2017–18 San Miguel Beermen season

San Miguel Beermen
2017–18 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Leo Austria
Owner(s)	San Miguel Brewery, Inc. ; (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (.727)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Magnolia, 4–1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	6–5 ; (.545)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Runner-up (Lost to Barangay Ginebra, 2–4)
Governors' Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
San Miguel Beermen seasons

The 2017–18 San Miguel Beermen season is the 43rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2017

October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	1	Christian Standhardinger^[2]	F/C	Germany	Hawaiʻi
2	17	Louie Vigil^[2]	G/F	Philippines	UST
3	34	Jerome Ortega^[2]	G	Philippines	AMA
4	41	Joseph Nalos^[2]	G	Philippines	Adamson

Roster

San Miguel Beermen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	7000100000000000000♠1	Heruela, Brian	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1989–04–13	Cebu
F/C	7000200000000000000♠2	Mamaril, Billy	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1980–06–25	Bakersfield
G/F	7000300000000000000♠3	Pessumal, Von	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1993–02–12	Ateneo
G	7000500000000000000♠5	Cabagnot, Alex	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1982–12–08	Hawaiʻi-Hilo
G	7000600000000000000♠6	Ross, Chris	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1985–03–09	Marshall
G/F	7001130000000000000♠13	Lassiter, Marcio	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987–05–16	Cal State Fullerton
C	7001150000000000000♠15	Fajardo, June Mar	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	1989–11–17	Cebu
G/F	7001180000000000000♠18	Vigil, Louie (R)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)		1991–09–26	UST
G/F	7001220000000000000♠22	Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	1990–06–13	Cal Poly Pomona
G/F	7001230000000000000♠23	Agovida, Keith	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1990–02–14	Arellano
G	7001260000000000000♠26	Lanete, Chico	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1979–08–01	Lyceum
F	7001290000000000000♠29	Santos, Arwind (C)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1981–06–10	Far Eastern
F/C	7001300000000000000♠30	Nabong, Kelly	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1988–11–17	SRJC
F	7001330000000000000♠33	Semerad, David	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–04–25	San Beda
F/C	7001340000000000000♠34	Standhardinger, Christian (R)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1989–07–04	Hawaiʻi
G	7001550000000000000♠55	Murphy, Kevin (I)	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990–03–06	Tennessee Tech
C	7001950000000000000♠95	de Ocampo, Yancy	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1980–03–11	St. Francis of Assisi

Head coach

Leo Austria

Assistant coach(es)

Peter Martin (1st Assistant)
Biboy Ravanes
Dayong Mendoza
Boyzie Zamar
Ato Agustin
Jorge Gallent

Team manager

Gelacio Abanilla
Daniel Henares (Assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Magnolia Hotshots	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3
10	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3
11	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364	4
12	Kia Picanto	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Magnolia via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and NLEX by highest quotient. Ginebra is 1.03; Rain or Shine is 1.02; NLEX is 0.95.
1 2 3 4 GlobalPort wins tiebreaker against Phoenix, TNT and Blackwater by highest quotient. GlobalPort is 1.14; Phoenix is 1.00; TNT is 0.97; Blackwater is 0.89. TNT then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Phoenix.

Game log

2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 8–3

December: 2–0

January : 3–1

February : 3–2

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	San Miguel	106
8	TNT	93
			1	San Miguel	4
	(Best-of-3)		4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra	2
5	Rain or Shine	0
						1	San Miguel	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					2	Magnolia	1
2	Magnolia	86
7	GlobalPort	79
			2	Magnolia	4
	(Best-of-3)		6	NLEX	2
3	Alaska	0
6	NLEX	2

Game log

2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 9–2

Quarterfinals: 1–0

Semifinals: 4–1

Finals: 4–1

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3
7	Magnolia Hotshots	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
11	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against TNT via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against San Miguel and Magnolia by highest quotient. Barangay Ginebra is 1.07; San Miguel is 1.02; Magnolia is 0.92.
1 2 Columbian wins tiebreaker against Phoenix via head-to-head record.

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 6–5

May: 1–3

June : 4–1

July : 1–1

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	Rain or Shine	113	103
8	GlobalPort	114	97
				1	Rain or Shine	1
	(Best-of-3)			5	Barangay Ginebra	3
4	Meralco	0
5	Barangay Ginebra	2
							5	Barangay Ginebra	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)						6	San Miguel	2
2	Alaska	89
7	Magnolia	78
				2	Alaska	1
	(Best-of-3)			6	San Miguel	3
3	TNT	0
6	San Miguel	2

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 7–5

Quarterfinals: 2–0

Semifinals: 3–1

Finals: 2–4

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	t – Magnolia Hotshots	7	1	.875	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	t – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	2	.778	0.5
3	Blackwater Elite	6	2	.750	1
4	Alaska Aces	5	2	.714	1.5
5	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6	3	.667	1.5	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	TNT KaTropa	4	4	.500	3
7	NLEX Road Warriors	4	5	.444	3.5
8	San Miguel Beermen	3	4	.429	3.5
9	NorthPort Batang Pier	2	6	.250	5
10	Meralco Bolts	2	6	.250	5
11	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	1	4	.200	4.5
12	e – Columbian Dyip	0	8	.000	7

Updated to match(es) played on October 14, 2018. Source: PBA.ph
e – Eliminated; t – Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 3–4

September: 2–3

October: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
6	October 6	Alaska	L 119–127	Kevin Murphy (45)	Christian Standhardinger (13)	Chris Ross (5)	Ynares Center	2–4
7	October 12	Phoenix	W 117–100	Christian Standhardinger (29)	Christian Standhardinger (14)	Chris Ross (9)	Mall of Asia Arena	3–4

Transactions

Trades

Pre season

October
October 27, 2017^[3]	To San Miguel 2017 PBA First Round Draft Pick	To KIA Ronald Tubid Jay-R Reyes Rashawn McCarthy 2019 First Round Draft Pick

Commissioner's Cup

June
June 21, 2018^[4]	To San Miguel Kelly Nabong	To GlobalPort Gabby Espinas 2020 second round draft pick

Free Agency

Addition

Country	Player	Number	Position	Contract	Date signed	Former Team
	Billy Mamaril^[5]	2	Forward/Center	N/A	N/A	GlobalPort
	Chico Lanete^[5]	26	Guard	N/A	N/A	Phoenix

Subtraction

Country	Player	Number	Position	Reason	New Team
	Michael Mabulac	28	Forward		Laguna Heroes (MPBL)

Rookie signings

Country	Player	Number	Position	Contract	Date signed	School/club team
	Christian Standhardinger^[6]	--	Forward/Center	3 years / 8.55 M	October 29, 2017	Hawaiʻi
	Louie Vigil^[5]	18	Guard/Forward	N/A	N/A	UST

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Troy Gillenwater	7	May 9 (vs. Meralco)	May 13 (vs. Rain or Shine)	0–2
Commissioner's Cup	Renaldo Balkman	32	May 19 (vs. Alaska)	August 8 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	13–8
Governors' Cup	Arizona Reid	32	September 1 (vs. NLEX)	September 23 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	2–2
Governors' Cup	Kevin Murphy	55	September 30 (vs. Magnolia)		1–2

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Marcio Lassiter	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	March 12, 2018	^[7]
June Mar Fajardo	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	March 19, 2018	^[8]
	Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference	April 4, 2018	^[9]
	Philippine Cup Finals Most Valuable Player	April 6, 2018	^[10]
	Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week	June 5, 2018	^[11]
	Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the Conference	August 3, 2018	^[12]
Christian Standhardinger	Governors' Cup Player of the Week	September 5, 2018	^[13]

References

↑ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
1 2 3 4 Songalia, Ryan (October 29, 2017). "San Miguel Beermen pick Standhardinger first overall in 2017 PBA Draft". Rappler.com. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
↑ Sacamos, Karlo (October 27, 2017). "Narvasa approves revised version of KIA-San Miguel trade for No. 1 PBA draft pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
↑ Ramos, Gerry (2018-06-21). "GlobalPort sends Kelly Nabong to San Miguel in trade for Gabby Espinas, future draft pick | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
1 2 3 "Beermen nakumpleto na ang 15-man roster; sasabak sa Phoenix". tnt.abante.com.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
↑ Ramos, Gerry (November 5, 2017). "Standhardinger's contract with SMB won't be binding until end of deal with HK Lions". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
↑ "'Super Mario' steps up at the right time". PBA.ph. March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
↑ "June Mar Fajardo stands tall against Ginebra in Final Four". PBA.ph. March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
↑ "June Mar Fajardo bags sixth BPC award".
↑ "Mighty Beermen extend Philippine Cup reign to fourth straight year".
↑ "The Kraken takes charge". PBA.ph. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
↑ Giongco, Mark (2018-08-03). "Fajardo takes home 7th PBA Best Player of Conference award". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
↑ "Standhardinger named PBAPC Player of the week".

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[table_hth_MAG0.0041439482030198-3] 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Magnolia via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_BGSM0.0041439482030198-4] 1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and NLEX by highest quotient. Ginebra is 1.03; Rain or Shine is 1.02; NLEX is 0.95.

[table_hth_GP0.0041439482030198-5] 1 2 3 4 GlobalPort wins tiebreaker against Phoenix, TNT and Blackwater by highest quotient. GlobalPort is 1.14; Phoenix is 1.00; TNT is 0.97; Blackwater is 0.89. TNT then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Phoenix.

[table_hth_ALA0.63905315643132-6] 1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against TNT via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_BGSM0.63905315643132-7] 1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against San Miguel and Magnolia by highest quotient. Barangay Ginebra is 1.07; San Miguel is 1.02; Magnolia is 0.92.

[table_hth_COL0.63905315643132-8] 1 2 Columbian wins tiebreaker against Phoenix via head-to-head record.

[1] San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017

[Draft2017-2] 1 2 3 4 Songalia, Ryan (October 29, 2017). "San Miguel Beermen pick Standhardinger first overall in 2017 PBA Draft". Rappler.com. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[9] Sacamos, Karlo (October 27, 2017). "Narvasa approves revised version of KIA-San Miguel trade for No. 1 PBA draft pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[10] Ramos, Gerry (2018-06-21). "GlobalPort sends Kelly Nabong to San Miguel in trade for Gabby Espinas, future draft pick | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-06-21.

[Mamaril-11] 1 2 3 "Beermen nakumpleto na ang 15-man roster; sasabak sa Phoenix". tnt.abante.com.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[12] Ramos, Gerry (November 5, 2017). "Standhardinger's contract with SMB won't be binding until end of deal with HK Lions". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[13] "'Super Mario' steps up at the right time". PBA.ph. March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

[14] "June Mar Fajardo stands tall against Ginebra in Final Four". PBA.ph. March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.

[15] "June Mar Fajardo bags sixth BPC award".

[16] "Mighty Beermen extend Philippine Cup reign to fourth straight year".

[17] "The Kraken takes charge". PBA.ph. June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

[18] Giongco, Mark (2018-08-03). "Fajardo takes home 7th PBA Best Player of Conference award". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[19] "Standhardinger named PBAPC Player of the week".