38th edition of the PBA draft
The PBA Season 48 draft was the 38th edition of the PBA draft. It was held at Market! Market! in Taguig on September 17, 2023. It 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 2022–23 season, with the worst team, the Terrafirma Dyip, picking first. For the first time since 2010, the draft was held at Market! Market!.[1]
Changes
The rules for the PBA draft were revised and adopted starting from Season 48. Among the changes were:[2]
- Removal of the 30-year age limit for Filipino-Foreigners
- Standardized rules applicable for both local and Filipino-Foreigners
- Players 22 years old and older are generally eligible
- Players at least 19 years old are eligible if they have two years of college completed.
- Players must have studied and played in Philippine collegiate leagues prior to playing in professional overseas leagues.
- Players must enter the draft on their third year of eligibility
- Those who did on their fourth or fifth year of eligibility after playing in a professional league overseas, would have to undergo a special computer-generated lottery among the 12 teams.
- The application of those who did in their sixth year of eligibility or beyond is subject to conditions and approval by the Board.
Draft order
The draft order was 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.[3]
Draft selections
1st round
2nd round
3rd round
- TNT passed during the round.
4th round
5th round
6th round
- Blackwater, Rain or Shine, NLEX, and Barangay Ginebra passed during the round.
7th round
- Meralco and Magnolia passed during the round.
8th round
- Phoenix Super LPG passed during the round.
9th round
- Terrafirma passed during the round.
10th round
- San Miguel passed during the round.
11th round
- Converge passed during the round.
12th round
A twelfth round was held, but NorthPort passed, thus ending the draft.
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.
- ^ June 7, 2022: Phoenix Super LPG to Rain or Shine[4]
- Rain or Shine acquired Nick Demusis, a 2022 first-round pick, and a 2023 second-round pick
- Phoenix Super LPG acquired Javee Mocon
- ^ February 24, 2022: NLEX to Phoenix Super LPG[5]
- Phoenix Super LPG acquired Kris Porter, a 2021 second-round pick, and a 2022 first-round pick
- NLEX acquired Justin Chua
- ^ May 17, 2022: Converge to NLEX[6]
- NLEX acquired a 2022 first-round pick
- Converge acquired Tyrus Hill and David Murrell
- ^ February 28, 2020: TNT to Blackwater (three-team trade with NLEX)[7]
January 3, 2023: Blackwater to Converge[8]
- ^ April 14, 2023: Magnolia to Converge[9]
- ^ September 20, 2022: Barangay Ginebra to NorthPort[10]
- ^ February 2, 2021: San Miguel to Terrafirma[11]
- ^
October 12, 2021: Blackwater to Alaska (Converge)[12]
- ^ June 10, 2019: NorthPort to TNT (three-team trade with NLEX)[13]
- TNT acquired Marion Magat, 2021 and 2022 second-round picks (from NorthPort)
- NorthPort acquired Michael Miranda, a 2019 second-round pick that was not conveyed (from Phoenix via NLEX), and a 2020 second-round pick (from Terrafirma [Columbian] via NLEX)
- NLEX acquired Jericho Cruz and a 2020 second-round pick (from San Miguel via NorthPort)
December 3, 2021: TNT to Blackwater[14]
September 19, 2022: Blackwater to NLEX (three-team trade with TNT)[15]
January 18, 2023: NLEX to Phoenix Super LPG (three-team trade with TNT)[16]
- ^ October 25, 2019: Meralco to Blackwater[17]
- ^
December 28, 2018: TNT to Blackwater (three-team trade with NLEX)[18]
- Blackwater acquired Abu Tratter and Paul Desiderio from NLEX; Alfrancis Tamsi and a 2022 second-round pick from TNT
- NLEX acquired Poy Erram from Blackwater and Philip Paredes from TNT
- TNT acquired Michael Miranda and San Miguel's 2022 second-round pick from Blackwater
March 11, 2021: Blackwater to NLEX (three-team trade with TNT)[19]
- ^ July 15, 2021: Magnolia to Terrafirma[20]
- Terrafirma acquired a 2022 second-round pick
- Magnolia acquired Russel Escoto
- ^ December 19, 2018: San Miguel to Blackwater[21]
- Blackwater acquired 2021 and 2022 second-round picks
- San Miguel acquired Paul Zamar
December 28, 2018: Blackwater to TNT (three-team trade with NLEX)[18]
January 14, 2020: TNT to Rain or Shine[22]
- Rain or Shine acquired 2020, 2021 (from NorthPort), and 2022 (from San Miguel) second-round picks
- TNT acquired Ed Daquioag