2024–25 Converge FiberXers season

The 2024–25 Converge FiberXers season is the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2024–25 Converge FiberXers season
Head coach	Franco Atienza (interim)
General Manager	Jacob Lao Dennis Pineda (assistant)
Owner(s)	Converge ICT Solutions, Inc.
Governors' Cup results
Record	6–4 (60%)
Place	3rd in group A
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel, 2–3)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–4 (66.7%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Rain or Shine, 1–2)
Philippine Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Converge FiberXers seasons
← 2023–24

Key dates

• July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.^[1]

Draft picks

Main article: PBA season 49 draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
1	1	Justine Baltazar	C/F	Philippines	De La Salle
2	19	Paolo Javillonar	C/F	Philippines	Letran
2	21	Ben Phillips	F	USA	De La Salle
2	24	Jason Credo	F	Philippines	Ateneo
3	25	Ronan Santos	C/F	Philippines	Arellano

Roster

Converge FiberXers roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 0 Fornilos, Inand (IN) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Ateneo F 1 Vigan-Fleming, Kamron (IN) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1998–12–23 Bethesda G 3 Heading, Jordan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1996–01–30 Cal Baptist F/C 4 Maagdenberg, Patrick  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1997–04–25 Ateneo F 7 Nieto, Mike (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1997–05–31 Ateneo G/F 8 Winston, Schonny 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998–07–22 De La Salle F/C 9 Javillonar, Paolo (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Letran G 11 Garcia, MJ (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SPCF G 12 Stockton, Alec 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998–06–24 Far Eastern C 15 Arana, Justin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1999–03–21 Arellano F 16 Racal, Kevin (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–05–16 Letran F/C 18 Ambohot, Jeo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1996–11–18 Letran F/C 19 Baltazar, Justine (R) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1997–02–19 De La Salle G 23 delos Santos, JL 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 176 lb (80 kg) José Rizal F 26 Santos, Bryan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1997–05–26 UST F 27 Caralipio, King 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 176 lb (80 kg) Letran G/F – Suerte, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1994–10–04 UE	Head coach Franco Atienza (interim) Assistant coach(es) Danny Ildefonso (1st assistant) Manny Dandan Chico Manabat Willie Miller Karl Santos Rajko Toroman (active consultant) Team manager Jacob Lao Dennis Pineda (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Group A Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT Tropang Giga	8	2	.800	—	Quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	7	3	.700	1
3	Converge FiberXers	6	4	.600	2
4	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	5	5	.500	3
5	NorthPort Batang Pier	3	7	.300	5
6	Terrafirma Dyip	1	9	.100	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); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[2]

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 6–4
August: 2–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 August 21 Terrafirma W 127–95 Scotty Hopson (46) Scotty Hopson (8) JL delos Santos (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 August 23 Magnolia L 93–105 Scotty Hopson (26) Scotty Hopson (8) Hopson, Stockton (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1 3 August 27 TNT W 96–95 Scotty Hopson (32) Hopson, Stockton (10) Arana, Hopson (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 August 29 NorthPort L 109–135 Scotty Hopson (24) Scotty Hopson (10) Scotty Hopson (7) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 2–2
September: 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 September 4 Meralco L 88–116 Scotty Hopson (33) Bryan Santos (8) Hopson, Santos (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–3 6 September 8 TNT L 91–98 Justin Arana (16) Schonny Winston (13) Scotty Hopson (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 2–4 7 September 11 NorthPort W 107–99 Alec Stockton (21) Scotty Hopson (14) Scotty Hopson (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–4 8 September 14 Terrafirma W 100–99 Schonny Winston (19) Scotty Hopson (9) JL delos Santos (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 4–4 9 September 18 Meralco W 105–97 Jalen Jones (32) Alec Stockton (11) Alec Stockton (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 5–4 10 September 23 Magnolia W 89–82 Jalen Jones (27) Arana, Jones (12) Jalen Jones (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 6–4

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

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Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 2–3
Quarterfinals: 2–3 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 26 San Miguel L 95–102 Jalen Jones (22) Jalen Jones (12) Jalen Jones (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–1 2 September 28 San Miguel L 100–107 Jalen Jones (36) Jalen Jones (12) Alex Cabagnot (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–2 3 September 30 San Miguel W 114–112 Justin Arana (23) Jalen Jones (14) Alec Stockton (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–2 4 October 4 San Miguel W 114–100 Schonny Winston (26) Justin Arana (8) Alec Stockton (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 2–2 5 October 6 San Miguel L 105–109 Jalen Jones (29) Jalen Jones (17) Schonny Winston (10) Ynares Center 2–3

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
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]
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Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.04, Converge 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 0.94
2. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.08, Rain or Shine 1.04, Eastern 0.88
3. Eighth seed playoff: Magnolia 112–81 NLEX
4. Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 8–4
November: 1–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 27, 2024 Terrafirma W 116–87 Cheick Diallo (25) Cheick Diallo (16) Heading, Winston (6) PhilSports Arena 1–0 2 November 29, 2024 Eastern L 106–117 Cheick Diallo (43) Cheick Diallo (9) Alec Stockton (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–1
December: 5–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 December 1, 2024 Magnolia W 93–91 Justin Arana (24) Cheick Diallo (16) Alec Stockton (10) Ynares Center 2–1 4 December 12, 2024 NorthPort L 101–108 Jordan Heading (30) Cheick Diallo (9) Jordan Heading (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 2–2 5 December 17, 2024 NLEX W 102–91 Cheick Diallo (37) Cheick Diallo (18) Jordan Heading (11) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–2 6 December 19, 2024 Phoenix W 116–105 Diallo, Heading (21) Cheick Diallo (16) Jordan Heading (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 4–2 7 December 21, 2024 Barangay Ginebra W 98–91 Alec Stockton (22) Cheick Diallo (18) Alec Stockton (8) Batangas City Sports Center 5–2 8 December 25, 2024 Meralco W 110–94 Jordan Heading (30) Cheick Diallo (19) Jordan Heading (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 12,198 6–2
January: 2–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 9 January 11, 2025 TNT L 96–98 Cheick Diallo (37) Cheick Diallo (15) Alec Stockton (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 6–3 10 January 14, 2025 Rain or Shine W 103–96 Alec Stockton (21) Cheick Diallo (13) Alec Stockton (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 7–3 11 January 19, 2025 Blackwater W 127–109 Jordan Heading (22) Cheick Diallo (18) Alec Stockton (7) Ynares Center 8–3 12 January 24, 2025 San Miguel L 113–116 Cheick Diallo (28) Justine Baltazar (12) Alec Stockton (10) Ynares Center 8–4

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	NorthPort	113
	8	Magnolia	110
						1	NorthPort	0
	(best-of-3)
						4	Barangay Ginebra	3
	4	Barangay Ginebra	2
	5	Meralco	1
	(#2 twice-to-beat)
	2	TNT	109
	7	Eastern	93
						2	TNT	2
	(best-of-3)
						6	Rain or Shine	1
	3	Converge	1
	6	Rain or Shine	2

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2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 1–2
Quarterfinals: 1–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 February 5, 2025 Rain or Shine W 130–118 Cheick Diallo (35) Cheick Diallo (17) Alec Stockton (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 February 7, 2025 Rain or Shine L 104–114 Jordan Heading (29) Cheick Diallo (15) Heading, Winston (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–1 3 February 9, 2025 Rain or Shine L 103–112 Alec Stockton (26) Cheick Diallo (13) Alec Stockton (6) Ynares Center 1–2

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team	Ref.
Alex Cabagnot	August 5, 2024	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Taiwan Mustangs (The Asian Tournament)	[4]
Jordan Heading	November 18, 2024	₱200,000 per month	2 years	West Adelaide Bearcats (NBL1 Central)	[5]
MJ Garcia	January 18, 2025	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Pampanga Giant Lanterns (MPBL)	[6]

Subtractions

Player	Number	Position	Reason	New team	Ref.
Alex Cabagnot	5	Point guard	Retiring		[7]

Trades

Mid-season

November
November 12, 2024[8]	To Converge Jordan Heading	To Terrafirma Aljun Melecio Keith Zaldivar 2025 Converge first-round pick
February
February 18, 2025[9]	To Converge Rey Suerte	To Blackwater BJ Andrade

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record	Ref.
Governors' Cup	Scotty Hopson	August 21, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma)	September 14, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma)	4–4	[10]
	Jalen Jones	September 18, 2024 (vs. Meralco)	October 6, 2024 (vs. San Miguel)	4–3	[11]
Commissioner's Cup	Cheick Diallo	November 27, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma)	February 9, 2025 (vs. Rain or Shine)	9–6	[12]