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2024–25 TNT Tropang 5G season
Head coachChot Reyes
General ManagerJojo Lastimosa
Yvette Ruiz (assistant)
Owner(s)Smart Communications
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Governors' Cup results
Record8–2
(80%)
Place1st in group A
Playoff finishChampions (def. Barangay Ginebra, 4–2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record8–4
(66.7%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishChampions (def. Barangay Ginebra, 4–3)
Philippine Cup results
Record0–0  
PlaceTBD
Playoff finishTBD
TNT Tropang 5G seasons
← 2023–24

The 2024–25 TNT Tropang 5G season is the 34th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as the TNT Tropang Giga during the Governors' and Commissioner's Cups.

Key dates

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Draft picks

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Main article: PBA season 49 draft
Round Pick Player Position Place of birth College
3 31 Jared Brown G  USA Ateneo
4 41 Mark Neil Cruz C/F  Philippines CEU

Roster

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TNT Tropang 5G roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 0 Philippines Barkley Eboña 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1996–11–29 Far Eastern
G 6 Philippines Rey Nambatac 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1994–01–27 Letran
C 7 Philippines Poy Erram 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1989–07–07 Ateneo
F 8 Philippines Calvin Oftana 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1996–01–03 San Beda
F 9 United States Paul Varilla 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1993–08–10 UE
G 10 Philippines Ryan Reyes (IN) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–08–10 Cal State Fullerton
F 12 Philippines Glenn Khobuntin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1991–09–07 National-U
G 13 Philippines Brian Heruela 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–04–13 Cebu
G/F 16 Philippines Roger Pogoy (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1992–06–16 Far Eastern
G 17 Philippines Jayson Castro Injured 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–06–30 Philippine Christian
F/C 21 United States Kelly Williams 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–02–07 Oakland
F/C 32 United States Henry Galinato 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Philippines
G/F 35 Philippines Kim Aurin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) UPHSD
F/C 45 United States Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser Injured 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1994–06–29 UC Riverside
F 50 United States CJ Payawal (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997–06–02 UE
G 53 Philippines Chris Exciminiano 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–11–17 Far Eastern
G 99 Philippines Jielo Razon (R) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UPHSD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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 Injured

Roster

Governors' Cup

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Eliminations

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Group A Standings

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Pos Team
 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

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2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 8–2
August: 3–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 20 NorthPort W 101–95 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (32) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (10) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0
2 August 22 Meralco W 93–73 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (25) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (12) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0
3 August 27 Converge L 95–96 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (32) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (15) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1
4 August 29 Magnolia W 88–82 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (32) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (19) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (7) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–1
September: 5–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 September 5 Terrafirma W 107–89 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (26) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (11) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (7) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 4–1
6 September 8 Converge W 98–91 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (21) Calvin Oftana (9) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (10) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 5–1
7 September 12 Meralco W 108–99 Calvin Oftana (25) Hollis-Jefferson, Oftana (7) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (9) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 6–1
8 September 17 Magnolia W 84–82 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (29) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (25) Jayson Castro (7) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 7–1
9 September 19 Terrafirma L 72–84 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (25) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (11) Rey Nambatac (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 7–2
10 September 22 NorthPort W 99–79 Poy Erram (17) Poy Erram (13) Poy Erram (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 8–2

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Quarterfinals
(Best-of-5)		Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
A1TNT3
B4NLEX1
A1TNT4
B1Rain or Shine1
B1Rain or Shine3
A4Magnolia2
A1TNT4
B3Barangay Ginebra2
B2San Miguel3
A3Converge2
B2San Miguel2
B3Barangay Ginebra4
A2Meralco0
B3Barangay Ginebra3
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Game log

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2024 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 11–4
Quarterfinals: 3–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 September 25 NLEX W 107–102 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (45) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (10) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (7) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–0
2 September 27 NLEX L 90–93 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (22) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (22) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (5) Santa Rosa Sports Complex 1–1
3 September 29 NLEX W 109–91 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (27) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (12) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (8) Ynares Center 2–1
4 October 1 NLEX W 125–96 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (35) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (11) Jayson Castro (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 3–1
Semifinals: 4–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 October 9 Rain or Shine W 90–81 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (26) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (13) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (9) PhilSports Arena 1–0
2 October 11 Rain or Shine W 108–91 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (23) Calvin Oftana (14) Roger Pogoy (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0
3 October 13 Rain or Shine L 109–110 Poy Erram (27) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (10) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (11) Dasmariñas Arena 2–1
4 October 16 Rain or Shine W 81–79 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (23) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (19) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–1
5 October 18 Rain or Shine W 113–95 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (36) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (10) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (9) Ynares Center
10,039 		4–1
Finals: 4–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 October 27 Barangay Ginebra W 104–88 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (19) Hollis-Jefferson, Nambatac (10) Rey Nambatac (7) Ynares Center
11,021 		1–0
2 October 30 Barangay Ginebra W 96–84 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (37) Calvin Oftana (14) Castro, Hollis-Jefferson (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0
3 November 1 Barangay Ginebra L 73–85 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (24) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (14) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum
11,320 		2–1
4 November 3 Barangay Ginebra L 92–106 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (28) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (9) Jayson Castro (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum
16,783 		2–2
5 November 6 Barangay Ginebra W 99–72 Hollis-Jefferson, Pogoy (16) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (10) Jayson Castro (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum
12,727 		3–2
6 November 8 Barangay Ginebra W 95–85 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (31) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (16) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum
14,668 		4–2

Commissioner's Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 NorthPort Batang Pier 9 3 .750 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 TNT Tropang Giga 8 4 .667[a] 1
3 Converge FiberXers 8 4 .667[a] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 4 .667[a] 1
5 Meralco Bolts 7 5 .583[b] 2
6 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 5 .583[b] 2
7 Eastern (G) 7 5 .583[b] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 6 6 .500[c] 3
9 NLEX Road Warriors 6 6 .500[c] 3
10 San Miguel Beermen 5 7 .417 4
11 Blackwater Bossing 3 9 .250[d] 6
12 Phoenix Fuel Masters 3 9 .250[d] 6
13 Terrafirma Dyip 1 11 .083 8
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.04, Converge 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 0.94
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.08, Rain or Shine 1.04, Eastern 0.88
  3. ^ a b Eighth seed playoff: Magnolia 112–81 NLEX
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

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2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 8–4
December: 2–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 December 6, 2024 Eastern L 84–105 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (33) Henry Galinato (12) Rey Nambatac (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 0–1
2 December 8, 2024 NorthPort L 95–100 Calvin Oftana (20) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (14) Rey Nambatac (8) Ynares Center 0–2
3 December 11, 2024 Magnolia W 103–100 Calvin Oftana (42) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (13) Hollis-Jefferson, Pogoy (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–2
4 December 19, 2024 Blackwater W 109–93 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (22) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (9) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (6) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 2–2
January: 6–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 January 7, 2025 Meralco W 101–99 Hollis-Jefferson, Oftana (24) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (13) Jayson Castro (6) PhilSports Arena 3–2
6 January 11, 2025 Converge W 98–96 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (31) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (11) Jayson Castro (5) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 4–2
7 January 15, 2025 NLEX W 94–87 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (23) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (14) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (7) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 5–2
8 January 17, 2025 Barangay Ginebra W 94–87 Calvin Oftana (32) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (13) Castro, Hollis-Jefferson (6) PhilSports Arena 6–2
9 January 22, 2025 Terrafirma L 108–117 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (41) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (10) Rey Nambatac (4) Ynares Center 6–3
10 January 24, 2025 Phoenix W 106–70 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (15) Galinato, Hollis-Jefferson (10) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (5) Ynares Center 7–3
11 January 26, 2025 San Miguel W 115–97 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (35) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (21) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (10) Ynares Center 8–3
12 January 31, 2025 Rain or Shine L 96–106 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (23) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (10) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (8) PhilSports Arena 8–4

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1NorthPort113
8Magnolia110
1NorthPort1
(best-of-3)
4Barangay Ginebra4
4Barangay Ginebra2
5Meralco1
4Barangay Ginebra3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2TNT4
2TNT109
7Eastern93
2TNT4
(best-of-3)
6Rain or Shine1
3Converge1
6Rain or Shine2
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Game log

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2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 9–4
Quarterfinals: 1–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 February 6, 2025 Eastern W 109–93 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (31) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (15) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium 1–0
Semifinals: 4–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 February 26, 2025 Rain or Shine W 88–84 Jayson Castro (24) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (13) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0
2 February 28, 2025 Rain or Shine W 93–91 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (28) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (10) Jayson Castro (5) PhilSports Arena 2–0
3 March 2, 2025 Rain or Shine L 98–103 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (34) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (19) Rey Nambatac (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1
4 March 5, 2025 Rain or Shine W 93–85 Calvin Oftana (26) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (11) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–1
5 March 7, 2025 Rain or Shine W 97–92 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (42) Calvin Oftana (12) Rey Nambatac (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–1
Finals: 4–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 14 Barangay Ginebra W 95–89 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (34) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (13) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (8) SM Mall of Asia Arena
11,802 		1–0
2 March 16 Barangay Ginebra L 70–71 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (25) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (15) Rey Nambatac (5) SM Mall of Asia Arena
12,925 		1–1
3 March 19 Barangay Ginebra W 87–85 Rey Nambatac (24) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (11) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (8) PhilSports Arena 2–1
4 March 21 Barangay Ginebra L 78–95 Calvin Oftana (17) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (12) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (5) Ynares Center 2–2
5 March 23 Barangay Ginebra L 66–73 Hollis-Jefferson, Nambatac (19) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (12) Calvin Oftana (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum
12,447 		2–3
6 March 26 Barangay Ginebra W 87–83 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (29) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (13) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum
17,654 		3–3
7 March 28 Barangay Ginebra W 87–83 (OT) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (25) Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (12) Rey Nambatac (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum
21,274 		4–3

Philippine Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Meralco Bolts 2 0 1.000 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 1 0 1.000 0.5
3 San Miguel Beermen 1 0 1.000 0.5
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 0 0 — 1
5 NorthPort Batang Pier 0 0 — 1 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 0 0 — 1
7 TNT Tropang 5G 0 0 — 1
8 Terrafirma Dyip 1 1 .500 1
9 Converge FiberXers 0 1 .000 1.5
10 Phoenix Fuel Masters 0 1 .000 1.5
11 NLEX Road Warriors 0 1 .000 1.5
12 Blackwater Bossing 0 1 .000 1.5
Updated to match(es) played on April 5, 2025. 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[2]

Game log

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2025 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total:
April: 0–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 April 23 NLEX Smart Araneta Coliseum
2 April 27 Converge Ynares Center



Transactions

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Free agency

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Signings

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Player Date signed Contract amount Contract length Former team Ref.
Chris Exciminiano July 18, 2024 Not disclosed Not disclosed TNT Triple Giga (PBA 3x3) [4]
Almond Vosotros
Jielo Razon December 4, 2024 1 year Parañaque Patriots (MPBL) [5]
Kim Aurin January 29, 2025 2 years Re-signed [6]
Jayson Castro
Poy Erram 1 year
Rey Nambatac 2 years

Trades

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Pre-season

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July
July 2, 2024[7] To TNT
Rey Nambatac 		To Blackwater
Kib Montalbo
Jewel Ponferada
2028 TNT second-round pick

Recruited imports

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Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record Ref.
Governors' Cup Rondae Hollis-Jefferson August 20, 2024 (vs. NorthPort) November 8, 2024 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 18–6 [8]
Commissioner's Cup December 6, 2024 (vs. Eastern) March 28, 2025 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 17–8 [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "All about the PBA quotient". INQUIRER.net. December 10, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  4. ^ Bacnis, Justine (July 18, 2024). "TNT reintegrates ex-3×3 stars Vosotros, Exciminiano ahead of Govs' Cup". Tiebreakertimes.com.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  5. ^ Terrado, Reuben (December 4, 2024). "Jielo Razon signed to one-year contract by TNT". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  6. ^ Ramos, Gerry (January 29, 2025). "Castro, Erram, Nambatac, Aurin given TNT contract extensions". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  7. ^ Ramos, Gerry (July 2, 2024). "Rey Nambatac finally at TNT as revised trade gets PBA approval". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  8. ^ Terrado, Reuben (August 14, 2024). "RHJ return to TNT official for PBA Season 49 Governors' Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  9. ^ Terrado, Reuben (November 8, 2024). "TNT to bring back Rondae Hollis-Jefferson for next conference, says Jolas". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
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