2015–16 Meralco Bolts season

2015–16 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Norman Black
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	1–10 (9.1%)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 (72.7%)
Place	2nd
Governors' Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	0th
Playoff finish	TBD
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	Joseph Sedurifa	SG	Philippines	Café France Bakers	CEU

Roster

Meralco Bolts roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Black, Aaron  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1996–12–03 Ateneo G 4 Dario, Diego (IN) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1997–01–06 Philippines G 6 Banchero, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–01–24 Seattle Pacific F 7 Hodge, Cliff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988–02–03 Hawaii Pacific F 9 Kennedy, D. J. (EI) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1989–11–05 St. John's G 10 Mendoza, Jolo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 1998–01–31 Ateneo G/F 11 Newsome, Chris (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–07–25 Ateneo G 17 Caram, Anjo 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1991–01–14 San Beda F 19 Quinto, Bong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 1994–12–15 Letran F/C 20 Almazan, Raymond 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1989–08–02 Letran F 22 Maliksi, Allein  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1987–09–18 UST F 23 Pasaol, Alvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995–05–06 UE F 24 Jose, Raymar 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–08–06 Far Eastern F 27 Rios, Jansen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–10–28 Adamson F/C 29 Torres, Norbert (FA) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1990–01–12 De La Salle F/C 32 Pascual, Kyle 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–04–13 San Beda C 33 Bates, Brandon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 231 lb (105 kg) De La Salle C 34 Kouame, Ange 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1997–12–15 Ateneo G 71 Cansino, CJ (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 1999–10–27 Philippines	Head coach Luigi Trillo Assistant coach(es) Gene Afable (1st assistant) Reynel Hugnatan Sandro Soriano Nenad Vučinić (active consultant) Norman Black (consultant) Team manager Paolo Trillo Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

August 7, 2015	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	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

Waived Gary David

Signings

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Country	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Arinze Onuaku	USA	February 10, 2016		10-5
Governors' Cup