The NCAA then allowed him to play, where he established himself as a solid small forward with averages of 7.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, and three assists in 25.3 minutes per game.
[11] In a win over Racal Motors Alibaba, he had 17 points (with 11 coming in the fourth quarter), six rebounds, and two steals.
[14] In the 2018 D-League Aspirants' Cup, Banal played for Marinerong Pilipino, with his father as team consultant and his uncle as head coach.
[21] In a matchup against his former team in Marinerong Pilipino, he scored 24 points, five rebounds, three assists, and three steals as they got their fourth straight win.
[30] Soon after the Skippers were eliminated, Banal was brought back to Go For Gold from the free agent pool for the playoffs where they faced CEU.
[33] Shortly after he got drafted by the San Miguel Beermen, he was traded to the Barako Bull Energy along with Jojo Duncil, Chico Lañete and a 2016 first round pick (Jeoffrey Javillonar was later selected), for the draft rights of third pick Ronald Pascual.
[37] Banal then played for the Bacoor City Strikers of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, beginning in the Rajah Cup.
[41] Before the following season, he spent time in the PBA D-League and with the iECO Green Warriors, a team that represented the Philippines in the Asia League's Terrific 12 tournament.
[42] After the 2018–19 MPBL Datu Cup, he received the honors of being the MVP for that season as he led them to the semifinals and averaged 18.2 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 6.4 assists.
[45] In the Lakan Cup, he helped Bacoor get its third straight win of the season with clutch triples and finished the game with 17 points, six rebounds, and four assists.
[59] In the Game 1 of the quarterfinals against the GenSan Warriors, Banal led his team to the win with 20 points, 11 assists, three rebounds, and two steals.
[65] Banal then returned to the Philippine Basketball Association, signing a one conference deal with the Alaska Aces.
After securing his release from the Aces, Banal signed a two-year deal with the TNT Tropang Giga.
[71] In his first conference with TNT, the 2021 Governors' Cup, he had impressive scoring outputs and averaged 15.7 minutes per game.
[74] He made his debut during the 2022–23 Commissioner's Cup, in which he missed all his shots in 17 minutes in a loss to the Bay Area Dragons.
[73] He bounced back the following game and contributed 10 points, five rebounds, and both career-high tying 5 assists and 4 steals in a win over Phoenix.
[76] On February 1, 2024, it was announced that Banal would return to the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, this time with the Quezon Huskers.
[81] In 2020, he was a part of the national pool for the Philippine 3x3 team that competed at the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT).
He is the third youngest son in the family, with his older brothers Juan and Miguel playing for Ateneo's Team B in college.