2015–16 Star Hotshots season

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

2015–16 Star Hotshots season
Head coachJason Webb
Owner(s)San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc.
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record4–7
(.364)
Place9th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to Ginebra in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record5–6
(.455)
Place8th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record2–9
(.182)
Place11th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Star Hotshots seasons

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
Main article: 2015 PBA draft
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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (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
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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

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.

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 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.

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
TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupDenzel 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
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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 Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, 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
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