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A TOTAL of 48 players led by Justine Baltazar were selected in the PBA Season 49 Draft held on Sunday at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City.

Baltazar, as expected, was the headliner by being picked first overall by Converge to officially be part of the PBA after spending a couple of years in the Japan B.League and MPBL.

READ: As expected, Baltazar-Barefield go 1-2 in PBA Season 49 Draft

Baltazar, however, is expected to finish out his contract with his MPBL team Pampanga Giant Lanterns before joining the FiberXers.

The draft reached the sixth round with Diliman College’s Robbie Darang being selected last by NorthPort.

Other notables include Sedrick Barefield for Blackwater at No. 2 then RJ Abarrientos taken No. 3 by Barangay Ginebra.

From the initial 70 players, the final list of approved draftees went down to 67 after Franz Diaz, Francis Patricio, and Marko Villaronte, the oldest player who applied at 39 years old, got dropped.

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Here is the recap of the PBA Season 49 Draft:

FIRST ROUND

1. Converge – Justine Baltazar
2. Blackwater – Sedrick Barefield
3. Barangay Ginebra (from Terrafirma) – RJ Abarrientos
4. Phoenix – Kai Ballungay
5. NorthPort – Dave Ildefonso
6. NLEX – Jonnel Policarpio
7. Rain or Shine (from Blackwater, acquired from TNT) – Caelan Tiongson
8. Rain or Shine – Felix Lemmeti
9. Magnolia – Jerom Lastimosa
10. Terrafirma (from Barangay Ginebra) – Mark Nonoy
11. Meralco – CJ Cansino
12. San Miguel – Avan Nava

SECOND ROUND

13. Rain or Shine – Francis Escandor
14. NorthPort (from NLEX, acquired from Blackwater) – Evan Nelle
15. Terrafirma – CJ Catapusan
16. Rain or Shine (from Phoenix) – Mike Malonzo
17. Barangay Ginebra (from NorthPort) – Didat Hanapi
18. NLEX – Brandon Ramirez
19. Converge (from TNT) – Pao Javillonar
20. Rain or Shine – Miggy Corteza
21. Converge (from Magnolia) – Ben Phillips

22. Barangay Ginebra – Pao Hernandez
23. Meralco – Kurt Reyson
24. Converge – Jason Credo

THIRD ROUND

25. Converge – Ronan Santos
26. Blackwater – DJ Mitchell
27. Terrafirma – Peter Alfaro
28. Phoenix – CJ Payawal
29. NorthPort – Agem Miranda
30. NLEX – Xyrus Torres
31. TNT – Jared Brown
32. Rain or Shine – Darwish Bederi
33. Magnolia – RV Berjay
34. Barangay Ginebra – Paul Garcia
35. Meralco – JP Maguliano
36. San Miguel – Abdul Sawat

FOURTH ROUND

37. Blackwater – Keith Pido
38. Phoenix – Chino Mosqueda
39. NorthPort – John Uduba
40. NLEX – Denzel Wong
41. TNT – Mark Niel Cruz
42. Magnolia – Ry Dela Rosa
43. Meralco – Jordan Bartlett
44. San Miguel – Ralph Robin

FIFTH ROUND

45. Phoenix – Patrick Feliciano
46. NorthPort – Germy Mahinay
47. NLEX – Adrian Partosa

SIXTH ROUND

48. NorthPort – Robbie Darang