Blackwater Bossing draft history

The Blackwater Elite first participated in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Draft on August 24, 2014, two months before their first PBA season. Blackwater entered the league through expansion together with Kia Sorento.

Juami Tiongson became the team's first draft choice, the 12th pick in the 2014 PBA draft. Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser is their first number one draft pick in franchise history.

Selections

Basketball positions
PG Point guard
SG Shooting guard
SF Small forward
PF Power forward
C Center
Draft Round Pick Player Pos. Country of birth* PBA D-League team College
2014[1] 1 12 Juami Tiongson G  Philippines Blackwater Sports ADMU
2 23 Frank Golla F  Philippines ADMU
3 26 Brian Heruela G  Philippines Big Chill Super Chargers UC
27 Maclean Sabellina F  Philippines Boracay Rum Waves STI
30 Juneric Baloria G  Philippines Big Chill Super Chargers Perpetual
31 Raul Soyud C  Philippines Blackwater Sports UP
34 Clark Bautista G  Philippines Blackwater Sports UST
35 Ford Ruaya F/G  Philippines Hog's Breath Razorbacks Letran
2015[2] 1 9 Arthur dela Cruz SF/PF  Philippines Hapee Fresh Fighters San Beda
2 13 Almond Vosotros PG/SG  Philippines Cebuana Lhuillier Gems De La Salle
3 23 Jason Melano SF  Philippines Cagayan Rising Suns St. Francis of Assisi
4 34 Keith Agovida SF  Philippines KeraMix Mixers Arellano
5 43 Jawhar Purdy SG  United States Wang's Basketball Couriers Cal State Stanislaus
6 48 Christian Palma SF  Philippines Cagayan Rising Suns Arellano
7 51 Mon Abundo PG  Philippines Café France Bakers CEU
8 54 Randy Dilay SG  United States Tanduay Light Rhum Masters Dominican U
2016[3] Special draft Mac Belo F  Philippines Phoenix Accelerators FEU
2 1 Raphael Banal G  Philippines Racal Tile Masters Hope International
3 11 Tristan Perez C/F  Philippines BDO-National University NU
2017[4] 1 3 Raymar Jose F  Philippines Cignal HD Hawkeyes FEU
2 15 Renz Palma G  Philippines Tanduay Light Rhum Masters UE
3 27 Ebrahim Lopez G  Philippines Marinerong Pilipino Skippers UE
4 38 Kyle Neypes F  Philippines BDO – NU
JAM Liner
Racal Tile Masters
NU
5 2 Jhon Sumido G  Philippines Cobra Iron Men
Cebuana Lhuillier Gems
MP Hotel Warriors
UE
2018[5] 1 2 Bobby Ray Parks Jr. G  Philippines NU-Banco De Oro
Hapee Fresh Fighters
NU
3 24 Diego Dario G  Philippines AMA UP
4 34 Dan Alberto G  Philippines AMA UE
5 40 Chris de la Peña C  Philippines Batangas-EAC Letran
2019[6] Special Draft Rey Suerte G/F  Philippines Che'Lu Bar & Grill Revellers UV / UE
1 2 Maurice Shaw C  Philippines Hutchinson CC
2 14 Richard Escoto F  Philippines Chadao-FEU Tea & Place FEU
3 26 Chris Bitoon G  Philippines Che'Lu Bar & Grill Revellers St. Clare College of Caloocan
4 37 Hubert Cani G  Philippines FEU
2020[7] 2 14 Rey Mark Acuno C  Philippines UE
2 15 Joshua Torralba G/F  United States La Salle
3 27 Andre Paras F/C  United States AMA Online Education UP
4 38 Jun Manzo G  Philippines UV / UP
5 48 Kim Bayquin G/F  Philippines FEU
6 56 Jeson Delfinado G  Philippines FEU
2021[8] 1 1 Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser C/F  United States UC Riverside
9 Kurt Lojera G  Philippines La Salle
2 13 Ato Ular F  Philippines Letran
3 25 Daryl Pascual C  Philippines Letran
4 37 Earvin Lacsamana C  Canada Champlain
5 45 Arthur Navasero G  Philippines Centennial
2022[9] 1 2 Christian David F  Canada Butler
2 20 James Kwekuteye G  Canada San Beda
3 26 Clifford Jopia C  Philippines San Beda
4 37 Archie Concepcion G  Philippines Arellano
5 48 Dariel Bayla F  Philippines Arellano

Notes

1.^ All players entering the draft are Filipinos until proven otherwise.

References

  1. ^ Garcia, Pio (August 26, 2014). "2014 PBA Rookie Draft Post-Mortem". Philstar.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  2. ^ Fule, Paolo (August 23, 2015). "Full list of 2015 PBA draftees". Dugout PH. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Naredo, Camille B. (October 30, 2016). "Ael's selection 'another miracle' for Banal family". news.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  4. ^ FOPALAN, RENEE (October 29, 2017). "LOOK: The 2017 PBA draft round-up". GMA News Online. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "LIST: The 2018 PBA Rookie Draft picks". GMA News Online. December 16, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  6. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (December 8, 2019). "Columbian makes Adams the No. 1 pick in regular PBA draft; Shaw picked second". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  7. ^ Terrado, Reuben (March 15, 2021). "Blackwater owner excited to see Andre Paras still available in third round". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  8. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (May 15, 2022). "Phoenix owns biggest haul; Letran, La Salle have most draftees". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  9. ^ Terrado, Reuben (September 17, 2023). "FULL LIST of 79 players picked in PBA Season 48 Rookie Draft". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 21, 2023.