2016–17 NLEX Road Warriors season

NLEX Road Warriors
2016–17 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coach	Yeng Guiao
Owner(s)	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	2–9 ; (.182)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	2–9 ; (.182)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (.636)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Star with twice-to-win disadvantage)
NLEX Road Warriors seasons

The 2016–17 NLEX Road Warriors season was the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2016

October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Special draft

Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
Alfonzo Gotladera	C/F	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	Ateneo

Regular draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
2	8	Reden Celda	G	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	NU

Roster

NLEX Road Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	1	Monfort, Emman	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	132 lb (60 kg)	1989–07–02	Ateneo
G	3	Tiongson, Juami	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–02–05	Ateneo
G/F	5	Rios, Jansen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–10–28	Adamson
G	6	Alas, Kevin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–11–13	Letran
G/F	8	Baguio, Cyrus	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980–08–19	UST
G	9	Lastimosa, Carlo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1990–09–03	St. Benilde
G	11	Villanueva, Jonas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1983–03–31	Far Eastern
G/F	12	Fonacier, Larry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1982–05–13	Ateneo
F/C	14	Villanueva, Enrico	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1980–06–23	Ateneo
F/C	16	Soyud, Raul	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–01–14	Philippines
G/F	17	Ighalo, Kenneth	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989–01–11	Mapúa
C	19	Al-Hussaini, Rabeh	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988–08–11	Ateneo
G/F	20	Mallari, Alex	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1987–03–26	Lewis–Clark State
F/C	21	Gotladera, Alfonzo (R)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	1992–02–16	Ateneo
F/C	37	Quiñahan, J. R.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1984–05–08	Visayas
C	88	Taulava, Asi (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1973–03–02	BYU–Hawaii

Head coach

Yeng Guiao

Assistant coach(es)

Adonis Tierra (1st Assistant)
Jojo Lastimosa
Alex Arespacochaga
Raymond Celis
Claiford Arao
Gino Manuel
Jaime Serrano

Team manager

Ronald Dulatre

Legend

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

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 1]	3	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 1]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4
6	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 4]	7
11	Meralco Bolts	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 4]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 2–9

November: 1–0

December : 0–5

January : 1–4

2016–17 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	9	2	.818[lower-alpha 1]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727	1
5	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455	4
7	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 2]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 2]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 2]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273	6
11	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182[lower-alpha 3]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182[lower-alpha 3]	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 2–9

March: 0–4

April : 0–3

May : 2–2

2016–17 schedule

Governors' Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	1
4	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	2
5	NLEX Road Warriors	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	2
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636[lower-alpha 2]	2
8	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455	4
9	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 3]	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273[lower-alpha 3]	6
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	2	9	.182	7
12	Kia Picanto	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 7–4

July: 4–0

August : 2–2

September: 1–2

2016–17 schedule

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	Meralco	91	104
8	Blackwater	92	96
				1	Meralco	3
	(#4 twice-to-beat)			4	Star	0
4	Star	89
5	NLEX	77
							1	Meralco	3
	(#2 twice-to-beat)						3	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	TNT	102	118
7	Rain or Shine	106	114
				2	TNT	1
	(#3 twice-to-beat)			3	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	Barangay Ginebra	104
6	San Miguel	84

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1

Quarterfinals: 0–1

2016–17 schedule

Transactions

Commissioner's Cup

March 2017
March 28[1]	Three-team trade
	To NLEX Rabeh Al-Hussaini (from Meralco)	To Blackwater 2017 Second Round pick (from NLEX)
	To Meralco 2018 Second Round pick (from Blackwater)
May 2017
May 6[2]	Four-team trade
	To NLEX Larry Fonacier (from TNT) J.R. Quiñahan (from GlobalPort) 2017 Second Round pick (from Meralco, originally from Mahindra) 2019 Second Round pick (from GlobalPort)	To GlobalPort Sean Anthony (from NLEX) Bradwyn Guinto (from NLEX) Jonathan Grey (from Meralco)
	To TNT Anthony Semerad (from GlobalPort) 2017 First Round Pick (from GlobalPort, originally from TNT)	To Meralco Garvo Lanete (from NLEX)

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Country	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Wayne Chism		4	March 17 (vs. Rain or Shine)	May 27 (vs. Phoenix)	2–9
Governors' Cup	Aaron Fuller		23	July 19 (vs. Alaska)	September 26 (vs. Star)	7–5

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Kevin Alas	Governors' Cup Player of the Week	July 24, 2017	[3]
Larry Fonacier		August 28, 2017	[4]
Juami Tiongson		September 4, 2017	[5]

References

Rabeh Al-Hussaini, coach Yeng Guiao reunited at NLEX after three-team PBA trade, spin.ph, March 28, 2017.
4-TEAM MULTI-PLAYER TRADE
"Alas named Player of the Week". pba.ph. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
"The reason Yeng Guiao traded for Larry Fonacier". pba.ph. August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
"Juami Tiongson seizes the moment". pba.ph. September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.

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[table_hth_ALA0.5565546260013-1] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.5565546260013-2] Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.

[table_hth_BWE0.5565546260013-3] Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater

[table_hth_MAH0.5565546260013-4] Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_BGSM0.79435132993122-5] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903

[table_hth_ALA0.79435132993122-6] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska

[table_hth_BWE0.79435132993122-7] Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_TNT0.94981855803627-8] Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

[table_hth_SH0.94981855803627-9] Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96

[table_hth_ALA0.94981855803627-10] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

[11] Rabeh Al-Hussaini, coach Yeng Guiao reunited at NLEX after three-team PBA trade, spin.ph, March 28, 2017.

[12] 4-TEAM MULTI-PLAYER TRADE

[13] "Alas named Player of the Week". pba.ph. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.

[14] "The reason Yeng Guiao traded for Larry Fonacier". pba.ph. August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.

[15] "Juami Tiongson seizes the moment". pba.ph. September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.