2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season

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
Record5–6 (45.5%)
Place8th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalists
(lost to TNT in one game)
Phoenix Fuel Masters seasons

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

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

2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 0 United States Enciso, Simon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–02–12 Notre Dame de Namur
G 1 Philippines Buenafe, Ronjay 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–05–27 Emilio Aguinaldo
G 2 United States Urbiztondo, Josh 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–27 Fresno Pacific
G/F 3 Philippines Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–08–19 UST
F/C 6 Canada Torres, Norbert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1990–01–12 De La Salle
F 7 Philippines Intal, JC 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–11–18 Ateneo
G/F 8 Philippines Wilson, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987–01–18 José Rizal
G 9 Philippines Cruz, Mark 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 120 lb (54 kg) 1992–07–27 Letran
F 10 Philippines Hayes, Marvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–13 José Rizal
F/C 12 Philippines Caperal, Prince (IN) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–06–12 Arellano
F 16 Philippines Borboran, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1984–11–20 UE
G 26 Philippines Lañete, Chico 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1979–08–01 Lyceum
F 28 United States Wilson, Willy (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980–01–30 De La Salle
F/C 34 Philippines Miranda, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–12–12 San Sebastian
C 88 Australia 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
  • (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
  • (GI) Governors' Cup Import
  • (EI) EASL Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Commissioner's Cup

Transactions

Trades

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

Standings

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

Transactions

Trades

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

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[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

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 United States Marcus Simmons[10] July 15 (vs. Meralco) July 23 (vs. Rain or Shine) 0–3
United States Eugene Phelps[11] July 31 (vs. GlobalPort) September 24 (vs. TNT) 6–4
South Korea Lee Gwan-hee*[12] 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. ^ 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