PBA: Who’s in the North and South teams for the PBA All-Star Weekend?

The PBA on Sunday unveiled the lineups for the North and South squads that will headline the PBA All-Star Weekend set for March 6 to 8 in Candon City.

This marks the return of the midseason event after the 2025 edition, which was supposed to be held in Davao del Norte, was canceled due to security concerns.

Here are the lineups for the two teams:

North All-Stars

• Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra)
• Calvin Abueva (Converge)
• Juan Gomez de Liaño (Converge)
• CJ Perez (San Miguel)
• Stephen Holt (Barangay Ginebra)
• Justine Baltazar (Converge)
• Adrian Nocum (Rain or Shine)
• Chris Newsome (Meralco)
• CJ Cansino (Meralco)
• Gian Mamuyac (Rain or Shine) — replacing Zav Lucero (injury)
• Justin Arana (Converge)
• Don Trollano (San Miguel)

Head coach: Leo Austria (San Miguel)

South All-Stars

• June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel)
• RJ Abarrientos (Barangay Ginebra)
• Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra)
• Calvin Oftana (TNT)
• Robert Bolick (NLEX)
• RR Pogoy (TNT)
• JB Bahio (NLEX)
• Santi Santillan (Rain or Shine)
• Alec Stockton (Converge)
• Caelan Tiongson (Rain or Shine)
• Rey Nambatac (TNT)
• Jericho Cruz (San Miguel)

Head coach: Chot Reyes (TNT)

Aside from the North vs. South All-Star Game, the weekend will also feature the Rookies/Sophomores vs. Juniors (RSJ) matchup game.

Here are the lineups for the RSJ match.

Rookies/Sophomores

• Sedrick Barefield (Blackwater)
• Jerom Lastimosa (Magnolia)
• Kai Ballungay (Phoenix)
• Sonny Estil (Barangay Ginebra)
• Dalph Panopio (Blackwater)
• Mark Nonoy (Terrafirma)
• Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti (Rain or Shine)
• Evan Nelle (Phoenix)
• Jonel Policarpio (NLEX)
• Mike Malonzo (Rain or Shine)
• Xyrus Torres (NLEX)
• Brandon Ramirez (NLEX)

Juniors

• Ricci Rivero (Phoenix)
• Brandon Bates (Meralco)
• Ralph Cu (Barangay Ginebra)
• Christian David (Blackwater)
• Kim Aurin (TNT)
• Fran Yu (Titan Ultra)
• Kenneth Tuffin (Phoenix)
• Schonny Winston (Converge)
• Cade Flores (Titan Ultra)
• Henry Galinato (TNT)
• King Caralipio (Titan Ultra)
• Dominic Fajardo (NLEX)

Aside from these games, the All-Star Weekend will also have the Long Distance Shootout and the Skills Challenge.

—JKC, GMA Integrated News