2008 PBA draft

Player selection in Philippine basketball February 2023 February 2023 2008 PBA draft 2008-pba-rookie-draft.png 200px August 31, 2008 4:00 pm (PHT) Market! Market!in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig Solar TV Philippine Basketball Association Gabe Norwood, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2007 2009 The 2008 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Market! Market! in Taguig on August 31, 2008. The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (formerly known as the Welcoat Dragons) selected Gabe Norwood of the George Mason University as the number one draft pick. Players applied for the draft had undergone a two-day rookie camp. Round 1 PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center * Mythical team member # All-star Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College 1 Gabe Norwood* Rain or Shine Elasto Painters George Mason 2Jared Dillinger# Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Hawaii 3 Jayson Castro* Talk 'N Text Phone Pals(from San Miguel Beermen) PCU 4 Rob Reyes Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Flagler 5Sol Mercado# Alaska Aces Biola 6 Mark Borboran Air21 Express UE 7Beau Belga# Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants PCU 8 Bonbon Custodio San Miguel Beermen UE 9 Larry Rodriguez Red Bull Barako PMI 10 Kelvin Gregorio Sta. Lucia Realtors UE Round 2 Pick Player Country of origin* PBA team College 1 Pong Escobal Talk 'N Text Phone Pals San Beda 2 TY Tang Rain or Shine Elasto Painters De La Salle 3 Pocholo Villanueva Air 21 Express De La Salle 4 Chito Jaime Sta. Lucia Realtors AMA 5 Kelvin dela Peña Alaska Aces Mapúa 6 Jonathan Fernandez Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants NU 7 Jeff Chan* Red Bull Barako FEU 8 Mark Cuevas Red Bull Barako Los Angeles County 9 Christian Cabatu Sta. Lucia Realtors St. Benilde Undrafted players Player Country of origin* CollegeJuan Luis AbadSt. BenildeLawrence BonusSigned by Coca-Cola Tigers as a free agent for the 2008-09 PBA season Philippine CupUMPatrick CabahugAdamsonAndrew CatiganLangaraJan Anthony CochingSt. BenildeDennis ConchaRene CunananJRUKevin DulafuVanguardNestor DavidUP DilimanMichael DizonFlorida CollegeAnthony EspirituUSTJulian BermejoSan SebastianIsmael JuinioLetranNizar KiramSt. FrancisFerdie MelocotonEACFranklyn NailonUCRicky NatividadPSBALeimar NavarroPCUAngelus RaymundoSan Beda Alabang / UERyan RegaladoUMUnik Christian ReyesSt. BenildeEarn SaguindelUEEder SalduaFEUMark YeeSigned by the Burger King Whoppers as a free agent for the 2008-09 PBA season Fiesta CupSan Sebastian-CaviteEian YuUCLA Draft-day trades Jay Washington was traded to the San Miguel Beermen for the rights of Talk 'N Text's third overall pick. Off-season trades Joe Devance (Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) and 2 second-round picks was traded to Alaska Aces for Solomon Mercado & Eddie Laure Note *All aspirants are Filipinos until proven otherwise. External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ August 9, 2017 Category:Philippine Basketball Association draft Draft