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2024 PBA COMMISSIONER'S CUP | IMPORT INTRODUCTION


 

 

TNT Tropang GIGA upstaged Barangay Ginebra San Miguel to win their third title in eight conferences.

 

More than that, with Meralco’s Philippine Cup last season, this is the first time in more than a decade that an SMC team failed to win a championship for two consecutive conferences. The last time non-SMC teams won two consecutive titles was when the Rain or Shine Elastopainters won the 2012 Governors’ Cup, the Talk N Text Tropang Texters claimed the 2012-13 Philippine Cup, and the Alaska Aces won the 2013 Commissioner’s Cup.

 

With the win, TNT was hellbent on bringing back Governors’ Cup Best Import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson for the Commissioner’s Cup.

 

Ginebra, fixated on revenge, is expected to get the best possible reinforcement to forward to their goal.

 

And who do they have in their mind?

 

Justin F’N Brownlee.

 

In some ways, it’s inevitable. After all, RHJ has a 67 percent success rate in both championships and Best Import awards while Brownlee is arguably one of the greatest imports in league history. George King, Blackwater’s scoring machine, is also back for the Commissioner’s Cup. 

 

NLEX will tap former NBA player and North Carolina Tar Heel Ed Davis as their import with Converge taking former NBA player Cheick Diallo to their squad. Meanwhile, Magnolia is returning naturalized Korean and former FIBA World Cup top scorer Ricardo “Ra Gu-nah” Ratliffe to their roster. Quincy Miller, another balik import, will play for the San Miguel Beermen until another returnee Bennie Boatwright returns.

 

Donovan Smith will represent the Phoenix Fuel Masters, Ryan Richards will don the Terrafirma Dyip colors, and guest team Hong Kong Eastern is going with former San Miguel hired gun Cameron Clark. Northport will parade Lennox Lewis’ 6’11 "cousin Kavell Bigby-Williams. While the Meralco Bolts would have brought recently retired Allen Durham back to their fold if he wanted to, they are going to settle with former Virginia Cavalier Akil Mitchell. Rain or Shine will allegedly go with Aaron Epps, although they have to make this official as of this writing.


Epps and Bigby-Williams also played college ball at LSU - the same school that produced the likes of Shaquille O'Neal, Pete Maravich,

 

So this is what we have at the moment.    




TNT TROPANG GIGA | RONDAE HOLLIS-JEFFERSON


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1995

COLLEGE | ARIZONA WILDCATS


NBA DRAFT | 2015 | RD 1 - PICK 23 | PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

NBA TEAMS | BROOKLYN NETS, TORONTO RAPTORS, PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

NBA AVERAGES | 9.0PPG - 5.5RPG - 1.9APG - 305 REGULAR SEASON GAMES


PBA EXPERIENCE | TNT TROPANG GIGA

2-TIME PBA BEST IMPORT - 2023 GOVCUP, 2024 GOVCUP

2-TIME PBA CHAMPION - 2023 GOVCUP, 2024 GOVCUP  




BARANGAY GINEBRA SAN MIGUEL | JUSTIN BROWNLEE


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1988

COLLEGE | ST. JOHN'S RED STORM


NBA DRAFT | 2011 | UNDRAFTED

NBA AVERAGES | NO NBA EXPERIENCE


PBA EXPERIENCE | BARANGAY GINEBRA SAN MIGUEL

3-TIME PBA BEST IMPORT - 2018 COMCUP, 2021 GOVCUP, 2022-23 COMCUP

6-TIME PBA CHAMPION - 2016 GOVCUP, 2017 GOVCUP, 2018 COMCUP, 2019 GOVCUP, 2021 GOVCUP, 2022-23 COMCUP




BLACKWATER BOSSING | GEORGE KING


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1994

COLLEGE | COLORADO BUFFALOES


NBA DRAFT | 2018 | RD 2 - PICK 59 | PHOENIX SUNS

NBA TEAMS | PHOENIX SUNS, DALLAS MAVERICKS

NBA AVERAGES | 0.2PPG - 1.2RPG - 0.0APG - 5 REGULAR SEASON GAMES


PBA EXPERIENCE |

BLACKWATER BOSSING - 2024 PBA GOVERNORS' CUP




MAGNOLIA HOTSHOTS | RICARDO RATLIFFE (KOREAN NAME: RA GUN-AH)


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1989

COLLEGE | MISSOURI TIGERS

FIBA | KOREAN NATIONAL TEAM


NBA DRAFT | 2012 | UNDRAFTED

NBA AVERAGES | NO NBA EXPERIENCE


PBA EXPERIENCE |

STAR HOTSHOTS - 2016 PBA COMMISSIONER'S CUP

STAR HOTSHOTS - 2017 PBA COMMISSIONER'S CUP




SAN MIGUEL BEERMEN | QUINCY MILLER


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1992

COLLEGE | BAYLOR BEARS


NBA DRAFT | 2012 | RD 2 - PICK 38 | DENVER NUGGETS

NBA TEAMS | PHOENIX SUNS, SACRAMENTO KINGS, DETROIT PISTONS

NBA AVERAGES | 5.3PPG - 2.4RPG - 0.5APG - 69 REGULAR SEASON GAMES


PBA EXPERIENCE |

CONVERGE FIBERXERS - 2022-23 PBA COMMISSIONER'S CUP

TNT TROPANG GIGA - 2023-24 PBA COMMISSIONER'S CUP




NLEX ROAD WARRIORS | ED DAVIS


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1989

COLLEGE | NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS


NBA DRAFT | 2010 | RD 1 - PICK 13 | TORONTO RAPTORS

NBA TEAMS | TORONTO RAPTORS, MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES, LOS ANGELES LAKERS, PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS, BROOKLYN NETS, UTAH JAZZ, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES, CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

NBA AVERAGES | 5.9PPG - 6.4RPG - 0.7APG - 722 REGULAR SEASON GAMES


PBA EXPERIENCE |

NONE







CONVERGE FIBERXERS | CHEICK DIALLO


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1996

COLLEGE | KANSAS JAYHAWKS


NBA DRAFT | 2016 | RD 2 - PICK 33 | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS

NBA TEAMS | NEW ORLEANS PELICANS, PHOENIX SUNS, DETROIT PISTONS

NBA AVERAGES | 5.2PPG - 4.1RPG - 0.4APG - 183 REGULAR SEASON GAMES


PBA EXPERIENCE |

NONE







TERRAFIRMA DYIP | RYAN RICHARDS


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1991

FIBA | GREAT BRITAIN NATIONAL TEAM


NBA DRAFT | 2010 | RD 2 - PICK 49 | SAN ANTONIO SPURS

NBA AVERAGES | NO NBA EXPERIENCE


PBA EXPERIENCE |

NONE




NORTHPORT BATANG PIER | KAVELL BIGBY-WILLIAMS


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1995

COLLEGE | LSU TIGERS

FIBA | GREAT BRITAIN NATIONAL TEAM


NBA DRAFT | 2019 | UNDRAFTED

NBA AVERAGES | NO NBA EXPERIENCE


PBA EXPERIENCE |

NONE




MERALCO BOLTS | AKIL MITCHELL


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1992

COLLEGE | VIRGINIA CAVALIERS


NBA DRAFT | 2014 | UNDRAFTED

NBA AVERAGES | NO NBA EXPERIENCE


PBA EXPERIENCE |

NONE




RAIN OR SHINE ELASTOPAINTERS | AARON EPPS (NOTE: NOT YET OFFICIAL)


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1996

COLLEGE | LSU TIGERS


NBA DRAFT | 2018 | UNDRAFTED

NBA AVERAGES | NO NBA EXPERIENCE


PBA EXPERIENCE |

NONE




PHOENIX FUEL MASTERS | DONOVAN SMITH


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1994

COLLEGE | QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS


NBA DRAFT | 2017 | UNDRAFTED

NBA AVERAGES | NO NBA EXPERIENCE


PBA EXPERIENCE |

NONE




HONG KONG EASTERN | CAMERON CLARK


YEAR OF BIRTH | 1991

COLLEGE | OKLAHOMA SOONERS


NBA DRAFT | 2014 | UNDRAFTED

NBA AVERAGES | NO NBA EXPERIENCE


PBA EXPERIENCE |

NLEX ROAD WARRIORS - 2021 PBA GOVERNORS' CUP

SAN MIGUEL BEERMEN - 2023 PBA GOVERNORS' CUP



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