2024 (vs. Magnolia) | January 19, 2025 (vs. Converge) | 2–8 |