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on August 19, 2007. The Welcoat Dragons drafted Joe Devance of the

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and Toyota-Balintawak Road Kings to be the #1 draft pick.

Round 1

Round 2

Red Bull's two picks (supposedly 17th and 19th), and Talk 'N Text (supposedly 18th) were passed.

Draft-day trades

* Purefoods traded its second-round draft pick to Red Bull. * Red Bull acquired Mark Andaya from Air21. * Welcoat traded Junjun Cabatu for Alaska's Nic Belasco. * Talk 'N Text acquired Yousif Aljamal from Air21.

Undrafted players

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s. * Joel Solis from ( Philippine Christian) * Joferson Gonzales ( Mapua) * Jeff Bombeo from ( San Beda) * Edilgusto Soriano from ( San Beda) * Khiel Misa from ( Perpetual Help) * Chico Manabat from ( NU) * Chris Baluyot ( San Sebastian) ** Signed by Air21 Express as a free agent for the 2007-08 PBA season. * Ronnie Zagala from ( FEU) * Francis Barcellano from ( FEU) ** Signed by

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as a free agent for the 2007-08 PBA season. * Elbert Alberto from ( Assumption - Pampanga) * J.R. Aquino ( De La Salle) ** Signed by the

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as a free agent for the 2007-08 PBA season. * Alex Angeles from ( San Beda) *

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from ( UV) ** Signed by

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as a free agent for the

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. * Frederick Hubalde from ( UST) * Ramil Tagupa from ( Adamson) * Wynsjohn Te from ( JRU) * Mark Legarde from ( San Sebastian) / ( FEATI) * Gilbert Neo from ( NU) * James Zablan from ( FEU) * Roberto Rivera * Kenneth Co Yu Kang from ( JRU) * Rolly Menor from ( St. Benilde) * Tristan Veranga from ( Mapua) * Daryl Pepito from ( St. Edward's (Australia)) * Donald Tadena from ( Holy Cross - Davao) / ( Rizal Tech) * Dominador Javier from ( Perpetual Help) * Mark Moreno from ( U of Mindanao)

Players scrapped from the list

* Jeff Chan of FEU withdrew his application.

Note

*All aspirants are Filipinos until proven otherwise.

References

External links

PBA.ph
{{2007–08 PBA season by team Philippine Basketball Association draft

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