2015 PBA draft

Player selection in Philippine basketball September 2022 September 2022 2015 PBA draft 200px August 23, 2015 2:00 pm (PHT) Robinsons Place Manila Sports5 (TV5, Sports5.ph) Philippine Basketball Association Moala Tautuaa (Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters) 2014 2016 The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event which allows teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at the Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila on August 23, 2015. From this draft on, the league abandoned its lottery system after the controversies that surrounded the previous year's draft.Salud says sorry for 'crude' conduct of PBA draft lottery, but insists it was an honest draw, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 4, 2014PBA rules out re-draw of draft lottery after board settles controversy in emergency meeting https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124524/http://www.spin.ph/sports/basketball/news/pba-rules-out-re-draw-of-draft-lottery-after-board-settles-controversy-in-emergency-meeting September 24, 2015 , Richard Dy, spin.ph, July 5, 2014 Instead, the league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams for the 2014–15 season, with the worst team picking first.If PBA draft is held today, this team will hit the jackpot - and it's not Blackwater, spin.ph, April 10, 2015 Draft order The draft order was determined based from 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 will comprise 30% each. Draft order Team Final ranking TotalPHIL COM GOV1st Blackwater Elite 12th 12th 12th 12.02nd Mahindra Enforcer 11th 11th 9th 10.43rd NLEX Road Warriors 10th 5th 11th 8.84th GlobalPort Batang Pier 8th 10th 5th 7.75th Barako Bull Energy 9th 7th 6th 7.56th Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5th 8th 8th 6.87th Meralco Bolts 6th 4th 7th 5.78th Star Hotshots 7th 3rd 4th 4.99th Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 4th 1st 10th 4.910th San Miguel Beermen 1st 9th 1st 3.411th Alaska Aces 2nd 6th 2nd 3.212th Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 3rd 2nd 3rd 2.7 Draft PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center * Mythical team member # All-Star 1st round Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College 1 1#Moala Tautuaa C/PF Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (from Blackwater) Note1 a a Cebuana Lhuillier Gems Chadron State 1 2*Troy Rosario PF/C Mahindra Enforcer Hapee Fresh Fighters NU 1 3#Maverick Ahanmisi PG/SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from NLEX) Note2 b b Cafe France Bakers Minnesota 1 4*Chris Newsome SG/SF Meralco Bolts (from GlobalPort) Note3 c c Hapee Fresh Fighters Ateneo 1 5*Scottie Thompson SG/PG Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (from Barako Bull) Note4 d d Hapee Fresh Fighters Perpetual Help 1 6 Garvo Lanete SG NLEX Road Warriors (from Ginebra) Note5 e e Hapee Fresh Fighters San Beda 1 7#Baser Amer PG Meralco Bolts Hapee Fresh Fighters San Beda 1 8#Norbert Torres C/PF Star Hotshots Cebuana Lhuillier Gems La Salle 1 9 Arthur dela Cruz SF/PF Blackwater Elite (from Talk 'N Text) Note6 f f Hapee Fresh Fighters San Beda 1 10#Glenn Khobuntin SF/PF NLEX Road Warriors (from San Miguel) Note7 g g Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants NU 1 11 Kevin Racal SF Alaska Aces Hog's Breath Cafe Razorbacks Letran 1 12 Josan Nimes SF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Cafe France Bakers Mapúa 2nd round Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College 2 1#Almond Vosotros PG/SG Blackwater Elite Cebuana Lhuillier Gems La Salle 2 2#Bradwyn Guinto C Mahindra Enforcer Cebuana Lhuillier Gems SSC-R 2 3#Don Trollano SF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from NLEX) Note8 h h Cagayan Rising Suns Adamson 2 4 Aljon Mariano SF/PF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (from GlobalPort via Barako Bull) Note9 i i Tanduay Light Rhum Masters UST 2 5 Simon Enciso PG/SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Barako Bull and GlobalPort) Note10 j j Cebuana Lhuillier Gems Notre Dame de Namur 2 6 Marion Magat C Alaska Aces (from Ginebra) Note11 k k Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants NU 2 7 Kris Rosales PG Barako Bull Energy (from Star) Note12 l l Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants Hope International 2 8 Jaypee Mendoza SF Alaska Aces (from Talk 'N Text) Note13 m m Hapee Fresh Fighters San Beda 2 9 Michael Miranda C Barako Bull Energy (from San Miguel) Note14 n n Wang's Basketball Couriers San Sebastian 2 10 Abel Galliguez PG Alaska Aces Cagayan Rising Suns John Brown (Rain or Shine passed. Their first of two unused picks originally belonged to Meralco.Note15 o o) 3rd round Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College 3 1 Jason Melano PF/SF Blackwater Elite Cagayan Rising Suns St. Francis of Assisi 3 2 Leo de Vera SF/PF Mahindra Enforcer Tanduay Light Rhum Masters SSC-R 3 3 Jansen Rios SF NLEX Road Warriors LiverMarin Guardians Adamson 3 4 Roi Sumang PG GlobalPort Batang Pier Tanduay Light Rhum Masters UE 3 5 Yutien Andrada C Barako Bull Energy Café France Bakers La Salle 3 6 Dennice Villamor PF/SF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants NU 3 7 Joseph Sedurifa SG Meralco Bolts Café France Bakers CEU 3 8 Mark Cruz PG Star Hotshots Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants Letran 3 9 Michole Sorela PF/C Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Hapee Fresh Fighters San Beda 3 10 Michael Mabulac PF/C San Miguel Beermen Cagayan Rising Suns JRU 3 11 Nico Elorde PG Alaska Aces Hapee Fresh Fighters Ateneo 4th round Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College 4 1 Keith Agovida SF Blackwater Elite KeraMix Mixers Arellano 4 2 Michael DiGregorio SG Mahindra Enforcer KeraMix Mixers McKendree 4 3 Jerramy King SG/PG NLEX Road Warriors AMA Computer University Titans Cal State Long Beach 4 4 Ryan Wetherell SG/SF GlobalPort Batang Pier none Southern California 4 5 John Ray Alabanza PF/C Barako Bull Energy MJM M-Builders UE 4 6 Samboy de Leon SF Star Hotshots Cafe France Bakers CEU 4 7 Joshua Cubillo SG Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters AMA University Cal State Fullerton 4 8 Andretti Stevens PG San Miguel Beermen Erase XFoliant Erasers Mapúa 4 9 Robin Roño PG Alaska Aces Tanduay Light Rhum Masters NU (Ginebra and Meralco passed.) 5th round Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College 5 1 Jawhar Purdy SG/PG Blackwater Elite Wang's Basketball Couriers Cal State Stanislaus 5 2 Alexander Austria PG Mahindra Enforcer Cagayan Rising Suns San Francisco State 5 3 Alfred Batino C/PF NLEX Road Warriors Cafe France Bakers CEU 5 4 Bong Galanza SG GlobalPort Batang Pier Cafe France Bakers UE 5 5 Emilian Vargas SG Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters None St. Claire of Caloocan (Barako Bull, Star, San Miguel, Alaska passed.) 6th round Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College 6 1 Christian Palma SF/SG Blackwater Elite Cagayan Rising Suns Arellano 6 2 Roberto Hainga C/PF Mahindra Enforcer MP Hotel Warriors UST 6 3 Edgar Tanuan, Jr. SF NLEX Road Warriors None FEU (GlobalPort and Talk 'N Text passed.) 7th round Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College 7 1 Alvin Abundo PG Blackwater Elite Café France Bakers CEU 7 2 Michael Abad C/PF Mahindra Enforcer LiverMarin Guardians Mapúa 7 3 Arvin Vitug PG NLEX Road Warriors EA Regen Meds SSC-R 8th round Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College 8 1 Randy Dilay SG Blackwater Elite Tanduay Light Rhum Masters Dominican U (Mahindra and NLEX passed.) Trades involving draft picks Pre-draft trades Note1 a a On October 9, 2014, Talk 'N Text acquired a first round pick from Blackwater in a three-team trade with NLEX.Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014 Note2 b b On October 4, 2014, Rain or Shine acquired a 2015 first round pick from NLEX in exchange for the draft rights to Kevin Alas.Alas to NLex, Inquirer.net, October 4, 2014 Note3 c c On January 31, 2013, Meralco acquired a 2015 first round pick, Rey Guevarra, Vic Manuel, and Josh Vanlandingham from GlobalPort in exchange for Sol Mercado, Kelly Nabong, Jaypee Belencion, and Yousif Aljamal.PBA approves Sol Mercado to GlobalPort, Japeth Aguilar for Rabeh Al-Hussaini trades https://web.archive.org/web/20130202001848/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-approves-sol-mercado-to-globalport-japeth-aguilar-for-rabeh-al-hussaini-trades February 2, 2013 , Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 31, 2013 Note4 d d On March 31, 2015, Ginebra acquired a first round pick from Barako Bull in exchange for James Forrester and Dylan Ababou.Ginebra ships seldom-used Ababou, Forrester to Barako Bull as team set to make coaching change https://web.archive.org/web/20150401194443/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/ginebra-ships-seldom-used-ababou-forrester-to-barako-bull-as-team-set-to-make-coaching-change April 1, 2015 , interaksyon.com, March 31, 2015 Note5 e e On July 25, 2014, NLEX acquired a 2015 first round pick from Ginebra in exchange for Joseph Yeo.'Ninja' on the move:Joseph Yeo traded to Ginebra for a draft pick https://web.archive.org/web/20150713174205/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/ninja-on-the-move-joseph-yeo-traded-to-ginebra-for-draft-pick July 13, 2015 , interaksyon.com, July 25, 2014 Note6 f f On October 9, 2014, Blackwater acquired Larry Rodriguez and a first round pick from Talk 'N Text in a three-team trade with NLEX. Note7 g g On July 25, 2014, NLEX acquired a 2015 first round pick from San Miguel in exchange for a 2016 first round pick.NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, Inquirer.net, July 25, 2014 Note8 h h Note9 i i On February 3, 2015, Ginebra acquired a second round pick and Dorian Peña from Barako Bull in a three-team trade with San Miguel.PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015. Previously, the Energy acquired the pick and RR Garcia on June 24, 2014, from GlobalPort in exchange for Keith Jensen.Garcia to Barako Bull, GlobalPort gets Jensen Mark Giongco, Inquirer.net, June 24, 2014 Note10 j j On August 18, 2015, Rain or Shine acquired a second round pick and Jewel Ponferada from GlobalPort in exchange for Jervy Cruz.PBA approves GlobalPort trade for Jervy Cruz https://web.archive.org/web/20151011023003/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-approves-globalport-trade-for-jervy-cruz October 11, 2015 , interaksyon.com, August 18, 2015. Previously, the Batang Pier acquired the pick and Ronjay Buenafe on June 4, 2014, from Barako Bull in exchange for Nico Salva and Bonbon Custodio.GlobalPort continues trade spree, gets Ronjay Buenafe from Barako for Salva, Custodio https://web.archive.org/web/20150713173402/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/globalport-continues-trade-spree-gets-ronjay-buenafe-from-barako-for-salva-custodio July 13, 2015 , InterAksyon.com, June 4, 2014 Note11 k k On August 31, 2012, Alaska acquired JVee Casio and a 2015 second round pick from Ginebra in exchange for LA Tenorio in a five-team trade with Barako Bull, GlobalPort, and Petron (San Miguel).Alaska nabs Casio, Hontiveros, Ginebra gets Tenorio, GlobalPort gets Miller in monster 5-team deal https://web.archive.org/web/20150713174334/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/alaska-nabs-casio-hontiveros-ginebra-gets-tenorio-globalport-gets-miller-in-monster-5-team-deal July 13, 2015 , InterAKTV, August 31, 2012 Note12 l l On September 6, 2011, Barako Bull acquired a second round pick and Don Allado from Star (as B-Meg) in a three-team trade with Shopinas.com/Air21 (NLEX).3-way PBA deal; Barroca, Allado, Espiritu change places https://web.archive.org/web/20111102184512/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/3-way-pba-deal-barroca-allado-espiritu-change-places November 2, 2011 , Reynaldo Belen, InterAksyon.com, September 6, 2011 Note13 m m On November 3, 2013, Alaska acquired a 2015 second round pick from Talk 'N Text in exchange for the draft rights to John Paul Erram (see 2013 PBA draft). Note14 n n On December 10, 2014, San Miguel acquired Dennis Miranda and a 2015 second round pick from Barako Bull in exchange for Sol Mercado.Barako Bull in trading spree anew, sends Denok Miranda, 2015 pick to SMB for Sol Mercado https://web.archive.org/web/20150713173303/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/barako-bull-in-trading-spree-anew-sends-denok-miranda-2015-pick-to-smb-for-sol-mercado July 13, 2015 , InterAksyon.com, December 10, 2014 Note15 o o On August 19, 2012, Rain or Shine acquired a 2015 second round pick from Meralco in exchange for the draft rights to Kelly Nabong.Boosters grow stronger http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1773 August 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023030121/http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1773 October 23, 2012 Draft-day trades Note: No trades were allowed during the draft day as requested by incoming commissioner Chito Narvasa.No trades allowed during PBA draft, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 23, 2015 Undrafted players Name College PBA D-League team Eric Acuña St. Clare Alex Almario JRU Jumbo Plastic Junar Arce PCU Carlo Gatmaitan St. Claire Jonathan Grey* CSB Dale Hodges U of Canberra Jul-Ashri Ignacio NU Livermarin Eric Miraflores UE Wang's Mark Montuano Informatics Wang's Adrian Santos UE Tanduay Note: *Backed out due to not playing in the PBA D-League; eventually drafted in 2016 by Meralco. 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