2016–17 GlobalPort Batang Pier season

2016–17 GlobalPort Batang Pier season
2016–17 GlobalPort Batang Pier season
Head coach	Franz Pumaren
Owner(s)	Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	6–5 ; (54.5%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to TNT, 0–2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (36.4%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record	3–8 ; (27.3%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
GlobalPort Batang Pier seasons
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 GlobalPort Batang Pier season was the fifth 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.
November 25: GlobalPort Batang Pier formally appointed team consultant Franz Pumaren to be its head coach replacing Johnedel Cardel, who was then relegated as an assistant coach.^[1]

Draft picks

Special draft

Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
Von Pessumal	G	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	Ateneo

Regular draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
3	12	Al Francis Tamsi	G	Philippines	Phoenix Accelerators	FEU
3	15	Ryan Arambulo	G/F	United States	AMA Online Education Titans	Cal State Fullerton
4	20	Spencer John Eman	C	Philippines	Derulo Accelero Oilers	NU

Roster

2016–17 GlobalPort Batang Pier roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	0	Hubalde, Paulo	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1981–01–24	UE
F	1	Maierhofer, Rico	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1985–11–04	De La Salle
F/C	2	Mamaril, Billy (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1980–06–25	Bakersfield
G	3	Pringle, Stanley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987–03–05	Penn State
G	7	Romeo, Terrence	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1992–03–16	Far Eastern
G/F	8	Celiz, Robby	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	1988–09–07	National-U
G/F	9	Forrester, James	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1989–09–03	Arellano
F	10	Anthony, Sean	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1986–01–26	McGill
G	11	Cortez, Mike	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1980–10–11	De La Salle
F	12	Baracael, Mac	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1985–04–14	Far Eastern
G/F	14	Grey, Jonathan (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1992–01–13	St. Benilde
G	17	Cardona, Mark	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1981–11–13	De La Salle
G	18	Araña, Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1984–03–23	De La Salle
F/C	28	Paredes, Philip	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–01–12	De La Salle
F/C	30	Guinto, Bradwyn	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–10–20	San Sebastian
C	77	Van Opstal, Arnold (R)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–12–15	De La Salle

Head coach

Franz Pumaren

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Bonnie Tan
Benjo Flores (Assistant)

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

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
^ ^a ^b Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 6–5

November: 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 25	Mahindra	W 97–75	Terrence Romeo (29)	KG Canaleta (11)	Terrence Romeo (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0

December : 2–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	December 2	Star	W 91–84	Stanley Pringle (24)	J. R. Quiñahan (10)	Terrence Romeo (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0
3	December 7	Alaska	L 84–95	Terrence Romeo (26)	KG Canaleta (10)	Pringle, Romeo (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–1
4	December 11	Barangay Ginebra	W 91–84	Terrence Romeo (35)	J. R. Quiñahan (9)	Stanley Pringle (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–1
5	December 21	Blackwater	L 91–99	Terrence Romeo (22)	Canaleta, Quiñahan, Romeo (8)	Terrence Romeo (9)	Filoil Flying V Centre	3–2
6	December 28	Phoenix	L 99–101	Terrence Romeo (32)	J. R. Quiñahan (14)	Terrence Romeo (9)	Cuneta Astrodome	3–3

January : 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	January 6	Meralco	W 97–89	Terrence Romeo (27)	Stanley Pringle (9)	Terrence Romeo (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–3
8	January 13	NLEX	W 110–96	Terrence Romeo (32)	Mamaril, Quiñahan (7)	Stanley Pringle (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	5–3
9	January 21	San Miguel	L 100–106	Stanley Pringle (21)	J. R. Quiñahan (11)	Terrence Romeo (9)	Hoops Dome	5–4
10	January 25	TNT	L 98–102	Terrence Romeo (35)	Pringle, Romeo (9)	Terrence Romeo (6)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–5
11	January 29	Rain or Shine	W 117–99	Terrence Romeo (44)	Yutien Andrada (8)	Terrence Romeo (6)	Cuneta Astrodome	6–5

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


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

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel		98

8	Rain or Shine		91
				1	San Miguel	4
(best-of-3)
				4	TNT	3
4	TNT		2

5	GlobalPort		0
							1	San Miguel	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							7	Barangay Ginebra	1
2	Alaska	81	97

7	Barangay Ginebra	85	108
				7	Barangay Ginebra	4
(best-of-3)
				3	Star	3
3	Star		2

6	Phoenix		0

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–2

Quarterfinals: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	February 4	TNT	L 101–109	Terrence Romeo (28)	J. R. Quiñahan (6)	Terrence Romeo (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	February 6	TNT	L 90–95	Terrence Romeo (22)	Rico Maierhofer (10)	Stanley Pringle (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2

2016–17 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	9	2	.818^[a]	—	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^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^[b]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273	6
11	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182^[c]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182^[c]	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 4–7

March: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	March 18	Alaska	L 79–107	Stanley Pringle (27)	Sean Williams (19)	Stanley Pringle (6)	Cuneta Astrodome	0–1
2	March 25	Star	L 77–103	Sean Williams (20)	Sean Williams (14)	Terrence Romeo (8)	Mindanao Civic Center	0–2

April : 2–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	April 5	Barangay Ginebra	L 96–113	Stanley Pringle (29)	Sean Williams (12)	Terrence Romeo (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–3
4	April 8	Blackwater	L 113–118	Terrence Romeo (35)	Malcolm White (17)	Stanley Pringle (5)	Oracle Arena	0–4
5	April 12	NLEX	W 85–82	Malcolm White (23)	Malcolm White (16)	Terrence Romeo (5)	Quicken Loans Arena	1–4
6	April 21	TNT	L 88–109	Malcolm White (21)	Malcolm White (16)	Cortez, Romeo (4)	Amway Center	1–5
7	April 23	Mahindra	W 105–86	Stanley Pringle (24)	Malcolm White (17)	Stanley Pringle (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–5
All-Star Break

May : 2–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	May 5	Phoenix	L 72–84	Stanley Pringle (25)	Stanley Pringle (9)	Stanley Pringle (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–6
9	May 10	Meralco	W 94–86	Justin Harper (30)	Justin Harper (19)	Stanley Pringle (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–6
10	May 26	Rain or Shine	W 107–101	Terrence Romeo (26)	Justin Harper (10)	Terrence Romeo (7)	Alonte Sports Arena	4–6

June : 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	June 2	San Miguel	L 101–112	Justin Harper (25)	Justin Harper (12)	Terrence Romeo (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–7

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


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

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Barangay Ginebra	96

8	GlobalPort	85
			1	Barangay Ginebra	1
(best-of-3)
			4	TNT	3
4	TNT	2

5	Meralco	1
						4	TNT	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	115

7	Phoenix	96
			2	San Miguel	3
(best-of-3)
			3	Star	1
3	Star	2

6	Rain or Shine	0

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 1–1

8th seed playoff: 1–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	June 4	Alaska	W 107–106	Justin Harper (32)	Justin Harper (17)	Stanley Pringle (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–0

Quarterfinals: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	June 6	Barangay Ginebra	L 85–96	Justin Harper (29)	Justin Harper (15)	Stanley Pringle (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1

2016–17 schedule

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636^[b]	2
5	NLEX Road Warriors	7	4	.636^[b]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^[b]	2
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	2
8	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455	4
9	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273^[c]	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^[c]	6
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	2	9	.182	7
12	Kia Picanto	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 3–8

July: 1–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	July 21	Rain or Shine	L 96–98	Terrence Romeo (28)	Sean Anthony (16)	Stanley Pringle (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	July 26	Phoenix	W 100–91	Murphey Holloway (29)	Murphey Holloway (26)	Terrence Romeo (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	July 30	Barangay Ginebra	L 108–124	Murphey Holloway (36)	Murphey Holloway (18)	Terrence Romeo (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–2

August: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	August 20	Kia	W 102–90	Murphey Holloway (29)	Murphey Holloway (18)	Mike Cortez (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	August 25	San Miguel	L 112–115	Terrence Romeo (26)	Murphey Holloway (23)	Murphey Holloway (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–3

September: 1–5

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	September 1	TNT	W 119–112	Stanley Pringle (30)	Murphey Holloway (17)	Murphey Holloway (6)	Ynares Center	3–3
7	September 3	NLEX	L 99–109	Murphey Holloway (29)	Murphey Holloway (17)	Murphey Holloway (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–4
8	September 8	Alaska	L 88–101	Murphey Holloway (25)	Anthony, Holloway (9)	Baracael, Romeo (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–5
9	September 15	Star	L 83–109	Murphey Holloway (20)	Murphey Holloway (17)	Terrence Romeo (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–6
10	September 17	Blackwater	L 107–118	Murphey Holloway (28)	Murphey Holloway (23)	Sean Anthony (6)	Ynares Center	3–7
11	September 22	Meralco	L 93–100	Sean Anthony (23)	Sean Anthony (13)	Grey, Pringle (3)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–8

2016–17 schedule

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

October
October 13, 2016^[2]	To GlobalPort JR Quiñahan	To Rain or Shine Jay Washington
October 28, 2016^[3]	To GlobalPort Rey Guevarra	To Meralco Joseph Yeo
November
November 11, 2016^[4]	To GlobalPort Mick Pennisi	To Phoenix Doug Kramer

Commissioner's Cup

March 2017
March 29	To Globalport Dylan Ababou James Forrester	To Blackwater Niño Canaleta
May 2017
May 6^[5]	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)

Rookie signings

Player	Number	Position	Date signed	School/club team
Von Pessumal	19	Guard		Ateneo
Jessie Saitanan	14	Forward-Center		Mapua

Free agency

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
KG Canaleta		Mahindra Enforcer

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Sean Williams	51	March 18 (vs. Alaska)	April 5 (vs. Star)	0–3
	Malcolm White	5	April 8 (vs. Blackwater)	May 5 (vs. Phoenix)	2–3
	Justin Harper	32	May 10 (vs. Meralco)	June 6 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	3–2
Governors' Cup	Jabril Trawick	25	July 21 (vs. Rain or Shine)	July 21 (vs. Rain or Shine)	0–1
Governors' Cup	Murphey Holloway	31	July 26 (vs. Phoenix)	September 17 (vs. Blackwater)	3–6

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Terrence Romeo	All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (Visayas leg)	April 30, 2017	^[6]

References

^ Franz Pumaren starts calling shots for Globalport in Philippine Cup debut against Mahindra, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, November 25, 2016
^ Rain or Shine trades JR Quinahan to GlobalPort for Jay Washington, spin.ph, November 22, 2016.
^ Meralco acquires Joseph Yeo from GlobalPort in one-on-one trade for Rey Guevarra, spin.ph, November 22, 2016.
^ Phoenix to acquire Doug Kramer from Globalport for fellow veteran Mick Pennisi, spin.ph, November 22, 2016.
^ 4-TEAM MULTI-PLAYER TRADE
^ Sacamos, Karlo (April 30, 2017). "Abueva, Romeo lead fightback as Gilas beats Visayas selection in first game together". spin.ph. Retrieved May 2, 2017.

[table_hth_ALA0.62423518794786-2] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.62423518794786-3] Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.

[table_hth_BWE0.62423518794786-4] Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater

[table_hth_MAH0.62423518794786-5] Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_BGSM0.49813775368879-6] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903

[table_hth_ALA0.49813775368879-7] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska

[table_hth_BWE0.49813775368879-8] Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_TNT0.78039675428551-9] Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

[table_hth_SH0.78039675428551-10] Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96

[table_hth_ALA0.78039675428551-11] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

[1] Franz Pumaren starts calling shots for Globalport in Philippine Cup debut against Mahindra, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, November 25, 2016

[12] Rain or Shine trades JR Quinahan to GlobalPort for Jay Washington, spin.ph, November 22, 2016.

[13] Meralco acquires Joseph Yeo from GlobalPort in one-on-one trade for Rey Guevarra, spin.ph, November 22, 2016.

[14] Phoenix to acquire Doug Kramer from Globalport for fellow veteran Mick Pennisi, spin.ph, November 22, 2016.

[15] 4-TEAM MULTI-PLAYER TRADE

[16] Sacamos, Karlo (April 30, 2017). "Abueva, Romeo lead fightback as Gilas beats Visayas selection in first game together". spin.ph. Retrieved May 2, 2017.

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