2012 PBA draft

2012 PBA draft
General information
Date(s)	August 19, 2012
Time	4:00 pm (PHT)
Location	Robinson's Midtown Mall
Network(s)	AKTV
Overview
League	Philippine Basketball Association
First selection	June Mar Fajardo, Petron Blaze Boosters
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The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event held at Robinson's Midtown Mall in Ermita, Manila on August 19, 2012^[1] which allowed PBA teams to draft players from the amateur ranks.

The lottery determined the team that will obtain the first pick on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their cumulative win–loss record in the previous season, with records from the Philippine Cup having heavier weight.

The lottery was held on July 22, 2012, during halftime of Game 1 of the 2012 PBA Governors Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.^[2] The Air21 Express won the rights to the first overall selection against the Alaska Aces, but due to a previous transaction, the draft rights of Air21 went to the Petron Blaze Boosters.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Country of origin*	Team	College
1	1	* June Mar Fajardo	C	Philippines	Petron Blaze Boosters (from Barako Bull via Air21)[a]	UC
1	2	* Calvin Abueva	F	Philippines	Alaska Aces	San Sebastian
1	3	# Alex Mallari	G/F	United States	Petron Blaze Boosters (from Barako Bull) [a]	Lewis-Clark State
1	4	* Cliff Hodge	F	United States	Meralco Bolts	Reedley College
1	5	# Aldrech Ramos	F	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy (from Petron Blaze[a], traded to B-Meg[B])	FEU
1	6	# Chris Ellis	F	United States	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (from Barako Bull via GlobalPort*) [b]	Mary Hardin-Baylor
1	7	# Chris Tiu	G	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Ateneo
1	8	Keith Jensen	F	United States	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	New York
1	9	# Vic Manuel	F	Philippines	B-Meg Llamados (traded to GlobalPort)[A]	PSBA
1	10	Jason Deutchman	F/G	United States	GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Talk 'N Text)[c]	San Diego State

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Country of origin*	Team	College
2	1	Yousef Taha	C	Philippines	Air21 Express (from Alaska)[d]	North Lake/Mapúa
2	2	Dave Marcelo	F/C	Philippines	B-Meg Llamados (from Barako Bull via Air21[e], traded to Barako Bull[B])	San Beda
2	3	Jewel Ponferada	C	Philippines	B-Meg Llamados (from Barako Bull)[f]	NU
2	4	AJ Mandani	G	Canada	GlobalPort Batang Pier (from Meralco)[g]	Missouri S&T
2	5	Lester Alvarez	G	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy (from Petron Blaze) [h]	Adamson
2	6	#Emman Monfort	G	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy (from GlobalPort) [i]	Ateneo
2	7	Kelly Nabong	F	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (traded to Meralco)[C]	Santa Rosa JC
2	8	Woody Co	F	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy (from Barangay Ginebra)[f]	UP Diliman
2	9	Raphy Reyes	G	Philippines	Alaska Aces (from Barako Bull via B-Meg)[j]	UE
2	10	Jaypee Belencion	G/F	Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	Letran

Note: This is the natural drafting order.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Country of origin*	Team	College
3	1	Simon Atkins	G	Philippines	Air21 Express	De La Salle
3	2	Karl Dehesa	G/F	United States	Alaska Aces	Waldorf
3	3	Ryan Boado	G	United States	Barako Bull Energy	Houston
3	4	Janus Lozada	G/F	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	Adamson
3	5	Mark Sarangay	F/C	Philippines	Petron Blaze Boosters	Mapúa
3	6	Mark Acosta	F/C	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	Mapúa
3	7	Bacon Austria	G/F	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Ateneo
3	8	Jerick Cañada	G	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Adamson
3	9	Gian Chiu	C	United States	B-Meg Llamados	Oberlin
3	10	Jason Escueta	F/C	Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	Ateneo

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Country of origin*	Team	College
4	1	Kokoy Hermosisima	G	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy	NU
4	2	Eric Suguitan	C	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	ACSAT
4	3	Jan Colina	F	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	Adamson
4	4	Jewel Palomique	G	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Mapúa
4	5	Paul Zamar	G	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	UE
4	6	Ramon Mabayo	G	Philippines	B-Meg Llamados	STI

Note: Air21, Alaska, Petron Blaze, and Talk 'N Text passed in this round.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Country of origin*	Team	College
5	1	VJ Serios	F	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	UP Diliman
5	2	JR Buensuceso	G	United States	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Brigham Young-Hawaii

Note: Barako Bull, Meralco, Rain or Shine and B-Meg passed in this round.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Country of origin*	Team	College
6	1	Elliot Tan	G	United States	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Biola

Note: GlobalPort passed in this round.

Note: All traded draft picks associated to GlobalPort previously belonged to the Powerade Tigers before selling their franchise to Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.

• ^{a 1 2 3} On May 14, 2011, Petron (as San Miguel) acquired two first round picks and a 2012 first round pick from Barako Bull (as Air21) in exchange for 2012 and 2013 first round picks.^[3] Previously, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull (as Burger King) acquired the 2012 pick and a 2010 first round pick on October 12, 2009, from Barako Energy Coffee in a three-team trade with Talk 'N Text.^[4] The Barako Energy Coffee franchise was bought by the Lina Group of Companies in 2011 and was renamed as the Shopinas.com Clickers then later as the Air21 Express. The original Air21 Express however was renamed as the Barako Bull Energy in 2011 after the Lina Group acquired the majority share of the Energy Food and Drinks, a subsidiary of Photokina Marketing which owns the Barako Bull brand.
• ^b On July 18, 2011, Barangay Ginebra acquired a 2012 first round pick and KG Canaleta from Barako Bull (as Air21) to in exchange for Willie Miller.^[5] Previously, the Express acquired the pick and a 2011 second round pick on August 29, 2010, from Powerade in exchange for Ren-Ren Ritualo, Sean Anthony and the draft rights to 18th pick Jai Reyes.^[6]
• ^c
• ^d On May 29, 2012, Air21 acquired Eric Salamat and a second round pick from Alaska in exchange for RJ Jazul.
• ^e
• ^{f 1 2} On November 16, 2011, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull acquired Jimbo Aquino, a 2012 second round pick and a 2013 first round pick from Barangay Ginebra, B-Meg acquired a 2012 second round pick from the Energy Cola and Yancy de Ocampo from Ginebra, and Ginebra acquired Rico Maierhofer from the Llamados and Allein Maliksi from the Energy Cola.^[7]
• ^g On September 22, 2010, in a three-team trade, Powerade acquired a 2012 second round pick and Rob Reyes from Barako Bull Energy Boosters, and a 2011 first round pick and a 2012 second round pick from Meralco; the Bolts acquired Asi Taulava from the Tigers; and the Boosters acquired Jason Misolas and Khasim Mirza from the Bolts and Ken Bono from the Boosters.^[8][9]
• ^h
• ⁱ On January 31, 2011, Barako Bull (as Air21) acquired a second round pick and a 2013 first round pick from Powerade in exchange for J.R. Quiñahan.^[10]
• ^j On May 30, 2011, Alaska acquired a 2012 second round pick, a 2011 second round pick and Jay-R Reyes from Barako Bull (as Air21) in exchange for Joe Devance.^[11] Previously, Air21 acquired the 2012 pick from B-Meg from a previous transaction.

• ^A The GlobalPort Batang Pier acquired the draft rights to 9th pick Vic Manuel and Val Acuña from B-Meg in exchange for Sean Anthony.^[12][13]
• ^{B 1 2} The Barako Bull Energy acquired the draft rights to 12th pick Dave Marcelo and Sean Anthony (who was traded from GlobalPort earlier in the first round), in exchange for Barako Bull's draft rights for Aldrech Ramos.^[12][13]
• ^C The Meralco Bolts acquired the draft rights to 17th pick Kelly Nabong from Rain or Shine in exchange for Meralco's 2015 second round pick.^[12]

Name	Country of birth	College
Don Tirso Trinidad	New Zealand	Ashburton College
Daryl Trinidad	Philippines	Our Lady of Fatima University
Fhadzmir "Toto" Bandaying	Philippines	UE
Jesse Bustos	Philippines	Philippine Maritime Institute
Andrian Celada	Philippines	Arellano
Erwin Cornejo	Philippines	Mapua
Anthony Del Rio	Philippines	San Sebastian
Franz Delgado	Philippines	San Sebastian
June Dizon	Philippines	UST
Paul Gonzalgo	Philippines	Adamson
Mark Jeffries	United States	San Diego Mesa College
Rex Leynes	Philippines	St. Francis of Assisi
Allan Mangahas	Philippines	Mapua
Louie Renn Medalla	Philippines	University of Mindanao
Christopher Pestano	Philippines	George Brown/Centennial College
Danny Pribhdas	Philippines	UST
Jerome Rubi	Philippines	CSU – Northridge
Stephen Siruma	Philippines	PCU
Robby Zablan	Philippines	AMA

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