2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season

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

2015–16 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season
Head coachTim Cone
Owner(s)Ginebra San Miguel, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record7–4
(.636)
Place4th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to GlobalPort in single-elimination Phase 2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record7–4
(.636)
Place4th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to Rain or Shine, 0-2)
Governors' Cup results
Record8–3
(.727)
Place3rd
Playoff finishChampions
(def. Meralco, 4-2)
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel seasons

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 Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants NU

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

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

Philippine Cup

Game log
2016 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
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

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. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
  3. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
  4. Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

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

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. Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
  3. Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

Game log
2016 PBA Governors' Cup game log
July
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
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
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
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
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
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
TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's Cup Othyus Jeffers[4]February 12 (vs. NLEX)April 19 (vs. Rain or Shine)7–6
Governors' Cup Paul HarrisJuly 16 (vs. GlobalPort)July 16 (vs. GlobalPort)1–0
Justin Brownlee[5]July 24 (vs. Alaska)October 19 (vs. Meralco)15–7

References
  1. TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015
  2. Joe Devance reunited with Tim Cone as Ginebra, Barako Bull, Star, GlobalPort figure in four-team deal Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, September 28, 2015
  3. Giongco, Mark. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. Tim Cone bares Ginebra bringing in former TNT import Othyus Jeffers for Commissioner's Cup, spin.ph, January 4, 2016
  5. Ginebra taps Justin Brownlee as replacement import for injured Paul Harris, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 18, 2016

See also
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