2015–16 Meralco Bolts season

2015–16 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Norman Black
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results Record 1–10 (.091) Place 12th Playoff finish Did not qualify Commissioner's Cup results Record 8–3 (.727) Place 2nd Playoff finish Governors' Cup results Record 0–0   Place 0th Playoff finish TBD Meralco Bolts seasons 2014–15

The 2015–16 Meralco Bolts season is the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

• August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	4	Chris Newsome	SF	United States	Hapee Fresh Fighters	ADMU
	7	Baser Amer	PG	Philippines		San Beda
3	29	Joseph Sedurifa	SG	Philippines	Café France Bakers	CEU

Roster

Meralco Bolts roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F/C 0 Faundo, Bryan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1984–02–18 Letran G 1 Atkins, Simon (IN) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–07–19 La Salle G 3 Alapag, Jimmy (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1977–12–30 Cal State San Bernardino F 7 Hodge, Clifford 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988–02–03 Reedley G 8 Buenafe, Ronjay 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–05–27 Emilio Aguinaldo G 9 Amer, Baser (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992–09–22 San Beda G 11 Newsome, Chris (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–06–25 Ateneo G 13 Buenafe, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990–02–01 Ateneo G/F 15 Sedurifa, Joseph (R / IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1990–09–04 CEU G 17 Caram, Anjo 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1991–01–14 San Beda C 19 Al-Hussaini, Rabeh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–08–11 Ateneo G/F 20 Dillinger, Jared 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984–01–06 Hawaii-Manoa F/C 21 Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1978–11–03 Manila F 22 Ferriols, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1974–09–09 USJ-R F 23 Nabong, Kelly (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1988–11–17 SRJC G/F 24 Guevarra, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–11–24 Letran F/C 25 Bono, Ken 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1984–07–19 Adamson	Head coach Norman Black Assistant coach(es) Ronnie Magsanoc (1st Assistant) Luigi Trillo Patrick Fran Xavier Nunag Gene Afable Jamike Jarin Team manager Paolo Trillo Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

August 7, 2015[1]	To Blackwater Mike Cortez James Sena (from Meralco)	To Meralco Jimmy Alapag (from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater)	To Talk 'N Text Larry Rodriguez (from Blackwater)
October 7, 2015[2]	To Mahindra Juneric Baloria 2016 and 2017 second round picks (from NLEX)	To Meralco 2016 and 2017 second round picks (from Mahindra)	To NLEX Sean Anthony (from Meralco via Mahindra)

Commissioner's Cup

March 17, 2016 [3]	Waived Gary David	Signings

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Country	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Arinze Onuaku	USA	February 10, 2016		10-5
Governors' Cup

References

1. Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
2. NLEX gets Sean Anthony in three-team deal inquirer.net, October 7, 2015
3. , pba.inquirer.net, March 18, 2016