2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season

Head coach

Owner(s)

Philippine Cup results
Record	7–4 (.636)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to GlobalPort in single-elimination Phase 2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–4 (.636)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Rain or Shine, 0-3)
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 (.727)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Champions (def. Meralco, 4-2)
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel seasons
2014–15	2016–17

The 2015—16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season is the 37th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2015

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	5	Scottie Thompson	SG	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	Perpetual Help
2	16	Aljon Mariano	SF		Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	UST
3	28	Lee Villamor	SF		Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	NU

Roster

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.5 !G	0	USA !	Bonifacio, Frank	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1990–03–01	Las Positas
1.5 !G	3	USA !	Mercado, Sol	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1984–05–06	Biola
1.5 !G	5	PHI !	Tenorio, LA	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	151 lb (68 kg)	1984–07–09	Ateneo
1.5 !G	6	PHI !	Thompson, Scottie	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1993–07–12	UPHSD
5.5 !F/C	10	PHI !	Marcelo, Dave	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	1989–02–22	San Beda
1.5 !G	13	PHI !	Helterbrand, Jayjay	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1976–10–14	Kentucky
4.0 !F	14	PHI !	Salva, Nico	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1990–03–08	Ateneo
4.0 !F	19	PHI !	Villamor, Dennice	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–07–01	National-U
6.0 !C	20	USA !	Slaughter, Greg	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	258 lb (117 kg)	1988–05–19	Ateneo
5.5 !F/C	25	PHI !	Aguilar, Japeth	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1987–01–25	Western Kentucky
4.0 !F	27	PHI !	Cruz, Jervy	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1986–09–09	UST
4.0 !F	31	PHI !	Mariano, Aljon	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1992–08–03	UST
2.5 !G/F	34	USA !	Ellis, Chris	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–12–05	Mary Hardin–Baylor
4.0 !F	38	USA !	Devance, Joe	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1982–02–19	Texas–El Paso
1.5 !G	47	PHI !	Caguioa, Mark (C)	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1979–11–19	Glendale (CA)

Head coach

Tim Cone

Assistant coach(es)

Richard del Rosario (1st Assistant)
Olsen Racela
Freddie Abuda

Team manager

Alfrancis Chua ^[a]
Raymond Rodriguez (Assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

^a Chua also serves as Barangay Ginebra's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Game log

2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
3	November 7	Alaska Aces	93–92	Slaughter (27)	Slaughter (19)	RJ Jazul (10)	Al Wasl, Dubai	1–2
4	November 15	San Miguel Beermen	100–82	Arwind Santos (24)	Junemar Fajardo (14)	Chris Ross (8)	Philsports Arena	1–3

2015–16 schedule

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]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 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.
1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 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 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 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.
1 2 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.

Game log

2015–16 PBA Governors' Cup game log

July

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	July 16	GlobalPort	93–81	Aguilar (22)	Harris (10)	Devance (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–0
2	July 24	Alaska	100-109(OT)				Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1
3	July 27	NLEX	85-72				Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	July 30	Meralco	107-93				Lucena City	3–1

August

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	Record
5	August 10	Blackwater	107-95	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–1
6	August 14	San Miguel	105-111(2OT)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–2
7	August 21	Rain Or Shine	101-87	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–2
8	August 28	Star	116-103	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–2

September

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	Record
9	September 9	Mahindra	93-86	Smart Araneta Coliseum	7–2
10	September 14	Phoenix	97-86	Ynares Center	8–2
11	September 18	TNT	92-104	Laguna	8–3

2015–16 schedule

Playoffs

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 ^[1]

To Barako Bull

Jens Knuttel
Emman Monfort
Josh Urbiztondo

To Barangay Ginebra

Nico Salva
2016 1st round pick

September 28, 2015 ^[2]	To Barako Bull Energy Mac Baracael Prince Caperal	To Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Joe Devance (via Barako Bull)

	To GlobalPort Dorian Peña	To Star Hotshots Jake Pascual Ronald Pascual

Philippine Cup

November 16, 2015^[3]	To Barako Bull Rodney Brondial 2018 2nd round pick	To Barangay Ginebra Jervey Cruz

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Othyus Jeffers^[4]	February 12 (vs. NLEX)	April 19 (vs. Rain or Shine)	7–6
Governors' Cup	Paul Harris	July 16 (vs. GlobalPort)	July 16 (vs. GlobalPort)	1–0
Governors' Cup	Justin Brownlee^[5]	July 24 (vs. Alaska)	October 19 (vs. Meralco)	15–7

References

↑ TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015
↑ Joe Devance reunited with Tim Cone as Ginebra, Barako Bull, Star, GlobalPort figure in four-team deal, interaksyon.com, September 28, 2015
↑ Giongco, Mark. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". Retrieved November 16, 2015.
↑ Tim Cone bares Ginebra bringing in former TNT import Othyus Jeffers for Commissioner's Cup, spin.ph, January 4, 2016
↑ Ginebra taps Justin Brownlee as replacement import for injured Paul Harris, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 18, 2016

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

Founded in 1979
Owned by Ginebra San Miguel Inc., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation
Formerly the Gilbey's Gin Tonics, Añejo Rum 65ers and Gordon's Gin Boars

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(9)

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Manila Clasico

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Seasons (38)

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Barako Bull Energy

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2017

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