2015–16 Mahindra Enforcer season

The 2015–16 Mahindra Enforcer season is the 2nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2015–16 Mahindra Enforcer season
Head coach	Manny Pacquiao
Owner(s)	Columbian Autocar Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	2–9 (.182)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 (.364)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	6–5 (.545)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalists (lost to Meralco in one game)
Mahindra Enforcer seasons

Key dates

• July 16: Columbian Autocar Corporation (CAC) announced that they changed their team name from Kia Carnival to Mahindra Enforcers.[1]
• August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	2	Troy Rosario	PF	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	NU
2	14	Bradwyn Guinto	C	Philippines	Cebuana Lhuillier Gems	SSC-R
3	24	Leodaniel de Vera	SF	United States	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	SSC-R
4	35	Michael DiGregorio	SG	United States	KeraMix Mixers	McKendree
5	44	Alexander Austria	SG	United States	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	San Francisco State
6	49	Roberto Hainga	C	Philippines	MP Hotel Warriors	UST
7	52	Michael Abad	C/PF	Philippines	LiverMarin Guardians	Mapúa

Roster

Mahindra Enforcer roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 0 Taha, Paolo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–12–05 St. Benilde F/C 1 Ramos, Aldrech 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988–04–03 Far Eastern G 2 Revilla, L.A. 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 146 lb (66 kg) 1989–11–30 De La Salle F/C 5 Guinto, Bradwyn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–10–20 San Sebastian G 7 DiGregorio, Michael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1990–12–12 McKendree G 8 Paniamogan, Philip 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1991–05–30 José Rizal F 9 Canaleta, Niño (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982–02–12 UE G/F 10 Webb, Joshua (IN) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989–11–14 De La Salle G/F 14 Galanza, Pedrito 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1992–12–21 UE G 17 Pacquiao, Manny 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 151 lb (68 kg) 1978–12–17 NDDU G/F 23 Agovida, Keith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1990–02–14 Arellano F 27 Yee, Mark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982–01–04 San Sebastian (Cavite) F 28 Jaime, Chito 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1983–10–21 AMA G 32 Bagatsing, Hyram 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1985–02–18 De La Salle F/C 81 Ballesteros, Jason 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985–10–07 San Sebastian	Head coach Manny Pacquiao Assistant coach(es) Chris Gavina (1st Assistant) Romulo Orillosa Rob Wainwright Alex Angeles Richard Alvarez Marlon Martin Joe Lipa (Consultant) Team manager Eric Pineda Joe Ramos (Assistant) 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.

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
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.

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
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.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice to beat)
	1	TNT	136
	8	Phoenix	124
							1	TNT	1
		(#4 twice to beat)					4	Meralco	3
	4	Meralco	105
	5	Mahindra	82
												4	Meralco	2
		(#2 twice to beat)										3	Barangay Ginebra	4
	2	San Miguel	114
	7	NLEX	110
							2	San Miguel	2
		(#3 twice to beat)					3	Barangay Ginebra	3
	3	Barangay Ginebra	109
	6	Alaska	104

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

August 25, 2015[2]	To Mahindra Niño Canaleta and Aldrech Ramos (from NLEX) Robert Reyes (from Talk 'n Text)	To NLEX Kevin Alas (from Talk 'n Text via Mahindra)	To Talk 'N Text Troy Rosario
October 7, 2015[3]	To Mahindra Juneric Baloria 2016 and 2017 second round picks (from NLEX)	To Meralco 2016 and 2017 second round picks (from Mahindra)	To NLEX Sean Anthony (from Meralco via Mahindra)
April 29, 2016[4]	To Mahindra Keith Agovida and Paolo Taha	To Globalport Karl Dehesa	To Blackwater Roi Sumang

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Augustus Gilchrist[5]	February 12 (vs. GlobalPort)	April 13 (vs. Star)	4–7
Governors' Cup	James White[6]	July 15 (vs. Star)	September 24 (vs. Meralco)	6–7
	Iman Zandi*	July 15 (vs. Star)	August 12 (vs. Phoenix)	4–1

References

1. "PBA ballclub rolls out new name, switches from KIA Carnival to Mahindra Enforcers". Spin.ph. July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
2. TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.ph, August 25, 2015.
3. NLEX gets Sean Anthony in three-team deal inquirer.net, October 7, 2015
4. inquirer.net, October 7, 2015
5. Mahindra enforcing Augustus Gilchrist as Commissioner’s Cup import, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, January 6, 2016
6. Badua, Snow (June 6, 2016). "Mahindra opts for James White after bid to bring back Vernon Macklin falls through". Spin.ph. Retrieved June 6, 2016.