2016–17 NLEX Road Warriors season

The 2016–17 NLEX Road Warriors season was the 3rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2016–17 NLEX Road Warriors season
Head coachYeng Guiao
Owner(s)Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
(a MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record2–9
(.182)
Place12th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record2–9
(.182)
Place12th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record7–4
(.636)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist (Lost to Star with twice-to-win disadvantage)
NLEX Road Warriors seasons

Key dates

2016
  • October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks
Main article: 2016 PBA draft

Special draft
Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
Alfonzo Gotladera C/F  Philippines Tanduay Light Rhum Masters Ateneo

Regular draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
2 8 Reden Celda G  Philippines Tanduay Light Rhum Masters NU

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 Tiongson, Juami 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–02–05 Ateneo
G/F 5 Rios, Jansen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–10–28 Adamson
G 6 Alas, Kevin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–11–13 Letran
G/F 8 Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980–08–19 UST
G 9 Lastimosa, Carlo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1990–09–03 St. Benilde
G 11 Villanueva, Jonas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1983–03–31 Far Eastern
G/F 12 Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982–05–13 Ateneo
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 Philippines
G/F 17 Ighalo, Kenneth 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–01–11 Mapúa
C 19 Al-Hussaini, Rabeh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–08–11 Ateneo
G/F 20 Mallari, Alex 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1987–03–26 Lewis–Clark State
F/C 21 Gotladera, Alfonzo (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1992–02–16 Ateneo
F/C 37 Quiñahan, J. R. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1984–05–08 Visayas
C 88 Taulava, Asi (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1973–03–02 BYU–Hawaii
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 San Miguel Beermen 10 1 .909 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 3
3 Star Hotshots 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 TNT KaTropa 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
6 Phoenix Fuel Masters 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
9 Blackwater Elite 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
10 Mahindra Floodbuster 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 7
11 Meralco Bolts 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 7
12 NLEX Road Warriors 2 9 .182 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Alaska wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
  2. TNT wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort, Phoenix and Barangay Ginebra by highest quotient. TNT is 1.09; GlobalPort is 1.00; Phoenix is 0.96; Barangay Ginebra is 0.94.
  3. Rain or Shine wins tiebreaker against Blackwater by winning the seeding playoff for 8th seed.
  4. Mahindra wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.

Game log
2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 2–9
November: 1–0
December : 0–5
January : 1–4
2016–17 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Star Hotshots 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] — Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 TNT KaTropa 8 3 .727 1
5 Meralco Bolts 7 4 .636 2
6 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455 4
7 Phoenix Fuel Masters 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 2] 5 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 2] 5
9 Alaska Aces 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 2] 5
10 Mahindra Floodbuster 3 8 .273 6
11 Blackwater Elite 2 9 .182[lower-alpha 3] 7
12 NLEX Road Warriors 2 9 .182[lower-alpha 3] 7
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against San Miguel and Star via best head-to-head record. Barangay Ginebra is 2–0; San Miguel is 1–1; Star is 0–2.
  2. Phoenix wins tiebreaker against Alaska and Globalport via best head-to-head record. Phoenix is 2–0; Alaska is 1–1; GlobalPort is 0–2. GlobalPort then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Alaska.
  3. Blackwater wins tiebreaker against NLEX via head-to-head record.

Game log
2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 2–9
March: 0–4
April : 0–3
May : 2–2
2016–17 schedule

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Meralco Bolts 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 TNT KaTropa 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
4 Star Hotshots 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
5 NLEX Road Warriors 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 San Miguel Beermen 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
7 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
8 Blackwater Elite 5 6 .455 4
9 Alaska Aces 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 3] 6
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 3] 6
11 Phoenix Fuel Masters 2 9 .182 7
12 Kia Picanto 0 11 .000 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. TNT wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
  2. Star wins tiebreaker against NLEX, San Miguel and Rain or Shine by highest quotient. Star is 1.04; NLEX is 1.01; San Miguel is 0.99; Rain or Shine is 0.96.
  3. Alaska wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.

Game log
2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 7–4
July: 4–0
August : 2–2
September: 1–2
2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 Meralco 91 104  
  8 Blackwater 92 96  
            1 Meralco 3    
    (#4 twice-to-beat)       4 Star 0  
  4 Star 89  
  5 NLEX 77    
    1 Meralco 3
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     3 Barangay Ginebra 4
  2 TNT 102 118  
  7 Rain or Shine 106 114  
            2 TNT 1
    (#3 twice-to-beat)     3 Barangay Ginebra 3    
  3 Barangay Ginebra 104  
  6 San Miguel 84    


Game log
2017 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1
Quarterfinals: 0–1
2016–17 schedule

Transactions

Trades

Commissioner's Cup
March 2017
March 28[1] Three-team trade
To NLEX
 To Blackwater
  • 2017 Second Round pick (from NLEX)
To Meralco
May 2017
May 6[2] Four-team trade
To NLEX
  • Larry Fonacier (from TNT)
  • J.R. Quiñahan (from GlobalPort)
  • 2017 Second Round pick (from Meralco, originally from Mahindra)
  • 2019 Second Round pick (from GlobalPort)
 To GlobalPort
To TNT
  • Anthony Semerad (from GlobalPort)
  • 2017 First Round Pick (from GlobalPort, originally from TNT)
 To Meralco

Recruited imports
ConferenceNameCountryNumberDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupWayne Chism4March 17
(vs. Rain or Shine)		May 27
(vs. Phoenix)		2–9
Governors' CupAaron Fuller23July 19
(vs. Alaska)		September 26
(vs. Star)		7–5

Awards
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Kevin Alas Governors' Cup Player of the Week July 24, 2017 [3]
Larry Fonacier August 28, 2017 [4]
Juami Tiongson September 4, 2017 [5]

References
  1. Rabeh Al-Hussaini, coach Yeng Guiao reunited at NLEX after three-team PBA trade, spin.ph, March 28, 2017.
  2. 4-TEAM MULTI-PLAYER TRADE
  3. "Alas named Player of the Week". pba.ph. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  4. "The reason Yeng Guiao traded for Larry Fonacier". pba.ph. August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  5. "Juami Tiongson seizes the moment". pba.ph. September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
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