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	3–9 (25%)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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 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	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: 3–9
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: 2–4 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 L 104–110 Donovan Smith (40) Donovan Smith (6) Tyler Tio (5) PhilSports Arena 3–6 10 January 19, 2025 NLEX L 94–108 Donovan Smith (36) Donovan Smith (14) Donovan Smith (3) Ynares Center 3–7 11 January 21, 2025 Blackwater L 92–100 Donovan Smith (32) Donovan Smith (9) Donovan Smith (5) Ynares Center 3–8 12 January 24, 2025 TNT L 70–106 Tyler Tio (14) Donovan Smith (15) RJ Jazul (4) Ynares Center 3–9

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)	January 24, 2025 (vs. TNT)	3–9	[7]