2015–16 Star Hotshots season
2015–16 Star Hotshots season | |
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Head coach | Jason Webb |
Owner(s) | San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 4–7 (36.4%) |
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 (45.5%) |
Place | 8th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 2–9 (18.2%) |
Place | 11th |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Star Hotshots seasons | |
The 2015–16 Star Hotshots season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
[edit]- 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
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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1 | 8 | Norbert Torres | C | ![]() | Cebuana Lhuillier Gems | DLSU |
3 | 30 | Mark Cruz | PG | ![]() | Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants | Letran |
4 | 39 | Rodel de Leon | SF | Cafe France Bakers | CEU |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Alaska Aces | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | |
3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
6 | TNT Tropang Texters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 4 | |
9 | Star Hotshots | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
11 | Mahindra Enforcer | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Meralco Bolts | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
Game log
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals (1st phase) | Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||
(#3 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Blackwater | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 104 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | |||||||||||||
(#6 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | TNT | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | TNT | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | NLEX | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
(#4 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 92* | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Star | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
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
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 1 | |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 1 | |
6 | Tropang TNT | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Star Hotshots | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
9 | Mahindra Enforcer | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 5 | |
11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 5 | |
12 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 5 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
Game log
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]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
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | TNT KaTropa | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 2 | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 2 | |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
5 | Mahindra Enforcer | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
6 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
8 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 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:
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]Off-season
September 19, 2015 [2] | ||
To Barako Bull Mick Pennisi | To Star 2017 2nd round pick
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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
[edit]Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Denzel Bowles[5] | February 10 (vs. Meralco) | February 28 (vs. Ginebra) | 1–4 |
Ricardo Ratliffe[6] | March 6 (vs. TNT) | April 20 (vs. San Miguel) | 5–3 | |
Governors' Cup | ![]() | July 15 (vs. Mahindra) | July 31 (vs. San Miguel) | 1–3 |
![]() | August 12 (vs. NLEX) | September 16 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–6 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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".
- ^ [1], 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 Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, 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