2016 PBA draft
| 2016 PBA draft | ||||||
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| General information | ||||||
| Date(s) | October 30, 2016 | |||||
| Time | 3:30 PM | |||||
| Location | Robinsons Place Manila | |||||
| Network(s) | Sports5 (TV5, PBA Rush, Sports5.ph) | |||||
| First selection |
Raphael Banal (Blackwater Elite) |
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The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 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 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
There was a separate draft for the players in the Gilas pool. The draft rights for the special draft cannot be traded. The drafted Gilas players will not be allowed to be traded for two years. All players will be allowed to play for the teams that drafted them but will be 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 will release one player from their roster to the Gilas pool, in addition to the player that they will select 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.
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.
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