Carl Bryan Villegas Cruz (born August 21, 1991), also known by his initials CBC , is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Manila Stars of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
7-594: Cruz was selected in the special draft of the 2016 PBA draft by the Alaska Aces . On September 6, 2019, he was traded to the Blackwater Elite for Abu Tratter . On December 3, 2021, he was traded to the TNT Tropang Giga for Jay Washington and two future second-round picks. He signed a one-year extension with the team on January 26, 2022. He signed another one-year contract extension with
14-605: The Barako Bull Energy during the Philippine Cup There was a separate draft for the players in the Gilas pool. The draft rights for the special draft could not be traded. The drafted Gilas players were not allowed to be traded for two years. All players were allowed to play for the teams that drafted them but were pulled out two months before an official FIBA tournament. As part of the agreement between
21-548: The PBA and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas , all 12 teams released one player from their roster to the Gilas pool, in addition to the player that they selected in this special draft. The draft order was supposed to be announced on October 27. However, the PBA board agreed that instead of determining the order for the special draft, representatives from the 12 ballclubs agreed to farm out one cadet player per team that
28-590: The cadet players will not be drafted but will be distributed to each team instead. The event was held at the Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila on October 30, 2016. The draft order was determined based from the overall performance of the teams from the previous season. The Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 40% of the points, while the rankings of the Commissioner's and Governors' Cups are 30% each. * - Phoenix's previous franchisee competed as
35-409: The performance of the member teams for the 2015–16 season, with the worst team picking first, as a replacement for its lottery system after the controversies that surrounded the 2014 draft . The league was supposed to hold a special draft for players from the national team , popularly called Gilas , separately from the regular one for other rookies. However, a consensus lead to an agreement that
42-414: The team on May 16, 2023. As of the end of 2023–24 season This biographical article relating to a Filipino basketball figure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2016 PBA draft The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event which allows teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The league determined the drafting order based on
49-788: Was distributed to each team by the board. The results of the consensus was not released during that day and the PBA opted to reveal the results on draft night before the regular draft began. Note: The Special draft for Gilas players is considered as the first round of the draft; the regular draft is listed as the second round onwards. Note: Rain or Shine (9th pick) and Alaska (11th) passed in this round Note: Blackwater, Star, Phoenix, NLEX, Barangay Ginebra and San Miguel passed in this round Note: GlobalPort and Meralco passed in this round Note: Mahindra passed in this round Note: The rights to Air21 's and Barako Bull 's draft picks were retained by NLEX and Phoenix respectively. None exercised. Out of 55 players who signified their intention to join
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