2016 PBA draft


The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association rookie draft was an event which allows teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams for the 2015–16 season, with the worst team picking first, as a replacement for its lottery system after the controversies that surrounded the 2014 draft.
The league was supposed to hold a special draft for players from the national team, popularly called Gilas, separately from the regular one for other rookies. However, a consensus lead to an agreement that the cadet players will not be drafted but will be distributed to each team instead.
The event was held at the Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila on October 30, 2016.

Draft order

The draft order was determined based from the overall performance of the teams from the previous season. The Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 40% of the points, while the rankings of the Commissioner's and Governors' Cups are 30% each.
* - Phoenix was known as the Barako Bull Energy during the Philippine Cup

Special draft for Gilas pool players

There was a separate draft for the players in the Gilas pool. The draft rights for the special draft could not be traded. The drafted Gilas players were not allowed to be traded for two years. All players were allowed to play for the teams that drafted them but were pulled out two months before an official FIBA tournament.
As part of the agreement between the PBA and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, all 12 teams released one player from their roster to the Gilas pool, in addition to the player that they selected in this special draft.
The draft order was supposed to be announced on October 27. However, the PBA board agreed that instead of determining the order for the special draft, representatives from the 12 ballclubs agreed to farm out one cadet player per team that was distributed to each team by the board. The results of the consensus was not released during that day and the PBA opted to reveal the results on draft night before the regular draft began.

Draft

Special draft

Note: The Special draft for Gilas players is considered as the first round of the draft; the regular draft is listed as the second round onwards.
TeamPlayerPos.Country of birth*PBA D-League teamCollege
Alaska AcesCarl Bryan Cruz#FCafe France BakersFEU
Barangay Ginebra San MiguelKevin Ferrer#G/FTanduay Light Rhum MastersUST
Blackwater EliteMac Belo#FPhoenix AcceleratorsFEU
GlobalPort Batang PierVon Pessumal#GTanduay Light Rhum MastersAteneo
Mahindra FloodbusterRussel EscotoF/CPhoenix AcceleratorsFEU
Meralco BoltsEd Daquioag#GPhoenix AcceleratorsUST
NLEX Road WarriorsAlfonzo Gotladera#C/FTanduay Light Rhum MastersAteneo
Phoenix Fuel MastersMatthew Wright#GnoneSt. Bonaventure
Rain or Shine Elasto PaintersMike Tolomia#GPhoenix AcceleratorsFEU
San Miguel BeermenArnold Van Opstal#CHapee Fresh FightersDLSU
Star HotshotsJio Jalalon#GCaida Tile MastersArellano
TNT KaTropaRoger Pogoy#G/FPhoenix AcceleratorsFEU

Regular draft

2nd round

Note: Rain or Shine and Alaska passed in this round

3rd round

4th round

Note: Blackwater, Star, Phoenix, NLEX, Barangay Ginebra and San Miguel passed in this round

5th round

Note: GlobalPort and Meralco passed in this round

6th round

Note: Mahindra passed in this round

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Note: The rights to Air21's and Barako Bull's draft picks were retained by NLEX and Phoenix respectively.
None exercised.

Undrafted players

Out of 55 players who signified their intention to join the rookie draft, 38 were selected by their teams in the draft proper, while 16 were undrafted. Charles Caluya, the oldest and the shortest applicant for the draft, was excluded from the final list for health reasons.
NameCollegePBA D-League team
John AmbulodtoSt. ClareRacal
Jaycee John AsuncionUPHSD / JRUWang's / Racal
Gene BellezaUE
Jerald CuetoCollege of the Canyon
Cris Jordan de la PazJRU
Erwin DuranUE
Jairold FloresUE
Dexter GarciaSt. Benilde
Jayson IbaySt. ClareRacal
Aaron JerutaCEUCafeFrance
Gino Jumao-asUEZC Mindanao
Jhygruz LaudeLPUBread Story
Mc Jour LuibLetran
Edsel Mag-isaUniv. of Batangas
Jon Kervin OrtuosteSan Sebastian
John Marco TayongtongEACCagayan
Billy Ray RoblesNIPSCRacal