2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season

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

2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
Head coachKoy Banal
Owner(s)Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
Commissioner's Cup results
Record3–8
(.273)
Place11th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
PlaceQuarterfinalists
(lost to TNT in one game)
Phoenix Fuel Masters seasons

Key Dates
  • January 28: The PBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of Barako Bull to Phoenix Petroleum in a special meeting Wednesday at the league’s headquarters in Libis, Quezon City.[1]

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

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)

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

Governors' Cup

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

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

Recruited imports
TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupKenny 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 Marcus Simmons[7]July 15 (vs. Meralco)July 23 (vs. Rain or Shine)0–3
Eugene Phelps[8]July 31 (vs. GlobalPort)September 24 (vs. TNT)6–4
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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-05-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), 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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