2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season

2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season
2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season
Head coach	Koy Banal
General Manager	Raymond Rodriguez
Owner(s)	Energy Food and Drinks, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (lost to GlobalPort in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Barako Bull Energy seasons
	← 2014–15

The 2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season was the 14th and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). After the Philippine Cup the franchise was sold to Phoenix Petroleum and renamed as the Phoenix Fuel Masters which played its first tournament in the Commissioner's Cup.

Key dates

2015

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

2016

January 20: The PBA approved the sale of the Barako Bull franchise to Phoenix Petroleum Philippines.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
2	19	Kris Rosales	SG	United States	Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	Hope International
2	21	Michael Miranda	C	Philippines	Wang's Basketball Couriers	San Sebastian
3	27	Yutien Andrada	C		Café France Bakers	DLSU
4	38	John Ray Alabanza	PF		MJM M-Builders	UE

Roster

2015–16 Barako Bull Energy roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G/F	1	Forrester, James	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1989–09–03	Arellano
G	2	Urbiztondo, Josh	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983–02–27	Fresno Pacific
G	6	Monfort, Emman	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	132 lb (60 kg)	1989–07–02	Ateneo
G/F	7	Intal, JC (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983–11–18	Ateneo
G	8	Garcia, RR	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990–01–12	Far Eastern
G	11	Fortuna, Jeric	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1991–11–25	UST
F/C	12	Caperal, Prince	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1993–06–12	Arellano
G	17	Knuttel, Jens (IN)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	169 lb (77 kg)	1989–09–17	Far Eastern
F/C	20	Andrada, Yutien (R)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	1990–11–18	De La Salle
G	26	Lanete, Chico	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1979–08–01	Lyceum
F	28	Wilson, Willy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1980–01–30	De La Salle
F/C	34	Miranda, Michael (R)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–12–12	San Sebastian
G	42	Sorongon, Paul	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1985–12–12	Philippines
F	45	Baracael, Mac	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1985–04–14	Far Eastern
C	88	Pennisi, Mick	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1975–03–13	Eastern Michigan
F	91	Brondial, Rodney	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–11–20	Adamson

Head coach

Koy Banal (Mapúa)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Raymond Rodriguez

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

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	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^[b]	2
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^[b]	2
6	TNT Tropang Texters	6	5	.545	3
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^[c]	4
9	Star Hotshots	4	7	.364	5
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	6
11	Mahindra Enforcer	2	9	.182	7
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination)			Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#3 twice to beat)

3	Rain or Shine	95
						2	San Miguel	4
10	Blackwater	90
			3	Rain or Shine	104	3	Rain or Shine	2
(#6 twice to beat)
			6	TNT	89
6	TNT	90
									2	San Miguel	4
7	NLEX	88
									1	Alaska	3
(#4 twice to beat)

4	Barangay Ginebra	92*
						1	Alaska	4
9	Star	89
			4	Barangay Ginebra	83	5	GlobalPort	1
(#5 twice to beat)
			5	GlobalPort	84*
5	GlobalPort	94

8	Barako Bull	85

*Game went into overtime

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

August 25, 2015 ^[2]	To Barako Bull Jens Knuttel Emman Monfort Josh Urbiztondo	To Barangay Ginebra Nico Salva 2016 1st round pick
August 25, 2015 ^[2]	To Barako Bull Jeric Fortuna	To San Miguel Brian Heruela

September 17, 2015^[3]

To Barako Bull

Ronald Pascual (from San Miguel)

To Rain or Shine

2016 2nd round pick
(from Barako Bull)

To San Miguel

Ryan Araña (from Rain or Shine via Barako Bull)

September 19, 2015 ^[4]
September 19, 2015 ^[4]	To Barako Bull Mick Pennisi	To Star 2017 2nd round pick
September 28, 2015 ^[5]	To Barako Bull Mac Baracael Prince Caperal	To Barangay Ginebra Joe Devance (via Barako Bull)
September 28, 2015 ^[5]	To GlobalPort Dorian Peña	To Star Jake Pascual Ronald Pascual
October 8, 2015^[6]	To Barako Bull 2016 second round pick	To Talk 'N Text Dylan Ababou
October 13, 2015^[7]	To Barako Bull Jervy Cruz	To GlobalPort Rico Maierhofer

Philippine Cup

November 16, 2015^[8]

To Barako Bull

Rodney Brondial
2018 2nd round pick

To Barangay Ginebra

Jervy Cruz

References

^ PBA Board OKs sale of Barako Bull, PBA.inquirer.net, January 20, 2016
^ TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015
^ Ryan Araña ends up at San Miguel in three-team deal; Barako gets Ronald Pascual, spin.ph, September 24, 2015.
^ Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit, spin.ph, September 19, 2015
^ Joe Devance reunited with Tim Cone as Ginebra, Barako Bull, Star, GlobalPort figure in four-team deal Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, September 28, 2015
^ Talk 'N Text acquires Dylan Ababou from Barako in exchange for future second-round pick Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 8, 2015
^ "Cruz, Maierhofer trade places". pba.inquirer.net. pba.inquirer.net. October 13, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
^ Giongco, Mark. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". Retrieved November 16, 2015.

[table_hth_ALA0.76518854674193-2] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_BGSM0.76518854674193-3] Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.76518854674193-4] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

[1] PBA Board OKs sale of Barako Bull, PBA.inquirer.net, January 20, 2016

[5] TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015

[6] Ryan Araña ends up at San Miguel in three-team deal; Barako gets Ronald Pascual, spin.ph, September 24, 2015.

[7] Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit, spin.ph, September 19, 2015

[8] Joe Devance reunited with Tim Cone as Ginebra, Barako Bull, Star, GlobalPort figure in four-team deal Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, September 28, 2015

[9] Talk 'N Text acquires Dylan Ababou from Barako in exchange for future second-round pick Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 8, 2015

[10] "Cruz, Maierhofer trade places". pba.inquirer.net. pba.inquirer.net. October 13, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

[11] Giongco, Mark. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". Retrieved November 16, 2015.

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v t e Barako Bull Energy
Formerly the FedEx Express, Burger King Whoppers, Air21 Express and Barako Bull Energy. Founded in 2002 Disbanded in 2016 Owned by the Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Lina Group of Companies
The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons
Administration	Owner: Bert Lina
Coaches	Pumaren Garcia Lipa Ramos Perasol Guiao Baculi Tanquingcen Banal
Runner-up finishes (1)	2008 Fiesta Conference
Seasons (14)	2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Culture And Lore	"The Postman" Vergel ticks back the clock "The Rain Man" "Mr. Pure Energy" "Spiderman"