# 2015–16 Blackwater Elite season

The 2015–16 Blackwater Elite season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates
### 2015

* August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
| 1 | 9 | Art dela Cruz | SF | Philippines | Hapee Fresh Fighters | San Beda |
| 2 | 13 | Almond Vosotros | SG | Philippines | Cebuana Lhuillier Gems | DLSU |
| 3 | 23 | Jason Melano | SF | Philippines | Cagayan Valley Rising Suns | St. Francis of Assisi |
| 4 | 34 | Keith Agovida | SF | Philippines | Keramix Mixers | Arellano |
| 5 | 43 | Jawhar Purdy | SG | United States | Wang's Basketball Couriers | Cal State Stanislaus |
| 6 | 48 | Christian Palma | SF | Philippines | Cagayan Valley Rising Suns | Arellano |
| 7 | 51 | Mon Abundo | PG | Philippines | Café France Bakers | CEU |
| 8 | 54 | Randy Dilay | SG | United States | Tanduay Light Rhum Masters | Dominican (IL) |

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

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

### Playoffs
#### Bracket

| Quarterfinals (1st phase) | Quarterfinals (1st phase) | Quarterfinals (1st phase) | Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination) | Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination) | Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | (#3 twice to beat) | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 95 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Rain or Shine | 95 | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| 10 | Blackwater | 90 | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 | | | |
| 10 | Blackwater | 90 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 104 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | |
| (#6 twice to beat) | (#6 twice to beat) | (#6 twice to beat) | 3 | Rain or Shine | 104 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | |
| (#6 twice to beat) | (#6 twice to beat) | (#6 twice to beat) | 6 | TNT | 89 | | | | | | |
| 6 | TNT | 90 | 6 | TNT | 89 | | | | | | |
| 6 | TNT | 90 | | | | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 7 | NLEX | 88 | | | | | | | 2 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 7 | NLEX | 88 | | | | | | | 1 | Alaska | 3 |
| (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | (#4 twice to beat) | | | | | | | 1 | Alaska | 3 |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 92* | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 92* | | | | 1 | Alaska | 4 | | | |
| 9 | Star | 89 | | | | 1 | Alaska | 4 | | | |
| 9 | Star | 89 | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 83 | 5 | GlobalPort | 1 | | | |
| (#5 twice to beat) | (#5 twice to beat) | (#5 twice to beat) | 4 | Barangay Ginebra | 83 | 5 | GlobalPort | 1 | | | |
| (#5 twice to beat) | (#5 twice to beat) | (#5 twice to beat) | 5 | GlobalPort | 84* | | | | | | |
| 5 | GlobalPort | 94 | 5 | GlobalPort | 84* | | | | | | |
| 8 | Barako Bull | 85 | | | | | | | | | |
*Game went into overtime
* view
* talk

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Tropang TNT | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Star Hotshots | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Mahindra Enforcer | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
| 10 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | |
| 11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | |
| 12 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | TNT KaTropa | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | Mahindra Enforcer | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
| 11 | Star Hotshots | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
| 12 | Blackwater Elite | 1 | 10 | .091 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

## Transactions
### Free agent signings

| Player | Contract length | Date signed | Former team |
| Denok Miranda | One-conference | August 15, 2016 | TNT Katropa |

### Trades

Off-season
| August 7, 2015 | To BlackwaterMike Cortez James Sena (from Meralco) | To MeralcoJimmy Alapag (from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater) | To Talk 'N TextLarry Rodriguez (from Blackwater) |
Commissioner's Cup
| March 20, 2016 | To BlackwaterKyle Pascual | To MahindraJason Ballesteros |
| May 11, 2016 | To BlackwaterRoi Sumang (from GlobalPort) | To GlobalPort Karl Dehesa (from Mahindra) Ronald Pascual (from Star) Yousef Taha (from Star) | To Phoenix Simon Enciso (from NLEX) Mark Borboran (from NLEX) Mark Cruz (from Star) Norbert Torres (from Star) Jonathan Uyloan (from GlobalPort) | To Star RR Garcia (from Phoenix) Rodney Brondial (from Phoenix) Keith Jensen (from GlobalPort) | To MahindraKeith Agovida (from Blackwater) Paolo Taha (from GlobalPort) | To NLEX Mac Baracael (from Phoenix) Emman Monfort (from Phoenix) 2018 second rounder (from Phoenix) |
Governors' Cup
| September 1, 2016 | To BlackwaterRonald Pascual | To GlobalPortMike Cortez |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | M. J. Rhett | February 10 (vs. TNT) | April 10 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 3–8 |
| Governors' Cup | Eric Dawson | July 16 (vs. NLEX) | August 21 (vs. Mahindra) | 1–5 |
| Governors' Cup | No regular import | August 17 (vs. Meralco), August 28 (vs. Alaska) | August 17 (vs. Meralco), August 28 (vs. Alaska) | 0–2 |
| Governors' Cup | Keala King | September 7 (vs. Phoenix) | September 18 (vs. San Miguel) | 0–3 |
| Governors' Cup | Imad Qahwash* | July 29 (vs. Rain or Shine) | August 28 (vs. Alaska) | 0–6 |