The lottery determined the team that will obtain the first pick on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their cumulative win–loss record in theprevious season, with records from thePhilippine Cup havingheavier weight.
Note: All traded draft picks associated to GlobalPort previously belonged to thePowerade Tigers before selling their franchise to Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.
Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.
a 123 On May 14, 2011, Petron (as San Miguel) acquired two first round picks and a 2012 first round pick from Barako Bull (as Air21) in exchange for 2012 and 2013 first round picks.[3] Previously, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull (as Burger King) acquired the 2012 pick and a2010 first round pick on October 12, 2009, fromBarako Energy Coffee in a three-team trade with Talk 'N Text.[4] The Barako Energy Coffee franchise was bought by the Lina Group of Companies in 2011 and was renamed as the Shopinas.com Clickers then later as the Air21 Express. The original Air21 Express however was renamed as the Barako Bull Energy in 2011 after the Lina Group acquired the majority share of the Energy Food and Drinks, a subsidiary of Photokina Marketing which owns the Barako Bull brand.
b On July 18, 2011, Barangay Ginebra acquired a 2012 first round pick andKG Canaleta from Barako Bull (as Air21) to in exchange forWillie Miller.[5] Previously, the Express acquired the pick and a 2011 second round pick on August 29, 2010, from Powerade in exchange forRen-Ren Ritualo,Sean Anthony and the draft rights to 18th pickJai Reyes.[6]
f 12 On November 16, 2011, in a three-team trade, Barako Bull acquiredJimbo Aquino, a 2012 second round pick and a 2013 first round pick from Barangay Ginebra, B-Meg acquired a 2012 second round pick from the Energy Cola andYancy de Ocampo from Ginebra, and Ginebra acquiredRico Maierhofer from the Llamados andAllein Maliksi from the Energy Cola.[7]
g On September 22, 2010, in a three-team trade, Powerade acquired a 2012 second round pick andRob Reyes from Barako Bull Energy Boosters, and a 2011 first round pick and a 2012 second round pick from Meralco; the Bolts acquiredAsi Taulava from the Tigers; and the Boosters acquiredJason Misolas andKhasim Mirza from the Bolts andKen Bono from the Boosters.[8][9]
i On January 31, 2011, Barako Bull (as Air21) acquired a second round pick and a 2013 first round pick from Powerade in exchange forJ.R. Quiñahan.[10]
j On May 30, 2011, Alaska acquired a 2012 second round pick, a 2011 second round pick andJay-R Reyes from Barako Bull (as Air21) in exchange forJoe Devance.[11] Previously, Air21 acquired the 2012 pick from B-Meg from a previous transaction.