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was an event held at Robinson's Midtown Mall in

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on August 19, 2012 which allowed PBA teams to

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players from the amateur ranks.

Draft lottery

The lottery determined the team that will obtain the first pick on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their cumulative win–loss record in the previous season, with records from the Philippine Cup having heavier weight. The lottery was held on July 22, 2012, during halftime of Game 1 of the 2012 PBA Governors Cup Finals at the

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won the rights to the first overall selection against the Alaska Aces, but due to a previous transaction, the draft rights of Air21 went to the

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Draft

1st round

2nd round

3rd round

Note: This is the natural drafting order.

4th round

Note: Air21, Alaska, Petron Blaze, and Talk 'N Text passed in this round.

5th round

Note: Barako Bull, Meralco, Rain or Shine and B-Meg passed in this round.

6th round

Note: GlobalPort passed in this round.

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

:Note: All traded draft picks associated to GlobalPort previously belonged to the

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before selling their franchise to Sultan 900 Capital, Inc. :Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams. * On May 14, 2011, Petron (as San Miguel) acquired two first round picks and a 2012 first round pick from Barako Bull (as Air21) in exchange for 2012 and 2013 first round picks. Previously, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull (as Burger King) acquired the 2012 pick and a

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first round pick on October 12, 2009, from Barako Energy Coffee in a three-team trade with Talk 'N Text. The Barako Energy Coffee franchise was bought by the Lina Group of Companies in 2011 and was renamed as the Shopinas.com Clickers then later as the Air21 Express. The original Air21 Express however was renamed as the Barako Bull Energy in 2011 after the Lina Group acquired the majority share of the Energy Food and Drinks, a subsidiary of Photokina Marketing which owns the Barako Bull brand. * On July 18, 2011, Barangay Ginebra acquired a 2012 first round pick and KG Canaleta from Barako Bull (as Air21) to in exchange for

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. Previously, the Express acquired the pick and a 2011 second round pick on August 29, 2010, from Powerade in exchange for

Ren-Ren Ritualo Florendo R. "Renren" Ritualo Jr. (born June 14, 1979) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and current assistant coach. He last played for the Shopinas.com Clickers of the Philippine Basketball Association and is currently an assi ...

, Sean Anthony and the draft rights to 18th pick Jai Reyes.Trade galore: Fonacier, Ritualo, Villanueva headed to new teams
GMANews.TV, August 30, 2010 * * On May 29, 2012,

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acquired

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and a second round pick from Alaska in exchange for RJ Jazul. * * On November 16, 2011, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull acquired

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, a 2012 second round pick and a 2013 first round pick from Barangay Ginebra, B-Meg acquired a 2012 second round pick from the Energy Cola and

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from Ginebra, and Ginebra acquired

Rico Maierhofer Paul Rico Galenzoga Maierhofer (born November 4, 1985) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He last played for the San Miguel Alab Pilipinas of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). He was drafted 2nd overall by the Purefoods Tende ...

from the Llamados and Allein Maliksi from the Energy Cola. * On September 22, 2010, in a three-team trade, Powerade acquired a 2012 second round pick and Rob Reyes from Barako Bull Energy Boosters, and a 2011 first round pick and a 2012 second round pick from Meralco; the Bolts acquired

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from the Tigers; and the Boosters acquired Jason Misolas and

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from the Boosters. * * On January 31, 2011, Barako Bull (as Air21) acquired a second round pick and a 2013 first round pick from Powerade in exchange for

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. * On May 30, 2011, Alaska acquired a 2012 second round pick, a 2011 second round pick and

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from Barako Bull (as Air21) in exchange for

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.PBA commissioner Salud gives Alaska 2 more picks in Devance-Reyes trade
Rey Joble, GMANews.TV, May 30, 2011 Previously, Air21 acquired the 2012 pick from B-Meg from a previous transaction.

Draft-day trades

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GlobalPort Batang Pier The NorthPort Batang Pier is a Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) team that first played in the 2012–13 PBA season. The team took over the franchise of the Powerade Tigers in 2012 after it was sold to Sultan 900 Capital, Inc. Besides No ...

acquired the draft rights to 9th pick Vic Manuel and

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from B-Meg in exchange for Sean Anthony.BOOSTERS GROW STRONGER
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acquired the draft rights to 12th pick

Dave Marcelo David Paul M. Marcelo (born February 22, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Marcelo was drafted by B-Meg in the 2012 PBA draft as the 12th overall pick. Co ...

and Sean Anthony (who was traded from GlobalPort earlier in the first round), in exchange for Barako Bull's draft rights for

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. * The

Meralco Bolts The Meralco Bolts is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team began in 2010 after the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) acquired the PBA franchise of the Sta. Lucia Realtors. The team is one of three ...

acquired the draft rights to 17th pick

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from Rain or Shine in exchange for Meralco's 2015 second round pick.

Undrafted players

References

External links

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