2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season

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.

2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season
Head coachKoy Banal
Owner(s)Energy Food and Drinks, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record5–6
(.455)
Place8th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to GlobalPort in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record0–0  
PlaceDNP
Playoff finishDNP
Governors' Cup results
Record0–0  
PlaceDNP
Playoff finishDNP
Barako Bull Energy seasons

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
Main article: 2015 PBA draft
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 Café France Bakers DLSU
4 38 John Ray Alabanza PF MJM M-Builders UE

Roster
Barako Bull Energy roster
PlayersCoaches
S
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (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 FEU
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 FEU
F/C 20 Andrada, Yutien (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1990–11–18 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 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 UP
F 45 Baracael, Mac 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1985–04–14 FEU
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
Assistant coach(es)
  • Arturo Dela Cruz (San Sebastian)
  • Jigs Mendoza (UP)
  • Paolo Rivero (Adamson)
Team manager
  • Raymond Rodriguez


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 Alaska Aces 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] — Outright semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
6 TNT Tropang Texters 6 5 .545 3
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 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:
  1. Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
  2. Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
  3. NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket
  Quarterfinals (1st phase)     Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(One-game playoff)		     Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#3 twice to beat)                                  
  3 Rain or Shine 95  
  10 Blackwater 90  
            3 Rain or Shine 104    
    (#6 twice to beat)       6 TNT 89     3 Rain or Shine 2  
  6 TNT 90     2 San Miguel 4  
  7 NLEX 88  
    2 San Miguel 4
    (#4 twice to beat)     1 Alaska 3
  4 Barangay Ginebra 92*  
  9 Star 89       1 Alaska 4
            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
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]
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)
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
  1. PBA Board OKs sale of Barako Bull, PBA.inquirer.net, January 20, 2016
  2. TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015
  3. Ryan Araña ends up at San Miguel in three-team deal; Barako gets Ronald Pascual, spin.ph, September 24, 2015.
  4. Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit, spin.ph, September 19, 2015
  5. 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
  6. Talk 'N Text acquires Dylan Ababou from Barako in exchange for future second-round pick Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 8, 2015
  7. "Cruz, Maierhofer trade places". pba.inquirer.net. pba.inquirer.net. October 13, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  8. Giongco, Mark. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". Retrieved November 16, 2015.
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