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!.
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.
Draft order Team Final ranking TotalPHI COM GOV 1st Terrafirma Dyip 12th 12th 11th11.7 2nd Blackwater Bossing 8th 11th 12th10.1 3rd Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9th 7th 10th8.7 4th Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 11th 6th 8th8.6 5th NorthPort Batang Pier 10th 5th 9th8.2 6th NLEX Road Warriors 6th 8th 6th6.6 7th Converge FiberXers 7th 4th 7th6.1 8th Meralco Bolts 4th 9th 4th5.5 9th TNT Tropang Giga 2nd 10th 1st4.1 10th Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 3rd 2nd 5th3.3 11th Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5th 1st 2nd2.9 12th San Miguel Beermen 1st 3rd 3rd2.2
Draft selections PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center * Mythical Team Member # All-Star
1st round Player Country of birth Team 1Stephen Holt# SG/SF Terrafirma Dyip Saint Mary's / CSM Oradea 2 Christian David PF/SF Blackwater Bossing Butler 3 Luis Villegas C Rain or Shine Elasto Painters UE 4 Keith Datu C Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Chico State 5 Zavier Lucero PF NorthPort Batang Pier UP Diliman 6 Kenneth Tuffin SF/SG Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters FEU / Wellington Saints 7 Richie Rodger SG/SF NLEX Road Warriors UE 8Brandon Bates# C Meralco Bolts De La Salle 9 Schonny Winston SG/SF Converge FiberXers De La Salle 10 BJ Andrade SG/SF Converge FiberXers Ateneo 11 Cade Flores PF/C NorthPort Batang Pier Arellano 12 Taylor Miller SG Terrafirma Dyip Westminster (UT)
2nd round Player Country of birth Team 13 Kemark Cariño C/PF Terrafirma Dyip San Beda / Muntinlupa Cagers 14 Bryan Santos PF Converge FiberXers UST 15 Henry Galinato C/PF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters UP Diliman 16 Raffy Verano SF/PF Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Ateneo / Quezon Huskers 17 Ricci Rivero# SG Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters UP Diliman 18 Enoch Valdez SF/SG NLEX Road Warriors Lyceum 19 JL delos Santos PG Converge FiberXers JRU / Muntinlupa Cagers 20 James Kwekuteye SG Blackwater Bossing San Beda / Bacoor City Strikers 21 Jhan Nermal SF NLEX Road Warriors West Negros / Bacoor City Strikers 22 Louie Sangalang PF/C Terrafirma Dyip Letran / Pampanga G Lanterns 23 Ralph Cu PF/SF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel De La Salle 24Adrian Nocum# SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Mapúa / San Juan Knights
3rd round Player Country of birth Team 25 JB Bahio PF/C Terrafirma Dyip San Beda / Pampanga Giant Lanterns 26 Clifford Jopia C Blackwater Bossing San Beda 27 Sherwin Concepcion SF Rain or Shine Elasto Painters UST / Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards 28 Matthew Daves PF/C Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Ateneo 29 Brent Paraiso SG NorthPort Batang Pier Letran 30 Dominick Fajardo SF/PF NLEX Road Warriors Bulacan State 31 Inand Fornilos SF/PF Converge FiberXers Ateneo / Marikina Shoemasters 32 Jolo Mendoza SG Meralco Bolts Ateneo / Rizal Golden Coolers 33 Patrick Maagdenberg C/PF Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Ateneo 34 Kim Aurin SG/SF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Perpetual 35 Troy Mallillin PF/SF San Miguel Beermen Ateneo / Rizal Golden Coolers TNT passed during the round.
4th round Player Country of birth Team 36 Tommy Olivario PG Terrafirma Dyip Letran 37 Archie Concepcion SF/SG Blackwater Bossing Arellano / Pampanga G Lanterns 38 JC Cullar PG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Benilde 39 John Lloyd Clemente PG Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters NU / Pampanga G Lanterns 40 Fran Yu PG NorthPort Batang Pier Letran / San Juan Knights 41 Francis Giussani SG/SF NLEX Road Warriors Enderun 42 King Caralipio SF Converge FiberXers Letran / Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines 43 Zach Huang PF Meralco Bolts UST / San Juan Knights 44 Rey Anthony Peralta SG Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Perpetual 45 Franz Abuda SF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel San Beda 46 Jayson Apolonio SF San Miguel Beermen Letran / Pampanga G Lanterns
5th round Player Country of birth Team 47 Damie Cuntapay C Terrafirma Dyip San Beda 48 Dariel Bayla SF/PF Blackwater Bossing Arellano 49 Larry Arpia PG/SG Rain or Shine Elasto Painters San Sebastian 50 Daniel Atienza PG Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Centro Escolar 51 John Amores SG NorthPort Batang Pier JRU / Muntinlupa Cagers 52 Lorenzo Navarro PG NLEX Road Warriors Lyceum / Iloilo United Royals 53 Rhinwil Yambing SF Converge FiberXers San Sebastian / San Juan Knights 54 Jessie Sumoda C Meralco Bolts San Sebastian / Sarangani Marlins 55 Warren Bonifacio PF Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Mapúa 56 Brandrey Bienes C/PF Barangay Ginebra San Miguel FEU 57 Ichie Altamirano PG San Miguel Beermen San Sebastian / Negros Muscovados
6th round Player Country of birth Team 58 Kenneth Villapando SF Terrafirma Dyip San Sebastian 59 Joe Gómez de Liaño SG Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters UP Diliman / Marikina Shoemasters 60 Jan Sobrevega PG/SG NorthPort Batang Pier UE 61 Kamron Vigan-Fleming SF Converge FiberXers Bethesda 62 Shean Jackson SG Meralco Bolts Cheyenne HS 63 Christian Buñag C Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Mapúa / San Juan Knights 64 John Gob C/PF San Miguel Beermen UP Diliman / Rizal Golden Coolers Blackwater, Rain or Shine, NLEX, and Barangay Ginebra passed during the round.
7th round Player Country of birth Team 65 Jeric Pido PG Terrafirma Dyip Mapúa / Rizal Golden Coolers 66 Theo Flores SG/SF Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters NU 67 Ian Herrera C NorthPort Batang Pier UST 68 Raymond Binuya PG Converge FiberXers San Sebastian / Pampanga G Lanterns 69 Jayvee dela Cruz PG/SG San Miguel Beermen UC Meralco and Magnolia passed during the round.
8th round Player Country of birth Team 70 Enrique Caunan PF Terrafirma Dyip UST 71 Johnnel Bauzon C/PF NorthPort Batang Pier Diliman College 72 MJ Garcia PG/SG Converge FiberXers System Plus / Pampanga Giant Lanterns 73 Jamel Ramos PG San Miguel Beermen Reed HS Phoenix Super LPG passed during the round.
9th round Player Country of birth Team 74 Jomari Lacastesantos PG/SG NorthPort Batang Pier Lyceum 75 Andre Flores SF/PF Converge FiberXers Ateneo 76 Kyt Jimenez PG/SG San Miguel Beermen Perpetual / GenSan Warriors Terrafirma passed during the round.
10th round Player Country of birth Team 77 Nikko Paranada PG NorthPort Batang Pier UE 78 Jonathan del Rosario PG/SG Converge FiberXers Amando Cope College San Miguel passed during the round.
11th round Player Country of birth Team 79 Regie Boy Basibas SF NorthPort Batang Pier UST / Bacolod City of Smiles 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.
Combine
The PBA draft combine for this edition of the draft was held from September 12 to 13 at the Gatorade Hoops Center in Mandaluyong, with a record-breaking 128 applicants expected to attend. Archie Concepcion was named the draft combine MVP as his team won the mini-tournament, and he, Adrian Nocum, Ralph Cu, Jayson Apolonio, and Warren Bonifacio were named to the Mythical Five.
Eligibility and entrants Applications for the draft began on July 22 and ended on September 11. The final tally was brought down to 124 as several players either failed to attend both days of the draft combine or withdrew their application.
The eligibility rules for the PBA draft were revised and adopted starting from Season 48. Among the changes were:
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. Notable entrants Domestic league players In this section, only entrants who have played for a UAAP, NCAA, CESAFI, UCAL, NCRAA, NAASCU or U.S. NCAA school are included. Additionally, all listed entrants have played in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League prior to the draft unless specified.
Franz Abuda – F, San Beda / Rizal Golden Coolers Ichie Altamirano – G, San Sebastian / Negros Muscovados John Amores – G, JRU / Muntinlupa Cagers Jayson Apolonio – F, Letran / Pampanga Giant Lanterns Michael Are – G, San Sebastian / Rizal Golden Coolers Larry Arpia – G, San Sebastian / Makati × MNL Kingpin JB Bahio – F/C, San Beda / Pampanga Giant Lanterns Regie Boy Basibas – F, UST / Bacolod City of Smiles Brandrey Bienes – C/F, FEU / Pasay Voyagers Raymond Binuya – G, San Sebastian / Pampanga Giant Lanterns Christian Buñag – C, Mapúa / San Juan Knights Rommel Calahat – F, San Sebastian / Sarangani Marlins King Caralipio – G, Letran / Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines Kemark Cariño – C/F, San Beda / Muntinlupa Cagers Enrique Caunan – F, UST / Sarangani Marlins John Lloyd Clemente – G, NU / Pampanga Giant Lanterns Archie Concepcion – F, Arellano / Pampanga Giant Lanterns Sherwin Concepcion – F, UST / Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards Ammar Cosari – F/C, San Sebastian / Sarangani Marlins Ryan Costelo – G, San Sebastian / Pasig City MCW Sports JC Cullar – G, Benilde / Makati OKBet Kings Matthew Daves – F, Ateneo / Makati OKBet Kings JL delos Santos – G, JRU / Muntinlupa Cagers Andre Flores – F, Ateneo / Quezon City Gaz N Go Theo Flores – G/F, NU / Iloilo United Royals Inand Fornilos – F, Ateneo / Marikina Shoemasters Rodney Fuentes – F, EAC / Rizal Golden Coolers Fletcher Galvez – F, USJ–R / Cagayan de Oro Higalas John Gob – C/F, UP / Rizal Golden Coolers Joe Gómez de Liaño – G, UP / Marikina Shoemasters Joshua Gonzales – De La Salle / Batangas City Embassy Chill Zach Huang – F, UST / San Juan Knights Shaquille Imperial – G, SWU-PHINMA / Iloilo United Royals Kyt Jimenez – G, Perpetual / GenSan Warriors James Kwekuteye – G, San Beda / Bacoor City Strikers Jomari Lacastesantos – G, Lyceum / Rizal Golden Coolers Omar Larupay – F, Lyceum / Iloilo United Royals Onzo Lorenzana – F, UE / Makati OKBet Kings Michael Macion – F, Adamson / Valenzuela XUR Homes Realty Inc. John Mahari – G/F, Diliman College / Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines Troy Mallillin – F, Ateneo / Rizal Golden Coolers Jaybie Mantilla – G, UP / Cebu Sharks Alwin Margallo – G, Adamson / CamSur Express Lean Martel – F/C, Perpetual / Parañaque Patriots Jolo Mendoza – G, Ateneo / Rizal Golden Coolers Shane Menina – G, Arellano / Pasig City MCW Sports Egie Boy Mojica – F, Adamson / San Juan Kings Lorenzo Navarro – G, Lyceum / Iloilo United Royals Adrian Nocum – G, Mapúa / San Juan Knights Irven Palencia – G, St. Clare / Caloocan Batang Kankaloo Mico Pallares – G, Lyceum / Laguna Heroes