2024–25 San Miguel Beermen season
Basketball team season
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The 2024–25 San Miguel Beermen season was the 49th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
HeadcoachJorge Gallent (Governors' Cup & Commissioner's Cup)
Leo Austria
Leo Austria
General managerGee Abanilla
Daniel Henares (assistant)
Daniel Henares (assistant)
OwnersSan Miguel Brewery, Inc.
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Record6–4
(60%)
(60%)
| 2024–25 San Miguel Beermen season | |
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| Head coach | Jorge Gallent (Governors' Cup & Commissioner's Cup) Leo Austria |
| General manager | Gee Abanilla Daniel Henares (assistant) |
| Owners | San Miguel Brewery, Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary) |
| Governors' Cup results | |
| Record | 6–4 (60%) |
| Place | 2nd in group B |
| Playoff finish | Semifinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra, 2–4) |
| Commissioner's Cup results | |
| Record | 5–7 (41.7%) |
| Place | 10th |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Philippine Cup results | |
| Record | 8–3 (72.7%) |
| Place | 1st |
| Playoff finish | Champions (def. TNT, 4–2) |
| San Miguel Beermen seasons | |
Key dates
- July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.[1]
Draft picks
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
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| 1 | 12 | Avan Nava | G | St. Francis Xavier | |
| 3 | 36 | Abdul Sawat | F | UE | |
| 4 | 44 | Ralph Robin | G | EAC |
Roster
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Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Group B Standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 3 | .700 | — | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 4 | .600[a] | 1 | |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 4 | .600[a] | 1 | |
| 4 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 5 | .500[b] | 2 | |
| 5 | Blackwater Bossing | 5 | 5 | .500[b] | 2 | |
| 6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 1 | 9 | .100 | 6 |
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record, if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record, if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Game log
| 2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 6–4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August: 2–2
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September: 4–2
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Playoffs
Bracket
| Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | |||||||||||
| A1 | TNT | 3 | |||||||||||
| B4 | NLEX | 1 | |||||||||||
| A1 | TNT | 4 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Rain or Shine | 1 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Rain or Shine | 3 | |||||||||||
| A4 | Magnolia | 2 | |||||||||||
| A1 | TNT | 4 | |||||||||||
| B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | |||||||||||
| B2 | San Miguel | 3 | |||||||||||
| A3 | Converge | 2 | |||||||||||
| B2 | San Miguel | 2 | |||||||||||
| B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Meralco | 0 | |||||||||||
| B3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | |||||||||||
Game log
| 2024 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 5–6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 3–2
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Semifinals: 2–4
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Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 9 | 3 | .750 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | TNT Tropang Giga | 8 | 4 | .667[a] | 1 | |
| 3 | Converge FiberXers | 8 | 4 | .667[a] | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 4 | .667[a] | 1 | |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 5 | .583[b] | 2 | |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 5 | .583[b] | 2 | |
| 7 | Eastern (G) | 7 | 5 | .583[b] | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 6 | 6 | .500[c] | 3 | |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 6 | .500[c] | 3 | |
| 10 | San Miguel Beermen | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4 | |
| 11 | Blackwater Bossing | 3 | 9 | .250[d] | 6 | |
| 12 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 9 | .250[d] | 6 | |
| 13 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 11 | .083 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[3]
(G) Guests
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[3]
(G) Guests
Notes:
Game log
| 2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 5–7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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December: 3–3
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January: 2–4
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Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | NLEX Road Warriors | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
| 3 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
| 5 | Converge FiberXers | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | TNT Tropang 5G | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
| 7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
| 8 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 2 | |
| 9 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 10 | Blackwater Bossing | 2 | 9 | .182[c] | 6 | |
| 11 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 2 | 9 | .182[c] | 6 | |
| 12 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 10 | .091 | 7 |
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
Game log
| 2025 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 8–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 3–1
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May: 3–1
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June: 2–1
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Playoffs
Bracket
| Quarterfinals (Top 4 twice-to-beat) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Miguel | 108 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Meralco | 97 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 88 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Converge | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | TNT | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | NLEX | 89 | 92 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Rain or Shine | 92 | 103 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Rain or Shine | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | TNT | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Magnolia | 88 | 79 | |||||||||||
| 6 | TNT | 89 | 80 | |||||||||||
Game log
| 2025 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 9–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 1–0
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Semifinals: 4–3
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Finals: 4–2
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East Asia Super League
Group stage
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
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| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 517 | 450 | +67 | .833 | Advance to semifinals | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 544 | 459 | +85 | .667 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 427 | 450 | −23 | .500[a] | ||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 456 | 500 | −44 | .500[a] | ||
| 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 446 | 531 | −85 | .000 |
Source: EASL
Notes:
Notes:
- Hong Kong Eastern 1–0 Suwon KT Sonicboom
Game log
| 2 October 2024 | San Miguel Beermen |
81–87 | Pasay | |
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| 18:10 (PST) | Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 23–16, 19–29, 19–19 | |||
| Pts: Anosike 34 Rebs: Fajardo 9 Asts: Anosike, Ross 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Hammonds 39 Rebs: Hammonds 14 Asts: Heo 9 |
Arena: Mall of Asia Arena |
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| 13 November 2024 | San Miguel Beermen |
85–101 | Pasig | |
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| 18:10 (PST) | Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 13–32, 23–26, 29–18 | |||
| Pts: Miller 32 Rebs: Fajardo 11 Asts: Perez 3 |
Boxscore | Pts: Brown 27 Rebs: Brown 9 Asts: Graham 7 |
Arena: PhilSports Arena |
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| 18 December 2024 | Hong Kong Eastern |
71–62 | Hong Kong | |
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| 20:10 (HKT) | Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 20–20, 12–14, 11–14 | |||
| Pts: Lam 19 Rebs: McLaughlin 17 Asts: McLaughlin 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Jones, Fajardo 19 Rebs: Jones 11 Asts: Ross 4 |
Arena: Southorn Stadium |
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| 8 January 2025 | Hiroshima Dragonflies |
94–63 | Hiroshima | |
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| 19:10 (JST) | Scoring by quarter: 30–18, 22–19, 16–14, 26–12 | |||
| Pts: Mayo, Mitani 18 Rebs: Blackshear 15 Asts: Blackshear 9 |
Boxscore | Pts: Jones 24 Rebs: Jones 13 Asts: Cruz 7 |
Arena: Hiroshima Sun Plaza |
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| 15 January 2025 | San Miguel Beermen |
74–84 | Pasig | |
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| 20:10 (PST) | Scoring by quarter: 11–30, 21–18, 18–22, 24–14 | |||
| Pts: Fajardo, Trollano 20 Rebs: Fajardo 13 Asts: Trollano 5 |
Boxscore | Pts: Clark 25 Rebs: McLaughlin 17 Asts: Blankley 6 |
Arena: PhilSports Arena |
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Transactions
Free agency
Signings
| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team | Ref. |
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| Kris Rosales | August 5, 2024 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | NorthPort Batang Pier | [4] |
| Jericho Cruz | February 7, 2025 | 2 years | Re-signed | [5] | |
| Juami Tiongson | June 5, 2025 | 3 years | [6] |
Subtractions
| Player | Number | Position | Reason | New team | Ref. |
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| Kyt Jimenez | 76 | Point guard / Shooting guard | Released | Zamboanga Valientes (Dubai International Basketball Championship) | [7][8] |
| Troy Mallillin | 4 | Power forward | Free agent | Blackwater Bossing | [9] |
| Simon Enciso | 0 | Point guard / Shooting guard | Free agent | TNT Tropang 5G | [10] |
Trades
Mid-season
| November | |||
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| November 25, 2024[11] | To San Miguel Andreas Cahilig Juami Tiongson |
To Terrafirma Vic Manuel Terrence Romeo | |
| April | |||
| April 2, 2025[12] | To San Miguel JM Calma |
To NorthPort Avan Nava 2025 San Miguel second-round pick | |
Recruited imports
| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record | Ref. |
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| Governors' Cup | Jordan Adams | August 21, 2024 (vs. Phoenix) | September 19, 2024 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 5–3 | [13][14] |
| Sheldon Mac | September 11, 2024 (vs. NLEX) | 1–0 | [15] | ||
| E.J. Anosike | September 26, 2024 (vs. Converge) | October 20, 2024 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 5–6 | [16] | |
| Commissioner's Cup | Quincy Miller | December 3, 2024 (vs. Phoenix) | December 10, 2024 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–2 | [17] |
| Torren Jones | December 13, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma) | December 15, 2024 (vs. Blackwater) | 2–0 | [18] | |
| Jabari Narcis | December 22, 2024 (vs. Eastern) | January 12, 2025 (vs. Magnolia) | 1–2 | [19] | |
| Malik Pope | January 18, 2025 (vs. Meralco) | January 26, 2025 (vs. TNT) | 1–3 | [20] | |
Awards
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Reference |
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| June Mar Fajardo | 2024 PBA Governors' Cup Best Player of the Conference | November 3, 2024 | [21] |
| 2025 PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference | July 20, 2025 | [22] | |
| 2024–25 PBA Most Valuable Player | October 5, 2025 | [23] | |
| Jericho Cruz | 2025 PBA Philippine Cup Finals Most Valuable Player | July 25, 2025 | [24] |
| Don Trollano | 2024–25 PBA Mr. Quality Minutes | October 13, 2025 | [25] |
| Recipient | Honors | Date awarded | Reference |
| CJ Perez | 2024–25 PBA Mythical First Team | October 5, 2025 | [23] |
| June Mar Fajardo | 2024–25 PBA Mythical First Team | ||
| 2024–25 PBA All-Defensive Team |