2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season

2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
Head coach Koy Banal
Owner(s) Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 38
(.273)
Place 11th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record 00  
Place Quarterfinalists
(lost to TNT in one game)
Playoff finish
Phoenix Fuel Masters seasons
2016-17

The 2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key Dates

Roster

Phoenix Fuel Masters roster
Players Coaches
S
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 0 United States Enciso, Simon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–02–12 Notre Dame de Namur
G 1 Philippines Buenafe, Ronjay 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–05–27 Emilio Aguinaldo
G 2 United States Urbiztondo, Josh 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–27 Fresno Pacific
G/F 3 Philippines Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–08–19 UST
F/C 6 Canada Torres, Norbert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1990–01–12 De La Salle
G/F 7 Philippines Intal, JC 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–11–18 Ateneo
G 8 Philippines Wilson, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–01–18 José Rizal
G 9 Philippines Cruz, Mark 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 120 lb (54 kg) 1992–07–27 Letran
G/F 10 Philippines Hayes, Marvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–13
F/C 12 Philippines Caperal, Prince (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–06–12 Arellano
F 16 Philippines Borboran, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1984–11–20 East
G 26 Philippines Lañete, Chico 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1979–08–01 Lyceum
F 28 United States Wilson, Willy (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980–01–30 De La Salle
F/C 34 Philippines Miranda, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–12–12 San Sebastian
C 88 Australia Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1975–03–13 Eastern Michigan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Justino Pinat (1st Assistant)
  • United States Nic Belasco
  • Philippines Caesar Polhen
Team manager



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

Roster


Commissioner's Cup

Transactions

Trades

May 4, 2016 [2]
To Phoenix
Simon Enciso
Mark Borboran
To NLEX
Emman Monfort
Marnel Baracael
2018 second round pick
May 11, 2016[3] To Phoenix
Mark Cruz (from Star)
Norbert Torres (from Star)
Jonathan Uyloan (from Star via GlobalPort)
To Star
RR Garcia (from Phoenix)
Rodney Brondial(from Phoenix)
Keith Jensen (from GlobalPort)
To GlobalPort
Yousef Taha (from Star)
Ronald Pascual (from Star)

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. 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
  4. 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.

Governors' Cup

Transactions

Trades

July 13, 2016 [4]
To Phoenix
Cyrus Baguio
To Alaska
2017 2nd Round Pick
2018 second round pick

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. 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Kenny Adeleke[5] February 17 (vs. NLEX) February 21 (vs. Meralco) 1–1
Kevinn Pinkney[6] February 27 (vs. TNT) April 10 (vs. San Miguel) 2−7
Governors' Cup United States Marcus Simmons[7] July 15 (vs. Meralco) July 23 (vs. Rain or Shine) 0–3
United States Eugene Phelps[8] July 31 (vs. GlobalPort) September 24 (vs. TNT) 6–4
South Korea Lee Gwan-hee*[9] July 15 (vs. Meralco) September 24 (vs. TNT) 6–7

References

  1. PBA Board OKs sale of Barako Bull, pba.inquirer.net, January 28, 2016.
  2. , interaksyon.com, May 05, 2016
  3. , spin.ph, May 12, 2016.
  4. , pba.ph, July 16, 2016
  5. Phoenix taps Nigerian import, Marasigan Chavez, The Daily Tribune, February 5, 2016
  6. Kenny Adeleke out, veteran Kevinn Pinkney in as Phoenix makes import change, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, February 26, 2016
  7. TNT's Mario Little, Marcus Simmons of Phoenix complete 12-import cast for PBA Governors Cup Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 26, 2016
  8. Phoenix Fuel Masters tap new import Eugene Phelps to replace Marcus Simmons Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 29, 2016
  9. Phoenix opts to tap Korean Basketball League veteran as Asian import in PBA Governors Cup, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, June 19, 2016
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