2023–24 PBA season
DurationNovember 5, 2023 (2023-11-05) – present
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Local:
A2Z
CNN Philippines
PBA Rush (HD)
International:
Pilipinas Live
Online:
Cignal Play
Pilipinas Live
PBA Season 48
Top draft pickStephen Holt
Picked byTerrafirma Dyip

The 2023–24 PBA season, or PBA Season 48, is the 48th season of the Philippine Basketball Association.

Due to the participation of Philippine men's national basketball team in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and 2022 Asian Games, the PBA season started on November 5, 2023[1] and would only have two conferences, first being the Commissioner's Cup, followed by the season-ending Philippine Cup.

Opening day was originally scheduled on October 15,[2] but was moved three weeks past the original date to give the players that participated in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2022 Asian Games time to rest and recover.[1]

The first activity of the season was the PBA Season 48 draft, held on September 17.[3]

Executive board

Teams

Changes from previous season:

  • Chun Yu Bay Area Dragons, franchise team for the East Asia Super League, were to return to play in the Commissioner's Cup as a guest team, having played in the same conference during the previous season.[2] However, they were disbanded prior to the start of the first conference.[4]
Team Company Governor Coach Captain
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. Alfrancis Chua Tim Cone Jared Dillinger
Blackwater Bossing Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. Silliman Sy Jeffrey Cariaso JVee Casio
Converge FiberXers Converge ICT Archen Cayabyab Aldin Ayo Kevin Racal
Magnolia Hotshots San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. Rene Pardo Chito Victolero Rafi Reavis
Meralco Bolts Manila Electric Company Al Panlilio Luigi Trillo Raymond Almazan
NLEX Road Warriors Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Rodrigo Franco Frankie Lim Kevin Alas
NorthPort Batang Pier Sultan 900 Capital, Inc. Eric Arejola Bonnie Tan Jeff Chan
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. Raymond Zorrilla Jamike Jarin RJ Jazul
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. Mamerto Mondragon Yeng Guiao Gabe Norwood
San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Brewery, Inc. Robert Non Jorge Gallent Chris Ross
Terrafirma Dyip Terrafirma Realty Development Corporation Demosthenes Rosales Johnedel Cardel Eric Camson
TNT Tropang Giga Smart Communications Ricky Vargas Jojo Lastimosa Kelly Williams

Arenas

Under the new normal, the PBA has resumed playing in venues in Metro Manila and Rizal. The PBA also released its schedule showing its first "out-of-town" games since the pandemic, with five game days held in the provinces.[5]

Main arenas

Arena City Capacity
Araneta Coliseum Quezon City 14,429
PhilSports Arena Pasig 10,000
Ynares Center Antipolo, Rizal 7,400

Out-of-town arenas

Arena City/Town Date Match-up
Tiaong Convention Center Tiaong, Quezon November 25, 2023 Converge vs. San Miguel
FPJ Arena San Jose, Batangas December 9, 2023 Phoenix Super LPG vs. Barangay Ginebra
Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. International Convention Center Cagayan de Oro December 16, 2023 Rain or Shine vs. Magnolia
University of San Agustin Gymnasium Iloilo City January 6, 2024 Magnolia vs. Meralco
Ibalong Centrum for Recreation Legazpi, Albay January 13, 2024 Barangay Ginebra vs. NLEX

Transactions

Retirement

  • On May 12, 2023, Reynel Hugnatan formally retired after being signed by the Meralco Bolts as one of its assistant coaches. Hugnatan played for three teams in his 19 seasons in the league.[6]

Coaching changes

Team2022–23 season2023–24 seasonRef.
Off-season
Blackwater BossingAriel Vanguardia (interim)Jeffrey Cariaso[7]
Meralco BoltsNorman BlackLuigi Trillo[8]
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel MastersJamike Jarin (interim)Jamike Jarin[9]

Rule changes

The PBA competition committee approved the rule changes for implementation starting in the Commissioner's Cup games:[10][11]

Rule changes (effective for the 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup)
  1. Players are no longer allowed to call timeouts
  2. Coach's challenge is now in effect. A coach can contest a call once. If the challenge is successful, the coach will be given another coach's challenge. Challengeable calls are act of shooting or sideline throw-in, foul (common foul, charging or blocking), traveling, flopping, 8 second violation, backcourt violation, held ball, out-of-bounds or last touch and shot clock remaining.
  3. If an intentional foul will be committed by a defensive player during fastbreak opportunity, the offensive team will be given one free throw plus ball possession.

Notable events

Pre-season

  • Several players were sanctioned by their respective teams and the PBA due to numerous ligang labas infractions.[12][13]
  • Due to the long off-season, the PBA launched the "PBA on Tour", a months-long series of preseason games involving all PBA teams to be played across the country.[14] Each team played 11 games and were allowed to have 17 players in their roster (but only 16 are allowed to play in a game) which are composed of their regular players, their 3x3 affiliate team players, free agents, and rookie aspirants.[15] The tour started on May 21 and ended on July 30, 2023. There was no playoffs nor a championship series. The Magnolia Hotshots finished the tour with the best record, winning all of their 11 games.[16]
  • The PBA competition committee proposed several rule changes, most notably the addition of the head coach challenge.[17][18] The proposed new rules were first implemented during the PBA on Tour. After the tour, the league will assess which rules will be adapted starting the regular season.
  • Willie Marcial will remain as the league's commissioner until the 2026–27 season as his contract was extended by the PBA Board of Governors.[19]
  • The PBA Board of Governors relaxed its rules regarding draft-eligible players who refuse to enter the draft and active PBA players who leave the league to play in another league locally or internationally.[20] These players are no longer required to "sit out" seasons prior to joining the PBA.[21] The former rule sanctioned these players by barring them from playing in the PBA for at most five years.[22] Foreign-born Filipinos older than 30 years old are also now allowed to join the draft.[23]
  • The East Asia Super League disbanded the Bay Area Dragons on September 1, 2023, reportedly due to financial reasons.[24] The EASL mentions "conflict of interest" for managing a team and organizing the league at the same time, as the official reason for dissolving the club.[25]
  • The PBA entered into an acquired agreement with ZOE Broadcasting Network and ABS-CBN Corporation to air the league's games on A2Z. All the ABS-CBN programs are permanently affected by the changes in programming; A2Z's primetime, afternoon and weekend programming are preempted to give way for the PBA games on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.[26][27][28][29][30] Previously, the games were formerly broadcast on TV5.

Commissioner's Cup

Opening ceremonies

The opening ceremony for this season was held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on November 5, 2023. It was hosted by comedians Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola, in-character as their respective E.A.T. characters Mayor Jose Manalo and Dabarguard Wally, respectively. P-pop group Alamat were among the guest performers. The PBA Leo Awards for the 2022–23 season were held before the opening ceremonies.

The first game of the Commissioner's Cup between the Magnolia Hotshots and the TNT Tropang Giga was played after the opening ceremonies.[35]

Below is the list of team muses:[36]

Team Muse
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Heaven Peralejo
Blackwater Bossing Herlene Budol
Converge FiberXers Yskaela Yaena Fujimoto
Magnolia Hotshots Julie Anne San Jose
Meralco Bolts Kaizen Dela Serna
NLEX Road Warriors Vanie Gandler
NorthPort Batang Pier Angel Santos
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Yukii Takahashi
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Mary Jane Encabo and Jennelle Noblezada
San Miguel Beermen Franki Russell
Terrafirma Dyip Saira Khan
TNT Tropang Giga Atasha Muhlach

2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup

The Commissioner's Cup started on November 5, 2023.

The conference is held first instead of the customary Philippine Cup, originally to accommodate guest team Bay Area Dragons[37] which later got disbanded prior to the tournament.

Elimination round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Magnolia Hotshots 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
4 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
5 Meralco Bolts 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6 NorthPort Batang Pier 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 3
7 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 3
8 TNT Tropang Giga 5 6 .455 4
9 NLEX Road Warriors 4 7 .364 5
10 Terrafirma Dyip 2 9 .182 7
11 Blackwater Bossing 1 10 .091[lower-alpha 3] 8
12 Converge FiberXers 1 10 .091[lower-alpha 3] 8
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[38]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.17, Barangay Ginebra 0.99, Phoenix Super LPG 0.98, Meralco 0.89
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
  3. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Converge


PBA teams in Asian club competitions

Team Competition Progress
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2023 William Jones Cup 7th place
TNT Tropang Giga 2023–24 East Asia Super League TBD
Meralco Bolts TBD

3x3

The 3x3 season started on July 3, 2023.

First conference

Leg Champion Runner-up Third place
1st Barangay Ginebra San Miguel San Miguel Beermen Cavitex Braves
2nd Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Meralco Bolts 3x3 Cavitex Braves
3rd TNT Triple Giga Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays Cavitex Braves
4th Cavitex Braves TNT Triple Giga Meralco Bolts 3x3
5th Cavitex Braves Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
6th TNT Triple Giga Cavitex Braves Wilcon Depot 3x3
Grand Finals TNT Triple Giga Cavitex Braves Meralco Bolts 3x3

Second conference

Leg Champion Runner-up Third place
1st TNT Triple Giga Cavitex Braves Meralco Bolts 3x3
2nd TNT Triple Giga Terrafirma 3x3 Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays
3rd TNT Triple Giga Cavitex Braves Meralco Bolts 3x3
4th MCFASolver Tech Centrale Meralco Bolts 3x3 Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays
5th TNT Triple Giga Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays MCFASolver Tech Centrale
6th TNT Triple Giga Cavitex Braves Meralco Bolts 3x3
Grand Finals TNT Triple Giga Meralco Bolts 3x3 Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays

Third conference

Leg Champion Runner-up Third place
1st Meralco Bolts 3x3 MCFASolver Tech Centrale Cavitex Braves
2nd MCFASolver Tech Centrale San Miguel Beermen Cavitex Braves
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Grand Finals

Notes

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