# 2016–17 GlobalPort Batang Pier season

The 2016–17 GlobalPort Batang Pier season was the fifth 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.
* November 25: GlobalPort Batang Pier formally appointed team consultant Franz Pumaren to be its head coach replacing Johnedel Cardel, who was then relegated as an assistant coach.

## Draft picks
### Special draft

| Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
| Von Pessumal | G | Philippines | Tanduay Light Rhum Masters | Ateneo |

### Regular draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
| 3 | 12 | Al Francis Tamsi | G | Philippines | Phoenix Accelerators | FEU |
| 3 | 15 | Ryan Arambulo | G/F | United States | AMA Online Education Titans | Cal State Fullerton |
| 4 | 20 | Spencer John Eman | C | Philippines | Derulo Accelero Oilers | NU |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT KaTropa | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | |
| 10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 11 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7 | |
| 12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

#### Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 6–5 :
November: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 25
Mahindra
W 97–75
Terrence Romeo (29)
KG Canaleta (11)
Terrence Romeo (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0 :
December
: 2–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
December 2
Star
W 91–84
Stanley Pringle (24)
J. R. Quiñahan (10)
Terrence Romeo (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
December 7
Alaska
L 84–95
Terrence Romeo (26)
KG Canaleta (10)
Pringle, Romeo (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
2–1
4
December 11
Barangay Ginebra
W 91–84
Terrence Romeo (35)
J. R. Quiñahan (9)
Stanley Pringle (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–1
5
December 21
Blackwater
L 91–99
Terrence Romeo (22)
Canaleta, Quiñahan, Romeo (8)
Terrence Romeo (9)
Filoil Flying V Centre
3–2
6
December 28
Phoenix
L 99–101
Terrence Romeo (32)
J. R. Quiñahan (14)
Terrence Romeo (9)
Cuneta Astrodome
3–3 :
January
: 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
January 6
Meralco
W 97–89
Terrence Romeo (27)
Stanley Pringle (9)
Terrence Romeo (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
4–3
8
January 13
NLEX
W 110–96
Terrence Romeo (32)
Mamaril, Quiñahan (7)
Stanley Pringle (7)
Mall of Asia Arena
5–3
9
January 21
San Miguel
L 100–106
Stanley Pringle (21)
J. R. Quiñahan (11)
Terrence Romeo (9)
Hoops Dome
5–4
10
January 25
TNT
L 98–102
Terrence Romeo (35)
Pringle, Romeo (9)
Terrence Romeo (6)
Cuneta Astrodome
5–5
11
January 29
Rain or Shine
W 117–99
Terrence Romeo (44)
Yutien Andrada (8)
Terrence Romeo (6)
Cuneta Astrodome
6–5 :
2016–17 schedule :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | 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 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 98 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 91 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 91 | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| 4 | TNT | TNT | 2 | 4 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| 5 | GlobalPort | GlobalPort | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | GlobalPort | GlobalPort | 0 | | | | 1 | San Miguel | 4 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#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 twice-to-beat) | | | | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 |
| 2 | Alaska | 81 | 97 | | | | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 85 | 108 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 85 | 108 | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Star | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Star | Star | 2 | 3 | Star | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Phoenix | Phoenix | 0 | | | | | | |
* view
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#### Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–2 :
Quarterfinals: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
February 4
TNT
L 101–109
Terrence Romeo (28)
J. R. Quiñahan (6)
Terrence Romeo (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
February 6
TNT
L 90–95
Terrence Romeo (22)
Rico Maierhofer (10)
Stanley Pringle (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–2 :
2016–17 schedule :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Star Hotshots | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

#### Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 4–7 :
March: 0–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
March 18
Alaska
L 79–107
Stanley Pringle (27)
Sean Williams (19)
Stanley Pringle (6)
Cuneta Astrodome
0–1
2
March 25
Star
L 77–103
Sean Williams (20)
Sean Williams (14)
Terrence Romeo (8)
Mindanao Civic Center
0–2 :
April
: 2–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
April 5
Barangay Ginebra
L 96–113
Stanley Pringle (29)
Sean Williams (12)
Terrence Romeo (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–3
4
April 8
Blackwater
L 113–118
Terrence Romeo (35)
Malcolm White (17)
Stanley Pringle (5)
Oracle Arena
0–4
5
April 12
NLEX
W 85–82
Malcolm White (23)
Malcolm White (16)
Terrence Romeo (5)
Quicken Loans Arena
1–4
6
April 21
TNT
L 88–109
Malcolm White (21)
Malcolm White (16)
Cortez, Romeo (4)
Amway Center
1–5
7
April 23
Mahindra
W 105–86
Stanley Pringle (24)
Malcolm White (17)
Stanley Pringle (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–5
All-Star Break :
May
: 2–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
May 5
Phoenix
L 72–84
Stanley Pringle (25)
Stanley Pringle (9)
Stanley Pringle (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–6
9
May 10
Meralco
W 94–86
Justin Harper (30)
Justin Harper (19)
Stanley Pringle (8)
Mall of Asia Arena
3–6
10
May 26
Rain or Shine
W 107–101
Terrence Romeo (26)
Justin Harper (10)
Terrence Romeo (7)
Alonte Sports Arena
4–6 :
June
: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
June 2
San Miguel
L 101–112
Justin Harper (25)
Justin Harper (12)
Terrence Romeo (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–7 :
2016–17 schedule :

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | 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 | Barangay Ginebra | 96 | | | | | | |
| 8 | GlobalPort | 85 | | | | | | |
| 8 | GlobalPort | 85 | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 4 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| 4 | TNT | 2 | 4 | TNT | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Meralco | 1 | | | | 4 | TNT | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | TNT | 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 2 | San Miguel | 115 | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 7 | Phoenix | 96 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Phoenix | 96 | 2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Star | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Star | 2 | 3 | Star | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Rain or Shine | 0 | | | | | | |
* view
* talk

#### Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 1–1 :
8th seed playoff: 1–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
June 4
Alaska
W 107–106
Justin Harper (32)
Justin Harper (17)
Stanley Pringle (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
1–0 :
Quarterfinals: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
June 6
Barangay Ginebra
L 85–96
Justin Harper (29)
Justin Harper (15)
Stanley Pringle (3)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1 :
2016–17 schedule :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Meralco Bolts | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
| 12 | Kia Picanto | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
* 1 2 3 4 Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

#### Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 3–8 :
July: 1–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
July 21
Rain or Shine
L 96–98
Terrence Romeo (28)
Sean Anthony (16)
Stanley Pringle (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
July 26
Phoenix
W 100–91
Murphey Holloway (29)
Murphey Holloway (26)
Terrence Romeo (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
3
July 30
Barangay Ginebra
L 108–124
Murphey Holloway (36)
Murphey Holloway (18)
Terrence Romeo (9)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2 :
August: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
August 20
Kia
W 102–90
Murphey Holloway (29)
Murphey Holloway (18)
Mike Cortez (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
August 25
San Miguel
L 112–115
Terrence Romeo (26)
Murphey Holloway (23)
Murphey Holloway (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3 :
September: 1–5
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
September 1
TNT
W 119–112
Stanley Pringle (30)
Murphey Holloway (17)
Murphey Holloway (6)
Ynares Center
3–3
7
September 3
NLEX
L 99–109
Murphey Holloway (29)
Murphey Holloway (17)
Murphey Holloway (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–4
8
September 8
Alaska
L 88–101
Murphey Holloway (25)
Anthony, Holloway (9)
Baracael, Romeo (4)
Mall of Asia Arena
3–5
9
September 15
Star
L 83–109
Murphey Holloway (20)
Murphey Holloway (17)
Terrence Romeo (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–6
10
September 17
Blackwater
L 107–118
Murphey Holloway (28)
Murphey Holloway (23)
Sean Anthony (6)
Ynares Center
3–7
11
September 22
Meralco
L 93–100
Sean Anthony (23)
Sean Anthony (13)
Grey, Pringle (3)
Mall of Asia Arena
3–8 :
2016–17 schedule :

## Transactions
### Trades
#### Pre-season

October :
| October 13, 2016 | To GlobalPortJR Quiñahan | To Rain or ShineJay Washington |
| October 28, 2016 | To GlobalPortRey Guevarra | To MeralcoJoseph Yeo |
| November ||||
| November 11, 2016 | To GlobalPortMick Pennisi | To PhoenixDoug Kramer |

#### Commissioner's Cup

March 2017 :
| March 29 | To Globalport Dylan Ababou James Forrester | To Blackwater Niño Canaleta |
| May 2017 ||||
| May 6 | Four-team trade | Four-team trade |
| May 6 | To GlobalPort Sean Anthony (from NLEX) Bradwyn Guinto (from NLEX) Jonathan Grey (from Meralco) | To NLEX Larry Fonacier (from TNT) J.R. Quiñahan (from GlobalPort) 2017 2nd Round pick (from Meralco, originally from Mahindra) 2019 2nd Round pick (from GlobalPort) |
| May 6 | To TNT Anthony Semerad (from GlobalPort) 2017 1st Round Pick (from GlobalPort, originally from TNT) | To Meralco Garvo Lanete (from NLEX) |

### Rookie signings

| Player | Number | Position | Date signed | School/club team |
| Von Pessumal | 19 | Guard | | Ateneo |
| Jessie Saitanan | 14 | Forward-Center | | Mapua |

### Free agency
#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| KG Canaleta | | Mahindra Enforcer |

### Recruited imports

| Conference | Name | Number | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Sean Williams | 51 | March 18 (vs. Alaska) | April 5 (vs. Star) | 0–3 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Malcolm White | 5 | April 8 (vs. Blackwater) | May 5 (vs. Phoenix) | 2–3 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Justin Harper | 32 | May 10 (vs. Meralco) | June 6 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 3–2 |
| Governors' Cup | Jabril Trawick | 25 | July 21 (vs. Rain or Shine) | July 21 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 0–1 |
| Governors' Cup | Murphey Holloway | 31 | July 26 (vs. Phoenix) | September 17 (vs. Blackwater) | 3–6 |

## Awards

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Terrence Romeo | All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (Visayas leg) | April 30, 2017 | |