The Converge FibrXers select Justine Baltazar with the first overall pick during the PBA Season 49 Draft in Makati City on July 14, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

The Converge FibrXers select Justine Baltazar with the first overall pick during the PBA Season 49 Draft in Makati City on July 14, 2024

PBA Season 49 Draft

Romwel Anzures

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1720950353887viber_image_2024-07-14_17-11-26-811.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="The Converge FibrXers select Justine Baltazar with the first overall pick during the PBA Season 49 Draft in Makati City on July 14, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News"/>The Converge FibrXers select Justine Baltazar with the first overall pick during the PBA Season 49 Draft in Makati City on July 14, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN NewsMANILA (2nd UPDATE) — The Converge FiberXers have officially landed their main man of the present and the future.</div>This, after the Aldin Ayo-mentored squad selected Justine Baltazar as the first overall pick in the 2024 PBA Rookie Draft today at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.Baltazar, the 6-foot-7 Pampanga star, will join  a Converge squad that had a subpar showing in their Season 48 campaign, and they will be banking on Balti, Justin Arana, Alec Stockton, Aljun Melecio, and the rest of the FiberXers to finally make a splash in the league.However, Baltazar is first expected to finish his contract with the Pampanga Giant Lanterns in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as they look to retain their title before he finally joins the active lineup of Converge. <div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/10/balti-on-potentially-joining-converge-as-top-pick-malaking-bagay-ako-doon-1923">Balti on potentially joining Converge as top pick: &#x27;Malaking bagay ako doon&#x27;</a></div>Meanwhile, Sedrick Barefield is Blackwater Bossing’s newest guard after they selected him with the second overall pick, while another Abarrientos will play for Tim Cone as Barangay Ginebra San Miguel drafted RJ Abarrientos with the No. 3 pick.Here&#x27;s a recap of the 2024 PBA Rookie Draft:<div>FIRST ROUND:</div>1. Converge - Justine Baltazar2. Blackwater - Sedrick Barefield3. Ginebra - RJ Abarrientos4. Phoenix - Kai Ballungay5. NorthPort - Dave Ildefonso6. NLEX - Jonnel Policarpio7. Rain Or Shine - Caelan Tiongson8. Rain Or Shine - Felix Lemetti9. Magnolia - Jerom Lastimosa10. TerraFirma - Mark Nonoy11. Meralco - CJ Cansino12. San Miguel - Avan Nava<div> </div>SECOND ROUND:1. Rain Or Shine - Francis Escandor2. NorthPort - Evan Nelle3. TerraFirma - CJ Catapusan4. Rain Or Shine - Mike Malonzo5. Ginebra - Didat Hanapi6. NLEX - Brandon Ramirez7. Converge - Paolo Javillonar8. Rain Or Shine - Miggy Corteza9. Converge - Ben Phillips10. Ginebra - Paolo Hernandez11. Meralco - Kurt Reyson12. Converge - Jason Credo<div> </div>THIRD ROUND:1. Converge - Ronan Santos2. Blackwater - DJ Mitchell3. TerraFirma - Peter Alfaro4. Phoenix - CJ Payawal5. NorthPort - Agem Miranda6. NLEX - Xyrus Torres7. TNT - Jared Brown8. Rain Or Shine - Darwish Bideri 9. Magnolia - Romulo Berjay10. Ginebra - Paul Garcia11. Meralco - JP Maguliano12. San Miguel - Abdul Sawat<div> </div><div>FOURTH ROUND:</div>1. Converge – PASS2. Blackwater – Keith Pido3. TerraFirma – PASS4. Phoenix – Chino Mosqueda5. NorthPort – John Lawrence Uduba6. NLEX – Denzel Wong7. TNT – Mark Neil Cruz8. Rain or Shine – PASS9. Magnolia – Ry dela Rosa10. Barangay Ginebra – PASS11. Meralco – Jordan Bartlett12 San Miguel – Ralph Robin<div> </div><div>FIFTH ROUND:</div>1. Converge – PASS2. Blackwater – PASS3. TerraFirma – PASS4. Phoenix – Patrick Feliciano5. NorthPort – Germy Mahinay6. NLEX – Adrian Partosa7. TNT – PASS8. Rain or Shine – PASS9. Magnolia – PASS10. Ginebra – PASS11. Meralco – PASS12. San Miguel – PASS<div> </div><div>SIXTH ROUND: </div>1. Converge – PASS2. Blackwater – PASS3. TerraFirma – PASS4. Phoenix – PASS5. NorthPort – Robbi Darang6. NLEX – PASS7. TNT – PASS8. Rain or Shine – PASS9. Magnolia – PASS10. Ginebra – PASS11. Meralco – PASS12. San Miguel – PASS<div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>RELATED VIDEOS:</div><div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/COZZdhXHrI4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kX27s0Z_p4o?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>

The Converge FiberXers have officially landed their main man of present and future.

The Converge FiberXers have officially landed their main man of present and future.

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It's official: Baltazar goes to Converge with No. 1 pick

It's official: Baltazar goes to Converge with No. 1 pick

Rom Anzures,

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Published Jul 14, 2024 05:04 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 15, 2024 02:13 AM PHT

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