2015–16 Blackwater Elite season
Basketball team season
2015–16 Blackwater Elite season | |
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Head coach | Leo Isaac |
Owner(s) | Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 3–8 (27.3%) |
Place | 10th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to Rain or Shine in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 3–8 (27.3%) |
Place | 10th |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 1–10 (9.1%) |
Place | 12th |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Blackwater Elite seasons | |
The 2015–16 Blackwater Elite season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
2015
- August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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1 | 9 | Art dela Cruz | SF | ![]() | Hapee Fresh Fighters | San Beda |
2 | 13 | Almond Vosotros | SG | Cebuana Lhuillier Gems | DLSU | |
3 | 23 | Jason Melano | SF | Cagayan Valley Rising Suns | St. Francis of Assisi | |
4 | 34 | Keith Agovida | Keramix Mixers | Arellano | ||
5 | 43 | Jawhar Purdy | SG | ![]() | Wang's Basketball Couriers | Cal State Stanislaus |
6 | 48 | Christian Palma | SF | ![]() | Cagayan Valley Rising Suns | Arellano |
7 | 51 | Mon Abundo | PG | Café France Bakers | CEU | |
8 | 54 | Randy Dilay | SG | ![]() | Tanduay Light Rhum Masters | Dominican (IL) |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Alaska Aces | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | |
3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
6 | TNT Tropang Texters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 4 | |
9 | Star Hotshots | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
11 | Mahindra Enforcer | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Meralco Bolts | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarterfinals (1st phase) | Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||
(#3 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Blackwater | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 104 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | |||||||||||||
(#6 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | TNT | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | TNT | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | NLEX | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
(#4 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 92* | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Star | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 83 | 5 | GlobalPort | 1 | |||||||||||||
(#5 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | GlobalPort | 84* | ||||||||||||||||
5 | GlobalPort | 94 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Barako Bull | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
*Game went into overtime
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Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 1 | |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 1 | |
6 | Tropang TNT | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Star Hotshots | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
9 | Mahindra Enforcer | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 5 | |
11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 5 | |
12 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 5 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98
Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | TNT KaTropa | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 2 | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 2 | |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
5 | Mahindra Enforcer | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
6 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
8 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
11 | Star Hotshots | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
12 | Blackwater Elite | 1 | 10 | .091 | 9 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine
Transactions
Free agent signings
Player | Contract length | Date signed | Former team |
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Denok Miranda[1] | One-conference | August 15, 2016 | TNT Katropa |
Trades
Off-season
August 7, 2015[2] | To Blackwater Mike Cortez James Sena (from Meralco) | To Meralco Jimmy Alapag (from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater) | To Talk 'N Text Larry Rodriguez (from Blackwater) |
Commissioner's Cup
March 20, 2016[3] | To Blackwater Kyle Pascual | To Mahindra Jason Ballesteros |
May 11, 2016[4] | To Blackwater Roi Sumang (from GlobalPort) | To GlobalPort Karl Dehesa (from Mahindra) Ronald Pascual (from Star) Yousef Taha (from Star)
| To Phoenix Simon Enciso (from NLEX) Mark Borboran (from NLEX) Mark Cruz (from Star) Norbert Torres (from Star) Jonathan Uyloan (from GlobalPort) | To Star RR Garcia (from Phoenix) Rodney Brondial (from Phoenix) Keith Jensen (from GlobalPort)
| To Mahindra Keith Agovida (from Blackwater) Paolo Taha (from GlobalPort) | To NLEX Mac Baracael (from Phoenix) Emman Monfort (from Phoenix) 2018 second rounder (from Phoenix) |
Governors' Cup
September 1, 2016[5] | To Blackwater Ronald Pascual | To GlobalPort Mike Cortez |
Recruited imports
Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | M. J. Rhett[6] | February 10 (vs. TNT) | April 10 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 3–8 |
Governors' Cup | ![]() | July 16 (vs. NLEX) | August 21 (vs. Mahindra) | 1–5 |
No regular import | August 17 (vs. Meralco), August 28 (vs. Alaska) | 0–2 | ||
![]() | September 7 (vs. Phoenix) | September 18 (vs. San Miguel) | 0–3 | |
![]() | July 29 (vs. Rain or Shine) | August 28 (vs. Alaska) | 0–6 |
References
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (August 15, 2016). "Denok Miranda gets new lease on life as Blackwater signs free agent PBA guard". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (March 20, 2016). "Blackwater, Mahindra swap bigs". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ Verora Jr, Levi (May 11, 2016). "Full breakdown: Garcia to Star, Enciso to Phoenix, Dehesa to GBP, and more in 6-team PBA trade". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "Globalport acquires Mike Cortez, sends Ronald Pascual to Blackwater in a trade". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ Isaac likens Blackwater import MJ Rhett to Chris Bosh , Richard Dy, The Philippine Star, January 9, 2016
- ^ Leo Isaac thrilled as Blackwater taps ex-Meralco import Eric Dawson for Governors Cup, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, May 30, 2016
- ^ Blackwater brings in new import Keala King to replace injured Eric Dawson, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, September 1, 2016
- ^ Penang Chief Minister Cup 2016 Mini-Preview