2024–25 Blackwater Bossing season

Basketball team season

2024–25 Blackwater Bossing season
Head coach	Jeffrey Cariaso
General Manager	Johnson Martinez Rhona Tibor (assistant)
Owner(s)	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Governors' Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Philippine Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Blackwater Bossing seasons
← 2023–24

The 2024–25 Blackwater Bossing season is the 10th 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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
1	2	Sedrick Barefield	G	USA	Utah
3	26	DJ Mitchell	G	USA	Hartford
4	37	Keith Pido	G	Philippines	Perpetual

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	0	Ilagan, RK (IN)	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1997–04–03	San Sebastian
F	1	Ledo, Ricky (I)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	1992–09–10	South Kent
G	2	Barefield, Sedrick (R)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1996–11–18	Utah
G	3	Montalbo, Kib	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1996–04–02	De La Salle
G/F	4	Suerte, Rey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1994–10–04	UE
G	5	Tungcab, Jaydee	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	1997–05–05	Philippines
G	6	Casio, JVee	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1986–09–01	De La Salle
G	7	Kwekuteye, James	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1998–08–15	San Beda
F/C	8	Guinto, Bradwyn	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–10–20	San Sebastian
F/C	9	Chua, Justin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1989–07–13	Ateneo
F	12	Corteza, Miguel (R)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)		1998–02–23	St. Benilde
C	13	Jopia, Clifford	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)		San Beda
G/F	15	Yap, James	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	1982–02–15	UE
F	18	Rosario, Troy (C)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1992–01–20	National-U
G	22	Mitchell, DJ (R)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)		Hartford
F	23	Escoto, Richard (IN)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	1997–03–21	Far Eastern
F	25	David, Christian	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1998–06–19	Butler
F/C	27	Ponferada, Jewel	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	1988–07–08	National-U
G	28	Ayonayon, Mike (IN)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1992–12–08	Philippine Christian
F	33	Hill, Tyrus	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1996–03–20	De La Salle

Head coach

Jeffrey Cariaso

Assistant coach(es)

Joe Silva (1st assistant)
Junjie Ablan
Ryan Alba
Mike Cortez
Aries Dimaunahan
Daniel Olan

Team manager

Johnson Martinez
Rhona Tibor (assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie
(3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team

Injured

Roster

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Group B Standings

Pos	Team v t e	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	—	—	Qualify to quarterfinals
2	Blackwater Bossing	—	—
3	NLEX Road Warriors	—	—
4	Phoenix Fuel Masters	—	—
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	—	—
6	San Miguel Beermen	—	—

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 4th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[2]

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total:

August

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
1	August 20	Rain or Shine	Smart Araneta Coliseum
2	August 22	NLEX	Smart Araneta Coliseum
3	August 25	San Miguel	Smart Araneta Coliseum
4	August 30	Barangay Ginebra	Ninoy Aquino Stadium

September

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
5	September 3	Phoenix	Smart Araneta Coliseum
6	September 6	NLEX	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
7	September 10	Barangay Ginebra	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
8	September 15	Phoenix	Smart Araneta Coliseum
9	September 21	San Miguel	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
10	September 23	Rain or Shine	Ninoy Aquino Stadium

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team	Ref.
Bradwyn Guinto	June 8, 2024	Not disclosed	2 years	Re-signed	^[3]
Jaydee Tungcab	June 8, 2024	Not disclosed	2 years	Re-signed	^[3]

Trades

Pre-season

July
July 2, 2024^[4]	To Blackwater Kib Montalbo Jewel Ponferada 2028 TNT second-round pick	To TNT Rey Nambatac
July 17, 2024^[5]	To Blackwater Miguel Corteza	To Rain or Shine 2026 Blackwater second-round pick (from TNT)

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record	Ref.
Governors' Cup	Ricky Ledo				^[6]

References

^ "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
^ Ramos, Gerry (June 8, 2024). "Tungcab, Guinto signed to new two-year deals by Blackwater". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
^ Ramos, Gerry (July 2, 2024). "Rey Nambatac finally at TNT as revised trade gets PBA approval". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
^ Ramos, Gerry (July 17, 2024). "ROS trades draftee Miggy Corteza to Blackwater for future pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ Ramos, Gerry (July 16, 2024). "Blackwater brings in former Maverick Ricky Ledo as import". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.