The 2024–25 PBA season, also referred to as PBA season 49, is the 49th season of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...

(PBA). The season began on August 18, 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. The first two conferences allows an

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per team while the last tournament is exclusive to Filipinos. The first activity of the season was the

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, held on July 14. To commemorate its golden anniversary, on April 2, 10 players were added to the Greatest Players List to form the

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Season changes

In order to help the league and its teams prepare for international competitions such as the

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and

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, 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

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still stands at , the Commissioner's Cup's height limit of is scrapped outright. Similar to the previous season, the Philippine Cup will remain as the season-culminating conference.

Executive board

* Commissioner:

Willie Marcial Wilfrido "Willie" O. Marcial (born October 12, 1961) is a Filipino sports executive who serves as the tenth commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association. He became the league's officer-in-charge after Chito Narvasa resigned on December ...

* Chairman:

Ricky Vargas Victorico "Ricky" P. Vargas (born February 24, 1952) is a Filipino executive who served as the 10th President of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) from March 5, 2018, after winning over Jose Cojuangco Jr. in a court-ordered elections held o ...

(Representing

TNT Tropang 5G The TNT Tropang 5G is a professional basketball team currently owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of the PLDT, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) since 1990. The ...

) * Vice-Chairman:

Alfrancis Chua Alfrancis P. Chua (born January 17, 1966) is a Filipino sports executive and former basketball player and coach. He is currently the team manager of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the sports director of San Miguel Corporation (SMC), overseei ...

(Representing

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The most popular team in the league, it is owned by Ginebra San Miguel, Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (formerly, La Tondeña Distiller ...

) * Treasurer: Raymond Zorrilla (Representing

Phoenix Fuel Masters The Phoenix Fuel Masters is a professional basketball team owned by Phoenix Petroleum, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., which debuted in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in the 2015–16 PBA season, 2016 2016 PBA Commissioner's C ...

)

Teams

Changes from previous season: *

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played as a guest team for the Commissioner's Cup.

Arenas

Main arenas

Out-of-town arenas

Transactions

Coaching changes

Rule changes

After being used in the

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and

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All-Star Weekends, the league will integrate the four-point line as part of regular play. The four-point line is set to be away from the basket, which makes it further than the three-point line.

Notable events

2024 PBA Governors' Cup

2024-25 PBA Commissioner's Cup

2025 PBA Philippine Cup

*April 9 - The league celebrated its 50th foundation anniversary by playing two games at the

Rizal Memorial Coliseum The Rizal Memorial Coliseum is an indoor arena in the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines. It can hold up to 6,100 people. History The Rizal Memorial Coliseum within the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex was built on the former si ...

, one of their primary venues from 1975 to 1984. Ticket prices were reduced to P50 in the lower box section and P35 for the upper box section. Converge and Magnolia played the first game, while San Miguel and Meralco played in the main game. The 2nd game was billed as a "retro game". San Miguel wore their throwback 1982 jerseys while Meralco wore their 1971 retro jerseys they wore during their participation in the

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. *April 11 - A gala night was held at the Solaire Resort North to honor the 10 players added to the 50 greatest players in league history. *April 14 - PBA Commissioner Willy Marcial sanctioned

player Larry Muyang with an indefinite ban for breaching his live contract with the team by playing with the

Pampanga Giant Lanterns The Pampanga Giant Lanterns (shortened as PGL and also known as Pampanga Giant Lanterns – AMG3 Construction for sponsorship reasons) are a Filipino professional basketball team based in San Fernando, Pampanga. The team competes in the Maha ...

of the MPBL.

Opening ceremonies

The

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for this season will be held at

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on August 18, 2024.

The PBA Leo Awards The PBA Leo Awards, formerly known as the PBA MVP Awards Night (1975–1992) and PBA Annual Awards (1993–2002) is an annual awards ceremony of the Philippine Basketball Association to honor the achievements of its players for the season. The w ...

for the 2023–24 season will be held before the opening ceremonies. The first game of the Governors' Cup between 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 thre ...

and the

Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots, or simply known as the Magnolia Hotshots, are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team is owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage, San Miguel Food and Beverage, I ...

will be played after the opening ceremonies. Below is the list of team muses:

2024 PBA Governors' Cup

The 2024 PBA Governors' Cup started on August 18 and ended on November 8, 2024.

Elimination round

Group A

Group B

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

* Finals MVP:

Jayson Castro Jayson Castro William (born June 30, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). His moniker is "The Blur" for his speed. He played for the Philippine Christian Uni ...

* Best Player of the Conference:

June Mar Fajardo June Mar Sotto Fajardo (; born November 17, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also known by his nickname "The Kraken" for his extraordinary size a ...

*Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference:

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Rondae Jaquan Hollis-Jefferson (born January 3, 1995) is an American naturalized Jordanian professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). After playing college basketball for the Arizona Wi ...

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The 2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup started on November 27, 2024, and ended on March 28, 2025.

Elimination round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

*Team has

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. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.

Semifinals

Finals

* Finals MVP: Rey Nambatac * Best Player of the Conference:

Arvin Tolentino Arvin Dave de Leon Tolentino (born November 5, 1995) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Seoul SK Knights of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He also serves as an assistant coach for the PSP Gymers of the Women's Maharlika ...

*Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference:

2025 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2025 PBA Philippine Cup began on April 4, 2025.

Elimination round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

*Team has

. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.

Semifinals

PBA teams in Asian club competitions

References

External links

PBA official website
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