2015–16 Star Hotshots season

2015–16 Star Hotshots season
Head coach	Jason Webb
Owner(s)	San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results Record 4–7 (.364) 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 (.455) Place 8th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (Lost to San Miguel in two games with twice-to-win disadvantage) Governors' Cup results Record 0–0   Place 0th Playoff finish TBD Star Hotshots seasons 2014–15

The 2015–16 Star Hotshots season is the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

• 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

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F/C 00 Taha, Yousef 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1988–07–08 Mapúa G 2 Melton, Justin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1987–04–07 Mount Olive F/C 4 Reavis, Rafi (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1977–07–26 Coppin State G/F 5 Pascual, Ronald  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1988–06–23 San Sebastian F/C 6 Torres, Norbert (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1990–01–12 La Salle G 8 Simon, Peter June 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–06–01 Mindanao F/C 10 Sangalang, Ian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1991–12–20 San Sebastian G 11 Mallari, Alex 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1987–03–26 Lewis-Clark State G 14 Barroca, Mark 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–25 FEU F 15 Pingris, Marc 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–10–16 FEU G/F 18 Yap, James  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1982–02–15 UE F 19 Gaco, Jerwin  (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981–01–17 La Salle G/F 22 Maliksi, Allein 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1987–09–18 UST F 24 Pascual, Jake  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–11–11 San Beda G 30 Cruz, Mark (R) 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 120 lb (54 kg) 1992–07–27 Letran	Head coach Jason Webb Assistant coach(es) Johnny Abarrientos (1st Assistant) Mon Jose Tony Boy Espinosa Juno Sauler Team manager Alvin Patrimonio 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

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

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Ricardo Ratliffe
Governors' Cup

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".