Mahindra Floodbuster draft history

The Mahindra Floodbuster first participated in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) draft on August 24, 2014, two months before their first PBA season. The Floodbuster (then-known as Kia Sorento) entered the league through expansion together with Blackwater Elite.

Manny Pacquiao became the team's first draft choice, the 11th pick in the 2014 PBA draft.

Selections

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Country of birth*	PBA D-League team	College
2014	1	11	Manny Pacquiao	G	Philippines	none	NDDU
	2	24	Kyle Pascual	F/C	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	SBC
	3	25	Rene Pacquiao	F	Philippines	Hog's Breath Razorbacks	SWU
		28	Kenneth Ighalo	F	Philippines	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	MIT
		29	Paolo Taha	G	Philippines	Boracay Rum Waves	CSB
		31	Jeremy Bartolo	F	Philippines	none	Cal State San Bernardino
		32	Anthony Gavieres	G/F	Philippines	none	VCU
		35	Richard Cole	F/G	United States	none	NU
		36	Giorgio Umali	G/F	Philippines	none	SPU
		37	Jonathan Banal	G	Philippines	Wang's Basketball Couriers	MIT
		38	Michael Acuña	G	Philippines	none	Perpetual
		39	Paolo Romero	G/F	Philippines	Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	CSB
		40	Francis Bercede	G	Philippines	none	USC
2015	1	2	Troy Rosario	PF	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	National University
	2	14	Bradwyn Guinto	C	Philippines	Cebuana Lhuillier Gems	SSC-R
	3	24	Leodaniel de Vera	SF	United States	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	SSC-R
	4	35	Michael Vincent DiGregorio	SG	United States	KeraMix Mixers	McKendree
	5	44	Alexander Austria	SG	United States	none	San Francisco State
2016	Special draft		Russel Escoto	F/C	Philippines	Phoenix Accelerators	FEU
	2	4	Joseph Eriobu	F	Hong Kong	Caida Tile Masters	Mapúa
	3	17	Cedrick Ablaza	F	Philippines	Cagayan Rising Suns	STI
	4	19	Jan Niccolo Jamon	G	Philippines	Cafe France Bakers	EAC
5	23	Paolo Pontejos	G	Philippines	Wang's Basketball Couriers	JRU

Notes

1.^ All players entering the draft are Filipinos until proven otherwise.

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