2015–16 Blackwater Elite season

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

2015–16 Blackwater Elite season
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
← 2014–15 2016–17  →

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

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
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:

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

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 v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
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:

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

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
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:

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

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