2024–25 Blackwater Bossing season

2024–25 Blackwater Bossing season
Head coachJeffrey Cariaso
General ManagerJohnson Martinez
Rhona Tibor (assistant)
Owner(s)Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Governors' Cup results
Record5–5
(50%)
Place5th in group B
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record0–0  
PlaceTBD
Playoff finishTBD
Philippine Cup results
Record0–0  
PlaceTBD
Playoff finishTBD
Blackwater Bossing seasons

The 2024–25 Blackwater Bossing season is the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: PBA season 49 draft
Round Pick Player Position Place of birth College
1 2 Sedrick Barefield G  USA Utah
3 26 DJ Mitchell G  USA Hartford
4 37 Keith Pido G  Philippines Perpetual

Roster

Blackwater Bossing roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 0 Philippines Ilagan, RK 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1997–04–03 San Sebastian
G 2 United States Barefield, Sedrick Injured (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1996–11–18 Utah
G/F 4 Philippines Suerte, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1994–10–04 UE
G/F 5 Philippines Tungcab, Jaydee 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1997–05–05 Philippines
G 6 Philippines Casio, JVee 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1986–09–01 De La Salle
G 7 Canada Kwekuteye, James 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1998–08–15 San Beda
F/C 8 Philippines Guinto, Bradwyn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–10–20 San Sebastian
F 12 Philippines Corteza, Miguel (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1998–02–23 St. Benilde
C 13 Philippines Jopia, Clifford 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) San Beda
G 15 Philippines Montalbo, Kib 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1996–04–02 De La Salle
C 18 Philippines Chua, Justin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1989–07–13 Ateneo
G 22 United States Mitchell, DJ (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Hartford
F 23 Philippines Escoto, Richard 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1997–03–21 Far Eastern
F 25 Canada David, Christian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1998–06–19 Butler
F/C 27 Philippines Ponferada, Jewel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 211 lb (96 kg) 1988–07–08 National-U
G 28 Philippines Ayonayon, Mike 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992–12–08 Philippine Christian
F 33 United States Hill, Tyrus 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1996–03–20 De La Salle
F 94 United States King, George (CI) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1994–01–15 Colorado
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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 Injured

Roster


Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Group B Standings

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

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 5–5
August: 1–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 20 Rain or Shine L 97–110 Sedrick Barefield (18) Ricky Ledo (8) Jaydee Tungcab (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1
2 August 22 NLEX L 87–104 David, Rosario (17) Christian David (10) Sedrick Barefield (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–2
3 August 25 San Miguel L 108–128 Troy Rosario (25) Christian David (8) James Kwekuteye (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–3
4 August 30 Barangay Ginebra W 95–88 George King (33) George King (19) Casio, Ilagan, King (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–3
September: 4–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 September 3 Phoenix W 123–111 George King (44) George King (13) Barefield, Ilagan (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–3
6 September 6 NLEX W 110–99 George King (39) George King (15) Barefield, King (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–3
7 September 10 Barangay Ginebra L 98–112 George King (21) George King (11) George King (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–4
8 September 15 Phoenix L 114–119 George King (32) George King (10) George King (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–5
9 September 21 San Miguel W 111–94 George King (49) George King (11) RK Ilagan (7) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 4–5
10 September 23 Rain or Shine W 139–118 George King (64) George King (13) Sedrick Barefield (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 5–5

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 NorthPort Batang Pier 7 2 .778 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 TNT Tropang Giga 5 2 .714 1
3 Converge FiberXers 7 3 .700 0.5 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Meralco Bolts 6 3 .667 1
5 Eastern (G) 6 3 .667 1
6 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 3 .667 1
7 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 3 .625 1.5 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 San Miguel Beermen 4 4 .500 2.5
9 Phoenix Fuel Masters 3 5 .375 3.5
10 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 3 6 .333 4
11 NLEX Road Warriors 3 6 .333 4
12 Blackwater Bossing 2 7 .222 5
13 Terrafirma Dyip (E) 0 10 .000 7.5
Updated to match(es) played on January 14, 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: 2–7
November: 0–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 28, 2024 Magnolia L 100–118 George King (42) George King (12) Barefield, Kwekuteye (3) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–1
2 November 30, 2024 NLEX L 95–107 George King (40) King, Tungcab (8) RK Ilagan (5) Ynares Center 0–2
December: 1–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 December 10, 2024 Eastern L 75–84 George King (41) George King (12) Justin Chua (4) Filoil EcoOil Centre 0–3
4 December 12, 2024 Meralco W 114–98 Sedrick Barefield (33) George King (14) Sedrick Barefield (9) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–3
5 December 15, 2024 San Miguel L 102–115 George King (40) Christian David (8) RK Ilagan (7) Ynares Center 1–4
6 December 19, 2024 TNT L 93–109 George King (28) George King (9) RK Ilagan (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–5
January: 1–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 January 8, 2025 Rain or Shine L 106–122 George King (35) George King (12) George King (4) PhilSports Arena 1–6
8 January 12, 2025 Barangay Ginebra L 63–86 George King (27) David, Jopia (9) Ayonayon, Ponferada (3) Ynares Center 1–7
9 January 15, 2025 Terrafirma W 96–86 George King (26) Chua, King (12) Jaydee Tungcab (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 2–7
10 January 19, 2025 Converge Ynares Center
11 January 21, 2025 Phoenix Ynares Center
12 January 25, 2025 NorthPort Ynares Center


Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player Date signed Contract amount Contract length Former team Ref.
Bradwyn Guinto June 8, 2024 Not disclosed 2 years Re-signed [4]
Jaydee Tungcab

Subtractions

Player Number Position Reason New team Ref.
Troy Rosario 18 Power forward End of contract; did not agree to term extension Barangay Ginebra San Miguel [5]

Trades

Pre-season

July
July 2, 2024[6] To Blackwater
Kib Montalbo
Jewel Ponferada
2028 TNT second-round pick 		To TNT
Rey Nambatac
July 17, 2024[7] To Blackwater
Miguel Corteza 		To Rain or Shine
2026 Blackwater second-round pick (from TNT)

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record Ref.
Governors' Cup Ricky Ledo August 20, 2024 (vs. Rain or Shine) August 22, 2024 (vs. NLEX) 0–2 [8]
George King August 30, 2024 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) September 23, 2024 (vs. Rain or Shine) 5–2 [9]
Commissioner's Cup November 28, 2024 (vs. Magnolia) 2–7 [10]

References

  1. ^ "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Ramos, Gerry (June 8, 2024). "Tungcab, Guinto signed to new two-year deals by Blackwater". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  5. ^ Badua, Snow (October 3, 2024). "Blackwater release makes Troy officially an unrestricted free agent". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  6. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 2, 2024). "Rey Nambatac finally at TNT as revised trade gets PBA approval". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  7. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 17, 2024). "ROS trades draftee Miggy Corteza to Blackwater for future pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  8. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 16, 2024). "Blackwater brings in former Maverick Ricky Ledo as import". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  9. ^ Ramos, Gerry (August 26, 2024). "Blackwater bringing in George King as Cameron Clark unavailable". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  10. ^ Ramos, Gerry (September 25, 2024). "Blackwater brings back George King for PBA Commissioner's Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 27, 2024.