The PBA Season 46 Rookie Draft will be held online on March 14. A total of 86 aspirants, including 20 Fil-foreigners, made the final cut. Here's what you need to know about the draft. Also check out our mock draft.
Where can we watch the draft?
The draft will be aired live on TV5 and One Sports on Mar. 14 at 4:00 p.m. with livestream on ESPN5.com.
What's the drafting order?
Here's how the teams will draft through the first three rounds.
1st round
1 Terrafirma Dyip
2 NorthPort Batang Pier
3 NLEX Road Warriors (from Blackwater)
4 TNT Tropang Giga (from Blackwater via NLEX)
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
6 Alaska Aces (from Phoenix via Magnolia)
7 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
8 Terrafirma Dyip (from SMB)
9 Meralco Bolts
10 Magnolia Hotshots (from Phoenix)
11 NorthPort Batang Pier (from TNT)
12 Barangay Ginebra Kings
2nd round
13 NorthPort Batang Pier (from Terrafirma via NLEX)
14 Blackwater Bossing (from NorthPort via Meralco)
15 Blackwater Bossing
16 Alaska Aces (from NLEX via Phoenix)
17 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
18 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters (from Magnolia)
19 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters (from Alaska)
20 NLEX Road Warriors (from SMB via NorthPort)
21 Alaska Aces (from Meralco via Phoenix)
22 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (from Phoenix)
23 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters ( from TNT)
24 Barangay Ginebra Kings
3rd round
25 Terrafirma Dyip
26 NorthPort Batang Pier
27 Blackwater Bossing
28 NLEX Road Warriors
29 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
30 Magnolia Hotshots
31 Alaska Aces
32 San Miguel Beermen
33 Meralco Bolts
34 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
35 TNT Tropang Giga
36 Barangay Ginebra Kings
Who's applying for the rookie draft?
The full list of the 86 applicants can be found here.