List of 2015–16 PBA season transactions

Off Season Movements

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
August 23	Danny Ildefonso	San Miguel Beermen (1998–2013) Meralco Bolts (2013–2015)	38	Ildefonso retired after a meeting with Meralco head coach Norman Black who told him that Meralco will revamp at the center position.	[1][2]
August 25	Tyrone Tang	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2008–2015)	30	TY Tang retired as he is focusing on their family business.	[3]
October 13	Mark Andaya	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals (2006–2007) Air21 Express (2007) Red Bull Barako (2007–2008) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2008–2009) Barako Bull Energy Boosters (2010–2011) Barako Bull Energy (2012) Air21 Express (2012)	34	Andaya is running for councilor of Manila in the 2016 elections.	[4]
October 14	Paul Artadi	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants (2004–2007, 2009–2010) Barangay Ginebra Kings (2007–2009) San Miguel Beermen (2011–2012) Air21 Express/Barako Bull Energy (2011–2012) Meralco Bolts (2012–2014) Blackwater Elite (2014–2015)	34	Artadi is running for councilor of San Juan, Metro Manila in the 2016 elections.	[5]
November 25	Don Allado	Alaska Milkmen/Alaska Aces (1999–2006) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals/Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (2006–2008) Air21 Express (2008–2009) Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants/B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados (2009–2011) Barako Bull Energy/Barako Bull Energy Cola (2011–2013) Meralco Bolts (2013–2014) Star Hotshots (2014–2015)	38	Allado retired after 16 years playing in the PBA.	[6]

Front office movements

Head coach changes

Hire date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason for departure	Incoming head coach	Last coaching position	Ref.
July 20, 2015	Ginebra	Frankie Lim	Fired	Tim Cone	Purefoods Head coach (2011–2015)	[7]
July 20, 2015	Star	Tim Cone	Assigned to Ginebra	Jason Webb	Star Hotshots Assistant coach (2015)	[8]
April 29, 2016	Mahindra	Chito Victolero (Interim)	Resigned	Chris Gavina (Interim)		[9][10]

Team Manager

Hire date	Team	Outgoing Team Manager	Reason for departure	Incoming Team Manager	Ref.
August 7	Talk 'N Text	Jimmy Alapag	Traded to Meralco	Magnum Membrere

Player Movement

Trades

August

August 7[11]	Three-team trade
	To Talk 'N Text Larry Rodriguez (from Blackwater)	To Meralco Jimmy Alapag (from Talk 'N Text)	To Blackwater Mike Cortez and James Sena (from Meralco)

August 18[12]
	To GlobalPort Jervy Cruz	To Rain or Shine Jewel Ponferada 2015 2nd Round Draft Pick (from GlobalPort)

August 20[13]
	To GlobalPort Jay Washington	To Talk 'N Text Dennis Miranda

August 25[14]	Three-team trade
	To Talk 'N Text Troy Rosario (from Mahindra)	To NLEX Kevin Alas (from Talk 'N Text)	To Mahindra Niño Canaleta (from NLEX) Aldrech Ramos (from NLEX) Rob Reyes (from Talk 'N Text)
	To Ginebra Nico Salva 2016 First Round Draft Pick (from Barako)	To Barako Bull Josh Urbiztondo Emman Monfort Jens Knuttel
	To San Miguel Brian Heruela	To Barako Bull Jeric Fortuna

August 27[15]
	To NLEX Simon Enciso	To Rain or Shine 2018 2nd Round Draft Pick (from NLEX)

September

September 19[16]
	To Barako Bull Mick Pennisi	To Star 2017 2nd Round Draft Pick

September 24[17]	Three-team trade
	To Barako Bull Ronald Pascual (from San Miguel)	To San Miguel Ryan Araña (from Rain or Shine)	To Rain or Shine 2016 Second Round Pick (from Barako Bull via Star Hotshots)

September 28[18]	Four-team trade
	To Barako Bull Prince Caperal (from Ginebra via Globalport) Mac Baracael (from Ginebra)	To Ginebra Joe Devance (from Barako Bull via Star Hotshots)	To Star Jake Pascual (from Barako Bull) Ronald Pascual (from Barako Bull)	To GlobalPort Dorian Peña (from Ginebra)

October

October 7[19]	Three-team trade
	To Meralco 2016 and 2017 Second Round Picks (from Mahindra)	To Mahindra Juneric Baloria 2016 and 2017 Second Round Picks (from NLEX)	To NLEX Sean Anthony (from Mahindra via Meralco)

October 8[20]
	To Talk 'N Text Dylan Ababou	To Barako Bull 2016 Second Round Pick
October 13[21]
	To Barako Bull Jervy Cruz	To GlobalPort Rico Maierhofer

November
November 16[22]
	To Ginebra Jervy Cruz	To Barako Bull Rodney Brondial 2018 2nd Round Draft Pick
March
March 1[23]
	To GlobalPort Jeric Fortuna	To Phoenix 2018 2nd Round Draft Pick
May
May 5[24]
	To NLEX Mac Baracael Emman Monfort 2018 2nd Round Draft Pick	To Phoenix Simon Enciso Mark Borboran

May 6[25]	Three-team trade
	To Elite Roi Sumang (from GlobalPort via Mahindra)	To Mahindra Paolo Taha (from GlobalPort) Keith Agovida (from Blackwater)	To GlobalPort Karl Dehesa 2018 2nd Round Draft pick (from Mahindra)

Free Agency Signings

Player	Pos	Signed	Contract Amount	Contract Length	New Team	Former Team	Ref
Cabagnot, AlexAlex Cabagnot	G	August 20	15.1 M	3 yrs	San Miguel	San Miguel	[26]
Santos, ArwindArwind Santos	F	15.1 M	3 yrs	San Miguel	San Miguel
Sangalang, IanIan Sangalang	F/C		15 M	3 yrs	Star Hotshots	Star Hotshots
Hontiveros, DondonDondon Hontiveros	G/F		5.04 M	1 yr	Alaska Aces	Alaska Aces
Manuel, VicVic Manuel	F/C			2 yrs	Alaska Aces	Alaska Aces
Wilson, WillyWilly Wilson	G/F			1 yr	Barako Bull Energy	Barako Bull Energy
Marcelo, DaveDave Marcelo	F/C		2.4 M	1 yr	Ginebra	Ginebra
Revilla, LALA Revilla^[a]	PG		1.2 M	1 yr	Mahindra	Mahindra
Yee, MarkMark Yee^[a]	F		1.2 M	1 yr	Mahindra	Mahindra
Ballesteros, JasonJason Ballesteros	C		1.44 M	1 yr	Blackwater	Blackwater
Gamalinda, BambamBambam Gamalinda	F		1.2 M	1 yr	Blackwater	Blackwater
Matias, RonnieRonnie Matias	F	August 26	Not Disclosed	Not Disclosed	Rain or Shine	Barako Bull
Tiu, ChrisChris Tiu^[b]	G	August 27		3 yrs	Rain or Shine	Rain or Shine
Hubalde, PaoloPaolo Hubalde	G				Mahindra	Barako Bull
Uyloan, JonathanJonathan Uyloan	G	September 4			Globalport	Rain or Shine	[27]
David, GaryGary David	SG	April 7	2 M	6 mos.	San Miguel	Meralco	[28]

• ^a Signing packages that included a car and a condominium unit.
• ^b Option to retire after his first year of contract.

Rookie signings

Player	Pos	Signed	Contract Amount	Contract Years	New Team	Former Team	Ref
Tautuaa, MoalaMoala Tautuaa	F/C	August 28	8.5 M	3 Yrs	Talk 'N Text	Cebuana (PBA DLeague)	[29]
Rosario, TroyTroy Rosario	F/C	8.5 M	3 Yrs	Talk 'N Text	Hapee (PBA DLeague)
Ahanmisi, MaverickMaverick Ahanmisi	G	4.5 M	2 Yrs	Rain or Shine	Cafe France (PBA DLeague)
Torres, NorbertNorbert Torres	F/C	September 5	4.2 M	2 Yrs	Star Hotshots	Cebuana (PBA DLeague)	[30]
Lanete, GarvoGarvo Lanete	SG	8.55 M	3 Yrs	NLEX		[31]
Khobuntin, GlennGlenn Khobuntin	F	4.5 M	2 Yrs	NLEX	Jumbo Plastic (PBA DLeague)
Rios, JansenJansen Rios	G	Not Disclosed	1 Yr	NLEX
Enciso, SimonSimon Enciso	G	Not Disclosed	2 Yrs	NLEX	Cebuana (PBA DLeague)
Mabulac, MichaelMichael Mabulac	F	October 1	Not Disclosed	Not Disclosed	San Miguel Beermen

Released

Waived

Player	Date Waived	Former Team	Ref
Uyloan, JonathanJonathan Uyloan	September 4	Rain or Shine	[32]
David, GaryGary David	March 17	Meralco Bolts	[33]

2015 PBA Draft

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