PBA season 46 draft
Player selection in Philippine basketball
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The PBA season 46 draft (originally planned as the 2020 PBA rookie draft) was the 36th edition of the PBA draft. The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams from the 2020 season, with the team having the worst record picking first.[1] For this draft, the PBA decided to forgo the seven-game requirement to play in the PBA Developmental League (D-League).[2]
DateMarch 14, 2021
LocationTV5 Media Center, Mandaluyong (draft held via conference call)
NetworkOne Sports (TV5, PBA Rush)
| PBA season 46 draft | |
|---|---|
| |
| General information | |
| Date | March 14, 2021 |
| Location | TV5 Media Center, Mandaluyong (draft held via conference call) |
| Network | One Sports (TV5, PBA Rush) |
| Overview | |
| League | Philippine Basketball Association |
| First selection | Joshua Munzon,[n 1] Terrafirma Dyip |
The Terrafirma Dyip held the right for the first overall pick of the draft.
Draft order
Since 2015, 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.
Since the league held only one tournament for the 2020 season, the final rankings of the Philippine Cup were used to determine the draft order.[3][4]
| Draft order | Team | Philippine Cup ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Terrafirma Dyip | 12th |
| 2nd | NorthPort Batang Pier | 11th |
| 3rd | Blackwater Elite | 10th |
| 4th | NLEX Road Warriors | 9th |
| 5th | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8th |
| 6th | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 7th |
| 7th | Alaska Aces | 6th |
| 8th | San Miguel Beermen | 5th |
| 9th | Meralco Bolts | 4th |
| 10th | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 3rd |
| 11th | TNT Tropang Giga | 2nd |
| 12th | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 1st |
Special draft
For the third time and second consecutively in PBA history, there was another separate draft for the players in the pool for the Philippine national team, locally known as Gilas Pilipinas. Four teams held the rights to the players they selected only after their release from international duty.[5]
As a reiteration of the agreement between the PBA and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the latter named players to be loaned to the Philippines training camp after their selection in this special draft.[5]
Draft selections
| PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center | * | Mythical team member | # | All-Star |
Special round
| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Heading | SG |  Australia |
Terrafirma Dyip | California Baptist |
| 2 | William Navarro | PF |  Greece |
NorthPort Batang Pier | Ateneo |
| 3 | Tzaddy Rangel | C |  Philippines |
NLEX Road Warriors | NU |
| 4 | Jaydee Tungcab | SG/SF | Philippines |
TNT Tropang Giga | UP Diliman |
1st round
2nd round
3rd round
| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Dhon Reverente | SF/PF | Philippines |
Terrafirma Dyip | PMI |
| 26 | Loren Brill | PG |  United States |
NorthPort Batang Pier | Old Dominion |
| 27 | Andre Paras | C/PF | United States |
Blackwater Bossing | UP Diliman |
| 28 | Antonio Bonsubre | PF | Philippines |
NLEX Road Warriors | San Beda |
| 29 | Kenneth Mocon | SG | Philippines |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | San Beda |
| 30 | Ronnie de Leon | SF | Philippines |
Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | UE |
| 31 | RK Ilagan | PG | Philippines |
Alaska Aces | San Sebastian |
| 32 | Allen Enriquez | PF | Philippines |
San Miguel Beermen | Arellano |
| 33 | John Yasa | C/PF | Philippines |
Meralco Bolts | PCU |
| 34 | Reymar Caduyac | PG/SG | Philippines |
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | Lyceum |
| 35 | Michael Simmonds | SG/SF | United States |
TNT Tropang Giga | Baruch |
- Barangay Ginebra passed during the round.
4th round
| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Michael Javelosa | SF/PF | Philippines |
Terrafirma Dyip | Ateneo |
| 37 | Marvin Moraga | SG | Philippines |
NorthPort Batang Pier | St. Xavier |
| 38 | Jun Manzo | PG | Philippines |
Blackwater Bossing | UP Diliman |
| 39 | Jose Presbitero | PG | Philippines |
NLEX Road Warriors | San Beda |
| 40 | RJ Argamino | PG | Philippines |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Benilde |
| 41 | Andrew Estrella | SG/PG | Philippines |
Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | Mapúa/ San Juan Knights (MPBL) |
| 42 | Mohammad Salim | PF | Philippines |
San Miguel Beermen | NU |
| 43 | Luis Brill | PG | United States |
Meralco Bolts | Wheeling |
| 44 | Max Hentschel | SF | Philippines |
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | UvA |
| 45 | Joel Lee Yu | SG/PG | Philippines |
TNT Tropang Giga | FEU |
- Alaska passed during the round.
5th round
| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Immanuel Custodio | SF | Philippines |
Terrafirma Dyip | Ateneo de Naga |
| 47 | Carl Bryan Ravanes | SG | Philippines |
NorthPort Batang Pier | Southville Foreign |
| 48 | Kim Bayquin | SG/SF | Philippines |
Blackwater Bossing | FEU |
| 49 | Joseph Alcantara | SG | Philippines |
NLEX Road Warriors | La Consolacion |
| 50 | Philip Manalang | PG | Philippines |
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | UE |
| 51 | Greg Flor | SF | Philippines |
San Miguel Beermen | PMMA |
| 52 | Jerie Pingoy | PG | Philippines |
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | Adamson |
| 53 | Martin Gozum | SF | Philippines |
TNT Tropang Giga | OLFU |
- Magnolia and Meralco passed during the round.
6th round
| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | Terrence Tumalip | SG | Philippines |
Terrafirma Dyip | TIP |
| 55 | Seraj Elmejrab | C |  Libya |
NorthPort Batang Pier | Lyceum |
| 56 | Jeson Delfinado | SG | Philippines |
Blackwater Bossing | FEU |
| 57 | Alberto Torres | SG | Philippines |
NLEX Road Warriors | Canottieri Milano (Italy) |
| 58 | Jeffrey Manday | SG | Philippines |
San Miguel Beermen | Santa Ana de Victorias |
- Rain or Shine, Phoenix, and TNT passed during the round.
7th round
| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | Jonico Rosales | PG | Philippines |
NorthPort Batang Pier | AMA |
| 60 | Luis Abaca | PG | Philippines |
San Miguel Beermen | Benilde |
- Terrafirma, Blackwater, and NLEX passed during the round.
8th round
| Pick | Player | Pos. | Country of birth | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Jed Mendoza | SG | Philippines |
NorthPort Batang Pier | UE |
- San Miguel passed during the round.
9th round
A ninth round was held, but NorthPort passed, thus ending the draft.
Trades involving draft picks
- NOTE: Due to the draft's postponement, all draft picks from 2020 onwards are executed one year later.
Pre-draft trades
Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of picks between the teams.
- February 28, 2020: Blackwater to NLEX (three-team trade with TNT)[6]
- NLEX acquired Anthony Semerad, Rabeh Al-Hussaini, a 2020 first round pick, and a 2021 second round pick from Blackwater
- Blackwater acquired Marion Magat, Yousef Taha, Ed Daquioag, 2021 and 2022 first round picks from TNT
- TNT acquired John Paul Erram from NLEX via Blackwater
- March 11, 2021: Blackwater to NLEX (three-team trade with TNT)[7]
- NLEX acquired Don Trollano, Roi Sumang, Maurice Shaw, and a 2022 second round pick from Blackwater
- Blackwater acquired David Semerad, Simon Enciso, Ed Daquioag, 2023 first round and 2024 second round picks from TNT
- TNT acquired a 2020 first round pick from Blackwater, which earlier acquired it from NLEX
- February 17, 2021: Magnolia to Phoenix[8]
- Phoenix acquired Chris Banchero, 2020 first and second round picks
- Magnolia acquired Calvin Abueva and a 2020 first round pick
- February 23, 2021: Phoenix to Alaska[9]
- Alaska acquired Brian Heruela, 2020 first and second round picks, and a 2021 first round pick
- Phoenix acquired Vic Manuel, 2020 first and second round picks
- February 2, 2021: San Miguel to Terrafirma[10]
- Terrafirma acquired Russel Escoto, Gelo Alolino, Matt Ganuelas-Rosser, 2020 and 2022 first round picks
- San Miguel acquired CJ Perez
- April 3, 2018: TNT to NorthPort (GlobalPort)[11]
- GlobalPort acquired Mo Tautuaa, a 2020 first round pick, and a 2021 second round pick
- TNT acquired Terrence Romeo and Yousef Taha
- May 5, 2017: Terrafirma (Mahindra) to NLEX[12]
- NLEX acquired Alex Mallari, Kenneth Ighalo, and a 2020 second round pick
- Mahindra acquired Glenn Khobuntin and Eric Camson
- June 10, 2019: NLEX to NorthPort (three-team trade with TNT)[13]
- NorthPort acquired Terrafirma's (Columbian's) 2020 second round pick and Phoenix Super LPG's (Phoenix Pulse's) 2019 second round pick which was not conveyed, from NLEX; Michael Miranda from TNT
- NLEX acquired Jericho Cruz from TNT and San Miguel's 2020 second round pick from NorthPort
- TNT acquired Marion Magat from NLEX; 2021 and 2022 second round picks from NorthPort
- January 15, 2019: NorthPort to Meralco[15]
- Meralco acquired a 2020 second round pick
- NorthPort acquired Garvo Lanete
- Blackwater acquired Niño Canaleta, Mike Tolomia, 2020 and 2022 second round picks
- Meralco acquired Allein Maliksi and Raymar Jose
- August 15, 2017: NLEX to Phoenix Super LPG (Phoenix) (three-team trade with NorthPort [GlobalPort])[17]
- Phoenix acquired Dylan Ababou from GlobalPort and a 2020 second round pick from NLEX
- GlobalPort acquired Mac Baracael from NLEX
- NLEX acquired Cyrus Baguio from Phoenix
- February 23, 2021: Phoenix to Alaska
- See Phoenix to Alaska (note D)
- June 21, 2018: San Miguel to NorthPort (GlobalPort)[18]
- GlobalPort acquired Gabby Espinas and a 2020 second round pick
- San Miguel acquired Kelly Nabong
- June 10, 2019: NorthPort to NLEX
- See NLEX to NorthPort
- January 12, 2019: Meralco to Phoenix Super LPG (Phoenix Pulse)[19]
- Phoenix Pulse acquired Jason Ballesteros and a 2020 second round pick
- Meralco acquired John Pinto
- Alaska acquired a 2020 second round pick
- Phoenix Pulse acquired Jake Pascual
- August 7, 2017: Phoenix Super LPG (Phoenix) to Rain or Shine[21]
- Rain or Shine acquired Mark Borboran and a 2020 second round pick
- Phoenix acquired Jeff Chan
Draft picks per school
| School | Rounds | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special | 1st | After 1st | ||
| De La Salle | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| FEU | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| San Beda | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| UE | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| UP Diliman | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Ateneo | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| NU | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lyceum | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Benilde | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Other schools | 1 each | |||
Notes
- The season 46 draft was composed of two drafts: the Gilas special draft, which consisted of 4 players reserved for the Philippine national team, and the regular draft. Jordan Heading was selected as the first pick in the Gilas special draft. Munzon was selected by Terrafirma Dyip as the first pick of the regular draft.