The 2011 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Robinson's Place Ermita in Manila on August 28, 2011.[1] Players who applied for the draft underwent a rookie camp that lasted a week.
^a Given by the PBA board to the Shopinas.com Clickers as an incentive for purchasing the old Barako Bull franchise.[4]
Trades involving draft picks
Pre-draft trades
Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.
ab On January 20, 2011, in a three-team trade, Rain or Shine acquired a first round pick, a 2013 first round pick, Ronjay Buenafe and Ronnie Matias from Barako Bull (as Air21) and Beau Belga from Meralco, the Express acquired Reed Juntilla, a second round pick and a 2013 second round pick from the Bolts, and the Bolts acquired Sol Mercado and Paolo Bugia from the Elasto Painters and Erick Rodriguez from the Express.[5]
d On August 26, 2011, B-Meg re-acquired a first round pick from Shopinas in exchange for two future second round draft picks.[7] Previously, the Red Bull Barako acquired the pick on October 31, 2008, from B-Meg (as Purefoods) in exchange for Rich Alvarez.[8] Red Bull's franchise was sold to Shopinas in the 2011 off-season.
e 12 On August 28, 2011, in a three-team trade, Talk 'N Text acquired Bam Gamalinda and Shawn Weinstein from Meralco, the Bolts acquired Mark Yee from the Tropang Texters and a first round pick and Mark Macapagal from Powerade, and the Tigers acquired Chris Timberlake and Ogie Menor from Meralco, and a second round pick from Talk 'N Text.[9] Previously, the pick was acquired by Talk 'N Text from the Barako Bull Energy Boosters before its disbandment.
