2015–16 PBA season

2015–16 PBA season
Duration	October 21, 2015 – present
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Local: Sports5 TV5 Fox Sports Hyper (HD) Cignal (HD) International: AksyonTV International
Draft
Top draft pick	Moala Tautuaa
Picked by	TNT Tropang Texters
Conferences
Philippine Cup champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Alaska Aces
Awards
Season MVP	TBD
Top scorer	TBD
Seasons
< 2014–15

The 2015–16 PBA season is the 41st season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The league continued to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup are the second and third conferences in the upcoming season.

This season will also be the first season of Chito Narvasa as the PBA commissioner Chito Salud announced his resignation at the end of the 2014–15 season. Salud, however, will remain with the PBA as he will be the new President and CEO of the league.^[1]

The first event of the season was the 2015 PBA draft which was held on August 23.^[2]

Executive board

• Andres Narvasa, Jr. (Commissioner/President/CEO)
• Robert Non (Chairman, San Miguel Beermen)
• Eric Arejola (Vice-Chairman, GlobalPort Batang Pier)
• Ramoncito Fernandez, (Treasurer, NLEX Road Warriors)

Teams

Team	Company	Governor	Coach	Captain
Alaska Aces	Alaska Milk Corporation	Richard Bachmann	Alex Compton	Tony dela Cruz
Barako Bull Energy*	Energy Food and Drinks Inc.	Manny Alvarez	Koy Banal	JC Intal
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Ginebra San Miguel, Inc.	Alfrancis Chua	Tim Cone	Mark Caguioa
Blackwater Elite	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.	Silliman Sy	Leo Isaac	Mike Cortez
GlobalPort Batang Pier	Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.	Eric Arejola	Pido Jarencio	Billy Mamaril
Mahindra Enforcer	Columbian Autocar Corporation	Tomas Alvarez	Manny Pacquiao	Paulo Hubalde
Meralco Bolts	Manila Electric Company	Al Panlilio	Norman Black	Jimmy Alapag
NLEX Road Warriors	Metro Pacific Investments Corporation	Ramoncito Fernandez	Boyet Fernandez	Asi Taulava
Phoenix Fuel Masters**	Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.	Dennis Uy	Koy Banal	JC Intal
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.	Mamerto Mondragon	Yeng Guiao	Jireh Ibañes
San Miguel Beermen	San Miguel Brewery, Inc.	Robert Non	Leo Austria	Arwind Santos
Star Hotshots	San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc.	Rene Pardo	Jason Webb	Rafi Reavis
Tropang TNT	Smart Communications	Victorino Vargas	Jong Uichico	Ranidel de Ocampo

* - Participated for the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup
** - Barako Bull was sold to Phoenix Petroleum on January 2016. Participated beginning the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup.

Transactions

Retirement

• August 23, 2015: Danny Ildefonso officially announced his retirement after playing 17 seasons in the PBA.^[3]
• August 25, 2015: T.Y. Tang officially announced his retirement after playing 7 seasons in the PBA, all of them with the Rain or Shine franchise.^[4]
• October 14, 2015: Paul Artadi officially announced his retirement after playing 12 seasons in the PBA. His retirement was announced upon submitting his certificate of candidacy to run as councilor for San Juan in the 2016 elections.^[5]
• November 25, 2015: Don Allado officially announced his retirement after playing 16 seasons in the PBA.^[6]

Coaching changes

Offseason

• July 20, 2015: Barangay Ginebra San Miguel fired head coach Frankie Lim. He was replaced by Star Hotshots coach Tim Cone.^[7] Cone's assistant from Star, Richard del Rosario, joins him in his transfer to Ginebra, as well.^[8]
• July 20, 2015: Assistant coach Jason Webb was promoted as the head coach of the Star Hotshots.^[7]

Commissioner's Cup

• April 28, 2016: Coach Chito Victolero resigned as interim head coach of Manny Pacquiao of the Mahindra Enforcer.^[9]
• April 29, 2016: The Mahindra Enforcer appointed Chris Gavina as their first assistant coach to replace the interim head coach slot vacated by resigned Chito Victolero.^[10]

Notable events

Pre-season

• July 16: Columbian Autocar Corporation (CAC) announced that they will change their team name from Kia Carnival to Mahindra Enforcer.^[11]
• September 19: PBA Commissioner Chito Narvasa officially banned sportswriter Snow Badua from covering the league's activities due to his personal "baseless" attacks against Barangay Ginebra board governor Alfrancis Chua.^[12]
• October 14: The PBA Board, unanimously approved the memo that will support the Gilas Pilipinas in their participation in the Olympic qualifying tournament, that will be held in July 2016, in lieu of this, 17 PBA players will be comprising the player pool of the Tab Baldwin-mentored national squad.^[13]
• October 14: The board of governors approved to adjust the league calendar to accommodate the preparation of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The Commissioner's Cup will be extended until May 2016, then the league will take a break for the duration of the qualifiers. The season's Governors' Cup will be held after the qualifiers and will finish around October 2016.^[14]
• The PBA launched their first 3x3 basketball tournament that catered for women's basketball players on October 23. Each active PBA team will be represented by one women's team composed of four players. The women's 3x3 tournament games will be played in between of the first and second games of the Wednesday and Friday gamedays.^[15]

Philippine Cup

• The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters silently changed their name to TNT Tropang Texters. This is after their mother company, Talk 'N Text was rebranded as "TNT" last September 2015.
• PBA Commissioner Chito Narvasa imposed an indefinite ban to Mahindra team consultant Joe Lipa, after the latter accused Narvasa of issuing degrading remarks against Mahindra player-coach Manny Pacquiao during a press conference in Dubai.^[16] Narvasa made a mandatory summon over Lipa's remarks, but Lipa did not honor it.^[17]
• December 1: PBA President and CEO Chito Salud resigned from his post effective December 31.^[18] He will be replaced by current PBA chairman Robert Non who will take over as President and CEO until the board finds his replacement.^[19]
• During an out of town game between Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Blackwater Elite at the AUF Gymnasium, Pampanga, Barangay Ginebra board governor Alfrancis Chua was seen using an e-cigarette while on the team's bench.^[20] Since the game was broadcast live on national television, the Department of Health, the Philippine Sports Commission and Angeles University Foundation officials requested the PBA to take action on prohibiting the use of e-cigarettes on the team bench.^[21] On December 13, 2015, PBA Commissioner Chito Narvasa issued a reprimand against Alfrancis Chua for the vaping incident.^[22]
• In the final 8 seconds of the overtime period of the knockout quarterfinal game between Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and GlobalPort Batang Pier, review showed that Stanley Pringle held the ball for over 5 seconds, which would have resulted in a five-second ball-hogging violation, but no call was made. After the final buzzer, the Batang Pier already went to the dugout, but Ginebra stayed behind. Ginebra fans, which were more than half of the crowd, were left stunned along with players and the Ginebra coaching staff. Head coach Tim Cone immediately went to center court and pleaded with the referees for a call or a review of the final 8-second possession of Globalport.^[23][24] He then went to the scorer's table and signed the official scorecard, signifying the team's intent to file a protest with the game's result. He stayed mum after coming out of the dugout on whether they would actually file a protest. Under the league's rules, Barangay Ginebra had until 12 noon of December 28, 2015 to file a letter of protest together with a bond, which requires a minimum of P20,000.^[25][26]
• Barangay Ginebra did not sent a formal protest to the PBA office as the 12 noon deadline lapsed on December 28. Commissioner Chito Narvasa said that the league summoned the four referees of the Ginebra-GlobalPort game, Edward Aquino, Rommel Gruta, Mardy Montoya and Bing Oliva, on December 29 and re-evaluated their performance during the quarterfinal game.^[27]
• According to the findings of the PBA technical committee on December 29, two violations were not called: the five-second ball-hogging violation and the backcourt violation committed by Stanley Pringle. Referees Edward Aquino and Rommel Gruta were therefore suspended for the rest of the Philippine Cup.^[28]
• A total of 16 technical fouls were called during Game 2 of the semifinals series between the Alaska Aces and the GlobalPort Batang Pier on January 6, 2016. An in-game scuffle started when Alaska's Calvin Abueva helped to lift Dondon Hontiveros and bumped GlobalPort's Jay Washington who is helping Anthony Semerad to stand up. Team officials from both sides tried to pacify the players, including commissioner Chito Narvasa. Alaska was assessed with 8 technicals (Abueva, Hontiveros, Manuel, team manager/governor Dickie Bachmann, head coach Alex Compton, and assistant coaches Louie Alas, Monch Gavieres and Jeffrey Cariaso) while GlobalPort got 5 technical fouls (Washington, Semerad, team governor Erick Arejola, head coach Pido Jarencio and team manager Bonnie Tan).^[29][30] Three more technical fouls were called against GlobalPort's Joseph Yeo, Dorian Peña, and Jay Washington on separate plays.^[31] The number of technical fouls for this game tied the record of most number of technical fouls called in a single game, tying the record set during a game between the Alaska Milkmen and the Shell Turbo Chargers on October 25, 1997.^[32]
• On January 7, a total of P91,200 in fines were slapped to Alaska and GlobalPort players and officials after the scuffle that happened during Game 2 of their semifinals series. Calvin Abueva got the highest fine with P41,600.^[33]
• Blackwater Elite women's basketball team comprising of Allana Lim, Camille Sambile, France Mae Cabinbin and Camilla Denise Escoto clinched the inaugural title of the PBA Dickies Women's 3-in-3 tournament in Finals Game 2 against Brgy. Ginebra San Miguel held last January 9, 2016.^[34]
• The PBA Board of Governors unanimously approve the sale of Barako Bull Energy's franchise to oil firm Phoenix Petroleum on January 20. In addition, the board also got the green light to Phoenix to play in the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup instead of waiting until the 2016-17 season. The new team will be named Phoenix Fuel Masters.^[35]

Commissioner's Cup

• February 3: Tropang TNT's import Ivan Johnson was suspended for one game and fined P50,000 after an altercation with JP Erram and Frank Golla during their practice game against Blackwater on January 30.^[36]
• The TNT Tropang Texters silently changed their name to Tropang TNT. The team's new logo debuted on February 10 against Blackwater.
• February 13: Ivan Johnson was again fined P250,000 and slapped with a lifetime ban after cursing PBA commissioner Chito Narvasa as he was leaving the playing court after being ejected for incurring his second flagrant foul penalty one at the 2nd quarter of their game against Meralco. The decision was announced during the game's halftime break.^[37][38] The penalty was downgraded into a season ban and P150,000 after Johnson voluntarily appeared on February 17 before Commissioner Narvasa and personally apologized for the infraction during the TNT-Meralco game.^[39]
• February 23: Rhose Montreal, the league's Business Development Director since 2008 filed her resignation to the PBA Board of Governors effective immediately.^[40] Her resignation came on the heels of an investigative report from PBA-banned sportswriter Snow Badua, that questions the authenticity of Montreal's AB Philosophy diploma from the University of the Philippines. On March 7, the PBA Board decided to rehire Montreal as the Business Development Director of the league, for humanitarian reasons, after a lengthy discussion.^[41] PBA chairman Robert Non clarified in a press conference held on March 13 that Montreal was rehired on two conditions: she forfeited her benefits accumulated from 2008 until her resignation and will be put on a 6-month probationary period.^[42]
• March 7: League commissioner Chito Narvasa appointed as the new CEO of the PBA, replacing officer-in-charge Robert Non.^[43]
• The league's Board of Governors through a board resolution requested the assistance of the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate on who leaked the scholastic records of their marketing director, Rhose Montreal to the media. All rank-and-file employees including Commissioner Chito Narvasa will be subject for investigation.^[44]

Rule changes

The PBA board approved the rule changes for implementation starting this season:^[45]

1. Deliberate foul – Any player who commits a foul against an opponent by going after the man instead of the ball but without intent to hurt shall be assessed with a deliberate foul which shall result in awarding of two (2) free throws to the offended player plus ball possession to the offended player’s team. No 3-minute sit out for the player who committed the deliberate foul. A deliberate foul committed in the last two (2) minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime period(s) shall be subject to automatic video review.
2. Shot clock reset — The shot clock shall be reset to 14 seconds if the ball goes to the offensive team after a legal attempt.
3. Free throw — During a free throw, a player can only enter the shaded lane after the ball has hit the rim.
4. Landing spot rule
   1. Leaving a foot on the landing spot of a shooter – if without contact — Flagrant Foul Penalty 1 (FFP1) is called; two (2) Free Throws are awarded; ball possession is retained by the team of offended player; and the offender "sits" for three (3) playing minutes for first offense. Second and subsequent offenses of players from same team will "sit" for five (5) minutes. A fine of at least Php 5,000.00 is assessed.
   2. Leaving a foot on the landing spot of a shooter – if with contact -Flagrant Foul Penalty 2 (FFP2) is called; two (2) Free Throws are awarded; ball possession is retained by the team of offended player; and the offender is ejected from the game. A fine of at least Php 20,000.00 is assessed, whatever is the consequence of the contact and an automatic, minimum one (1) game suspension is imposed to the offender.
5. Review of goal tending violation under the last two minutes — Any goal tending violation called in the last two (2) minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime period(s) shall be subject to automatic video review. When a foul is called on a shot and a player touches the ball, basket or backboard and there is a chance to score, even if the referees do not call a goal tending violation, it shall likewise be subject to automatic review if it occurred in the last two (2) minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime period(s).

In addition, the league modified its shot clock, adopting a procedure similar to the NBA and Euroleague, featuring tenths of a second. The shot clock should also display the time remaining in the game. A standby shot clock that is capable of displaying tenths of a second and the time remaining in the game is temporarily installed if the in-venue shot clock is not yet configured to adopt the new shot clock rule or if the shot clock does not also display the game clock. The Mall of Asia Arena, for example, has used the NBA rule (final five seconds) since its opening, as its Daktronics unit is the same model used by the NBA. The Smart Araneta Coliseum's clock registers tenths in the final ten seconds.

Opening ceremonies

The opening ceremonies for this season was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay on October 21, 2015. The first game of the Philippine Cup between the Star Hotshots and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters immediately followed.^[46][47] The opening was supposed to be held on October 18 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City^[48] but was suspended due to the onslaught of Typhoon Lando (international name: Koppu). This was the first time that the league cancelled its opening ceremonies due to bad weather.^[46]

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
Alaska Aces	Tara, Samantha, and Franchezka Borlain[49]
Barako Bull Energy	Mika Reyes[50]
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Arci Muñoz[51]
Blackwater Elite	Max Collins[52]
GlobalPort Batang Pier	Karylle[52]
Mahindra Enforcer	Jasmine Fitzgerald[53]
Meralco Bolts	Eula Caballero[54]
NLEX Road Warriors	Ann Lorraine Colis[53]
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Julee Ann Bourgoin[55]
San Miguel Beermen	Alexa Micek[52][56] and Rachel Anne Daquis[56]
Star Hotshots	Miss Global International 2015 candidates[57]
TNT Tropang Texters	Alyssa Valdez[54]

2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	9	2	.818[lower-alpha 1]	—	Outright 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	Eliminated
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
2. Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
3. NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals (1st phase)						Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)					Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#3 twice to beat)
	3	Rain or Shine		95
	10	Blackwater		90
							3	Rain or Shine	104
		(#6 twice to beat)					6	TNT	89			3	Rain or Shine	2
	6	TNT		90								2	San Miguel	4
	7	NLEX		88
																	2	San Miguel	4
		(#4 twice to beat)															1	Alaska	3
	4	Barangay Ginebra		92*
	9	Star		89								1	Alaska	4
							4	Barangay Ginebra	83			5	GlobalPort	1
		(#5 twice to beat)					5	GlobalPort	84*
	5	GlobalPort		94
	8	Barako Bull		85

*Game went into overtime

Finals results

• Philippine Cup Finals: (2) San Miguel def. (1) Alaska, 4 games to 3
  • Finals MVP: Chris Ross (San Miguel Beermen)
• Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen)

2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup

Elimination round

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	Eliminated
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. San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
2. Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.
3. NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
4. Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals (Best-of-5)					Finals (Best-of-7)
		(#1 twice to beat)
	1	San Miguel	99	103
	8	Star	108	99
							1	San Miguel	1
		(Best-of-3)					5	Rain or Shine	3
	4	Barangay Ginebra	0
	5	Rain or Shine	2
												5	Rain or Shine	1
		(#2 twice-to-beat)										3	Alaska	0
	2	Meralco	104
	7	NLEX	97
							2	Meralco	2
		(Best-of-3)					3	Alaska	3
	3	Alaska	2
	6	TNT	1

Finals results

• Commissioner's Cup Finals: TBD
  • Finals MVP: TBD
• Best Player of the Conference: TBD
• Best Import of the Conference: TBD

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External links

• PBA Official Website