2024–25 Phoenix Fuel Masters season

The 2024–25 Phoenix Fuel Masters season is the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2024–25 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
Head coach	Jamike Jarin
General Manager	Paolo Bugia Sheila Briones (assistant)
Owner(s)	Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
Governors' Cup results
Record	1–9 (10%)
Place	6th in Group B
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Philippine Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Phoenix Fuel Masters 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	4	Kai Ballungay	C/F	USA	Ateneo
3	28	CJ Payawal	F	USA	UE
4	38	Chino Mosqueda	G	Philippines	NU
5	45	Patrick Feliciano	G	Philippines	Diliman

Roster

Phoenix Fuel Masters roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From C 1 Muyang, Larry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995–06–04 Letran F 2 Manganti, Sean 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 1994–04–18 Adamson F 3 Perkins, Jason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1992–09–20 De La Salle C 4 Soyud, Raul 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1991–01–14 Philippines F 5 Ular, Ato 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1995–05–04 Letran G 8 Garcia, RR 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990–01–12 Far Eastern G 9 Alejandro, Jjay 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1995–04–13 National-U F/C 10 Ballungay, Kai (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001–11–16 Ateneo F/C 12 Daves, Matthew 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Ateneo G 13 Jazul, RJ (C) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–11 Letran F 15 Camacho, Simon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Adamson C 17 Smith, Donovan (CI) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1993–11–19 Quinnipiac G 18 Salado, Kent 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 1994–11–10 Arellano G 19 Tio, Tyler 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998–04–05 Ateneo F 20 Tuffin, Kenneth 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1997–05–05 Far Eastern F 22 Verano, Raffy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Ateneo G 25 Rivero, Ricci 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 146 lb (66 kg) 1998–05–25 Philippines	Head coach Jamike Jarin Assistant coach(es) Jon Jacinto (1st assistant) Christien dela Cruz Paolo Dizon Ian Anthony Sangco Willy Wilson Team manager Paolo Bugia Sheila Briones (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 B Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	3	.700	—	Quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	6	4	.600[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	4	.600[a]	1
4	NLEX Road Warriors	5	5	.500[b]	2
5	Blackwater Bossing	5	5	.500[b]	2
6	Phoenix Fuel Masters	1	9	.100	6

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]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Barangay Ginebra (San Miguel 1.23, Barangay Ginebra 0.82)
2. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–1 Blackwater (NLEX 1.03, Blackwater 0.97)

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 1–9
August: 0–3 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 August 21 San Miguel L 107–111 Jason Perkins (18) Jayveous McKinnis (15) Rivero, Tio (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1 2 August 25 NLEX L 95–100 RR Garcia (18) Jayveous McKinnis (14) Jason Perkins (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–2 3 August 30 Rain or Shine L 99–116 Alejandro, Jazul (12) Javee Mocon (9) Tyler Tio (7) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–3
September: 1–6 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 September 3 Blackwater L 111–123 Brandone Francis (45) Javee Mocon (12) Brandone Francis (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–4 5 September 6 Barangay Ginebra L 101–110 Brandone Francis (33) Javee Mocon (9) Francis, Mocon, Tio (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–5 6 September 10 Rain or Shine L 107–122 Brandone Francis (31) Jason Perkins (10) Jason Perkins (3) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–6 7 September 13 San Miguel L 127–139 Brandone Francis (48) Jason Perkins (7) Tyler Tio (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–7 8 September 15 Blackwater W 119–114 Brandone Francis (23) Brandone Francis (10) Brandone Francis (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–7 9 September 18 Barangay Ginebra L 96–112 Manganti, Perkins (18) Ballungay, Francis (6) Tyler Tio (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–8 10 September 20 NLEX L 79–104 Sean Manganti (13) Jason Perkins (7) Ricci Rivero (3) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–9

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NorthPort Batang Pier	7	1	.875	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	2	.714	1.5
3	Eastern (G)	6	3	.667	1.5	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Converge FiberXers	6	3	.667	1.5
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	3	.667	1.5
6	TNT Tropang Giga	4	2	.667	2
7	Meralco Bolts	5	3	.625	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	San Miguel Beermen	4	4	.500	3
9	NLEX Road Warriors	3	5	.375	4
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	5	.375	4
11	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	3	6	.333	4.5
12	Blackwater Bossing	1	7	.125	6
13	Terrafirma Dyip (E)	0	9	.000	7.5

Updated to match(es) played on January 12, 2025. 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]
(E) Eliminated; (G) Guests

Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 3–5
November: 0–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 27, 2024 Eastern L 87–102 Donovan Smith (33) Donovan Smith (11) Perkins, Rivero (4) PhilSports Arena 0–1 2 November 29, 2024 Meralco L 109–111 Donovan Smith (33) Donovan Smith (9) Tyler Tio (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–2
December: 1–3 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 December 3, 2024 San Miguel L 104–107 Donovan Smith (37) Donovan Smith (15) Tyler Tio (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–3 4 December 13, 2024 Barangay Ginebra L 72–94 Donovan Smith (20) Donovan Smith (15) Ricci Rivero (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–4 5 December 17, 2024 NorthPort W 115–109 Donovan Smith (32) Donovan Smith (14) Tyler Tio (9) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–4 6 December 19, 2024 Converge L 105–116 Donovan Smith (30) Donovan Smith (18) Tyler Tio (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–5
January: 2–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 January 7, 2025 Terrafirma W 122–108 Donovan Smith (37) Kenneth Tuffin (9) Jazul, Rivero (5) PhilSports Arena 2–5 8 January 11, 2025 Rain or Shine W 93–91 Donovan Smith (22) RR Garcia (11) Tyler Tio (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–5 9 January 16, 2025 Magnolia PhilSports Arena 10 January 19, 2025 NLEX Ynares Center 11 January 21, 2025 Blackwater Ynares Center 12 January 24, 2025 TNT Ynares Center

Transactions

Trades

Governors' Cup

September
September 11, 2024[4]	To Phoenix Ato Ular 2026 NLEX second-round pick	To NLEX Javee Mocon

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record	Ref.
Governors' Cup	Jayveous McKinnis	August 21, 2024 (vs. San Miguel)	August 25, 2024 (vs. NLEX)	0–2	[5]
	Brandone Francis	September 3, 2024 (vs. Blackwater)	September 20, 2024 (vs. NLEX)	1–6	[6]
Commissioner's Cup	Donovan Smith	November 27, 2024 (vs. NLEX)		3–5	[7]

References

1. "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
2. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
3. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
4. Ramos, Gerry (September 11, 2024). "Phoenix trades Javee Mocon to NLEX for Ato Ular, 2nd round-pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
5. Sayson, Homer D. (July 12, 2024). "Phoenix taps McKinnis; TNT plan to bring back RHJ faces hitch". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
6. Ramos, Gerry (September 2, 2024). "Phoenix taps Brandone Francis as replacement import for Govs Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
7. Sayson, Homer D. (October 21, 2024). "Phoenix bringing in Donovan Smith for PBA Commissioner's Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 21, 2024.