2013 PBA draft

The 2013 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Rookie Draft was an event, which allows teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila on November 3, 2013.

2013 PBA draft
General information
Date(s)	November 3, 2013
Time	4:00 pm (PHT)
Location	Robinson's Midtown Manila
Network(s)	Sports5
Overview
League	Philippine Basketball Association
First selection	Greg Slaughter, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
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Draft lottery

The lottery determined the team that will obtain the first pick on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their cumulative final rankings in the previous season with heavier weight from the results of the Philippine Cup.

Draft order	Team	Final ranking			Total
		PC	CC	GC
Lottery	GlobalPort Batang Pier	10th	10th	6th	8.8
Lottery	Air21 Express	8th	8th	10th	8.6
3rd	Barako Bull Energy Cola	9th	9th	5th	7.8
4th	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6th	2nd	8th	5.4
5th	Petron Blaze Boosters	7th	6th	2nd	5.2
6th	Meralco Bolts	5th	7th	3rd	5.0
7th	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	1st	4th	9th	4.3
8th	Alaska Aces	4th	1st	7th	4.0
9th	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	2nd	5th	4th	3.5
10th	San Mig Coffee Mixers	3rd	3rd	1st	2.1

Lottery teams—green: 67% chance; blue: 33% chance

The lottery was held on October 11, 2013, during the halftime of the Game 1 of the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup Finals at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. The Air21 Express won the rights to the first overall selection against the GlobalPort Batang Pier. Due to a previous transaction, the draft rights of Air21 belonged to the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. GlobalPort's drafting rights were also previously traded to San Mig Coffee Mixers.^[1]

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	*Greg Slaughter	C	United States	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (from Air21)[a]	NLEX Road Warriors	Ateneo
1	2	*Ian Sangalang	PF/C	Philippines	San Mig Coffee Mixers (from Barako Bull via GlobalPort)[b]	NLEX Road Warriors	San Sebastian
1	3	#Raymond Almazan	PF/C	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Barako Bull) [c]	Cagayan Rising Suns	Letran
1	4	James Forrester	SG	Canada	Barako Bull Energy Cola (from Ginebra,[d] traded to Ginebra[A])	Cagayan Rising Suns	Arellano
1	5	*Terrence Romeo	PG	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy Cola (from Petron Blaze,[e] traded to GlobalPort[B])	Big Chill Super Chargers	FEU
1	6	#RR Garcia	PG	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy Cola (from Meralco,[f] traded to GlobalPort[C])	NLEX Road Warriors	FEU
1	7	Isaac Holstein	C	United States	GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Talk 'N Text via Barako Bull and Ginebra) [g]	Blackwater Sports	West Virginia State
1	8	Ryan Buenafe	SG	Philippines	Alaska Aces	Big Chill Super Chargers	Ateneo
1	9	Alex Nuyles	SG	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	EA Regen Meds	Adamson
1	10	Justin Chua	C	Philippines	San Mig Coffee Mixers	Blackwater Sports	Ateneo

2nd round

Note: Air 21 and Alaska switched places in the 5th and 6th picks prior to an earlier trade agreement.^[2]

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
2	1	Nico Salva	SF	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	NLEX Road Warriors	Ateneo
2	2	Jeric Teng	SG	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Air21) [h]	Informatics Icons	UST
2	3	Justin Melton	PG	United States	San Mig Coffee Mixers (from Barako Bull) [i]	None	Mount Olive
2	4	Jeric Fortuna	PG	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy Cola (from Ginebra) [j]	Blackwater Sports	UST
2	5	*John Paul Erram	C	Philippines	Talk 'N Text	None	Ateneo
2	6	Eric Camson	SF	Philippines	Air21 Express (from Petron Blaze[l])	NLEX Road Warriors	Adamson
2	7	Robby Celiz	SF	Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	Blackwater Sports	NU
2	8	Chris Exciminiano	SG	Philippines	Alaska Aces	Cagayan Rising Suns	FEU
2	9	Gayford Rodriguez	SG	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	None	UV
2	10	# Carlo Lastimosa	PG	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy Cola (from San Mig Coffee) [m]	Fruitas Shakers	Saint Benilde

3rd round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
3	1	Joshua Webb	SG/SF	Philippines	Air21 Express	Cagayan Rising Suns	De La Salle
3	2	Jopher Custodio	SG	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	MLQU
3	3	Darwin Cordero	PG	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy Cola	None	Southern City
3	4	#LA Revilla	PG	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (traded to GlobalPort)[D]	Big Chill Super Chargers	De La Salle
3	5	Sam Marata	SG	Philippines	Petron Blaze Boosters	Blackwater Sports	UP Diliman
3	6	Anjo Caram	PG	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	Fruitas Shakers	San Beda
3	7	Eliud Poligrates	SG	Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	Café France Bakers	SWU
3	8	Raymond Ilagan	SF	Philippines	Alaska Aces	RnW Pacific Pipes Steelmasters	St. Francis
3	9	Ervic Vijandre	SG	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Wang's Couriers	De La Salle
3	10	JR Cawaling	SF	Philippines	San Mig Coffee Mixers	None	FEU

4th round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
4	1	Angelo Ingco	PG	Philippines	Air21 Express	None	San Beda
4	2	Jett Vidal	SG	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy Cola	Zambales M-Builders	UPHSD
4	3	John Usita	C	United States	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	None	Shoreline Community
4	4	Nate Matute	SG	United States	Petron Blaze Boosters	Erase XFoliant Erasers	JRU
4	5	Mike Parala	PF	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	Café France Bakers	Mapua
4	6	Chris Sumalinog	SG	Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	NLEX Road Warriors	Ateneo

Note: GlobalPort (1st pick), Alaska (8th), Rain or Shine (9th) and San Mig Coffee (10th) passed on this round

5th round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
5	1	Randolph Chua	PG	Philippines	Air21 Express	None	Saint Benilde
5	2	Mike Silungan	SG	United States	Barako Bull Energy Cola	Café France Bakers	UP Diliman
5	3	Alvin Padilla	SG	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Cebuana Lhuillier Gems	UP Diliman
5	4	Mark Lopez	PG	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	Café France Bakers	UP Diliman
5	5	Byron Villarias	PG	Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	Air21-JRU Heavy Bombers	JRU

Note: Petron Blaze (5th pick) passed on this round

6th round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
6	1	Jens Knuttel	PG	Germany	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Café France Bakers	FEU
6	2	Ron Guevarra	PG	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	None	St. Francis

Note: Air21 (2nd pick), Barako Bull (3rd), and Talk 'N Text (7th) passed on this round

7th round

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	Team	PBA D-League team	College
7	1	Mark Bringas	PF	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	Cagayan Rising Suns	FEU

Note: Barangay Ginebra (4th pick) passed on this round; Meralco passed its supposed 6th pick in the 8th round to end the draft.

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

• ^a On August 12, 2012, in a three-team trade, Barangay Ginebra acquired a 2013 first round pick and Elmer Espiritu from Air21, the Express acquired Nonoy Baclao and Rob Reyes from Petron and KG Canaleta and John Wilson from Ginebra, and the Blaze Boosters acquired Magi Sison, Paolo Hubalde and a 2014 second round pick from the Express.^[3][4]
• ^b On September 21, 2012, San Mig Coffee Mixers acquired a 2013 first round pick and Wesley Gonzales from Barako Bull in exchange for Josh Urbiztondo.^[5] Previously, the Energy Cola (as Air21) acquired the pick and a 2012 second round pick on January 31, 2011, from Powerade in exchange for J.R. Quiñahan.^[6] Powerade's franchise was sold to GlobalPort before the 2012-13 season.
• ^c On January 20, 2011, in a three-team trade, Rain or Shine acquired a first round pick, a 2011 first round pick, Ronjay Buenafe and Ronnie Matias from Barako Bull (as Air21) and Beau Belga from Meralco, the Express acquired Reed Juntilla, and 2011 and 2013 second round picks from the Bolts, and the Bolts acquired Sol Mercado and Paolo Bugia from the Elasto Painters and Erick Rodriguez from the Express.^[7]
• ^d On November 16, 2011, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull acquired Jimbo Aquino and a 2013 first round pick from Barangay Ginebra, Ginebra acquired Rico Maierhofer from San Mig Coffee (as B-Meg) and Allein Maliksi from the Energy, and the Llamados acquired Yancy de Ocampo and a 2012 second round pick from Ginebra via the Energy.^[8]
• ^e
• ^f
• ^g On June 11, 2013, in a three-team trade, GlobalPort acquired a first round pick and Yousef Taha from Barangay Ginebra in exchange for Japeth Aguilar. Previously, Ginebra acquired the pick from Barako Bull on the same day in exchange for Elmer Espiritu.^[9] Previously, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull (as Burger King) acquired 2012 and 2013 first round pick from Talk 'N Text, and 2010 and 2012 first round picks on October 12, 2009, from Barako Energy Coffee via the Tropang Texters; the Coffee Masters acquired Orlando Daroya from the Tropang Texters; and the Tropang Texters acquired Japeth Aguilar from the Whoppers.^[10][11] The Coffee Masters franchise was later sold, first to become the Shopinas.com Clickers/Air21 Express. It was sold again to become the NLEX Road Warriors.
• ^k On October 4, 2011, Alaska acquired a 2013 second round pick from Meralco in exchange for Mark Borboran.^[12]

Draft-day trades

• ^A The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel re-acquired the draft rights to 4th pick James Forrester from Barako Bull in exchange for Rico Maierhofer and Willy Wilson.^[13]
• ^B The GlobalPort Batang Pier acquired the draft rights to 5th pick Terrence Romeo from Barako Bull. Previously, Petron acquired the pick from the Energy in exchange for Magi Sison and Mark Isip, then the Blaze Boosters acquired Yousef Taha from GlobalPort in exchange for the pick.^[14]
• ^C The GlobalPort Batang Pier acquired the draft rights to 6th pick RR Garcia from Barako Bull in exchange for Dennis Miranda.^[15]
• ^D The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters acquired the draft rights to 15th pick John Paul Erram from Alaska in exchange for a 2015 second round pick.
• ^E The GlobalPort Batang Pier acquired the draft rights to 34th pick LA Revilla, and 2016 and 2017 second round picks from Barangay Ginebra in exchange for a 2014 first round pick.

Undrafted players

Name	Country of birth	College	Notes
Jeckster Apinan	Philippines	JRU
Janno Baronda	Philippines	UPH-GMA
Mark Joseph Berry	Philippines	NU
Jeffrey Bongat	Philippines	UPH-Cavite
Ildefonso Bulangis	Philippines	JRU
Michael Calomot	Philippines	PCU
Jumel Chien	Philippines	Mapua
Jessie James Collado	Philippines	Lyceum
Japs Cuan	Philippines	UST
Ryeon de los Trinos	Philippines	UM
Francis de la Serna	Philippines	Miami (Ohio)/USC
Franz Delgado	Philippines	San Sebastian
Ezekiel Eric Echane	Philippines	JRU
Jaymo Eguilos	Philippines	FEU
John Michael Ferrer	Philippines	San Beda-Alabang
Jerryvi Santos Glorioso	Philippines	RTU/CEU
John Moises Gonzales	Philippines	FEU
Ronoel Guevarra, Jr.	Philippines	St. Francis
Janhell Justin Ignacio	Philippines	Trinity
Raymund Ilagan	Philippines	St. Francis
Ralph John Lansang	Philippines	PCU
John Lopez	Philippines	JRU
Reigner Macasaet	Philippines	UM
Raymond Maconocido	Philippines	San Sebastian
Regilito Malinao	Philippines	UM
Marlon Monte	Philippines	PUP
Anjelo Montecastro	Philippines	UP Diliman
Lend Mark Montilla	Philippines	Universal College
Dave Najorda	Philippines	San Sebastian
Mark Joseph Pangilinan	Philippines	St. Clare
Paul Jordan Payoyo	Philippines	Trinity
Rodel Ranises	Philippines	Mapua
Larry Rivera	Philippines	Trinity
Kliff Richard Romera	Philippines	PUP
Paul Sanga	Philippines	FEU
Justine Sanguyo	Philippines	UM/Letran
Lucas Tagarda	Philippines	UE
Carlos Fenequito	Philippines	UST
Joseph Terso	Philippines	NU
Vince Tinte	Philippines	UST
Jeff Viernes	Philippines	St. Clare
Jess Mar Villahermosa	Philippines	San Beda
Raffy Ynion	Philippines	UPHSD

References

1. Ginebra to pick first overall in 2013 PBA draft; San Mig Coffee to select second Archived October 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, October 11, 2013
2. Legitimate bigs, UAAP stars, former Gilas cadets comprise richest PBA Draft in years, Solar Sports Desk, October 20, 2013
3. PBA approves seven-player deal among Air 21, Ginebra, Petron Archived August 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, August 23, 2012
4. PBA: Air21 loads up via three-team trade with Petron, Ginebra, GMA News Online, August 23, 2012
5. San Mig Coffee sends Urbiztondo to Barako Bull for first round pick Archived September 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 21, 2012
6. PBA trade: Quiñahan in exchange for 2 future picks approved, by Rey Joble, GMANews.tv, January 31, 2011
7. PBA Blockbuster: Sol to Meralco, Jay-R to Air21, Ronjay to Rain or Shine, Rey Joble, GMANews.tv, January 20, 2011.
8. Maierhofer, Maliksi, De Ocampo, Aquino change places in revised deal Archived November 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, November 16, 2011
9. GlobalPort deals Japeth Aguilar to Ginebra, acquires Jay Washington from Petron, Carlo Pamintuan, GMA News Online, June 11, 2013
10. Aguilar back with RP Gilas, to play against Whopper Friday, GMANews.tv, October 13, 2009
11. Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson (May 14, 2011). "Petron Blaze, Air21 eye Fajardo, crack Fil-Ams". Philstar.com. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
12. PBA approves Borboran trade; tug-of-war between Meralco, Petron Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Reynaldo Belen, interAKTV, October 4, 2011
13. Ginebra trades for Barako Bull’s fourth pick, takes James Forrester Archived October 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, November 3, 2013
14. GlobalPort ends up with Barako Bull’s fifth pick, selects Terrence Romeo Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, November 3, 2013
15. GlobalPort trades for Barako Bull’s sixth pick, selects RR Garcia Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, November 3, 2013

External links

• PBA.ph