The 2007 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Rookie Draft is an event, which will allow teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Market! Market! in Taguig City on August 19, 2007. The Welcoat Dragons drafted Joe Devance of the University of Texas at El Paso and Toyota-Balintawak Road Kings to be the #1 draft pick.
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PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center | * | Mythical team member | # | All-star |
Pick | Player | Country of origin* | PBA Team | College |
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1 | Joe Devance* | United States | Welcoat Dragons | Texas-El Paso |
2 | Samigue Eman | Philippines | Magnolia Beverage Masters (from Coca-Cola Tigers) | U of Mindanao |
3 | Ryan Reyes# | United States | Sta. Lucia Realtors | Cal State Fullerton |
4 | J.C. Intal# | Philippines | Air21 Express (from Coca-Cola Tigers via Air21 Express) | Ateneo |
5 | Doug Kramer | Philippines | Air21 Express (from Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants) | Ateneo |
6 | Ken Bono | Philippines | Alaska Aces | Adamson |
7 | J.R. Quiñahan | Philippines | Alaska Aces (from Red Bull Barako) | UV |
8 | Yousif Aljamal | Philippines | Air21 Express (to be returned to Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) | San Beda |
9 | Jonas Villanueva | Philippines | Magnolia Beverage Masters (from Barangay Ginebra Kings) | FEU |
10 | Macky Escalona | Philippines | Barangay Ginebra Kings | Ateneo |
Pick | Player | Country of origin* | PBA Team | College |
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11 | Ronjay Buenafe | Philippines | Sta. Lucia Realtors (from Coca-Cola Tigers) | EAC |
12 | Ryan Araña | Philippines | Welcoat Dragons | De La Salle |
13 | Melvin Mamaclay | Philippines | Sta. Lucia Realtors | Adamson |
14 | Marvin Cruz | Philippines | Air21 Express | UP Diliman |
15 | Jojo Duncil | Philippines | Red Bull Barako (from Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants) | UST |
16 | Ardy Larong | Philippines | Alaska Aces | USJ-R |
17 | RJ Masbang | Philippines | Air21 Express (from Magnolia Beverage Masters) | UE |
Red Bull's two picks (supposedly 17th and 19th), and Talk 'N Text (supposedly 18th) were passed.
Draftee's name followed by college. All undrafted players become free agents.
Jeffrei Chan of FEU withdrew his application.
*All aspirants are Filipinos until proven otherwise.
Preceded by 2006 PBA Draft |
PBA Draft 2007 |
Succeeded by 2008 PBA Draft |
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