2016–17 San Miguel Beermen season
Appearance
2016–17 San Miguel Beermen season | |
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Head coach | Leo Austria |
Owner(s) | San Miguel Brewery, Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 10–1 (90.9%) |
Place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Champions (Defeated Barangay Ginebra, 4–1) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 9–2 (81.8%) |
Place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Champions (Defeated TNT, 4–2) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 7–4 (63.6%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra with twice-to-win disadvantage) |
San Miguel Beermen seasons | |
The 2016–17 San Miguel Beermen season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
[edit]2016
[edit]- October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
[edit]Special draft
[edit]Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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Arnold Van Opstal | Center | Germany | Hapee Fresh Fighters | DLSU |
Regular draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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2 | 6 | Rashawn McCarthy | Guard | AMA Online Education Titans | Old Westbury | |
3 | 14 | Jovit Dela Cruz | Guard | LiverMarin Guardians | SSC-R |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | |
3 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | TNT KaTropa | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
9 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 7 | |
11 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 7 | |
12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
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Game log
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]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 | ||||||||||||
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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
[edit]2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 9–4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 1–0
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Semifinals: 4–3
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Finals: 4–1
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2016–17 schedule |
Commissioner's Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | |
3 | Star Hotshots | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | 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[b] | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364[b] | 5 | |
9 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364[b] | 5 | |
10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
11 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182[c] | 7 | |
12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182[c] | 7 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
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Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 9–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 5–0
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May
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June
: 1–0
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2016–17 schedule |
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 96 | |||||||||||
8 | GlobalPort | 85 | |||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | |||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
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3 | Star | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Star | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | Rain or Shine | 0 | |||||||||||
Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 8–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 1–0
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Semifinals: 3–1
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Finals: 4–2
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2016–17 schedule |
Governors' Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Meralco Bolts | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
4 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
5 | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
6 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
8 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
9 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 8 | .273[c] | 6 | |
10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273[c] | 6 | |
11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Kia Picanto | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
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Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 7–4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July: 1–0
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August
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September: 4–2
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2016–17 schedule |
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | Meralco | 91 | 104 | |||||||||||
8 | Blackwater | 92 | 96 | |||||||||||
1 | Meralco | 3 | ||||||||||||
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4 | Star | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Star | 89 | ||||||||||||
5 | NLEX | 77 | ||||||||||||
1 | Meralco | 3 | ||||||||||||
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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
[edit]2017 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 0–1
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2016–17 schedule |
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]November | |||
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November 3, 2016[1] | To San Miguel Keith Agovida (from Mahindra) RR Garcia (from Star) |
To Mahindra Ryan Araña (from San Miguel) 2018 1st round pick (from San Miguel) Alex Mallari (from Star) |
To Star Aldrech Ramos (from Mahindra) 2017 2nd round pick (from Star via NLEX) |
Commissioner's Cup
[edit]April | |||
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April 24, 2017[2] | To San Miguel Matt Ganuelas-Rosser |
To TNT RR Garcia |
Governors' Cup
[edit]July | |||
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July 10, 2017[3] | To San Miguel Von Pessumal |
To GlobalPort Arnold Van Opstal |
Rookie signings
[edit]Player | Number | Position | Date signed | School/club team |
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Arnold Van Opstal[4] | 7 | Center | November 15 | DLSU |
Rashawn McCarthy[4] | 10 | Guard | SUNY-Old Westbury |
Free agency
[edit]Addition
[edit]Player | Number | Position | Date Signed | Notes |
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Michael Mabulac[5] | 28 | Forward | January 5, 2017 | Signed by SMB in lieu of David Semerad who has been relegated to team's Injured/reserved list. |
Subtraction
[edit]Player | Number | Position | Reason left | New Team |
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Gary David[6] | 20 | Guard | Waived | Mahindra Floodbuster |
Nelbert Omolon[7] | 21 | Forward | Retired | — |
Michael Mabulac | 28 | Forward | Waived | San Miguel Beermen |
Chris Lutz[8][9] | 3 | Guard | UFAWR2S | Meralco Bolts |
Recruited imports
[edit]Conference | Name | Country | Number | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Charles Rhodes | 0 | April 2 (vs. Meralco) |
July 2 (vs. TNT) |
17–5 | |
Governors' Cup | Wendell McKines | 18 | July 29 (vs. Blackwater) |
August 27 (vs. NLEX) |
3–2 | |
Terik Bridgeman | 10 | September 2 (vs. Alaska) |
September 6 (vs. Rain or Shine) |
1–1 | ||
Terrence Watson | 24 | September 10 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) |
September 27 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) |
3–2 |
Awards
[edit]Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. | |
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Alex Cabagnot | Philippine Cup Player of the Week | January 7, 2017 | [10] | |
June Mar Fajardo | Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference | March 3, 2017 | [11] | |
Chris Ross | Philippine Cup Finals Most Valuable Player | March 5, 2017 | [12] | |
Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week | June 5, 2017 | [13] | ||
Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the Conference | June 28, 2017 | [14][15] | ||
Charles Rhodes | Commissioner's Cup Best Import of the Conference | |||
Alex Cabagnot | Commissioner's Cup Finals Most Valuable Player | July 2, 2017 | [16] | |
Chris Ross | Governors' Cup Player of the Week | September 11, 2017 | [17] | |
Most Improved Player Award | October 20, 2017 | [18] | ||
June Mar Fajardo | Most Valuable Player Award | |||
Honors | ||||
June Mar Fajardo | All-Defensive Team | October 20, 2017 | ||
Chris Ross | ||||
June Mar Fajardo | First Mythical Team | |||
Chris Ross | ||||
Alex Cabagnot | ||||
Arwind Santos |
References
[edit]- ^ RR Garcia to SMB, Ramos to Star, Mallari, Arana to Mahindra in 3-team trade, spin.ph, November 4, 2016.
- ^ San Miguel sends RR Garcia to TNT for Matt Ganuelas-Rosser in rare trade between rivals, spin.ph, April 24, 2017.
- ^ San Miguel acquires Pessumal, trades Van Opstal to GlobalPort, pba.inquirer.net, July 10, 2017.
- ^ a b "Van Opstal, McCarthy ink separate rookie deals with SMB". foxsportsasia.com. Richard Dy. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ "Signed by San Miguel in lieu of David Semerad who has been relegated to team's Injured/Reserve list". pba.ph. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "Gary David stint with San Miguel ends abruptly as Beermen let go of veteran gunner". spin.ph. November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ "SMB veteran Bitoy Omolon retires at age 36, opts to focus on his agribusiness". spin.ph. November 19, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ "Chris Lutz have been move to UFAWR2S list". pba.ph. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "Chris Lutz leaves SMB, joins Meralco Bolts". rappler.com. January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ "Player of the Week: Cabagnot shows way for red-hot Beermen". Inquirer.net. January 7, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Sacamos, Karlo (March 3, 2017). "Fajardo ties mentor Ildefonso's record with fifth Best Player of Conference award". spin.ph. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Sacamos, Karlo (March 5, 2017). "San Miguel completes PBA three-peat by holding off Ginebra rally in Game Five thriller". spin.ph. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ "All-around game earns Ross Player of the Week citation". pba.ph. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ "Ross Cops BPC Plum, Rhodes Wins Best Import Award". PBA.ph. June 28, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ Ballesteros, Jan (June 28, 2017). "San Miguel playmaker Chris Ross named Best Player of the Conference". spin.ph. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
- ^ "Beermen Claim PBA Commissioner's Cup Championship". PBA.ph. July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ "San Miguel can count on Ross when it matters most". pba.ph. September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ "Fajardo, Pogoy big winners at The Leos". PBA.ph. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.