The 1986

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...

(PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Undrafted players

*Mukesh Advani *Joshua Villapando *Raymund Fran *Chris McGarry *Alejandro Regis *Ernesto Basuel *Francis Moncada *Meneles Viray

Notes

10 amateur players joined the PBA in the Third Conference when the Magnolia ballclub decided to return after a two-conference leave. Eight former members of the fabled

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led by

Samboy Lim Avelino "Samboy" Borromeo Lim Jr. (April 1, 1962 – December 23, 2023), nicknamed "The Skywalker", was a Filipino professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association and the national team in the 1980s and 1990s. As a hi ...

and Elmer Reyes, who were also part of the RP squad that captured the bronze medal in the Seoul Asian Games, made their debut as professional players.

References

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