Last season, 43 rookies suited up. It would have been 44, but Luis Villegas never got to play during the 2023-24 PBA season.

Sedrick Barefield is beyond question the fuel that could drive Blackwater's future.

It's a small sample size but it feels like Sedrick Barefield is just what Blackwater needed as id the best rookie of the bunch.

Perhaps ROS will get better results by concentrating on the development of their young talents, as well as Villegas and Lemetti.

Of the 69 hopefuls, 48 names were called. Of the 12 PBA teams, there are winners and losers.