2016–17 Blackwater Elite season

2016–17 Blackwater Elite season
2016–17 Blackwater Elite season
Head coach	Leo Isaac
Owner(s)	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	2–9 ; (18.2%)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Meralco with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Blackwater Elite seasons
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Blackwater Elite season was the third season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2016

October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Special draft

Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
Mac Belo	F	Philippines	Phoenix Accelerators	FEU

Regular draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
2	1	Raphael Banal	G	Philippines	Racal Tile Masters	Hope International
3	11	Tristan Perez	C/F	Philippines	BDO-National University	NU

Roster

2016–17 Blackwater Elite roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	1	DiGregorio, Michael	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990–12–12	McKendree
F	2	Belo, Mac (R)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1993–02–12	Far Eastern
G	3	Miranda, Denok	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1982–07–14	Far Eastern
G	6	Banal, Raphael (R)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1992–10–28	Hope International
C	7	Erram, John Paul	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1989–07–07	Ateneo
F	9	Canaleta, KG	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1982–02–12	UE
G	10	Pinto, John	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–10–15	Arellano
G	12	Sumang, Roi	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1990–12–12	UE
F	15	Sena, James	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1988–08–31	José Rizal
F/C	17	Javier, Chris (R)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–12–06	UE
G/F	18	Maliksi, Allein	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1987–09–18	UST
F/C	22	Marcelo, Dave	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	1989–02–22	San Beda
F	26	Cervantes, Reil (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1986–08–16	Far Eastern
G	30	Cruz, Mark	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1992–07–27	Letran
G/F	34	Ellis, Chris	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–12–05	Mary Hardin–Baylor

Head coach

Leo Isaac

Assistant coach(es)

Aris Dimaunahan (1st Assistant)
Bong Ramos
Rodil Sablan
Patrick Aquino
Junjie Ablan
Vince Hizon (Consultant)

Team manager

Johnson Martines

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636^[a]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	6	5	.545^[b]	4
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545^[b]	4
6	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6	5	.545^[b]	4
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^[c]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^[c]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273^[d]	7
11	Meralco Bolts	3	8	.273^[d]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
^ ^a ^b Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 5–6

November: 2–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 23	Phoenix	W 94–87	Mac Belo (17)	Arthur dela Cruz (10)	John Pinto (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	November 27	Meralco	W 86–84	Mac Belo (25)	Raymond Aguilar (7)	Denok Miranda (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0

December : 2–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	December 2	TNT	L 92–99	Mac Belo (21)	Belo, dela Cruz (9)	dela Cruz, Pinto (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	December 9	Rain or Shine	L 93–107	Raymond Aguilar (15)	Mac Belo (9)	Denok Miranda (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	December 14	NLEX	W 96–85	Arthur dela Cruz (18)	John Pinto (13)	Belo, Buenafe (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–2
6	December 21	GlobalPort	W 99–91	Mac Belo (20)	Buenafe, Belo (6)	John Pinto (6)	Filoil Flying V Centre	4–2
7	December 25	Mahindra	L 93–97 (OT)	Arthur dela Cruz (18)	Mac Belo (9)	John Pinto (7)	Philippine Arena	4–3

January : 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	January 6	San Miguel	L 93–118	Arthur dela Cruz (16)	John Pinto (10)	John Pinto (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–4
9	January 15	Alaska	W 103–100	Mac Belo (21)	Mac Belo (7)	John Pinto (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–4
10	January 20	Barangay Ginebra	L 90–99	Roi Sumang (20)	Arthur dela Cruz (12)	Arthur dela Cruz (5)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–5
11	January 25	Star	L 95–111	Arthur dela Cruz (23)	James Sena (11)	John Pinto (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–6

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel		98

8	Rain or Shine		91
				1	San Miguel	4
(best-of-3)
				4	TNT	3
4	TNT		2

5	GlobalPort		0
							1	San Miguel	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							7	Barangay Ginebra	1
2	Alaska	81	97

7	Barangay Ginebra	85	108
				7	Barangay Ginebra	4
(best-of-3)
				3	Star	3
3	Star		2

6	Phoenix		0

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1

8th seed playoff: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	February 3	Rain or Shine	L 80–103	Arthur dela Cruz (20)	Arthur dela Cruz (9)	Buenafe, Pinto (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1

2016–17 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Star Hotshots	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727	1
5	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455	4
7	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^[b]	5
10	Mahindra Floodbuster	3	8	.273	6
11	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182^[c]	7
12	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182^[c]	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 2–9

March: 0–4

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	March 18	Phoenix	L 116–118 (2OT)	Greg Smith (37)	Greg Smith (30)	Roi Sumang (6)	Cuneta Astrodome	0–1
2	March 22	Alaska	L 95–109	Reil Cervantes (21)	Greg Smith (16)	Greg Smith (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2
3	March 26	Rain or Shine	L 88–95	Greg Smith (34)	Greg Smith (20)	Roi Sumang (5)	Ynares Center	0–3
4	March 31	TNT	L 89–92	Greg Smith (22)	Greg Smith (31)	Smith, Sumang (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–4

April : 1–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	April 8	GlobalPort	W 118–113	Greg Smith (40)	Greg Smith (19)	Pinto, Smith (4)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–4
6	April 16	Meralco	L 91–102	Greg Smith (19)	Greg Smith (14)	Pinto, Smith (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–5
7	April 22	Star	L 90–96	KG Canaleta (27)	Greg Smith (29)	John Pinto (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–6
All-Star Break

May : 1–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	May 3	NLEX	W 104–98	Canaleta, Smith (24)	Greg Smith (18)	Greg Smith (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–6
9	May 7	Mahindra	L 87–96	Greg Smith (29)	Greg Smith (25)	Greg Smith (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–7
10	May 26	Barangay Ginebra	L 82–96	Greg Smith (35)	Greg Smith (14)	Cruz, Smith (6)	Alonte Sports Arena	2–8
11	May 31	San Miguel	L 113–124	Greg Smith (21)	Greg Smith (22)	Mark Cruz (6)	Cuneta Astrodome	2–9

2016–17 schedule

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Star Hotshots	7	4	.636^[b]	2
5	NLEX Road Warriors	7	4	.636^[b]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^[b]	2
7	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	2
8	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455	4
9	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273^[c]	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^[c]	6
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	2	9	.182	7
12	Kia Picanto	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 5–6

July: 0–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	July 19	Meralco	L 78–107	Trevis Simpson (25)	Trevis Simpson (8)	John Pinto (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	July 23	Star	L 86–103	Trevis Simpson (24)	John Paul Erram (15)	Trevis Simpson (2)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2
3	July 29	San Miguel	L 93–118	Michael DiGregorio (18)	John Paul Erram (15)	Gamalinda, Sumang (4)	Ynares Center	0–3

August : 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	August 6	Phoenix	W 92–86	Henry Walker (32)	Henry Walker (15)	Henry Walker (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–3
5	August 18	NLEX	W 107–106	Roi Sumang (32)	Henry Walker (15)	Henry Walker (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–3
6	August 23	Alaska	W 111–106 (2OT)	Henry Walker (35)	Henry Walker (32)	Cruz, Sumang (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3
7	August 30	TNT	L 96–117	Henry Walker (33)	Henry Walker (18)	John Pinto (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–4

September: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
8	September 1	Kia	W 118–97	Henry Walker (25)	John Paul Erram (14)	Henry Walker (7)	Ynares Center	4–4
9	September 8	Barangay Ginebra	L 81–98	Henry Walker (26)	Henry Walker (17)	Roi Sumang (5)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–5
10	September 17	GlobalPort	W 118–107	Allein Maliksi (22)	Henry Walker (13)	Henry Walker (9)	Ynares Center	5–5
11	September 23	Rain or Shine	L 98–122	Allein Maliksi (29)	Henry Walker (13)	Henry Walker (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–6

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Meralco	91	104

8	Blackwater	92	96
				1	Meralco	3
(#4 twice-to-beat)
				4	Star	0
4	Star		89

5	NLEX		77
							1	Meralco	3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	TNT	102	118

7	Rain or Shine	106	114
				2	TNT	1
(#3 twice-to-beat)
				3	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	Barangay Ginebra		104

6	San Miguel		84

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 1–1

Quarterfinals: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	September 26	Meralco	W 92–91	Henry Walker (30)	Henry Walker (18)	Henry Walker (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–0
2	September 28	Meralco	L 96–104	Henry Walker (34)	Henry Walker (16)	Roi Sumang (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1

2016–17 schedule

Transactions

Free agency

Addition

Player	Number	Position	Date Signed	Notes
Michael DiGregorio^[1]	1	Guard	February 20, 2017
Mark Cruz^[2]	30	Point guard	March 29, 2017

Trades

Off-season

November
October 26, 2016^[3]	To Blackwater James Forrester 2016 2nd round pick	To NLEX Carlo Lastimosa
November 15, 2016^[4]	To Blackwater Dylan Ababou	To TNT Frank Golla

Commissioner's Cup

March
March 28, 2017^[5]	To Blackwater 2017 Second Round pick (from NLEX)	To Meralco 2018 Second Round pick (from Blackwater)	To NLEX Rabeh Al-Hussaini (from Meralco)

March 29, 2017^[2]

To Blackwater

Niño Canaleta

To Globalport

Dylan Ababou
James Forrester

Governors' Cup

November
September 10, 2017^[6]	To Blackwater Allein Maliksi Chris Javier	To Star Bambam Gamalinda Kyle Pascual

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Greg Smith	4	March 18 (vs. Phoenix)	May 31 (vs. San Miguel)	2–9
Governors' Cup	Trevis Simpson	24	July 21 (vs. Meralco)	July 29 (vs. San Miguel)	0–3
Governors' Cup	Henry Walker	5	August 6 (vs. Phoenix)	September 28 (vs. Meralco)	6–4

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Mac Belo	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	November 28, 2016	^[7]
Roi Sumang	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	January 16, 2017	^[8]

References

^ "Signed up Michael Vincent Digregorio from Mahindra's free agent list". pba.ph. February 20, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Blackwater acquires free agent Mark Cruz, trades for KG Canaleta in exchange for Ababou, Forrester". spin.ph. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
^ Caro Lastimosa acquired by NLEX in trade reunites with uncle Jolas Archived 2016-11-16 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, November 15, 2016.
^ TNT sends Ababou to Blackwater for Golla, pba.inquirer.net, November 15, 2016.
^ "Rabeh Al-Hussaini, coach Yeng Guiao reunited at NLEX after three-team PBA trade". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ Rola, Alyssa (September 10, 2017). "Allein Maliksi set to be traded to Blackwater from Star - report". RAPPLER. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ "Player of the Week: Rookie Belo makes early impact for Elite". Inquirer.net. November 28, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
^ "Player of the Week: Resurgent Sumang steps up for Elite". Inquirer.net. January 16, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[table_hth_ALA0.17834483514463-1] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.17834483514463-2] Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.

[table_hth_BWE0.17834483514463-3] Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater

[table_hth_MAH0.17834483514463-4] Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_BGSM0.65573682480293-5] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903

[table_hth_ALA0.65573682480293-6] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska

[table_hth_BWE0.65573682480293-7] Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_TNT0.54739364494914-8] Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

[table_hth_SH0.54739364494914-9] Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96

[table_hth_ALA0.54739364494914-10] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

[11] "Signed up Michael Vincent Digregorio from Mahindra's free agent list". pba.ph. February 20, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

[Blackwater-12] "Blackwater acquires free agent Mark Cruz, trades for KG Canaleta in exchange for Ababou, Forrester". spin.ph. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.

[13] Caro Lastimosa acquired by NLEX in trade reunites with uncle Jolas Archived 2016-11-16 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, November 15, 2016.

[14] TNT sends Ababou to Blackwater for Golla, pba.inquirer.net, November 15, 2016.

[15] "Rabeh Al-Hussaini, coach Yeng Guiao reunited at NLEX after three-team PBA trade". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

[16] Rola, Alyssa (September 10, 2017). "Allein Maliksi set to be traded to Blackwater from Star - report". RAPPLER. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

[17] "Player of the Week: Rookie Belo makes early impact for Elite". Inquirer.net. November 28, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[18] "Player of the Week: Resurgent Sumang steps up for Elite". Inquirer.net. January 16, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

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2016–17 Blackwater Elite season

Key dates

2016

Draft picks

Special draft

Regular draft

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Game log

Transactions

Free agency

Addition

Trades

Off-season

Commissioner's Cup

Governors' Cup

Recruited imports

Awards

References

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