2024–25 NorthPort Batang Pier season

2024–25 NorthPort Batang Pier season
Head coachBonnie Tan
General ManagerPido Jarencio
Waiyip Chong (assistant)
Owner(s)Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.
Governors' Cup results
Record3–7
(30%)
Place5th in group A
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record0–0  
PlaceTBD
Playoff finishTBD
Philippine Cup results
Record0–0  
PlaceTBD
Playoff finishTBD
NorthPort Batang Pier seasons

The 2024–25 NorthPort Batang Pier season is the 12th 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 5 Dave Ildefonso G  Philippines Ateneo
2 14 Evan Nelle G  Philippines De La Salle
3 29 Agem Miranda G  Philippines JRU
4 39 John Uduba F  Philippines Olivarez
5 46 Germy Mahinay C  Philippines NU
6 48 Robbi Darang G  Philippines Diliman

Roster

NorthPort Batang Pier roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G/F 0 Philippines Taha, Paolo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–12–05 St. Benilde
F 1 Philippines Onwubere, Sidney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1993–08–01 Emilio Aguinaldo
C 2 Philippines Calma, JM Injured 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1997–12–02 San Sebastian
G 3 Philippines Yu, Fran 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 1998–06–16 Letran
G 4 Philippines Miranda, Agem (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1999–09–04 José Rizal
G 5 Philippines Bulanadi, Allyn 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 1997–04–28 San Sebastian
C 7 United States Jack, Kadeem (CI) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1992–10–27 Rutgers
G 8 Philippines Zamar, Paul Injured 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1987–10–20 UE
F/C 9 Philippines Tratter, Abu 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1993–01–09 De La Salle
F 10 Philippines Tolentino, Arvin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1995–11–05 Far Eastern
G 20 Philippines Nelle, Evan (R) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1998–06–08 De La Salle
F 22 Australia Flores, Cade 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Arellano
F 23 Greece Navarro, William 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997–02–03 Ateneo
G/F 24 United States Munzon, Joshua (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995–01–15 Cal State LA
G 28 Philippines Jalalon, Jio Injured 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1992–08–02 Arellano
F/C 37 Philippines Cuntapay, Damie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 1998–10–22 San Beda
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 A Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 TNT Tropang Giga 8 2 .800 — Quarterfinals
2 Meralco Bolts 7 3 .700 1
3 Converge FiberXers 6 4 .600 2
4 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 5 5 .500 3
5 NorthPort Batang Pier 3 7 .300 5
6 Terrafirma Dyip 1 9 .100 7
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]

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 3–7
August: 2–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 20 TNT L 95–101 Taylor Johns (36) Taylor Johns (16) Taylor Johns (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1
2 August 23 Terrafirma W 112–93 William Navarro (31) Venky Jois (15) Arvin Tolentino (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1
3 August 29 Converge W 135–109 Arvin Tolentino (51) Venky Jois (10) Jalalon, Navarro, Yu (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 2–1
September: 1–6
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 September 1 Meralco L 99–109 Arvin Tolentino (21) William Navarro (11) Jalalon, Nelle (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 2–2
5 September 4 Magnolia L 94–105 Cade Flores (23) Arvin Tolentino (12) Arvin Tolentino (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–3
6 September 8 Terrafirma W 133–107 Venky Jois (26) Venky Jois (15) Arvin Tolentino (10) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–3
7 September 11 Converge L 99–107 Venky Jois (24) Venky Jois (14) Jio Jalalon (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–4
8 September 14 Meralco L 104–114 Arvin Tolentino (28) Arvin Tolentino (7) Tolentino, Yu (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–5
9 September 20 Magnolia L 94–110 Arvin Tolentino (25) Cade Flores (8) Jalalon, Tolentino (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–6
10 September 22 TNT L 79–99 Arvin Tolentino (24) Sidney Onwubere (12) Jio Jalalon (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–7

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 NorthPort Batang Pier 7 1 .875 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 2 .714 1.5
3 Eastern (G) 6 3 .667 1.5 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Converge FiberXers 6 3 .667 1.5
5 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 3 .667 1.5
6 TNT Tropang Giga 4 2 .667 2
7 Meralco Bolts 5 3 .625 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 San Miguel Beermen 4 4 .500 3
9 NLEX Road Warriors 3 5 .375 4
10 Phoenix Fuel Masters 3 5 .375 4
11 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 3 6 .333 4.5
12 Blackwater Bossing 1 7 .125 6
13 Terrafirma Dyip (E) 0 9 .000 7.5
Updated to match(es) played on January 12, 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: 7–1
November: 2–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 28, 2024 NLEX W 114–87 Arvin Tolentino (29) Evan Nelle (7) Evan Nelle (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–0
2 November 30, 2024 Terrafirma W 113–101 Kadeem Jack (32) Kadeem Jack (15) Tolentino, Yu (10) Ynares Center 2–0
December: 4–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 December 4, 2024 Magnolia W 107–103 Kadeem Jack (30) Kadeem Jack (11) Fran Yu (10) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–0
4 December 8, 2024 TNT W 100–95 Kadeem Jack (27) Jack, Tolentino (11) Evan Nelle (8) Ynares Center 4–0
5 December 12, 2024 Converge W 108–101 Kadeem Jack (32) Kadeem Jack (15) Evan Nelle (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 5–0
6 December 17, 2024 Phoenix L 109–115 Kadeem Jack (28) Kadeem Jack (16) Evan Nelle (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 5–1
7 December 20, 2024 Eastern W 120–113 Kadeem Jack (38) Kadeem Jack (9) Fran Yu (9) PhilSports Arena 6–1
January: 1–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
8 January 8, 2025 Barangay Ginebra W 119–116 Kadeem Jack (32) Kadeem Jack (16) Joshua Munzon (6) PhilSports Arena 7–1
9 January 14, 2025 Meralco Ninoy Aquino Stadium
10 January 16, 2025 Rain or Shine PhilSports Arena
11 January 21, 2025 San Miguel Ynares Center
12 January 25, 2025 Blackwater Ynares Center

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player Date signed Contract amount Contract length Former team Ref.
Ben Adamos June 7, 2024 Not disclosed 1 year Re-signed [4]
Kris Rosales
Paul Zamar
John Amores June 9, 2024 2 years [5]
JM Calma
Joshua Munzon June 21, 2024 [6]
Allyn Bulanadi July 25, 2024 1 year [7]

Subtractions

Player Number Position Reason New team Ref.
Jeff Chan 16 Small forward / shooting guard End of contract [8]
Kris Rosales 11 Point guard Released San Miguel Beermen [9]
John Amores 19, 13 Shooting guard License revoked [10]

Trades

Pre-season

July
July 15, 2024[11][12] To NorthPort
Jio Jalalon
Abu Tratter 		To Magnolia
Zavier Lucero
To NorthPort
Sidney Onwubere 		To Barangay Ginebra
Ben Adamos
July 17, 2024[13] To NorthPort
2026 Terrafirma second-round pick 		To Terrafirma
Brent Paraiso


Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record Ref.
Governors' Cup Taylor Johns August 20, 2024 (vs. TNT) 0–1 [14]
Venky Jois August 23, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma) September 14, 2024 (vs. Meralco) 3–3 [15]
Commissioner's Cup Kadeem Jack November 28, 2024 (vs. NLEX) 7–1 [16]

References

  1. ^ "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Ramos, Gerry (June 7, 2024). "Kris Rosales, Paul Zamar, Ben Adamos inked to new NorthPort deals". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  5. ^ Ramos, Gerry (June 9, 2024). "Injured JM Calma, John Amores renewed by NorthPort". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  6. ^ Ramos, Gerry (June 21, 2024). "Joshua Munzon signed to two-year extension by NorthPort". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  7. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 25, 2024). "Northport gives Allyn Bulanadi one-year contract extension". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 25, 2024). "Jeff Chan's contract with NorthPort no longer renewed". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  9. ^ Ramos, Gerry (August 5, 2024). "SMB picks up Kris Rosales after being released by NorthPort". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  10. ^ Ramos, Gerry (December 22, 2024). "No more PBA return for Amores as GAB revokes his license". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  11. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 15, 2024). "Magnolia acquires Lucero by trading Jalalon, Tratter to Northport". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  12. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 15, 2024). "Ginebra trades Onwubere to NorthPort for big man Ben Adamos". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  13. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 17, 2024). "NorthPort shipments continue with Brent Paraiso trade to Terrafirma". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  14. ^ Bacnis, Justine (July 19, 2024). "Northport taps journeyman Taylor Johns for PBA Govs' Cup". Tiebreakertimes.com.ph. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  15. ^ "NorthPort gives Taylor Jones the pink slip; Venky Jois returns for another 'Tour of Duty'". PBA.ph. August 22, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  16. ^ Ramos, Gerry (November 25, 2024). "Northport, NLEX replace imports days before Commissioner's Cup". spin.ph. Retrieved November 26, 2024.