2016–17 Star Hotshots season

Star Hotshots
2016–17 Star Hotshots season
Head coach	Chito Victolero
Owner(s)	San Miguel-Pure Foods Co., Inc. ; (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (.636)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (Lost to Barangay Ginebra, 3–4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	9–2 ; (.818)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (Lost to San Miguel, 1–3)
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (.636)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (Lost to Meralco, 0–3)
Star Hotshots seasons

The 2016–17 Star Hotshots season was the 29th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2016

October 14: Star Hotshots head coach Jason Webb was appointed as team consultant. Chito Victolero took over as the Hotshots' head coach.[1]
October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Special draft

Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
Jio Jalalon	G	Philippines	Caida Tile Masters	Arellano

Regular draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
2	5	Chris Javier	F	Philippines	Caida Tile Masters	UE

Roster

Star Hotshots roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	2	Melton, Justin	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	1987–04–07	Mount Olive
G	3	Lee, Paul	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1989–02–14	UE
F/C	4	Reavis, Rafi (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1977–07–26	Coppin State
G	6	Jalalon, Jio (R)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1992–08–02	Arellano
G	8	Simon, Peter June	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980–06–01	Mindanao
F/C	10	Sangalang, Ian	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	1991–12–20	San Sebastian
G/F	12	Gamalinda, Riego	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1986–05–25	San Beda
G/F	13	Mendoza, Gryann	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1990–09–09	Far Eastern
G	14	Barroca, Mark	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–25	Far Eastern
F	15	Pingris, Marc	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1981–10–16	PSBA
F	17	Ramos, Aldrech	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1988–04–03	Far Eastern
G/F	19	dela Rosa, Rome	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990–12–11	San Beda
G	29	Abundo, Alvin (R)	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1992–10–29	Centro Escolar
F/C	32	Pascual, Kyle	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–04–13	San Beda
F/C	91	Brondial, Rodney	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–11–20	Adamson

Head coach

Chito Victolero

Assistant coach(es)

Jason Webb (1st Assistant)
Johnny Abarrientos
Mon Jose
Angelito Esguerra
Tony Boy Espinosa
Juno Sauler

Team manager

Alvin Patrimonio

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	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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:

Alaska wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
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.
Rain or Shine wins tiebreaker against Blackwater by winning the seeding playoff for 8th seed.
Mahindra wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 7–4

November: 0–1

December : 3–2

January : 3–1

February : 1–0

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	San Miguel	98
8	Rain or Shine	91
				1	San Miguel	4
	(Best-of-3)			4	TNT	3
4	TNT	2
5	GlobalPort	0
							1	San Miguel	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)						7	Barangay Ginebra	1
2	Alaska	81	97
7	Barangay Ginebra	85	108
				7	Barangay Ginebra	4
	(Best-of-3)			3	Star	3
3	Star	2
6	Phoenix	0

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 5–4

Quarterfinals: 2–0

Semifinals: 3–4

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]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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:

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.
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.
Blackwater wins tiebreaker against NLEX via head-to-head record.

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 9–2

March: 3–0

April : 2–2

May : 4–0

2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	Barangay Ginebra	96
8	GlobalPort	85
			1	Barangay Ginebra	1
	(Best-of-3)		4	TNT	3
4	TNT	2
5	Meralco	1
						4	TNT	2
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	115
7	Phoenix	96
			2	San Miguel	3
	(Best-of-3)		3	Star	1
3	Star	2
6	Rain or Shine	0

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 3–3

Quarterfinals: 2–0

Semifinals: 1–3

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:

TNT wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
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.
Alaska wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 7–4

July: 2–0

August : 2–1

September: 3–3

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: 1–3

Quarterfinals: 1–0

Semifinals : 0–3

2016–17 schedule

Transactions

Trades

Off-Season

October 2016
October 13, 2016[2]	To Star Paul Lee	To Rain or Shine James Yap

November 2016
November 3, 2016[3]	To Star Aldrech Ramos (from Mahindra) 2017 2nd round pick (from NLEX via Mahindra)	To San Miguel RR Garcia (from Star) Keith Agovida (from Mahindra)	To Mahindra Ryan Araña (from San Miguel) Alex Mallari (from Star) 2018 first round pick (from San Miguel)

Philippine Cup

December 2016
December 9, 2016[4]	To Star Rome dela Rosa	To Alaska Jake Pascual

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Tony Mitchell	1	March 22 (vs. Phoenix)	May 6 (vs. Rain or Shine)	6–2
Commissioner's Cup	Ricardo Ratliffe	20	May 10 (vs. TNT)	June 15 (vs. San Miguel)	6–3
Governors' Cup	Cinmeon Bowers	1	July 23 (vs. Blackwater)	July 23 (vs. Blackwater)	1–0
	Malcolm Hill	21	July 28 (vs. Alaska)	September 15 (vs. GlobalPort)	4–3
	Kristófer Acox	21	September 17 (vs. TNT)	October 5 (vs. Meralco)	3–4

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Paul Lee	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	December 12, 2016	[5]
Allein Maliksi		January 30, 2017	[6]
Paul Lee		February 6, 2017	[7]
Mark Barroca	Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week	March 27, 2017	[8]
Honors
Jio Jalalon	All-Defensive Team	October 20, 2017	[9]

References

Chito Victolero replaces Jason Webb, takes over as new Star head coach, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, October 14, 2016
Star trades James Yap to Rain or Shine for Paul Lee - report, rappler.com, October 13, 2016.
RR Garcia to SMB, Ramos to Star, Mallari, Arana to Mahindra in 3-team trade, spin.ph, November 3, 2016.
Star gets Rome Dela Rosa, trades Jake Pascual to Alaska, philstar.com, December 9, 2016.
"Player of the Week: Paul Lee shows all-around game for Star". Inquirer.net. December 12, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
"Player of the Week: Maliksi leads Star's playoff push". Inquirer.net. January 30, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
"Player of the Week: Healthy Lee leading Star in playoffs". Inquirer.net. February 6, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
"PBAPC picks Star's Mark Barroca as week's best". pba.ph. March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
"Fajardo, Pogoy big winners at The Leos". PBA.ph. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.

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[table_hth_ALA0.64078802458979-2] Alaska wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_BGSM0.64078802458979-3] 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.

[table_hth_BWE0.64078802458979-4] Rain or Shine wins tiebreaker against Blackwater by winning the seeding playoff for 8th seed.

[table_hth_MAH0.64078802458979-5] Mahindra wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_BGSM0.65556414316202-6] 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.

[table_hth_ALA0.65556414316202-7] 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.

[table_hth_BWE0.65556414316202-8] Blackwater wins tiebreaker against NLEX via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_TNT0.42091699522963-9] TNT wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_SH0.42091699522963-10] 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.

[table_hth_ALA0.42091699522963-11] Alaska wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.

[1] Chito Victolero replaces Jason Webb, takes over as new Star head coach, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, October 14, 2016

[12] Star trades James Yap to Rain or Shine for Paul Lee - report, rappler.com, October 13, 2016.

[13] RR Garcia to SMB, Ramos to Star, Mallari, Arana to Mahindra in 3-team trade, spin.ph, November 3, 2016.

[14] Star gets Rome Dela Rosa, trades Jake Pascual to Alaska, philstar.com, December 9, 2016.

[15] "Player of the Week: Paul Lee shows all-around game for Star". Inquirer.net. December 12, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[16] "Player of the Week: Maliksi leads Star's playoff push". Inquirer.net. January 30, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[17] "Player of the Week: Healthy Lee leading Star in playoffs". Inquirer.net. February 6, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[18] "PBAPC picks Star's Mark Barroca as week's best". pba.ph. March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.

[19] "Fajardo, Pogoy big winners at The Leos". PBA.ph. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.