List of 2016–17 PBA season transactions

This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the offseason and the 2016–17 PBA season.

List of transactions

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
September 10	Michael Burtscher	Alaska Aces (2009–2011) B-Meg Llamados (2012) San Miguel Beermen (2012–2013) Air21 Express (2013–2014) Kia Sorento/Kia Carnival (2014–2015)	31	2x PBA Champion (2010 Fiesta, 2012 Commissioner's)	^[1]^[2]
November 3	Jimmy Alapag	Talk 'N Text Phonepals/Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (2003–2015) Meralco Bolts (2015–2016)	38	6× PBA Champion (2003 All-Filipino, 2009 Philippine, 2011 Philippine, 2011 Commissioner's, 2012 Philippine, 2013 Philippine) 1x PBA Finals MVP (2011 Commissioner's) 1x PBA Most Valuable Player (2011) 1x PBA Best Player of the Conference (2011 Commissioner's) 11× PBA All-Star (2003–2011, 2014, 2015) 1x PBA All-Star Game MVP (2004) 3× PBA Mythical First Team (2003, 2005, 2011) PBA Order of Merit (2010) PBA Rookie of the Year (2003) 1x PBA 3-Point Shootout Champion (2003) PBA's 40 Greatest Players PBA 3-point all-time leading scorer	^[3]
November 18	Yousef Taha	Air21 Express (2012) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (2012–2013) GlobalPort Batang Pier (2013, 2014, 2016) Petron Blaze Boosters (2013–2014) San Mig Super Coffee Mixers / Purefoods Star Hotshots / Star Hotshots (2014–2016)	28	1x PBA Champion (2014 Governor's)	^[4]
November 19	Nelbert Omolon	Sta. Lucia Realtors (2004–2010) Meralco Bolts (2010–2012, 2013–2014) Air21 Express (2012–2013) San Miguel Beermen (2014–2016)	36	4x PBA Champion (2007-08 Philippine, 2014-15 Philippine, 2015 Governors', 2015-16 Philippine) 1x PBA Mythical Second Team (2008 1x PBA All-Defensive Team (2007) 2× PBA Blitz Game MVP (2005, 2006)	^[5]
May 7, 2017	Eric Menk	Tanduay Rhum Masters (1999–2001) Barangay Ginebra Kings/Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (2001–2013) San Miguel Beermen (ABL) (2013) GlobalPort Batang Pier (2013–2014) Alaska Aces (2014–2016)	42	4x PBA Champion (2004 Fiesta Conference, 2004-05 Philippine Cup, 2006-07 Philippine Cup, 2008 Fiesta Conference) 1x PBA Most Valuable Player (2005 3x PBA Finals MVP (2004 Fiesta Conference, 2004-05 Philippine Cup, 2008 Fiesta Conference) 3× PBA Best Player of the Conference award (1999 All-Filipino, 2004 Fiesta, 2004-05 Philippine) 10x PBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2003–2007, 2009–2011) 1x PBA Mythical First Team (2005) 1x PBA Mythical Second Team (1999) 1x PBA All-Defensive Team (1999) 1x ABL champion (2013) 3x PBL MVP (1997–1999) PBL Rookie of the Year (1997)	^[6]

Coaching changes

Offseason

Departure date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason for departure	Hire date	Incoming head coach	Last coaching position	Ref.
October 7	NLEX	Boyet Fernandez	Still with NLEX with different capacity	October 7	Yeng Guiao	Rain or Shine head coach (2011–2016)	^[7]
October 7	Rain or Shine	Yeng Guiao	Resigned; Moves to NLEX	October 7	Caloy Garcia	Rain or Shine assistant coach (2011–2016)	^[7]
October 14	Star	Jason Webb	Appointed as team consultant	October 14	Chito Victolero	Kia Carnival/Kia Sorento/Mahindra Enforcer assistant coach (2014–2016)	^[8]
October 22	TNT	Jong Uichico	Fired	October 22	Nash Racela	TNT KaTropa assistant coach (2008–2016)	^[9]

Player Movements

Trades

Pre-season

October
October 27, 2016^[10]	To NLEX Carlo Lastimosa	To Blackwater Elite James Forrester 2016 2nd Round Pick (Original Pick)
October 28, 2016^[11]	To GlobalPort Rey Guevarra	To Meralco Joseph Yeo
November
November 3, 2016^[12]	Three-team trade
	To San Miguel Keith Agovida (from Mahindra) RR Garcia (from Star)	To Mahindra Ryan Araña (from San Miguel) 2018 1st round pick (from San Miguel) Alex Mallari (from Star)
	To Star Aldrech Ramos (from Mahindra) 2017 2nd round pick (from Star via NLEX)
November 8, 2016^[13]	To NLEX Bradwyn Guinto Chito Jaime	To Mahindra Rob Reyes Jeckster Apinan Reden Celda
November 11, 2016^[14]	To GlobalPort Mick Pennisi	To Phoenix Doug Kramer
November 15, 2016^[15]	To TNT 2019 2nd Round Pick	To GlobalPort Aaron Aban
November 15, 2016^[15]	To TNT Frank Golla	To Blackwater Dylan Ababou
November 17, 2016^[16]	To Barangay Ginebra 2019 2nd Round Pick	To Mahindra Nico Salva

All-Filipino

December
December 9, 2016^[17]	To Star Rome dela Rosa	To Alaska Jake Pascual
February
February 18, 2017^[18]^[19]	To Alaska Simon Enciso	To Phoenix RJ Jazul
	To Mahindra Prince Caperal	To Phoenix Joseph Eriobu

Commissioner's Cup

March
March 28^[20]	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)
March 29	To Globalport Dylan Ababou James Forrester	To Blackwater Niño Canaleta
April
April 24, 2017^[21]	To San Miguel Matt Ganuelas-Rosser	To TNT RR Garcia
May
May 5^[22]
	To Mahindra Glenn Khobuntin Eric Camson	To NLEX Alex Mallari Kenneth Ighalo 2020 2nd Round pick
May 6^[23]	Four-team trade
	To GlobalPort Sean Anthony (from NLEX) Bradwyn Guinto (from NLEX) Jonathan Grey (from Meralco)	To NLEX Larry Fonacier (from TNT) J. R. Quiñahan (from GlobalPort) 2017 2nd Round pick (from Meralco, originally from Mahindra) 2019 2nd Round pick (from GlobalPort)
	To TNT Anthony Semerad (from GlobalPort) 2017 1st Round Pick (from GlobalPort, originally from TNT)	To Meralco Garvo Lanete (from NLEX)

Free agency

Additions

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
Nino Canaleta		GlobalPort Batang Pier	Mahindra Enforcer
Chris Lutz		Meralco Bolts	San Miguel Beermen
Michael DiGregorio	February 20, 2017	Blackwater Elite	Mahindra Floodbuster
Mark Cruz	March 30, 2017	Blackwater Elite		^[24]
Josh Urbiztondo	May 4, 2017	GlobalPort Batang Pier	Singapore Slingers	^[25]

Released

Waived

Player	Date waived	Former team	Ref
Niño Canaleta	November 1	Mahindra Enforcer	^[26]
Josh Urbiztondo	November 4	Phoenix Fuel Masters	^[27]
Mark Cruz
Gary David	November 6	San Miguel Beermen	^[28]
Dorian Peña	November 7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	^[29]
Mark Isip
Simon Atkins		Meralco Bolts
Eric Menk		Alaska Aces	^[30]
Michael Mabulac		San Miguel Beermen
Jerwin Gaco		Star Hotshots
Roi Sumang	November 17	Blackwater Elite	^[31]
Ronald Pascual

2016 PBA draft

Main article: 2016 PBA draft

Previous years' draftees

Draft	Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	Previous team	Ref
2015	39	Samboy De Leon		Star Hotshots	—	^[32]
	51	Mon Abundo			—

References

1. Acosta-Delacruz, Angelo. "Former PBA journeyman Michael Burtscher retires from basketball". AADC Sports. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
2. Post on Facebook
3. "Former PBA MVP Jimmy Alapag announces retirement - this time 'for good'". spin.ph. November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
4. Ramos, Gerry (November 18, 2016). "Journeyman Yousef Taha bids PBA goodbye to 'return home to my family'". spin.ph. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
5. Ramos, Gerry (November 19, 2016). "SMB veteran Bitoy Omolon retires at age 36, opts to focus on his agribusiness". spin.ph. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
6. Dalupang, Denison Rey (May 7, 2017). "Eric Menk retires after 18-year PBA career". philstar.com. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
7. PBA: NLEX signs Yeng Guiao as head coach, Paolo del Rosario, CNN Philippines, October 7, 2016
8. Chito Victolero replaces Jason Webb, takes over as new Star head coach, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, October 14, 2016
9. Nash Racela officially gets TNT KaTropa coaching post, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, October 22, 2016
10. Carlo Lastimosa acquired by NLEX, pba.ph, October 27, 2016.
11. Meralco acquires Joseph Yeo from GlobalPort in one-on-one trade for Rey Guevarra, spin.ph, November 22, 2016.
12. RR Garcia to SMB, Ramos to Star, Mallari, Arana to Mahindra in 3-team trade, spin.ph, November 4, 2016.
13. Guinto acquired by NLEX, pba.ph, November 8, 2016.
14. Phoenix to acquire Doug Kramer from Globalport for fellow veteran Mick Pennisi, spin.ph, November 22, 2016.
15. Dylan Ababou to Blackwater, pba.ph, November 15, 2016.
16. Nico Salva to Mahindra, pba.ph, November 17, 2016.
17. Alaska acquires Jake Pascual to bolster depleted frontcourt in swap with Star for Rome Dela Rosa, pba.ph, December 9, 2016.
18. Alaska boosts stock after acquiring Enciso, sends Jazul to Phoenix, foxsportsasia.com, February 18, 2017.
19. Phoenix taps rookie Eriobu, sends Caperal to Mahindra in 1-on-1 swap, foxsportsasia.com, February 18, 2017.
20. Rabeh Al-Hussaini, coach Yeng Guiao reunited at NLEX after three-team PBA trade, spin.ph, March 28, 2017.
21. San Miguel sends RR Garcia to TNT for Matt Ganuelas-Rosser in rare trade between rivals, spin.ph, April 24, 2017.
22. "NLEX acquires Alex Mallari from Mahindra in trade for Glenn Khobuntin, Eric Camson".
23. 4-TEAM MULTI-PLAYER TRADE
24. Sacamos, Karlo. "Mark Cruz willing to fight to keep his new lease on PBA life". sports.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
25. Sacamos, Karlo. "Josh Urbiztondo gets another PBA call-up, set to play for GlobalPort in game vs Phoenix". spin.ph. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
26. KG Canaleta goes to Globalport as Mahindra loses another key player after Aldrech Ramos, spin.ph, November 1, 2016.
27. Mark Cruz, Josh Urbiztondo now free agents after being released by Phoenix, spin.ph, November 4, 2016.
28. Gary David stint with San Miguel ends abruptly as Beermen let go of veteran gunner, spin.ph, November 6, 2016.
29. Mythical Team member Dorian Pena waived by GlobalPort, spin.ph, November 7, 2016.
30. PBA vets get waived; All-Star changes up, thestandard.com.ph, November 9, 2016.
31. Ronald Pascual, Roi Sumang released by Blackwater despite having live contracts, spinph, November 17, 2016.
32. "Hotshots signs Abuno, De Leon". PBA.ph. Retrieved November 23, 2016.