2015–16 NLEX Road Warriors season

The 2015–16 NLEX Road Warriors season is the 2nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2015–16 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coachBoyet Fernandez
Owner(s)Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record5–6
(.455)
Place7th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to TNT in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record5–6
(.455)
Place7th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to Meralco in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record5–6
(.455)
Place7th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to San Miguel in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
NLEX Road Warriors seasons

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 6 Garvo Lanete SG  Philippines Hapee Fresh Fighters San Beda
1 10 Glenn Khobuntin SF Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants NU
3 25 Jansen Rios LiverMarin Guardians Adamson
4 36 Jerramy King SG  United States AMA Titans (D-League) Cal State Long Beach
5 45 Alfred Batino C  Philippines Café France Bakers CEU
6 50 Edgar Tanuan, Jr. SF none FEU
7 53 Arvin Vitug PG EA Regen Meds SSC-R

Roster
NLEX Road Warriors roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 Monfort, Emman 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 132 lb (60 kg) 1989–07–02 Ateneo
G 3 Cardona, Mark (IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1981–11–13 De La Salle
G 6 Alas, Kevin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–11–13 Letran
G/F 9 Arboleda, Harold 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–09–05 UPHSD
F 10 Anthony, Sean 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1986–01–26 McGill
G 11 Villanueva, Jonas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1983–03–31 Far Eastern
F 12 Camson, Eric 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1990–05–12 Adamson
G 13 Lanete, Garvo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–02–13 San Beda
F/C 14 Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980–06–23 Ateneo
F/C 16 Soyud, Raul 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–01–14 UP
G/F 23 Forrester, James 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1989–09–03 Arellano
F 24 Khobuntin, Glenn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1991–09–07 National-U
F/C 42 Reyes, Robert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1983–03–16 Flagler
F 45 Baracael, Marnel 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1985–04–14 Far Eastern
C 88 Taulava, Asi (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1973–03–02 BYU–Hawaii
F – Apinan, Jeckster 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1987–01–09 José Rizal
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Adonis Tierra (1st Assistant)
  • Jojo Lastimosa
  • Alex Arespacochaga
  • Raymond Celis
  • Claiford Arao
  • Gino Manuel
  • Jaime Serrano
Team manager
  • Ronald Dulatre


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.

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

Commissioner's 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 Meralco Bolts 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1
6 Tropang TNT 6 5 .545 2
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Star Hotshots 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
9 Mahindra Enforcer 4 7 .364 4
10 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 5
11 Phoenix Fuel Masters 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 5
12 GlobalPort Batang Pier 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
  2. Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.
  3. NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
  4. Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.


Playoffs

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 San Miguel 99 103  
  8 Star 108 99  
            1 San Miguel 1    
    (Best-of-3)       5 Rain or Shine 3  
  4 Barangay Ginebra 0  
  5 Rain or Shine 2    
    5 Rain or Shine 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     3 Alaska 2
  2 Meralco 104    
  7 NLEX 97    
            2 Meralco 2
    (Best-of-3)     3 Alaska 3    
  3 Alaska 2  
  6 TNT 1    

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 TNT KaTropa 10 1 .909 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 2
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 2
4 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
5 Mahindra Enforcer 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Alaska Aces 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
8 Phoenix Fuel Masters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 7 .364 6
11 Star Hotshots 2 9 .182 8
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
  2. Meralco wins tiebreaker against Mahindra and Alaska via best head-to-head record. Meralco is 2–0; Mahindra is 1–1; Alaska is 0–2. Meralco then won the seeding playoff for 4th seed against Mahindra.
  3. NLEX wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and Phoenix by highest quotient. NLEX is 1.04; Rain or Shine is 1.03; Phoenix is 0.93. Phoenix then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Rain or Shine.

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice to beat)                        
  1 TNT 136    
  8 Phoenix 124    
            1 TNT 1    
    (#4 twice to beat)       4 Meralco 3  
  4 Meralco 105  
  5 Mahindra 82    
    4 Meralco 2
    (#2 twice to beat)     3 Barangay Ginebra 4
  2 San Miguel 114    
  7 NLEX 110    
            2 San Miguel 2
    (#3 twice to beat)     3 Barangay Ginebra 3    
  3 Barangay Ginebra 109  
  6 Alaska 104    

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

August 25, 2015[1] To Mahindra
Niño Canaleta and
Aldrech Ramos (from NLEX)
Robert Reyes (from Talk 'n Text)		 To NLEX
Kevin Alas
(from Talk 'n Text via Mahindra)		 To Talk 'N Text
Troy Rosario
August 27, 2015[2]
 To NLEX
Rights to Simon Enciso		 To Rain or Shine
2018 second round pick
October 7, 2015[3] 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)

Recruited imports
TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupAl Thornton[4]February 12 (vs. Ginebra)April 18 (vs. Meralco)5–7
Governors' Cup Henry WalkerJuly 16 (vs. Blackwater)September 23 (vs. San Miguel)5–7
Rodrigue Akl*[5]July 16 (vs. Blackwater)September 23 (vs. San Miguel)5–7

References
  1. TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.ph, August 25, 2015.
  2. Rain or Shine trades second-rounder Simon Enciso to NLEX for future pick Archived 2015-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, August 27, 2015
  3. NLEX gets Sean Anthony in three-team deal inquirer.net, October 7, 2015
  4. NLEX set to bring NBA veteran Al Thornton back as import for Commissioner's Cup, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, December 27, 2015
  5. NLEX Road Warriors ink Rodrigue Akl, ex Sagesse
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