The Gatorade 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Rookie Draft was an event which allowed teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila on August 24, 2014.

2014 PBA draft
General information
Date(s)August 24, 2014
Time4:00 pm (PHT)
LocationRobinsons Place Manila
Network(s)Sports5
Overview
LeaguePhilippine Basketball Association
First selectionStanley Pringle
(GlobalPort Batang Pier)
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Draft lottery

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The lottery determined the team that will obtain the first pick in 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
PHIL COM GOV
Lottery GlobalPort Batang Pier 7th 10th 10th 8.8
Lottery Meralco Bolts 9th 7th 9th 8.2
3rd Barako Bull Energy 6th 9th 8th 7.5
4th Air21 Express 10th 4th 7th 7.3
5th Alaska Aces 8th 6th 3rd 6.2
6th Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3rd 8th 6th 5.4
7th San Miguel Beermen 4th 5th 5th 4.6
8th Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 5th 2nd 4th 3.5
9th Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2nd 4th 2nd 2.3
10th San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 1st 1st 1st 1.0

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

The lottery was held on July 1, 2014, before the start of the Game 1 of the 2014 PBA Governors' Cup Finals at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. The GlobalPort Batang Pier won the rights to the first overall selection against the Meralco Bolts.[1][2] Due to a previous transaction, the draft rights of Meralco belongs to the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters from the Ronjay Buenafe trade on August 28, 2012.[3]

Controversy

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The matter on how the draft lottery is conducted became the subject of criticism from the fans and from Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao for lacking credibility and transparency. The league used three balls (two represents GlobalPort and one for Meralco) and were placed in a white box. Commissioner Chito Salud placed the balls inside the white box and drew the winner of the draft, without removing his hand first after placing the balls in the box.[4][5] A formal request by Rain or Shine for a re-draw was sent to the league's board of governors.[6] On July 4, Commissioner Salud apologized on the crudeness of the draft lottery procedures; however, he insisted that it was an honest mistake on their part by not checking out the minor details of the lottery and its proceedings.[7]

During an emergency meeting of the Board of Governors, it was decided that no re-draw will be held after Rain or Shine and the board accepted the public apology of Commissioner Salud. The league's board and management committee will review the procedures of the lottery draw to prevent the issues raised to happen again.[8] Since then, the league no longer holds a draft lottery. The team with the worst rankings in the previous season is now directly given the first overall pick.

Draft

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PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center * Mythical team member # All-Star

1st round

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Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College
1 1 * Stanley Pringle G   United States GlobalPort Batang Pier none Penn State
1 2 # Kevin Alas G   Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Meralco)[a] NLEX (D-League) Letran
1 3 Ronald Pascual G/F   Philippines Barako Bull Energy (traded to San Miguel)[A] NLEX (D-League) San Sebastian
1 4 Matt Ganuelas-Rosser G   Philippines NLEX Road Warriors NLEX (D-League) Cal Poly
1 5 # Chris Banchero G   United States Alaska Aces Boracay Rum Waves Seattle Pacific
1 6 Rodney Brondial F/C   Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Big Chill Super Chargers Adamson
1 7 Anthony Semerad F/C   Australia San Mig Super Coffee Mixers (from San Miguel via Barako Bull[b], traded to GlobalPort)[B] Zambales M-Builders San Beda
1 8 Jake Pascual C/F   Philippines Barako Bull Energy (from Talk 'N Text)[c] NLEX (D-League) San Beda
1 9 # Jericho Cruz G   Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Zambales M-Builders Adamson
1 10 David Semerad C/F   Australia Barako Bull Energy (from San Mig Super Coffee)[d] Zambales M-Builders San Beda
1 11 Manny Pacquiao G   Philippines Kia Sorento none NDDU
1 12 # Juami Tiongson G   Philippines Blackwater Elite Blackwater (D-League) Ateneo

2nd round

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Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College
2 1 Rome dela Rosa F   Philippines Alaska Aces (from Meralco)[e] NLEX (D-League) San Beda
2 2 Kevin Espinosa F/G   Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from GlobalPort)[f] none Mapua
2 3 Philip Paredes F/C   Philippines Barako Bull Energy Cebuana Lhuillier Gems De La Salle
2 4 Junjun Alas C   Philippines Alaska Aces (from NLEX)[g] Café France Bakers Letran
2 5 Prince Caperal C   Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Alaska)[h] Boracay Rum Waves Arellano
2 6 Phillip Morrison G   United States Barako Bull Energy (from Ginebra)[i] none Asbury
2 7 # John Pinto G   Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier (from San Miguel via Barako Bull[j] and Alaska)[h] Cagayan Valley Rising Suns Arellano
2 8 Harold Arboleda F/G   Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants Perpetual
2 9 Mike Gamboa G   Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Junior Powerade Tigers UP Diliman
2 10 Gab Banal F   Philippines San Miguel Beermen (from San Mig Super Coffee via Barako Bull,[k] traded to Barako Bull)[A] Cebuana Lhuillier Gems Mapua
2 11 Frank Golla F   Philippines Blackwater Elite none Ateneo
2 12 Kyle Pascual F/C   Philippines Kia Sorento NLEX (D-League) San Beda

3rd round

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Starting the third round, only Kia and Blackwater are allowed to draft players.

Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College
3 1 Rene Pacquiao F   Philippines Kia Sorento Hog's Breath Razorbacks SWU
3 2 Brian Heruela G   Philippines Blackwater Elite Big Chill Super Chargers UC
3 3 Maclean Sabellina F   Philippines Blackwater Elite Boracay Rum Waves STI
3 4 Kenneth Ighalo F   Philippines Kia Sorento Cagayan Valley Rising Suns Mapua
3 5 Paolo Taha G   Philippines Kia Sorento Boracay Rum Waves CSB
3 6 Juneric Baloria G   Philippines Blackwater Elite Big Chill Super Chargers Perpetual
3 7 Raul Soyud C   Philippines Blackwater Elite Blackwater (D-League) UP Diliman
3 8 Jeremy Bartolo F   Philippines Kia Sorento none Cal State San Bernardino
3 9 Anthony Gavieres G/F   Philippines Kia Sorento none VCU
3 10 Clark Bautista G   Philippines Blackwater Elite Blackwater (D-League) UST
3 11 Ford Ruaya F/G   Philippines Blackwater Elite Hog's Breath Razorbacks Letran
3 12 Richard Cole F/G   United States Kia Sorento none NU
3 13 Giorgio Umali G/F   Philippines Kia Sorento none Seattle Pacific

4th round

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Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* Team PBA D-League team College
4 1 Jonathan Banal G   Philippines Kia Sorento Wang's Basketball Couriers Mapua
4 2 Michael Acuña G   Philippines Kia Sorento none Perpetual
4 3 Mark Andrei Romero G/F   Philippines Kia Sorento Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants CSB
4 4 Francis Bercede G   Philippines Kia Sorento none USC

Trades involving draft picks

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Pre-draft trades

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  • a On June 28, 2012, Rain or Shine acquired a 2014 first round pick from Meralco in exchange for Ronjay Buenafe.[3]
  • b On January 22, 2013, in a three-team trade, San Miguel (as Petron) acquired Ronald Tubid from Barako Bull, the Energy acquired Alex Mallari, Jojo Duncil and a 2014 first round pick from Petron and JC Intal, Jonas Villanueva and Aldrech Ramos from San Mig Coffee, and the Mixers acquired Leo Najorda, Lester Alvarez, Mallari and the draft pick from the Energy.[9]
  • c On October 12, 2009, 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 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 and then it was sold again to become the NLEX Road Warriors.
  • d On September 3, 2010, Barako Bull (as Air21) acquired a 2014 first round pick from San Mig Coffee (as B-Meg) in a three-team trade with San Miguel.[12]
  • e On August 28, 2011, Alaska acquired a 2014 second round pick from Meralco in exchange for the draft rights to 17th pick Gilbert Bulawan.[13]
  • f On August 26, 2011, Rain or Shine acquired J.R. Quiñahan, Norman Gonzales, and 2013 and 2014 second round picks from Powerade in exchange for Doug Kramer and Josh Vanlandingham.[14] The Tigers franchise was later sold to GlobalPort and became the Batang Pier.
  • g On September 20, 2012, Alaska acquired a second round pick from Air21 in exchange for Bonbon Custodio.[15] (The Express franchise was later sold to NLEX.)
  • h On August 11, 2014, Alaska acquired Eric Menk from GlobalPort Batang Pier in exchange for two second round picks.[16]
  • i On January 27, 2012, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull acquired a 2014 second round pick, Ronald Tubid and Reil Cervantes from Barangay Ginebra, San Mig Super Coffee (as B-Meg) acquired JC Intal and a second round pick from the Energy, and Ginebra acquired Kerby Raymundo from the Llamados and Dylan Ababou from the Energy.[17]
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Draft-day trades

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  • A1 2 San Miguel acquired the draft rights to third pick Ronald Pascual from Barako Bull in exchange for Jojo Duncil, Chico Lañete, the draft rights to 22nd pick Gab Banal and a 2016 first round pick. San Miguel previously did not have a first round pick in this draft prior to the trade.[18]
  • B GlobalPort acquired the draft rights to seventh pick Anthony Semerad and a 2016 first round pick from San Mig Coffee in exchange for a 2016 first round pick and a 2018 second round pick.[19]

Undrafted players

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Name Country of birth College Notes
Jeffrey Acain   Philippines De La Salle-Dasmariñas
Rocky Acidre Arellano
Raymond Alcasabas San Sebastian
George Allen Perpetual
Julius Atienza FEU
Andrew Avillanoza   United States Central Florida
Mervin Baloran   Philippines National U
Jerald Bautista STI
Jonathan Belorio Letran
Mark Berry National U
Franklin Bonifacio   United States Las Positas
Roider Cabrera   Philippines Adamson
Lord Casajeros UE
Jackson Corpuz PCU
Jamieson Cortes Letran
Franz Delgado San Sebastian
Lester Dickens Olivarez
Alwin Elinon RTU
Erwin Estole San Sebastian
Amante Flores UM
Hazel Foja Manila Adventist
John Julien Foronda Letran
Marlon Gomez PCU
Vincent Importante Adamson
Dexter Maiquez San Sebastian
Mark Mendoza Dr La Salle
Gryann Mendoza FEU
Jeff Montemayor JRU
John Montemayor
Jefferson Morillo TIP
Ralf Olivares UE
Paolo Orbeta Benilde
Philip Paniamogan JRU
Edmar Pateño UM
Justin Perlas Asian Summit College
Earnest Efren Reyes Bulacan State
Renato Robrigado   WelTec
Allan Santos Adamson
Jonathan Semira   Canada San Sebastian
JM Sicat   Philippines Perpetual
Daryle Tan Triton College
Cody Tesoro   United States Western Oregon
Allan Tria   Philippines TUP
Jeff Viernes St. Clare College
Mar Villahermosa San Beda
Russel Yaya EAC

References

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  1. ^ Globalport wins PBA lottery, will select first in 2014 Rookie Draft Archived July 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Richard Dy, spin.ph, July 1, 2014
  2. ^ GlobalPort gets top overall pick in 2014 PBA Draft; Rain or Shine to select second Archived July 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Interaksyon.com, July 1, 2014
  3. ^ a b Rain or Shine agrees to trade Buenafe to Meralco for first round pick Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Interaksyon.com, August 28, 2012
  4. ^ Yeng Guiao hits out at PBA draft lottery's lack of transparency, class: 'Parang salamangkero si Kume' Archived July 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Richard Dy, spin.ph, July 2, 2014
  5. ^ ‘Parang Wowowee’: Yeng Guiao compares PBA draft lottery to alleged cheating scandal Archived July 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, July 3, 2014
  6. ^ Rain or Shine wants PBA board to order re-draw of 'suspicious' draft lottery, says Yeng Guiao Archived July 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Richard Dy, spin.ph, July 3, 2014
  7. ^ Salud says sorry for 'crude' conduct of PBA draft lottery, but insists it was an honest draw, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 4, 2014
  8. ^ PBA rules out re-draw of draft lottery after board settles controversy in emergency meeting Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Richard Dy, spin.ph, July 5, 2014
  9. ^ PBA approves of Tubid to Petron and Barako Bull-San Mig Coffee multiplayer trade, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 22, 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. ^ SMB, B-MEG SWAP COURT GENERALS; MAMARIL BACK WITH THE KINGS, PBA.ph, September 3, 2010. Archived January 9, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ CASIO, LEE HEADLINE TOP ROOKIE PICKS Archived September 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, PBA.ph, August 28, 2011
  14. ^ Powerade acquires Kramer, Vanlandingham Archived March 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Reynaldo Belen, interaksyon.com, August 26, 2011
  15. ^ Air 21 acquires Bonbon Custodio from Alaska for future 2nd round pick Archived August 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 20, 2012
  16. ^ Alaska bolsters frontline by acquiring Eric Menk from GlobalPort in exchange for two PBA second-round picks, Spin.ph, August 12, 2014
  17. ^ PBA OKs Raymundo-Intal-Ababou deal Archived October 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Reynaldo Belen, interaksyon.com, January 27, 2012
  18. ^ San Miguel acquires No. 3 pick from Barako Bull, selects Ronald Pascual, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
  19. ^ San Mig Coffee trades No. 7 to GlobalPort for future picks Archived August 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
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