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 (.364) 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 (.455) Place 8th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (Lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage) Governors' Cup results Record 2–9 (.182) Place 11th Playoff finish Did not qualify Star Hotshots seasons 2014–15 2016-17

The 2015–16 Star Hotshots season is 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		Cafe France Bakers	CEU

Roster

Star Hotshots roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB 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 New York 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) Johnny Abarrientos (1st Assistant) Mon Jose Tony Boy Espinosa Juno Sauler Team manager Alvin Patrimonio Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	9	2	.818[lower-alpha 1]	—	Outright 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	Eliminated
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
2. Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
3. NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals (1st phase)						Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)					Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#3 twice to beat)
	3	Rain or Shine		95
	10	Blackwater		90
							3	Rain or Shine	104
		(#6 twice to beat)					6	TNT	89			3	Rain or Shine	2
	6	TNT		90								2	San Miguel	4
	7	NLEX		88
																	2	San Miguel	4
		(#4 twice to beat)															1	Alaska	3
	4	Barangay Ginebra		92*
	9	Star		89								1	Alaska	4
							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	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	Eliminated
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. San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
2. Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.
3. NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
4. Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.

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	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	Eliminated
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. San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
2. Meralco wins tiebreaker against Mahindra and Alaska via best head-to-head record. Meralco is 2–0; Mahindra is 1–1; Alaska is 0–2. Meralco then won the seeding playoff for 4th seed against Mahindra.
3. NLEX wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and Phoenix by highest quotient. NLEX is 1.04; Rain or Shine is 1.03; Phoenix is 0.93. Phoenix then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Rain or Shine.

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

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
	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
	Joel Wright[8]	August 12 (vs. NLEX)	September 16 (vs. Rain or Shine)	1–6

References

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.
2. Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit, spin.ph, September 19, 2015
3. "Ginebra gets Devance; Star acquires Jake Pascual".
4. , spin.ph, October 13, 2016
5. 'Monster' Denzel Bowles set for third tour of duty with Star, confirms Rene Pardo, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, January 19, 2016
6. Star brings in ex-Jones Cup MVP Ricardo Ratliffe for grieving Denzel Bowles, Richard Dy, Fox Sports Asia, March 5, 2016
7. Star's Marqus Blakely to head growing cast of 'balik imports' in PBA Governors' Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 9, 2016
8. Struggling Star Hotshots replace Marqus Blakely with Joel Wright, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, August 6, 2016