2015–16 Blackwater Elite season

The 2015–16 Blackwater Elite season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2015–16 Blackwater Elite season
Head coachLeo Isaac
Owner(s)Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record3–8
(27.3%)
Place10th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to Rain or Shine in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record3–8
(27.3%)
Place10th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record1–10
(9.1%)
Place12th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Blackwater Elite seasons

Key dates

2015
  • August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks
Main article: 2015 PBA draft
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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (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, Poy Injured 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1989–07–07 Ateneo
G 8 Philippines Pinto, John 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–10–15 Arellano
G 12 Philippines Sumang, 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 Saint 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
  • (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] — Advance to 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
12 Meralco Bolts 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Bracket
Quarterfinals (1st phase)Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(Single elimination)		Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine95
2San Miguel4
10Blackwater90
3Rain or Shine1043Rain or Shine2
(#6 twice to beat)
6TNT89
6TNT90
2San Miguel4
7NLEX88
1Alaska3
(#4 twice to beat)
4Barangay Ginebra92*
1Alaska4
9Star89
4Barangay Ginebra835GlobalPort1
(#5 twice to beat)
5GlobalPort84*
5GlobalPort94
8Barako Bull85

*Game went into overtime

Commissioner's Cup

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
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. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
  3. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
  4. Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Governors' Cup

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
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. Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
  3. 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
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
TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupM. J. Rhett[6]February 10 (vs. TNT)April 10 (vs. Rain or Shine)3–8
Governors' CupUnited States Eric Dawson[7]July 16 (vs. NLEX)August 21 (vs. Mahindra)1–5
No regular importAugust 17 (vs. Meralco), August 28 (vs. Alaska)0–2
United States Keala King[8]September 7 (vs. Phoenix)September 18 (vs. San Miguel)0–3
State of Palestine Imad Qahwash*[9]July 29 (vs. Rain or Shine)August 28 (vs. Alaska)0–6

References
  1. 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.
  2. Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  3. Leongson, Randolph B. (March 20, 2016). "Blackwater, Mahindra swap bigs". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  4. 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.
  5. "Globalport acquires Mike Cortez, sends Ronald Pascual to Blackwater in a trade". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  6. Isaac likens Blackwater import MJ Rhett to Chris Bosh , Richard Dy, The Philippine Star, January 9, 2016
  7. Leo Isaac thrilled as Blackwater taps ex-Meralco import Eric Dawson for Governors Cup, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, May 30, 2016
  8. Blackwater brings in new import Keala King to replace injured Eric Dawson, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, September 1, 2016
  9. Penang Chief Minister Cup 2016 Mini-Preview
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