The PBA Season 46 draft (originally planned as the 2020 PBA rookie draft) was the 36th edition of the PBA draft. The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams from the 2020 season, with the team having the worst record picking first.[1] For this draft, the PBA decided to forgo the seven-game requirement to play in the PBA Developmental League (D-League).[2]
The Terrafirma Dyip held the right for the first overall pick of the draft.
Since 2015, the draft order was determined based on the overall performance of the teams from the previous season. The Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 40% of the points, while the rankings of the Commissioner's and Governors' Cups are 30% each.
Since the league held only one tournament for the 2020 season, the final rankings of the Philippine Cup was used to determine the draft order.[3][4]
For the third time and second consecutively in PBA history, there was another separate draft for the players in the pool for the Philippine national team, locally known as Gilas Pilipinas. Four teams held the rights to the players they selected only after their release from international duty.[5]
As a reiteration of the agreement between the PBA and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the latter named players to be loaned to the Philippines training camp after their selection in this special draft.[5]
^June 10, 2019: NLEX to NorthPort (three-team trade with TNT)[13]
NorthPort acquired Terrafirma's (Columbian's) 2020 second round pick and Phoenix Super LPG's (Phoenix Pulse's) 2019 second round pick which was not conveyed, from NLEX; Michael Miranda from TNT
NLEX acquired Jericho Cruz from TNT and San Miguel's 2020 second round pick from NorthPort
TNT acquired Marion Magat from NLEX; 2021 and 2022 second round picks from NorthPort
^ abMarch 12, 2021: Barangay Ginebra to NorthPort[14]
Ginebra acquired Terrafirma's 2020 second round pick
NorthPort acquired and Barangay Ginebra's 2020 second round pick
^The season 46 draft was composed of two drafts: the Gilas special draft, which consisted of 4 players reserved for the Philippine national team, and the regular draft. Jordan Heading was selected as the first pick in the Gilas special draft. Munzon was selected by Terrafirma Dyip as the first pick of the regular draft.