Gilas Draft already done by PBA, results revealed on Sunday

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) has already conducted its special Gilas Draft for the 12 cadets who are part of the national team pool that will participate in international competition, it was announced Thursday, October 27.

Following a PBA board meeting on Thursday which was originally set to determine the order of selections for the Gilas draft, league brass decided to make their selections from the cadets pool already.

Results of the Gilas draft will be announced on the actual day of the 2016 PBA Draft on Sunday, October 30, right before the normal league draft. Announcements will be made via alphabetical order of teams instead of the 1-12 order.

“In a lengthy meeting held October 27, 2016, the PBA Board has decided on the procedure for the drafting of Gilas players in the coming PBA rookie draft this Sunday,” the PBA announced via it’s Twitter account.

“It was approved by the Board that each PBA team shall pick one player from the Gilas pool based on a pre-determined order.

“The selection of the Gilas players shall precede the drafting of the other players in the regular draft.”

The 41-year-old basketball league did not specify on the procedure of how the drafting selection was distributed.

According to Inquirer’s Musong Castillo, consensus top pick Mac Belo is still going to Blackwater, while Kevin Ferrer and Matthew Wright are headed to Ginebra and Phoenix, respectively. – Rappler.com