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 18, 2024 and will conclude sometime in 2025.
2024–25 PBA season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | August 18, 2024 – 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 |
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
editIn 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
editChanges from previous season:
- Negotiations are ongoing for the possible entry of Hong Kong Eastern or the Singapore Slingers as a guest team for the Commissioner's Cup.[7]
Transactions
editCoaching changes
edit| Team | 2023–24 season | 2024–25 season | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off-season | |||
| NLEX Road Warriors | Frankie Lim | Jong Uichico | [8] |
PBA teams in Asian club competitions
edit| Team | Competition | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Meralco Bolts | 2024–25 East Asia Super League[9] | Group stage |
| San Miguel Beermen |
References
edit- ^ Li, Matthew (June 4, 2024). "PBA to implement new innovations for 49th season". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ Atencio, Peter (June 5, 2024). "Marcial reveals changes for PBA's 49th season". Manila Standard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Season 49 PBA draft draws 70 rookie applicants". PBA.ph. July 5, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. July 14, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "Hong Kong Eastern to play home and away games if PBA partnership proceeds". Tiebreaker Times. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (June 7, 2024). "Jong Uichico returns to PBA hot seat replacing Frankie Lim at NLEX". Spin.ph. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 19, 2024). "Meralco, San Miguel fly PBA flag in EASL home-and-away Season 2". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 19, 2024.