2024–25 PBA season

49th PBA season

Sports season

2024–25 PBA season

Duration| August 2024 (2024-08) – TBA 2025
Number of teams| 12
TV partner(s)| Local:
RPTV
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
Pilipinas Live
Online:
Cignal Play
Pilipinas Live
PBA Season 49
Top draft pick| Justine Baltazar
Picked by| Converge FiberXers
Seasons

← 2023–24

The 2024–25 PBA season, also referred to as PBA Season 49, will be the 49th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season will begin in August 2024 and will conclude sometime in 2025.

The league reverts to a three-conference format starting with the Governors' Cup after being omitted last season. This is then followed by the Commissioner's Cup and the season-ending Philippine Cup, the latter will also coincide with the league's 50th anniversary.[1][2][3] The first two conferences allows an import per team while the last tournament is exclusive to Filipinos.[4]

The first activity of the season was the PBA Season 49 draft, held on July 14.[5][6]

## Season changes[edit]

In order to help the league and its teams prepare for international competitions such as the East Asia Super League and Basketball Champions League Asia, the league's conference order is reversed to have the two import-laden conferences played first. Those two conferences will also see format changes this season, which are as follows:

* The Governors' Cup will now have teams be divided into two groups, where each group is expected to follow a double round-robin elimination format. The top 4 teams in each group advance to the playoffs beginning with the crossover quarterfinals.
* While the Governors' Cup's height limit for imports still stands at 6 ft 6 in (198 cm), the Commissioner's Cup's height limit of 6 ft 10 in (208 cm) is scrapped outright.[4][3]

Similar to the previous season, the Philippine Cup will remain as the season-culminating conference.

## Teams[edit]

Changes from previous season:

* Negotiations are ongoing for the possible entry of a team from the East Asia Super League as a guest team for the Commissioner's Cup.[2]

Team  | Company  | Governor  | Coach  | Captain

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Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. | Alfrancis Chua | Tim Cone | Jared Dillinger
Blackwater Bossing | Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. | Silliman Sy  | Jeffrey Cariaso | JVee Casio
Converge FiberXers | Converge ICT | Archen Cayabyab  | Aldin Ayo | Kevin Racal
Magnolia Hotshots | San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. | Rene Pardo  | Chito Victolero | Rafi Reavis
Meralco Bolts | Manila Electric Company | Al Panlilio | Luigi Trillo | Raymond Almazan
NLEX Road Warriors | Metro Pacific Investments Corporation | Rodrigo Franco  | Jong Uichico | Kevin Alas
NorthPort Batang Pier | Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.  | Eric Arejola  | Bonnie Tan | Jeff Chan
Phoenix Fuel Masters | Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. | Raymond Zorrilla  | Jamike Jarin | RJ Jazul
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.  | Mamerto Mondragon  | Yeng Guiao | Gabe Norwood
San Miguel Beermen | San Miguel Brewery, Inc. | Robert Non  | Jorge Gallent | Chris Ross
Terrafirma Dyip | Terrafirma Realty Development Corporation  | Demosthenes Rosales  | Johnedel Cardel | Eric Camson
TNT Tropang Giga | Smart Communications | Ricky Vargas | Chot Reyes | Kelly Williams

## Transactions[edit]

Main article: List of 2024–25 PBA season transactions

### Coaching changes[edit]

Team | 2023–24 season | 2024–25 season | Ref.

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Off-season
NLEX Road Warriors | Frankie Lim | Jong Uichico | [7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Li, Matthew (June 4, 2024). "PBA to implement new innovations for 49th season". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
2. ^ a b Atencio, Peter (June 5, 2024). "Marcial reveals changes for PBA's 49th season". Manila Standard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
3. ^ a b Caacbay, Kennedy (June 5, 2024). "No more height limit for imports in PBA Commissioner's Cup". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
4. ^ a b Magallon, Reynald (June 5, 2024). "PBA scraps height limit in mid-season conference, introduces new format for Gov's Cup". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
5. ^ "Season 49 PBA draft draws 70 rookie applicants". PBA.ph. July 5, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
6. ^ "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. July 14, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
7. ^ Terrado, Reuben (June 7, 2024). "Jong Uichico returns to PBA hot seat replacing Frankie Lim at NLEX". Spin.ph. Retrieved June 7, 2024.

## External links[edit]

* PBA official website

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