2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season

The 2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season was the 14th and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). After the Philippine Cup the franchise was sold to Phoenix Petroleum and renamed as the Phoenix Fuel Masters which played its first tournament in the Commissioner's Cup.

2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season
Head coach	Koy Banal
Owner(s)	Energy Food and Drinks, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to GlobalPort in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	DNP
Playoff finish	DNP
Governors' Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	DNP
Playoff finish	DNP
Barako Bull Energy seasons

Key dates

2015

• August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

2016

• January 20: The PBA approved the sale of the Barako Bull franchise to Phoenix Petroleum Philippines.[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
2	19	Kris Rosales	SG	United States	Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	Hope International
2	21	Michael Miranda	C	Philippines	Wang's Basketball Couriers	San Sebastian
3	27	Yutien Andrada			Café France Bakers	DLSU
4	38	John Ray Alabanza	PF		MJM M-Builders	UE

Roster

Barako Bull Energy roster
Players	Coaches
S Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 1 Forrester, James 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1989–09–03 Arellano G 2 Urbiztondo, Josh 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–27 Fresno Pacific G 6 Monfort, Emman 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 132 lb (60 kg) 1989–07–02 Ateneo G/F 7 Intal, JC (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–11–18 Ateneo G 8 Garcia, RR  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990–01–12 FEU G 11 Fortuna, Jeric 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1991–11–25 UST F/C 12 Caperal, Prince 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–06–12 Arellano G 17 Knuttel, Jens (IN) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 169 lb (77 kg) 1989–09–17 FEU F/C 20 Andrada, Yutien (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1990–11–18 La Salle G 26 Lanete, Chico 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1979–08–01 Lyceum F 28 Wilson, Willy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980–01–30 La Salle F/C 34 Miranda, Michael (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–12–12 San Sebastian G 42 Sorongon, Paul 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1985–12–12 UP F 45 Baracael, Mac 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1985–04–14 FEU C 88 Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1975–03–13 Eastern Michigan F 91 Brondial, Rodney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–11–20 Adamson	Head coach Koy Banal (Mapúa) Assistant coach(es) Arturo Dela Cruz (San Sebastian) Jigs Mendoza (UP) Paolo Rivero (Adamson) Team manager Raymond Rodriguez 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
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.

Game log

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

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

August 25, 2015 [2]	To Barako Bull Jens Knuttel Emman Monfort Josh Urbiztondo	To Barangay Ginebra Nico Salva 2016 1st round pick
To Barako Bull Jeric Fortuna	To San Miguel Brian Heruela

September 17, 2015[3]	To Barako Bull Ronald Pascual (from San Miguel)	To Rain or Shine 2016 2nd round pick (from Barako Bull)	To San Miguel Ryan Araña (from Rain or Shine via Barako Bull)

September 19, 2015 [4]
To Barako Bull Mick Pennisi	To Star 2017 2nd round pick
September 28, 2015 [5]	To Barako Bull Mac Baracael Prince Caperal	To Barangay Ginebra Joe Devance (via Barako Bull)
To GlobalPort Dorian Peña	To Star Jake Pascual Ronald Pascual
October 8, 2015[6]	To Barako Bull 2016 second round pick	To Talk 'N Text Dylan Ababou
October 13, 2015[7]	To Barako Bull Jervy Cruz	To GlobalPort Rico Maierhofer

Philippine Cup

November 16, 2015[8]	To Barako Bull Rodney Brondial 2018 2nd round pick	To Barangay Ginebra Jervy Cruz

References

1. PBA Board OKs sale of Barako Bull, PBA.inquirer.net, January 20, 2016
2. TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015
3. Ryan Araña ends up at San Miguel in three-team deal; Barako gets Ronald Pascual, spin.ph, September 24, 2015.
4. Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit, spin.ph, September 19, 2015
5. Joe Devance reunited with Tim Cone as Ginebra, Barako Bull, Star, GlobalPort figure in four-team deal Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, September 28, 2015
6. Talk 'N Text acquires Dylan Ababou from Barako in exchange for future second-round pick Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 8, 2015
7. "Cruz, Maierhofer trade places". pba.inquirer.net. pba.inquirer.net. October 13, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
8. Giongco, Mark. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". Retrieved November 16, 2015.