2015–16 Star Hotshots season

Head coach

Owner(s)

San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc.
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)

Philippine Cup results
Record	4–7 (.364)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Ginebra in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record	2–9 (.182)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Star Hotshots seasons
2014–15	2016-17

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

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	Philippines	Cafe France Bakers	CEU

Roster

Star Hotshots roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.5 !G	2	PHI !	Melton, Justin	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	1987–04–07	Mount Olive
5.5 !F/C	4	USA !	Reavis, Rafi (C)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1977–07–26	Coppin State
1.5 !G	8	PHI !	Simon, Peter June	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980–06–01	Mindanao
4.0 !F	9	PHI !	Pascual, Jake	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1988–11–11	San Beda
5.5 !F/C	10	PHI !	Sangalang, Ian	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	1991–12–20	San Sebastian
2.5 !G/F	11	USA !	Mallari, Alex	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1987–03–26	Lewis–Clark State
1.5 !G	12	PHI !	Garcia, R.R.	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990–01–12	Far Eastern
1.5 !G	14	PHI !	Barroca, Mark	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–25	Far Eastern
4.0 !F	15	PHI !	Pingris, Marc	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1981–10–16	Far Eastern
2.5 !G/F	18	PHI !	Yap, James	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1982–02–15	UE
4.0 !F	19	PHI !	Gaco, Jerwin	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1981–01–17	De La Salle
2.5 !G/F	22	PHI !	Maliksi, Allein	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1987–09–18	UST
4.0 !F	32	USA !	Jensen, Keith (IN)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1988–01–07	New York
4.0 !F	91	PHI !	Brondial, Rodney	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–11–20	Adamson

Head coach

Jason Webb

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Alvin Patrimonio

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]}	—	Outright semifinals
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	Eliminated
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8	Eliminated

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
1 2 Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

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]}	—	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.

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

September 19, 2015 ^[2]
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

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Denzel Bowles^[5]	February 10 (vs. Meralco)	February 28 (vs. Ginebra)	1–4
Commissioner's Cup	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
Governors' Cup	Joel Wright^[8]	August 12 (vs. NLEX)	September 16 (vs. Rain or Shine)	1–6

References

↑ 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.
↑ Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit, spin.ph, September 19, 2015
↑ "Ginebra gets Devance; Star acquires Jake Pascual".
↑ , spin.ph, October 13, 2016
↑ 'Monster' Denzel Bowles set for third tour of duty with Star, confirms Rene Pardo, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, January 19, 2016
↑ Star brings in ex-Jones Cup MVP Ricardo Ratliffe for grieving Denzel Bowles, Richard Dy, Fox Sports Asia, March 5, 2016
↑ Star's Marqus Blakely to head growing cast of 'balik imports' in PBA Governors' Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 9, 2016
↑ Struggling Star Hotshots replace Marqus Blakely with Joel Wright, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, August 6, 2016

Star Hotshots

Founded in 1988
Owned by San Miguel Pure Foods Company, a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation
Formerly the Purefoods TJ Giants, Coney Island Ice Cream Stars, B-Meg Llamados and San Mig Coffee Mixers

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Runner-up finishes
(13)

Rivalries

Manila Clasico

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Seasons (28)

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2010s

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Barako Bull Energy

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2017

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