2015–16 Star Hotshots season
Head coachJason Webb
Owner(s)San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc.
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record47
(36.4%)
Place9th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to Ginebra in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record56
(45.5%)
Place8th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record29
(18.2%)
Place11th
Playoff finishDid 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

Draft picks

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 Cafe France Bakers CEU

Roster

Star Hotshots roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 2 Philippines Melton, Justin 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1987–04–07 Mount Olive
F/C 4 United States Reavis, Rafi (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1977–07–26 Coppin State
G 8 Philippines Simon, Peter June 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–06–01 Mindanao
F 9 Philippines Pascual, Jake 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–11–11 San Beda
F/C 10 Philippines Sangalang, Ian 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1991–12–20 San Sebastian
G/F 11 United States Mallari, Alex 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1987–03–26 Lewis–Clark State
G 12 Philippines Garcia, R.R. 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990–01–12 Far Eastern
G 14 Philippines Barroca, Mark 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–25 Far Eastern
F 15 Philippines Pingris, Marc 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–10–16 Far Eastern
G/F 18 Philippines Yap, James 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1982–02–15 UE
F 19 Philippines Gaco, Jerwin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981–01–17 De La Salle
G/F 22 Philippines Maliksi, Allein 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1987–09–18 UST
F 32 United States Jensen, Keith (IN) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1988–01–07 NYU
F 91 Philippines Brondial, Rodney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–11–20 Adamson
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
  • (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team
  • Injured Injured

Roster


Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] Advance to semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1]
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
12 Meralco Bolts 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. 1 2 Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(Single elimination)
Semifinals
(Best-of-7)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine95
2San Miguel4
10Blackwater90
3Rain or Shine1043Rain or Shine2
(#6 twice to beat)
6TNT89
6TNT90
2San Miguel4
7NLEX88
1Alaska3
(#4 twice to beat)
4Barangay Ginebra92*
1Alaska4
9Star89
4Barangay Ginebra835GlobalPort1
(#5 twice to beat)
5GlobalPort84*
5GlobalPort94
8Barako Bull85

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

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1San Miguel99103
8Star10899
1San Miguel1
(Best-of-3)
5Rain or Shine3
4Barangay Ginebra0
5Rain or Shine2
5Rain or Shine4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Alaska2
2Meralco104
7NLEX97
2Meralco2
(Best-of-3)
3Alaska3
3Alaska2
6TNT1

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
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. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
  2. 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
  3. 1 2 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

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

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

TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupDenzel 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' CupUnited States Marqus Blakely[7]July 15 (vs. Mahindra)July 31 (vs. San Miguel)1–3
United States Joel Wright[8]August 12 (vs. NLEX)September 16 (vs. Rain or Shine) 1–6

References

  1. 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.
  2. Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit, spin.ph, September 19, 2015
  3. "Ginebra gets Devance; Star acquires Jake Pascual".
  4. , spin.ph, October 13, 2016
  5. 'Monster' Denzel Bowles set for third tour of duty with Star, confirms Rene Pardo, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, January 19, 2016
  6. 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
  7. Star's Marqus Blakely to head growing cast of 'balik imports' in PBA Governors' Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 9, 2016
  8. Struggling Star Hotshots replace Marqus Blakely with Joel Wright, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, August 6, 2016
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