2015–16 Meralco Bolts season

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2015–16 Meralco Bolts season
Head coachNorman Black
Owner(s)Manila Electric Company
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record1–10
(.091)
Place12th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record8–3
(.727)
Place2nd
Playoff finishSemifinals
(Lost to Alaska, 2–3)
Governors' Cup results
Record6–5
(.545)
Place4th
Playoff finishRunners-up
(Lost to Barangay Ginebra, 2-4)
Meralco Bolts seasons

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[]

Main article: 2015 PBA draft
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 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 Philippines Faundo, Bryan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1984–02–18 Letran
G 1 Philippines Atkins, Simon (IN) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–07–19 De La Salle
G 3 United States Alapag, Jimmy (C) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1977–12–30 Cal State San Bernardino
F 7 United States 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988–02–03 Reedley
G 9 Philippines Amer, Baser (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992–09–29 San Beda
G 10 Philippines Uyloan, Jonathan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–11–26 Golden West
G 11 United States Newsome, Chris (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–06–25 Ateneo
G 13 Philippines Buenafe, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990–02–01 Ateneo
G/F 15 Philippines  (R / IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1990–09–04 Centro Escolar
G 17 Philippines Caram, Anjo 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1991–01–14 San Beda
F/C 18 Philippines Chua, Justin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1989–07–13 Ateneo
C 19 Philippines Al-Hussaini, Rabeh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–08–11 Ateneo
G/F 20 United States Dillinger, Jared Injured 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984–01–06 Hawaiʻi
F/C 21 Philippines Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1978–11–03 Manila
F 22 Philippines Ferriols, John (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1974–09–09 USJ-R
F 23 United States Nabong, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1988–11–17 SRJC
G/F 24 Philippines Guevarra, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–11–24 Letran
F 25 Philippines Bono, Ken (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1984–07–19 Adamson
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 9 2 .818[a] — Advance to semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[a] —
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[b] 2
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636[b] 2
6 TNT Tropang Texters 6 5 .545 3
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[c] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455[c] 4
9 Star Hotshots 4 7 .364 5
10 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273 6
11 Mahindra Enforcer 2 9 .182 7
12 Meralco Bolts 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Commissioner's Cup[]

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. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

  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 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     3 Alaska 2
  2 Meralco 104    
  7 NLEX 97    
            2 Meralco 2
    (Best-of-3)     3 Alaska 3    
  3 Alaska 2  
  6 TNT 1    
This box:

Governors' Cup[]

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. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
  3. ^ Jump up to: 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

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5) 		    Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice to beat)                        
  1 TNT 136    
  8 Phoenix 124    
            1 TNT 1    
    (#4 twice to beat)       4 Meralco 3  
  4 Meralco 105  
  5 Mahindra 82    
    4 Meralco 2
    (#2 twice to beat)     3 Barangay Ginebra 4
  2 San Miguel 114    
  7 NLEX 110    
            2 San Miguel 2
    (#3 twice to beat)     3 Barangay Ginebra 3    
  3 Barangay Ginebra 109  
  6 Alaska 104    
This box:

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 Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Arinze Onuaku[4] February 10 (vs. Star) May 4 (vs. Alaska) 11–6
Governors' Cup United States Allen Durham[5] July 15 (vs. Phoenix) October 19 (vs. Ginebra) 13–10
Iran Mohammad Jamshidi*[6] July 15 (vs. Phoenix) August 10 (vs. Rain or Shine) 3–2

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. ^ [1], pba.inquirer.net, March 18, 2016
  4. ^ Arinze Onuaku replaces injured Malcolm Thomas in last-minute import change for Bolts, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, February 6, 2016
  5. ^ Meralco signs former Barako Bull import Allen Durham Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine Richard Dy, Fox Sports, June 7, 2016
  6. ^ Meralco taps Iran’s Jamshidi as Asian import for Govs’ Cup Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, interaktv.com, June 9, 2016
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