2015–16 Blackwater Elite season

2015–16 Blackwater Elite season
Head coach Leo Isaac
Owner(s) Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record 3–8
(.273)
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
(.273)
Place 10th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record 0–0  
Place TBD
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Blackwater Elite seasons

The 2015—16 Blackwater Elite season is the 2nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2015

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 9 Art dela Cruz SF  Philippines 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  United States Wang's Basketball Couriers Cal State Stanislaus
6 48 Christian Palma SF  Philippines Cagayan Valley Rising Suns Arellano
7 51 Mon Abundo PG Café France Bakers CEU
8 54 Randy Dilay SG  United States Tanduay Light Rhum Masters Dominican (IL)

Roster

Blackwater Elite roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 1 Philippines Cañada, Jerick (IN) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 156 lb (71 kg) 1988–05–27 Adamson
G 2 Philippines Miranda, Denok 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1982–07–14 Far Eastern
G 4 Philippines Reyes, Raphy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1987–12–01 UE
G 5 Philippines Tiongson, Juami 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–02–05 Ateneo
G 6 Philippines Lastimosa, Carlo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1990–09–03 St. Benilde
C 7 Philippines Erram, J.P.  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1989–07–07 Ateneo
G 8 Philippines Pinto, Nard John 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–10–15 Arellano
G 12 Philippines Sumang, Shej Roi 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1990–12–12 UE
F/C 15 Philippines Sena, James 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988–08–31 José Rizal
F 16 Philippines Melano, Jason 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–10–18 St. Francis of Assisi
F/C 17 Philippines Golla, Frank 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1990–01–17 Ateneo
G/F 21 Philippines Gamalinda, Riego 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1986–05–25 San Beda
F 25 Philippines dela Cruz, Arthur 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–05–09 San Beda
F 26 Philippines Cervantes, Reil (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1986–08–16 Far Eastern
F 27 Philippines Eguilos, Jaymo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1986–08–27 Far Eastern
F/C 32 United States Pascual, Kyle 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–04–13 San Beda
G/F – Philippines Pascual, Ronald (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1988–06–23 San Sebastian
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Johnson Martines


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] — Outright semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
6 TNT Tropang Texters 6 5 .545 3
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 4
9 Star Hotshots 4 7 .364 5
10 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273 6
11 Mahindra Enforcer 2 9 .182 7 Eliminated
12 Meralco Bolts 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
  2. 1 2 Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
  3. 1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

Playoffs

Bracket

  Quarterfinals (1st phase)     Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(One-game playoff)		     Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#3 twice to beat)                                  
  3 Rain or Shine 95  
  10 Blackwater 90  
            3 Rain or Shine 104    
    (#6 twice to beat)       6 TNT 89     3 Rain or Shine 2  
  6 TNT 90     2 San Miguel 4  
  7 NLEX 88  
    2 San Miguel 4
    (#4 twice to beat)     1 Alaska 3
  4 Barangay Ginebra 92*  
  9 Star 89       1 Alaska 4
            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

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Meralco Bolts 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1
6 Tropang TNT 6 5 .545 2
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Star Hotshots 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
9 Mahindra Enforcer 4 7 .364 4 Eliminated
10 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 5
11 Phoenix Fuel Masters 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 5
12 GlobalPort Batang Pier 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
  2. 1 2 3 Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.
  3. 1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
  4. 1 2 3 Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 TNT KaTropa 10 1 .909 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 2
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 2
4 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
5 Mahindra Enforcer 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Alaska Aces 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
8 Phoenix Fuel Masters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5 Eliminated
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:
  1. 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
  2. 1 2 3 Meralco wins tiebreaker against Mahindra and Alaska via best head-to-head record. Meralco is 2–0; Mahindra is 1–1; Alaska is 0–2. Meralco then won the seeding playoff for 4th seed against Mahindra.
  3. 1 2 3 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and Phoenix by highest quotient. NLEX is 1.04; Rain or Shine is 1.03; Phoenix is 0.93. Phoenix then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Rain or Shine.

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

August 7, 2015[1] 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)

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup M. J. Rhett[2] February 10 (vs. TNT) April 10 (vs. Rain or Shine) 3–8
Governors' Cup United States Eric Dawson[3] July 16 (vs. NLEX) August 21 (vs. Mahindra) 1–5
No regular import August 17 (vs. Meralco), August 28 (vs. Alaska) 0–2
United States Keala King[4] September 7 (vs. Phoenix) September 18 (vs. San Miguel) 0–3
State of Palestine Imad Qahwash*[5] July 29 (vs. Rain or Shine) August 28 (vs. Alaska) 0–6

References

  1. ↑ Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Isaac likens Blackwater import MJ Rhett to Chris Bosh , Richard Dy, The Philippine Star, January 9, 2016
  3. ↑ Leo Isaac thrilled as Blackwater taps ex-Meralco import Eric Dawson for Governors Cup, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, May 30, 2016
  4. ↑ Blackwater brings in new import Keala King to replace injured Eric Dawson, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, September 1, 2016
  5. ↑ Penang Chief Minister Cup 2016 Mini-Preview
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