# 2022–23 Blackwater Bossing season

The 2022–23 Blackwater Bossing season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* May 15: The PBA Season 47 draft was held at the Robinsons Place Manila in Manila.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Place of birth | College |
| 1 | 1 | Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser | C | USA | UC Riverside |
| 1 | 9 | Kurt Lojera | G | Philippines | De La Salle |
| 1 | 11 | Mark Dyke | F | Philippines | De La Salle |
| 2 | 13 | Ato Ular | F | Philippines | Letran |
| 3 | 25 | Daryl Pascual | C | Philippines | Letran |
| 4 | 37 | Earvin Lacsamana | C | Canada | Champlain |
| 5 | 45 | Arthur Navasero | G | Philippines | Centennial |

## Philippine Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | TNT Tropang Giga | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Converge FiberXers | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Blackwater Bossing | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 12 | Terrafirma Dyip | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient:TNT 1.12, Magnolia 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.90
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Converge 1–0 Blackwater
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Phoenix

#### Game log

2022 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 5–6 :
June: 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 9
TNT
W 85–78
JVee Casio (22)
Yousef Taha (12)
Yousef Taha (5)
Ynares Center
1–0
2
June 12
Barangay Ginebra
L 82–85
Rey Suerte (15)
Yousef Taha (13)
Baser Amer (4)
Ynares Center
1–1
3
June 18
NorthPort
W 97–90
JVee Casio (22)
McCarthy, Taha (7)
Rashawn McCarthy (10)
Ynares Center
2–1
4
June 25
Terrafirma
W 107–70
Ato Ular (16)
Yousef Taha (14)
Amer, Melton (5)
Ynares Center
3–1
5
June 30
Meralco
W 90–89
Casio, Ular (19)
Ato Ular (15)
Rashawn McCarthy (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–1 :
July: 1–5
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
July 8
Phoenix Super LPG
W 91–89
Ato Ular (34)
Ato Ular (10)
Yousef Taha (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–1
7
July 10
San Miguel
L 107–110 (OT)
Rashawn McCarthy (22)
Ato Ular (8)
Amer, Melton (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 10,308
5–2
8
July 13
Rain or Shine
L 90–107
Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser (19)
Ato Ular (9)
Casio, McCarthy (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–3
9
July 15
NLEX
L 68–98
Yousef Taha (9)
Ato Ular (11)
Ayonayon, Melton (4)
Ynares Center
5–4
10
July 20
Converge
L 90–92
Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser (20)
Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser (12)
Amer, Casio, Eboña (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–5
11
July 22
Magnolia
L 66–75
Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser (12)
Ganuelas-Rosser, Ular (7)
JVee Casio (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
5–6 :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | San Miguel | 123 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Blackwater | 93 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Blackwater | 93 | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | 5 | Meralco | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 2 | | | | 1 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 1 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | TNT | 3 |
| 2 | TNT | 116 | | | | 2 | TNT | 3 |
| 7 | Converge | 95 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Converge | 95 | 2 | TNT | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | TNT | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Magnolia | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Magnolia | 2 | 3 | Magnolia | 2 | | | |
| 6 | NLEX | 1 | | | | | | |
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#### Game log

2022 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 :
Quarterfinals: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
July 27
San Miguel
L 93–123
Ato Ular (15)
Ato Ular (11)
Baser Amer (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1 :

## Commissioner's Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Bay Area Dragons (G) | 10 | 2 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 10 | 2 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Converge FiberXers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 | |
| 10 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6 | |
| 11 | TNT Tropang Giga | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Bossing | 3 | 9 | .250 | 7 | |
| 13 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 11 | .083 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Bay Area 1–0 Magnolia
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Phoenix
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 110–100 NLEX
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 TNT

#### Game log

2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 3–9 :
September: 1–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
September 21, 2022
Bay Area
L 87–133
Ato Ular (13)
Ato Ular (14)
Cameron Krutwig (8)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
0–1
2
September 24, 2022
Phoenix Super LPG
W 97–85
Baser Amer (24)
Cameron Krutwig (16)
Cameron Krutwig (7)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–1
3
September 30, 2022
NLEX
L 102–105
Baser Amer (26)
Cameron Krutwig (14)
Cameron Krutwig (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2 :
October: 2–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
October 5, 2022
San Miguel
W 109–106
Cameron Krutwig (20)
Cameron Krutwig (18)
Cameron Krutwig (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
October 12, 2022
NorthPort
L 83–87
Cameron Krutwig (28)
Cameron Krutwig (17)
Banal, Krutwig (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3
6
October 14, 2022
Terrafirma
W 93–86
Cameron Krutwig (29)
Cameron Krutwig (24)
Amer, McCarthy (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–3
7
October 22, 2022
TNT
L 98–108
Cameron Krutwig (25)
Ato Ular (13)
Ato Ular (6)
PhilSports Arena
3–4
8
October 30, 2022
Converge
L 71–77
Cameron Krutwig (16)
Cameron Krutwig (15)
Cameron Krutwig (4)
Ynares Center
3–5 :
November: 0–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
November 6, 2022
Magnolia
L 69–91
Ato Ular (14)
Cameron Krutwig (16)
Cameron Krutwig (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum 10,149
3–6
10
November 11, 2022
Meralco
L 98–102 (OT)
Cameron Krutwig (23)
Cameron Krutwig (19)
Cameron Krutwig (6)
Ynares Center
3–7
11
November 18, 2022
Barangay Ginebra
L 84–98
Ato Ular (20)
Cameron Krutwig (15)
Cameron Krutwig (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–8
12
November 25, 2022
Rain or Shine
L 97–116
Cameron Krutwig (23)
Cameron Krutwig (17)
Cameron Krutwig (4)
PhilSports Arena
3–9 :

## Governors' Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | TNT Tropang Giga | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | Converge FiberXers | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 10 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
| 11 | Terrafirma Dyip | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Bossing | 1 | 10 | .091 | 9 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.099, Magnolia 1.0741, NLEX 0.86

#### Game log

2023 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 1–10 :
January: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 25
NLEX
L 102–124
Shawn Glover (26)
Ato Ular (11)
Rashawn McCarthy (10)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
January 27
Phoenix Super LPG
W 108–105
Shawn Glover (31)
Glover, Taha (13)
Rashawn McCarthy (7)
Ynares Center
1–1 :
February: 0–8
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
February 1
San Miguel
L 86–105
Shawn Glover (16)
Shawn Glover (12)
RK Ilagan (6)
PhilSports Arena
1–2
4
February 4
Meralco
L 99–125
Shawn Glover (20)
Glover, Ilagan (7)
Rashawn McCarthy (8)
Ynares Center
1–3
5
February 9
Terrafirma
L 106–119
Troy Williams (55)
Troy Williams (14)
Troy Williams (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–4
6
February 12
Rain or Shine
L 117–122
Troy Williams (40)
Ular, Williams (13)
Baser Amer (7)
SM Mall of Asia Arena 11,212
1–5
7
February 15
TNT
L 116–138
Troy Williams (22)
Taha, Williams (8)
Troy Williams (6)
SM Mall of Asia Arena
1–6
8
February 19
Barangay Ginebra
L 93–119
Shawn Glover (14)
Glover, Ular (10)
Glover, Ilagan, McCarthy (3)
PhilSports Arena
1–7
9
February 23
Converge
L 90–98
Troy Rosario (20)
Shawn Glover (10)
Shawn Glover (5)
PhilSports Arena
1–8
10
February 25
NorthPort
L 104–110
Shawn Glover (20)
Shawn Glover (9)
RK Ilagan (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–9 :
March: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
March 8
Magnolia
L 95–110
Shawn Glover (22)
Ato Ular (10)
JVee Casio (10)
Ynares Center
1–10 :

## Transactions
### Free agency
#### Signings

| Player | Date signed | Contract amount | Contract length | Former team |
| Yousef Taha | May 23, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |
| Rey Publico | May 23, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Alaska Aces |
| Jollo Go | July 21, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Marinerong Pilipino Skippers (PBA D-League) |
| Trevis Jackson | September 20, 2022 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |
| Baser Amer | December 29, 2022 | Not disclosed | 1 year | Re-signed |

### Trades
#### Pre-season

May :
| May 21, 2022 | To BlackwaterYousef Taha | To ConvergeKurt Lojera |

#### Mid-season

September :
| September 19, 2022 | To BlackwaterGab Banal Troy Rosario | To NLEXBrandon Ganuelas-Rosser 2022 NorthPort second-round pick (from Blackwater) 2025 Blackwater second-round pick | To TNTCalvin Oftana Raul Soyud |

#### Commissioner's Cup

January :
| January 3, 2023 | To BlackwaterMichael DiGregorio Tyrus Hill RK Ilagan | To ConvergeBarkley Eboña 2022 TNT first-round pick |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Cameron Krutwig | September 21, 2022 (vs. Bay Area) | November 25, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 3–9 |
| Governors' Cup | Shawn Glover | January 25, 2023 (vs. NLEX) | March 8, 2023 (vs. Magnolia) | 1–7 |
| Governors' Cup | Troy Williams | February 9, 2023 (vs. Terrafirma) | February 15, 2023 (vs. TNT) | 0–3 |

## Awards

| Recipient | Honors | Date awarded |
| Ato Ular | 2022–23 PBA All-Rookie Team | November 19, 2023 |