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2024–25 Converge FiberXers season
Head coach	Franco Atienza (interim)
General Manager	Jacob Lao Dennis Pineda (assistant)
Owner(s)	Converge ICT Solutions, Inc.
Governors' Cup results
Record	6–4 (60%)
Place	3rd in group A
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel, 2–3
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Philippine Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Converge FiberXers seasons
← 2023–24

The 2024–25 Converge FiberXers season is the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
1	1	Justine Baltazar	C/F	Philippines	De La Salle
2	19	Paolo Javillonar	C/F	Philippines	Letran
2	21	Ben Phillips	F	USA	De La Salle
2	24	Jason Credo	F	Philippines	Ateneo
3	25	Ronan Santos	C/F	Philippines	Arellano

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F	0	Fornilos, Inand	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)		Ateneo
F	1	Vigan-Fleming, Kamron (IN)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1998–12–23	Bethesda
G/F	2	Andrade, BJ	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1996–07–26	Ateneo
G	3	Heading, Jordan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	1996–01–30	Cal Baptist
F/C	4	Maagdenberg, Patrick	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	1997–04–25	Ateneo
G	5	Cabagnot, Alex	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1982–12–08	Hawaiʻi–Hilo
F	7	Nieto, Mike (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1997–05–31	Ateneo
G/F	8	Winston, Schonny	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998–07–22	De La Salle
F/C	9	Javillonar, Paolo (R)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)			Letran
G	12	Stockton, Alec	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1998–06–24	Far Eastern
C	15	Arana, Justin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	1999–03–21	Arellano
F	16	Racal, Kevin (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–05–16	Letran
F/C	18	Ambohot, Jeo	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1996–11–18	Letran
F/C	19	Baltazar, Justine (R)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1997–02–19	De La Salle
G	23	delos Santos, JL	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	176 lb (80 kg)		José Rizal
F	26	Santos, Bryan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1997–05–26	UST
F	27	Caralipio, King	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	176 lb (80 kg)		Letran
C	31	Diallo, Cheick (CI)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	1996–09–13	Kansas

Head coach

Franco Atienza (interim)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Jacob Lao
Dennis Pineda (assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Group A Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT Tropang Giga	8	2	.800	—	Quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	7	3	.700	1
3	Converge FiberXers	6	4	.600	2
4	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	5	5	.500	3
5	NorthPort Batang Pier	3	7	.300	5
6	Terrafirma Dyip	1	9	.100	7

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record, if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[2]

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 6–4

August: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 21	Terrafirma	W 127–95	Scotty Hopson (46)	Scotty Hopson (8)	JL delos Santos (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	August 23	Magnolia	L 93–105	Scotty Hopson (26)	Scotty Hopson (8)	Hopson, Stockton (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	August 27	TNT	W 96–95	Scotty Hopson (32)	Hopson, Stockton (10)	Arana, Hopson (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	August 29	NorthPort	L 109–135	Scotty Hopson (24)	Scotty Hopson (10)	Scotty Hopson (7)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	2–2

September: 4–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	September 4	Meralco	L 88–116	Scotty Hopson (33)	Bryan Santos (8)	Hopson, Santos (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–3
6	September 8	TNT	L 91–98	Justin Arana (16)	Schonny Winston (13)	Scotty Hopson (5)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	2–4
7	September 11	NorthPort	W 107–99	Alec Stockton (21)	Scotty Hopson (14)	Scotty Hopson (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	3–4
8	September 14	Terrafirma	W 100–99	Schonny Winston (19)	Scotty Hopson (9)	JL delos Santos (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	4–4
9	September 18	Meralco	W 105–97	Jalen Jones (32)	Alec Stockton (11)	Alec Stockton (5)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	5–4
10	September 23	Magnolia	W 89–82	Jalen Jones (27)	Arana, Jones (12)	Jalen Jones (4)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	6–4

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals
(Best-of-5)

Semifinals
(Best-of-7)

Finals
(Best-of-7)

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 2–3

Quarterfinals: 2–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	September 26	San Miguel	L 95–102	Jalen Jones (22)	Jalen Jones (12)	Jalen Jones (4)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	0–1
2	September 28	San Miguel	L 100–107	Jalen Jones (36)	Jalen Jones (12)	Alex Cabagnot (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2
3	September 30	San Miguel	W 114–112	Justin Arana (23)	Jalen Jones (14)	Alec Stockton (8)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	1–2
4	October 4	San Miguel	W 114–100	Schonny Winston (26)	Justin Arana (8)	Alec Stockton (8)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	2–2
5	October 6	San Miguel	L 105–109	Jalen Jones (29)	Jalen Jones (17)	Schonny Winston (10)	Ynares Center	2–3

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	1	.833	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Eastern (G)	5	1	.833	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Meralco Bolts	3	1	.750	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	1	.750	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3	1	.750	1
6	Converge FiberXers	3	2	.600	1.5
7	San Miguel Beermen	3	2	.600	1.5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	NLEX Road Warriors	3	3	.500	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	TNT Tropang Giga	1	2	.333	2.5
10	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	1	4	.200	3.5
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	1	4	.200	3.5
12	Blackwater Bossing	1	4	.200	3.5
13	Terrafirma Dyip	0	6	.000	5

Updated to match(es) played on December 15, 2024. Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[3]
(G) Guests

Game log

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 3–2

November: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 27, 2024	Terrafirma	W 116–87	Cheick Diallo (25)	Cheick Diallo (16)	Heading, Winston (6)	PhilSports Arena	1–0
2	November 29, 2024	Eastern	L 106–117	Cheick Diallo (43)	Cheick Diallo (9)	Alec Stockton (8)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	1–1

December: 2–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	December 1, 2024	Magnolia	W 93–91	Justin Arana (24)	Cheick Diallo (16)	Alec Stockton (10)	Ynares Center	2–1
4	December 12, 2025	NorthPort	L 101–108	Jordan Heading (30)	Cheick Diallo (9)	Jordan Heading (6)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	2–2
5	December 17, 2024	NLEX	W 102–91	Cheick Diallo (37)	Cheick Diallo (18)	Jordan Heading (11)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium	3–2
6	December 19, 2024	Phoenix					Ninoy Aquino Stadium
7	December 21, 2024	Barangay Ginebra					Batangas City Sports Center
8	December 25, 2024	Meralco					Smart Araneta Coliseum

January

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
9	January 11, 2025	TNT	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
10	January 14, 2025	Rain or Shine	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
11	January 19, 2025	Blackwater	Ynares Center
12	January 24, 2025	San Miguel	Ynares Center

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team	Ref.
Alex Cabagnot	August 5, 2024	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Taiwan Mustangs (The Asian Tournament)	^[4]
Jordan Heading	November 18, 2024	₱200,000 per month	2 years	West Adelaide Bearcats (NBL1 Central)	^[5]

Trades

Mid-season

November
November 12, 2024^[6]	To Converge Jordan Heading	To Terrafirma Aljun Melecio Keith Zaldivar 2025 Converge first-round pick

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record	Ref.
Governors' Cup	Scotty Hopson	August 21, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma)	September 14, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma)	4–4	^[7]
Governors' Cup	Jalen Jones	September 18, 2024 (vs. Meralco)	October 6, 2024 (vs. San Miguel)	4–3	^[8]
Commissioner's Cup	Cheick Diallo	November 27, 2024 (vs. Terrafirma)		3–2	^[9]