2015–16 Star Hotshots season

2015–16 Star Hotshots season
2015–16 Star Hotshots season
Head coach	Jason Webb
Owner(s)	San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc. ; (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (36.4%)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (lost to Ginebra in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record	2–9 ; (18.2%)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Star Hotshots seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Star Hotshots season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

July 20: Assistant coach Jason Webb was promoted as the head coach of the Star Hotshots.^[1]
August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	8	Norbert Torres	C	Canada	Cebuana Lhuillier Gems	DLSU
3	30	Mark Cruz	PG	Philippines	Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	Letran
4	39	Rodel de Leon	SF	Philippines	Cafe France Bakers	CEU

Roster

2015–16 Star Hotshots roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	2	Melton, Justin	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	1987–04–07	Mount Olive
F/C	4	Reavis, Rafi (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1977–07–26	Coppin State
G	8	Simon, Peter June	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980–06–01	Mindanao
F	9	Pascual, Jake	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1988–11–11	San Beda
F/C	10	Sangalang, Ian	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	1991–12–20	San Sebastian
G/F	11	Mallari, Alex	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1987–03–26	Lewis–Clark State
G	12	Garcia, R.R.	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990–01–12	Far Eastern
G	14	Barroca, Mark	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–25	Far Eastern
F	15	Pingris, Marc	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1981–10–16	Far Eastern
G/F	18	Yap, James	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1982–02–15	UE
F	19	Gaco, Jerwin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1981–01–17	De La Salle
G/F	22	Maliksi, Allein	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1987–09–18	UST
F	32	Jensen, Keith (IN)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1988–01–07	NYU
F	91	Brondial, Rodney	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–11–20	Adamson

Head coach

Jason Webb

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Alvin Patrimonio

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

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]	—	Advance to semifinals
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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Game log

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

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]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel	99	103

8	Star	108	99
				1	San Miguel	1
(best-of-3)
				5	Rain or Shine	3
4	Barangay Ginebra		0

5	Rain or Shine		2
							5	Rain or Shine	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Alaska	2
2	Meralco		104

7	NLEX		97
				2	Meralco	2
(best-of-3)
				3	Alaska	3
3	Alaska		2

6	TNT		1

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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
^ ^a ^b ^c 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

Trades

Off-season

September 19, 2015 ^[2]
September 19, 2015 ^[2]	To Barako Bull Mick Pennisi	To Star 2017 2nd round pick
September 28, 2015 ^[3]	To Barangay Ginebra Joe Devance (via Barako Bull)	To Barako Bull Mac Baracael Prince Caperal
	To Star Ronald Pascual Jake Pascual	To GlobalPort Dorian Peña

Governor's Cup

October 13, 2016 ^[4]
	To Star Paul Lee	To Rain or Shine James Yap

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Denzel Bowles^[5]	February 10 (vs. Meralco)	February 28 (vs. Ginebra)	1–4
Commissioner's Cup	Ricardo Ratliffe^[6]	March 6 (vs. TNT)	April 20 (vs. San Miguel)	5–3
Governors' Cup	Marqus Blakely^[7]	July 15 (vs. Mahindra)	July 31 (vs. San Miguel)	1–3
Governors' Cup	Joel Wright^[8]	August 12 (vs. NLEX)	September 16 (vs. Rain or Shine)	1–6

References

^ Snow Badua (July 20, 2015). "IT'S DONE: SMC big boss Ramon Ang confirms Tim Cone move from Star to Ginebra". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit, spin.ph, September 19, 2015
^ "Ginebra gets Devance; Star acquires Jake Pascual".
^ [1], spin.ph, October 13, 2016
^ 'Monster' Denzel Bowles set for third tour of duty with Star, confirms Rene Pardo, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, January 19, 2016
^ Star brings in ex-Jones Cup MVP Ricardo Ratliffe for grieving Denzel Bowles Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, Richard Dy, Fox Sports Asia, March 5, 2016
^ Star's Marqus Blakely to head growing cast of 'balik imports' in PBA Governors' Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 9, 2016
^ Struggling Star Hotshots replace Marqus Blakely with Joel Wright, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, August 6, 2016

[table_hth_ALA0.83185013468929-2] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_BGSM0.83185013468929-3] Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.83185013468929-4] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

[table_hth_SMB0.37968904728987-5] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.37968904728987-6] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84

[table_hth_NLEX0.37968904728987-7] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BWE0.37968904728987-8] Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

[table_hth_BGSM0.27552817821294-9] Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_ALA0.27552817821294-10] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra

[table_hth_NLEX0.27552817821294-11] Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

[1] Snow Badua (July 20, 2015). "IT'S DONE: SMC big boss Ramon Ang confirms Tim Cone move from Star to Ginebra". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

[12] Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit, spin.ph, September 19, 2015

[13] "Ginebra gets Devance; Star acquires Jake Pascual".

[14] [1], spin.ph, October 13, 2016

[15] 'Monster' Denzel Bowles set for third tour of duty with Star, confirms Rene Pardo, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, January 19, 2016

[16] Star brings in ex-Jones Cup MVP Ricardo Ratliffe for grieving Denzel Bowles Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, Richard Dy, Fox Sports Asia, March 5, 2016

[17] Star's Marqus Blakely to head growing cast of 'balik imports' in PBA Governors' Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 9, 2016

[18] Struggling Star Hotshots replace Marqus Blakely with Joel Wright, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, August 6, 2016

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