2024–25 NorthPort Batang Pier season

2024–25 NorthPort Batang Pier season
Head coach	Bonnie Tan
General Manager	Pido Jarencio Waiyip Chong (assistant)
Owner(s)	Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.
Governors' Cup results
Record	3–7 (30%)
Place	5th in group A
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	9–3 (75%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra 1–4)
Philippine Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
NorthPort Batang Pier seasons

The 2024–25 NorthPort Batang Pier season is the 12th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

• July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.^[1]

Draft picks

Main article: PBA season 49 draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
1	5	Dave Ildefonso	G	Philippines	Ateneo
2	14	Evan Nelle	G	Philippines	De La Salle
3	29	Agem Miranda	G	Philippines	JRU
4	39	John Uduba	F	Philippines	Olivarez
5	46	Germy Mahinay	C	Philippines	NU
6	48	Robbi Darang	G	Philippines	Diliman

Roster

NorthPort Batang Pier roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 0 Paolo Taha 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–12–05 St. Benilde F 1 Sidney Onwubere 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1993–08–01 Emilio Aguinaldo G 3 Fran Yu 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 1998–06–16 Letran G 4 Agem Miranda (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1999–09–04 José Rizal G 5 Allyn Bulanadi 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 1997–04–28 San Sebastian G 8 Paul Zamar  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1987–10–20 UE F/C 9 Abu Tratter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1993–01–09 De La Salle F 10 Arvin Tolentino 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1995–11–05 Far Eastern G 20 Evan Nelle (R) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1998–06–08 De La Salle F 22 Cade Flores 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Arellano F 23 William Navarro 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997–02–03 Ateneo G/F 24 Joshua Munzon (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995–01–15 Cal State LA G 27 Avan Nava (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000–04–04 St. Francis Xavier G 28 Jio Jalalon  5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1992–08–02 Arellano F/C 37 Damie Cuntapay 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 1998–10–22 San Beda	Head coach Bonnie Tan Assistant coach(es) Jeff Napa (1st assistant) Rensy Bajar Alfredo Jarencio II Michael Oliver Team manager Pido Jarencio Waiyip Chong (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Group A Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT Tropang Giga	8	2	.800	—	Quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	7	3	.700	1
3	Converge FiberXers	6	4	.600	2
4	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	5	5	.500	3
5	NorthPort Batang Pier	3	7	.300	5
6	Terrafirma Dyip	1	9	.100	7

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record, if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[2]

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 3–7
August: 2–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 August 20 TNT L 95–101 Taylor Johns (36) Taylor Johns (16) Taylor Johns (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1 2 August 23 Terrafirma W 112–93 William Navarro (31) Venky Jois (15) Arvin Tolentino (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1 3 August 29 Converge W 135–109 Arvin Tolentino (51) Venky Jois (10) Jalalon, Navarro, Yu (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 2–1
September: 1–6 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 September 1 Meralco L 99–109 Arvin Tolentino (21) William Navarro (11) Jalalon, Nelle (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 2–2 5 September 4 Magnolia L 94–105 Cade Flores (23) Arvin Tolentino (12) Arvin Tolentino (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–3 6 September 8 Terrafirma W 133–107 Venky Jois (26) Venky Jois (15) Arvin Tolentino (10) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–3 7 September 11 Converge L 99–107 Venky Jois (24) Venky Jois (14) Jio Jalalon (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–4 8 September 14 Meralco L 104–114 Arvin Tolentino (28) Arvin Tolentino (7) Tolentino, Yu (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–5 9 September 20 Magnolia L 94–110 Arvin Tolentino (25) Cade Flores (8) Jalalon, Tolentino (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–6 10 September 22 TNT L 79–99 Arvin Tolentino (24) Sidney Onwubere (12) Jio Jalalon (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–7

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NorthPort Batang Pier	9	3	.750	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	TNT Tropang Giga	8	4	.667[a]	1
3	Converge FiberXers	8	4	.667[a]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	4	.667[a]	1
5	Meralco Bolts	7	5	.583[b]	2
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	5	.583[b]	2
7	Eastern (G)	7	5	.583[b]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	6	6	.500[c]	3
9	NLEX Road Warriors	6	6	.500[c]	3
10	San Miguel Beermen	5	7	.417	4
11	Blackwater Bossing	3	9	.250[d]	6
12	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	9	.250[d]	6
13	Terrafirma Dyip	1	11	.083	8

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[3]
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Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.04, Converge 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 0.94
2. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.08, Rain or Shine 1.04, Eastern 0.88
3. Eighth seed playoff: Magnolia 112–81 NLEX
4. Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 9–3
November: 2–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 28, 2024 NLEX W 114–87 Arvin Tolentino (29) Evan Nelle (7) Evan Nelle (8) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–0 2 November 30, 2024 Terrafirma W 113–101 Kadeem Jack (32) Kadeem Jack (15) Tolentino, Yu (10) Ynares Center 2–0
December: 4–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 December 4, 2024 Magnolia W 107–103 Kadeem Jack (30) Kadeem Jack (11) Fran Yu (10) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–0 4 December 8, 2024 TNT W 100–95 Kadeem Jack (27) Jack, Tolentino (11) Evan Nelle (8) Ynares Center 4–0 5 December 12, 2024 Converge W 108–101 Kadeem Jack (32) Kadeem Jack (15) Evan Nelle (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 5–0 6 December 17, 2024 Phoenix L 109–115 Kadeem Jack (28) Kadeem Jack (16) Evan Nelle (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 5–1 7 December 20, 2024 Eastern W 120–113 Kadeem Jack (38) Kadeem Jack (9) Fran Yu (9) PhilSports Arena 6–1
January: 3–2 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 8 January 8, 2025 Barangay Ginebra W 119–116 Kadeem Jack (32) Kadeem Jack (16) Joshua Munzon (6) PhilSports Arena 7–1 9 January 14, 2025 Meralco L 94–111 Kadeem Jack (29) Kadeem Jack (14) Joshua Munzon (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 7–2 10 January 16, 2025 Rain or Shine L 107–127 Kadeem Jack (39) Kadeem Jack (11) Fran Yu (8) PhilSports Arena 7–3 11 January 21, 2025 San Miguel W 105–104 Kadeem Jack (38) Arvin Tolentino (8) Munzon, Nelle (5) Ynares Center 8–3 12 January 25, 2025 Blackwater W 120–93 Kadeem Jack (30) Arvin Tolentino (10) Arvin Tolentino (11) Ynares Center 9–3

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
	1	NorthPort	113
	8	Magnolia	110
						1	NorthPort	1
	(best-of-3)
						4	Barangay Ginebra	4
	4	Barangay Ginebra	2
	5	Meralco	1
											4	Barangay Ginebra	3
	(#2 twice-to-beat)
											2	TNT	4
	2	TNT	109
	7	Eastern	93
						2	TNT	4
	(best-of-3)
						6	Rain or Shine	1
	3	Converge	1
	6	Rain or Shine	2

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Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 2–4
Quarterfinals: 1–0 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 February 6, 2025 Magnolia W 113–110 Kadeem Jack (30) Kadeem Jack (10) Joshua Munzon (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–0
Semifinals: 1–4 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 February 26, 2025 Barangay Ginebra L 93–115 Kadeem Jack (33) Kadeem Jack (12) Joshua Munzon (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1 2 February 28, 2025 Barangay Ginebra L 106–119 Kadeem Jack (27) William Navarro (12) Fran Yu (6) PhilSports Arena 0–2 3 March 2, 2025 Barangay Ginebra L 100–127 Kadeem Jack (32) Flores, Tolentino (5) Jack, Yu (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–3 4 March 5, 2025 Barangay Ginebra W 108–103 Kadeem Jack (39) Kadeem Jack (15) Arvin Tolentino (11) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–3 5 March 7, 2025 Barangay Ginebra L 99–126 Kadeem Jack (31) Arvin Tolentino (13) Joshua Munzon (11) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–4

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	3	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	2	1	.667	1
3	Meralco Bolts	2	2	.500	1.5
4	Converge FiberXers	2	2	.500	1.5
5	NLEX Road Warriors	1	1	.500	1.5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	1	1	.500	1.5
7	NorthPort Batang Pier	1	1	.500	1.5
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	0	0	—	1.5
9	TNT Tropang 5G	0	0	—	1.5
10	Terrafirma Dyip	1	2	.333	2
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	1	2	.333	2
12	Blackwater Bossing	0	2	.000	2.5

Updated to match(es) played on April 16, 2025. Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[2]

Game log

2025 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 1–1
April: 1–1 Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 April 12 Terrafirma W 97–75 Arvin Tolentino (19) William Navarro (10) Arvin Tolentino (12) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–0 2 April 16 Rain or Shine L 96–113 William Navarro (22) Navarro, Onwubere (12) Joshua Munzon (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1 3 April 25 Blackwater Smart Araneta Coliseum

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team	Ref.
Ben Adamos	June 7, 2024	Not disclosed	1 year	Re-signed	[4]
Kris Rosales
Paul Zamar
John Amores	June 9, 2024		2 years		[5]
JM Calma
Joshua Munzon	June 21, 2024				[6]
Allyn Bulanadi	July 25, 2024		1 year		[7]

Subtractions

Player	Number	Position	Reason	New team	Ref.
Jeff Chan	16	Small forward / shooting guard	End of contract	Biñan Tatak Gel (MPBL)	[8][9]
Kris Rosales	11	Point guard	Released	San Miguel Beermen	[10]
John Amores	19, 13	Shooting guard	License revoked		[11]

Trades

Pre-season

July
July 15, 2024[12][13]	To NorthPort Jio Jalalon Abu Tratter	To Magnolia Zavier Lucero
	To NorthPort Sidney Onwubere	To Barangay Ginebra Ben Adamos
July 17, 2024[14]	To NorthPort 2026 Terrafirma second-round pick	To Terrafirma Brent Paraiso

Mid-season

April
April 2, 2025[15]	To NorthPort Avan Nava 2025 San Miguel second-round pick	To San Miguel JM Calma

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record	Ref.
Governors' Cup	Taylor Johns	August 20, 2024 (vs. TNT)		0–1	[16]
	Venky Jois	August 23, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma)	September 14, 2024 (vs. Meralco)	3–3	[17]
Commissioner's Cup	Kadeem Jack	November 28, 2024 (vs. NLEX)	March 7, 2025 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	11–7	[18]

References

1. "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
2. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
3. "All about the PBA quotient". INQUIRER.net. December 10, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
4. Ramos, Gerry (June 7, 2024). "Kris Rosales, Paul Zamar, Ben Adamos inked to new NorthPort deals". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
5. Ramos, Gerry (June 9, 2024). "Injured JM Calma, John Amores renewed by NorthPort". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
6. Ramos, Gerry (June 21, 2024). "Joshua Munzon signed to two-year extension by NorthPort". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
7. Ramos, Gerry (July 25, 2024). "Northport gives Allyn Bulanadi one-year contract extension". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
8. Ramos, Gerry (July 25, 2024). "Jeff Chan's contract with NorthPort no longer renewed". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
9. "156 former PBA players join 2025 MPBL season". Fastbreak.com.ph. March 10, 2025. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
10. Ramos, Gerry (August 5, 2024). "SMB picks up Kris Rosales after being released by NorthPort". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
11. Ramos, Gerry (December 22, 2024). "No more PBA return for Amores as GAB revokes his license". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
12. Ramos, Gerry (July 15, 2024). "Magnolia acquires Lucero by trading Jalalon, Tratter to Northport". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
13. Ramos, Gerry (July 15, 2024). "Ginebra trades Onwubere to NorthPort for big man Ben Adamos". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
14. Ramos, Gerry (July 17, 2024). "NorthPort shipments continue with Brent Paraiso trade to Terrafirma". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
15. Terrado, Reuben (April 2, 2025). "SMB acquires JM Calma from NorthPort in trade for Avan Nava, future pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
16. Bacnis, Justine (July 19, 2024). "Northport taps journeyman Taylor Johns for PBA Govs' Cup". Tiebreakertimes.com.ph. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
17. "NorthPort gives Taylor Jones the pink slip; Venky Jois returns for another 'Tour of Duty'". PBA.ph. August 22, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
18. Ramos, Gerry (November 25, 2024). "Northport, NLEX replace imports days before Commissioner's Cup". spin.ph. Retrieved November 26, 2024.