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2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season

The 2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
Head coachKoy Banal
Ariel Vanguardia (Governors' Cup)
Owner(s)Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.
Commissioner's Cup results
Record3–8 (27.3%)
Place11th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record0–0
PlaceQuarterfinalists
(lost to TNT in one game)
Phoenix Fuel Masters seasons

Key Dates edit

  • 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 edit

Phoenix Fuel Masters roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
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 José Rizal
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)
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

Roster

Commissioner's Cup edit

Transactions edit

Trades edit

March 11, 2016[2]
To Phoenix
Doug Kramer 		To GlobalPort
Mick Pennisi
May 4, 2016 [3]
 To Phoenix
Simon Enciso
Mark Borboran 		To NLEX
Emman Monfort
Marnel Baracael
2018 second round pick
May 11, 2016[4] 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)

Eliminations edit

Standings edit

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
  4. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Governors' Cup edit

Transactions edit

Trades edit

July 12, 2016[5]
To Phoenix
Ronjay Buenafe 		To Alaska
Jonathan Uyloan
July 13, 2016 [6]
 To Phoenix
Cyrus Baguio 		To Alaska
2017 2nd Round Pick
2018 second round pick
July 13, 2016 [7]
 To Phoenix
John Wilson 		To NLEX
James Forrester

Eliminations edit

Standings edit

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

Recruited imports edit

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Kenny Adeleke[8] February 17 (vs. NLEX) February 21 (vs. Meralco) 1–1
Kevinn Pinkney[9] February 27 (vs. TNT) April 10 (vs. San Miguel) 2–7
Governors' Cup   Marcus Simmons[10] July 15 (vs. Meralco) July 23 (vs. Rain or Shine) 0–3
  Eugene Phelps[11] July 31 (vs. GlobalPort) September 24 (vs. TNT) 6–4
  Lee Gwan-hee*[12] July 15 (vs. Meralco) September 24 (vs. TNT) 6–7

References edit

  1. ^ PBA Board OKs sale of Barako Bull, pba.inquirer.net, January 28, 2016.
  2. ^ Sacamos, Karlo (March 11, 2016). "Phoenix to acquire Doug Kramer from Globalport for fellow veteran Mick Pennisi". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  3. ^ "NLEX acquires Mac Baracael, Emman Monfort, future pick from Phoenix for Simon Enciso, Mark Borboran | InterAksyon.com | Sports5". Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-05-05., interaksyon.com, May 05, 2016
  4. ^ [1], spin.ph, May 12, 2016.
  5. ^ "Imports, new acquisitions to reinforce Phoenix". ABS-CBN News. July 12, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  6. ^ [2], pba.ph, July 16, 2016
  7. ^ [3], pba.ph, July 16, 2016
  8. ^ Phoenix taps Nigerian import, Marasigan Chavez, The Daily Tribune, February 5, 2016
  9. ^ Kenny Adeleke out, veteran Kevinn Pinkney in as Phoenix makes import change, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, February 26, 2016
  10. ^ TNT's Mario Little, Marcus Simmons of Phoenix complete 12-import cast for PBA Governors Cup Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 26, 2016
  11. ^ Phoenix Fuel Masters tap new import Eugene Phelps to replace Marcus Simmons Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, July 29, 2016
  12. ^ 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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