2024–25 Blackwater Bossing season

2024–25 Blackwater Bossing 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	5–5 ; (50%)
Place	5th in group B
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1997–04–03	San Sebastian
G	2	Barefield, Sedrick (R)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1996–11–18	Utah
G/F	4	Suerte, Rey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1994–10–04	UE
G/F	5	Tungcab, Jaydee	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	1997–05–05	Philippines
G	6	Casio, JVee (IN)	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	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	15	Montalbo, Kib	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1996–04–02	De La Salle
C	18	Chua, Justin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1989–07–13	Ateneo
G	22	Mitchell, DJ (R)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)		Hartford
F	23	Escoto, Richard	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	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
F	94	King, George (CI)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1994–01–15	Colorado

Head coach

Jeffrey Cariaso

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Johnson Martinez
Rhona Tibor (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 B Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	3	.700	—	Quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	6	4	.600^[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	4	.600^[a]	1
4	NLEX Road Warriors	5	5	.500^[b]	2
5	Blackwater Bossing	5	5	.500^[b]	2
6	Phoenix Fuel Masters	1	9	.100	6

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]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Barangay Ginebra (San Miguel 1.23, Barangay Ginebra 0.82)
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–1 Blackwater (NLEX 1.03, Blackwater 0.97)

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 5–5

August: 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 20	Rain or Shine	L 97–110	Sedrick Barefield (18)	Ricky Ledo (8)	Jaydee Tungcab (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	August 22	NLEX	L 87–104	David, Rosario (17)	Christian David (10)	Sedrick Barefield (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2
3	August 25	San Miguel	L 108–128	Troy Rosario (25)	Christian David (8)	James Kwekuteye (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–3
4	August 30	Barangay Ginebra	W 95–88	George King (33)	George King (19)	Casio, Ilagan, King (4)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	1–3

September: 4–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	September 3	Phoenix	W 123–111	George King (44)	George King (13)	Barefield, Ilagan (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–3
6	September 6	NLEX	W 110–99	George King (39)	George King (15)	Barefield, King (5)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	3–3
7	September 10	Barangay Ginebra	L 98–112	George King (21)	George King (11)	George King (8)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	3–4
8	September 15	Phoenix	L 114–119	George King (32)	George King (10)	George King (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–5
9	September 21	San Miguel	W 111–94	George King (49)	George King (11)	RK Ilagan (7)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	4–5
10	September 23	Rain or Shine	W 139–118	George King (64)	George King (13)	Sedrick Barefield (4)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	5–5

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Converge FiberXers	1	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Eastern Sports Club (G)	1	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	0	0	—	0.5	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Blackwater Bossing	0	0	—	0.5
5	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	0	0	—	0.5
6	Meralco Bolts	0	0	—	0.5
7	NLEX Road Warriors	0	0	—	0.5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	NorthPort Batang Pier	0	0	—	0.5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	0	0	—	0.5
10	San Miguel Beermen	0	0	—	0.5
11	TNT Tropang Giga	0	0	—	0.5
12	Phoenix Fuel Masters	0	1	.000	1
13	Terrafirma Dyip	0	1	.000	1

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]
(G) Guests

Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total:

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 28, 2024	Magnolia					Ninoy Aquino Stadium
2	November 30, 2024	NLEX					Ynares Center

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
3	December 10, 2024	Eastern	Filoil EcoOil Centre
4	December 12, 2024	Meralco	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
5	December 15, 2024	San Miguel	Ynares Center
6	December 19, 2024	TNT	Ninoy Aquino Stadium

January

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
7	January 8, 2025	Rain or Shine	PhilSports Arena
8	January 12, 2025	Barangay Ginebra	Ynares Center
9	January 15, 2025	Terrafirma	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
10	January 19, 2025	Converge	Ynares Center
11	January 21, 2025	Phoenix	Ynares Center
12	January 25, 2025	NorthPort	Ynares Center

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	^[4]
Jaydee Tungcab	June 8, 2024	Not disclosed	2 years	Re-signed	^[4]

Subtractions

Player	Number	Position	Reason	New team	Ref.
Troy Rosario	18	Power forward	End of contract; did not agree to term extension	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	^[5]

Trades

Pre-season

July
July 2, 2024^[6]	To Blackwater Kib Montalbo Jewel Ponferada 2028 TNT second-round pick	To TNT Rey Nambatac
July 17, 2024^[7]	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	August 20, 2024 (vs. Rain or Shine)	August 22, 2024 (vs. NLEX)	0–2	^[8]
Governors' Cup	George King	August 30, 2024 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	September 23, 2024 (vs. Rain or Shine)	5–2	^[9]
Commissioner's Cup	George King				^[10]

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.
^ "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.
^ Badua, Snow (October 3, 2024). "Blackwater release makes Troy officially an unrestricted free agent". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 3, 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.
^ Ramos, Gerry (August 26, 2024). "Blackwater bringing in George King as Cameron Clark unavailable". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ Ramos, Gerry (September 25, 2024). "Blackwater brings back George King for PBA Commissioner's Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 27, 2024.

[table_hth_BGSM0.82812146834476-2] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Barangay Ginebra (San Miguel 1.23, Barangay Ginebra 0.82)

[table_hth_BWB0.82812146834476-3] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–1 Blackwater (NLEX 1.03, Blackwater 0.97)

[1] "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 14, 2024.

[pbaquotient-4] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.

[5] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.

[6] Ramos, Gerry (June 8, 2024). "Tungcab, Guinto signed to new two-year deals by Blackwater". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 14, 2024.

[7] Badua, Snow (October 3, 2024). "Blackwater release makes Troy officially an unrestricted free agent". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 3, 2024.

[8] Ramos, Gerry (July 2, 2024). "Rey Nambatac finally at TNT as revised trade gets PBA approval". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 14, 2024.

[9] Ramos, Gerry (July 17, 2024). "ROS trades draftee Miggy Corteza to Blackwater for future pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[10] Ramos, Gerry (July 16, 2024). "Blackwater brings in former Maverick Ricky Ledo as import". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[11] Ramos, Gerry (August 26, 2024). "Blackwater bringing in George King as Cameron Clark unavailable". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[12] Ramos, Gerry (September 25, 2024). "Blackwater brings back George King for PBA Commissioner's Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 27, 2024.

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