2016–17 NLEX Road Warriors season

2016–17 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coach	Yeng Guiao
Owner(s)	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (a MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	2–9 (.182)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	2–9 (.182)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	4–1 (.800)
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
NLEX Road Warriors seasons

The 2016–17 NLEX Road Warriors season is the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2016

October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Special draft

Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
Alfonzo Gotladera	C/F	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	Ateneo

Regular draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
2	8	Reden Celda	G	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	NU

Roster

NLEX Road Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.5 !G	1	PHI !	Monfort, Emman	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	132 lb (60 kg)	1989–07–02	Ateneo
1.5 !G	3	PHI !	Tiongson, Juami	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–02–05	Ateneo
2.5 !G/F	5	PHI !	Rios, Jansen	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–10–28	Adamson
1.5 !G	6	PHI !	Alas, Kevin	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–11–13	Letran
1.5 !G	9	PHI !	Lastimosa, Carlo	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1990–09–03	St. Benilde
1.5 !G	11	PHI !	Villanueva, Jonas	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1983–03–31	Far Eastern
2.5 !G/F	12	PHI !	Fonacier, Larry	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1982–05–13	Ateneo
5.5 !F/C	14	PHI !	Villanueva, Enrico (IN)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1980–06–23	Ateneo
5.5 !F/C	16	PHI !	Soyud, Raul	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–01–14	Philippines
2.5 !G/F	17	PHI !	Ighalo, Kenneth	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989–01–11	Mapúa
6.0 !C	19	PHI !	Al-Hussaini, Rabeh	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988–08–11	Ateneo
2.5 !G/F	20	USA !	Mallari, Alex	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1987–03–26	Lewis–Clark State
5.5 !F/C	21	PHI !	Gotladera, Alfonzo (R)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	1992–02–16	Ateneo
5.5 !F/C	23	USA !	Fuller, Aaron (I)	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1989–12–03	Southern California
5.5 !F/C	37	PHI !	Quiñahan, J. R.	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1984–05–08	Visayas
4.0 !F	45	PHI !	Baracael, Mac	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1985–04–14	Far Eastern
6.0 !C	88	TON !	Taulava, Asi (C)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1973–03–02	Brigham Young–Hawaii

Head coach

Yeng Guiao

Assistant coach(es)

Adonis Tierra (1st Assistant)
Jojo Lastimosa
Alex Arespacochaga
Raymond Celis
Claiford Arao
Gino Manuel
Jaime Serrano

Team manager

Ronald Dulatre

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	San Miguel Beermen	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
6	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5	Eliminated
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	7
11	Meralco Bolts	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 4 TNT wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort, Phoenix and Barangay Ginebra by highest quotient. TNT is 1.09; GlobalPort is 1.00; Phoenix is 0.96; Barangay Ginebra is 0.94.
1 2 Rain or Shine wins tiebreaker against Blackwater by winning the seeding playoff for 8th seed.
1 2 Mahindra wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.

Game log

2016–17 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 2–9

November: 1–0

December : 0–5

January : 1–4

2016–17 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	9	2	.818^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727	1
5	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455	4
7	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	Eliminated
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273	6
11	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against San Miguel and Star via best head-to-head record. Barangay Ginebra is 2–0; San Miguel is 1–1; Star is 0–2.
1 2 3 Phoenix wins tiebreaker against Alaska and Globalport via best head-to-head record. Phoenix is 2–0; Alaska is 1–1; GlobalPort is 0–2. GlobalPort then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Alaska.
1 2 Blackwater wins tiebreaker against NLEX via head-to-head record.

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 2–9

March: 0–4

April : 0–3

May : 2–2

2016–17 schedule

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Star Hotshots	3	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	NLEX Road Warriors	5	1	.833	+0.5
3	Meralco Bolts	4	1	.800	—
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	1	.750	0.5
5	San Miguel Beermen	2	1	.667	1	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	TNT KaTropa	2	1	.667	1
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	2	2	.500	1.5
8	Phoenix Fuel Masters	2	3	.400	2
9	GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	2	.333	2	Eliminated
10	Blackwater Elite	1	3	.250	2.5
11	Alaska Aces	0	4	.000	3.5
12	Kia Picanto	0	6	.000	4.5

Updated to match(es) played on August 13, 2017. Source: PBA.ph

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 4–1

July: 4–0

August: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
5	August 5	Barangay Ginebra	L 97–110	Aaron Fuller (20)	Aaron Fuller (17)	Alex Mallari (6)	Calasiao Sports Complex	4–1

2016–17 schedule

Transactions

Trades

Commissioner's Cup

March 2017
March 28^[1]	Three-team trade
	To NLEX Rabeh Al-Hussaini (from Meralco)	To Blackwater 2017 Second Round pick (from NLEX)
	To Meralco 2018 Second Round pick (from Blackwater)
May 2017
May 6^[2]	Four-team trade
	To NLEX Larry Fonacier (from TNT) J.R. Quiñahan (from GlobalPort) 2017 Second Round pick (from Meralco, originally from Mahindra) 2019 Second Round pick (from GlobalPort)	To GlobalPort Sean Anthony (from NLEX) Bradwyn Guinto (from NLEX) Jonathan Grey (from Meralco)
	To TNT Anthony Semerad (from GlobalPort) 2017 First Round Pick (from GlobalPort, originally from TNT)	To Meralco Garvo Lanete (from NLEX)

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Country	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Wayne Chism		4	March 17 (vs. Rain or Shine)	May 27 (vs. Phoenix)	2–9
Governors' Cup	Aaron Fuller		23	July 19 (vs. Alaska)		4–1

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Kevin Alas	Governors' Cup Player of the Week	July 24, 2017	^[3]

References

↑ Rabeh Al-Hussaini, coach Yeng Guiao reunited at NLEX after three-team PBA trade, spin.ph, March 28, 2017.
↑ 4-TEAM MULTI-PLAYER TRADE
↑ "Alas named Player of the Week". pba.ph. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.

NLEX Road Warriors
Founded in 2014 Owned by the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
Franchise	Franchise Draft history Seasons
Head coaches	Fernandez Guiao
Seasons (3)	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2016–17 PBA season

Team seasons

Succession

2015–16
Seasons

2015–16
Philippine Cup

2016
Commissioner's Cup

2016
Governors' Cup

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