PBA 2023-24 ROOKIE RANKINGS | AS OF APR 28, 2024

It feels like Luis Villegas is going to debut for Rain or Shine AFTER the 2023-24 PBA season. I don't know his current condition, but I think with the way the Elastopainters are playing, the UE Red Warrior should come in at 100 percent rather than risk injury.

And speaking of which, I think TJ Miller thought that he was going to be the next best thing in the PBA. It's been two decades since the debut of Mark Caguioa, but teams are still looking for that Fil-Am mystery man. This season, the league found a couple like Shean Jackson and Kamron Vigan-Fleming, but none of them were able to wow the fans. In Miller's case, the dude went back to the United States a la former San Miguel Fil-Am Steven Smith so he could cure his homesickness.

Smith never returned.

For a seldom-used guard playing for a lowly PBA team like Terrafirma, I doubt if he's going to return.

Not much has changed from last month.

Wait.

Zav Lucero is making up for lost time and Northport has a great one-two punch with him and Cade Flores. Meanwhile, of course, Converge will get a lot of good things from their rookies since they currently have eight in their squad. First-round pick BJ Andrade and 75th pick overall Andre Flores, both from Ateneo, are the last two rookies to debut this Philippine Cup.

Anyway, here are the Top 25 rookies.

1 | STEPHEN HOLT | TERRAFIRMA

LAST MONTH | 1

15.8PPG | 7.0RPG | 5.3APG | 1.9SPG

2 | CADE FLORES | NORTHPORT

LAST MONTH | 2

9.0PPG | 7.3RPG | 2.1APG | 1.3SPG

3 | KEN TUFFIN | PHOENIX

LAST MONTH | 3

10.8PPG | 4.9RPG | 1.8APG

4 | ADRIAN NOCUM | RAIN OR SHINE

LAST MONTH | 4

12.0PPG | 2.8RPG | 3.3APG | 0.9SPG

5 | ZAV LUCERO | NORTHPORT

LAST MONTH | 11

11.6PPG | 5.4RPG | 2.1APG | 1.2SPG | 1.0BPG

6 | SCHONNY WINSTON | CONVERGE

LAST MONTH | 8

9.7PPG | 3.7RPG | 1.6APG

7 | CHRISTIAN DAVID | BLACKWATER

LAST MONTH | 5

9.3PPG | 4.7RPG | 0.8APG | 0.7SPG

8 | KEMARK CARINO | TERRAFIRMA

LAST MONTH | 10

7.0PPG | 5.2RPG | 1.6BPG

9 | FRAN YU | NORTHPORT

LAST MONTH | 7

6.5PPG | 1.5RPG | 3.1APG | 1.0SPG

10 | BRYAN SANTOS | CONVERGE

LAST MONTH | 16

9.1PPG | 3.6RPG | 1.2APG

11 | KEITH DATU | RAIN OR SHINE

LAST MONTH | 6

9.8PPG | 4.8RPG | 1.1APG | 1.2BPG

12 | JL DELOS SANTOS | CONVERGE

LAST MONTH | 14

4.2PPG | 3.1RPG | 3.7APG | 1.5SPG

13 | ENOCH VALDEZ | NLEX

LAST MONTH | 9

9.8PPG | 4.5RPG | 0.8SPG

14 | RICCI RIVERO | PHOENIX 

LAST MONTH | 13

7.6PPG | 1.8RPG | 1.1APG

15 | HENRY GALINATO | TNT 

LAST MONTH | 12

5.2PPG | 5.6RPG | 0.7APG

16 | KING CARALIPIO | CONVERGE

LAST MONTH | NOT RATED

5.4PPG | 5.1RPG | 0.9APG

17 | LOUIE SANGALANG | TERRAFIRMA

LAST MONTH | 18

7.2PPG | 3.5RPG | 1.0APG

18 | KIM AURIN | TNT

LAST MONTH | 17

7.1PPG | 1.4RPG | 0.8APG

19 | JAMES KWEKUTEYE | BLACKWATER

LAST MONTH | NOT RATED

7.6PPG | 2.2RPG | 1.8APG

20 | JHAN NERMAL | NLEX

LAST MONTH | 15

9.3PPG | 2.7RPG | 0.2APG

21 | RALPH CU | GINEBRA

LAST MONTH | NOT RATED

5.5PPG | 1.9RPG | 1.5APG

22 | BRENT PARAISO | NORTHPORT

LAST MONTH | 20

3.9PPG | 1.5RPG | 1.5APG

23 | INAND FORNILOS | CONVERGE

LAST MONTH | 19

3.1PPG | 3.8RPG | 0.9APG

24 | DOMINICK FAJARDO | NLEX

LAST MONTH | NOT RATED

5.9PPG | 2.7RPG | 1.0APG

25 | RICHIE RODGER | NLEX

LAST MONTH | NOT RATED

4.1PPG | 1.8RPG | 1.3APG