Philippine Basketball Association Draft
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The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Draft is an annual event in the PBA calendar in which teams can acquire new players outside the league which are not free agents in an agreed-upon order.
The draft began on 1985, prior to that, teams recruited rookies on a direct-hire basis.
[edit] List of number 1 draft picks
An asterisk (*) denotes the player also won the Rookie of the Year award.
- 1985: Sonny Cabatu (Shell)
- 1986: Reynaldo Cuenco (Alaska)
- 1987: Allan Caidic (Great Taste)*
- 1988: Jack Tanuan (Purefoods)
- 1989: Benjie Paras (Shell)*
- 1990: Peter Jao (Great Taste)
- 1991: Alexander Araneta (Alaska)
- 1992: Vergel Meneses (Presto-Tivoli)
- 1993: Jun Limpot (Sta. Lucia)
- 1994: Noli Locsin (Tondeña Rum)
- 1995: Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia)
- 1996: Marlou Aquino (Gordon's Gin)*
- 1997: Andy Seigle (Mobiline)*
- 1998: Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)*
- 1999: Sonny Alvarado (Tanduay)
- 2000: Paolo Mendoza (Sta. Lucia)
- 2001: Willie Miller (Red Bull)
- 2002: Yancy de Ocampo (FedEx)
- 2003: Mike Cortez (Alaska)
- 2004: Rich Alvarez (Shell)*
- 2005: Jay Washington (Air21)
- 2006: Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia)
