2015–16 NLEX Road Warriors season

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MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record5–6
(45.5%)
Place7th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to TNT in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record5–6
(45.5%)
Place7th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to Meralco in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record5–6
(45.5%)
Place7th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to San Miguel in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
NLEX Road Warriors seasons

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

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


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 9 2 .818[a] — Advance to semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[a] —
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[b] 2
5
GlobalPort Batang Pier
 7 4 .636[b] 2
6
TNT Tropang Texters
 6 5 .545 3
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[c] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455[c] 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. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(Single elimination)		Semifinals
(Best-of-7)
GlobalPort
94
8Barako Bull85

*Game went into overtime

This box:

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[a] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Meralco Bolts 8 3 .727[a] —
3 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636[b] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[b] 1
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636[b] 1
6
Tropang TNT
 6 5 .545 2
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[c] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8
Star Hotshots
 5 6 .455[c] 3
9
Mahindra Enforcer
 4 7 .364 4
10
Blackwater Elite
 3 8 .273[d] 5
11 Phoenix Fuel Masters 3 8 .273[d] 5
12
GlobalPort Batang Pier
 3 8 .273[d] 5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
  4. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98


Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
TNT
1
This box:

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[a] 2
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 3 .727[a] 2
4 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545[b] 4
5
Mahindra Enforcer
 6 5 .545[b] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Alaska Aces 6 5 .545[b] 4
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[c] 5
8 Phoenix Fuel Masters 5 6 .455[c] 5
9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455[c] 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. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Mahindra
82
4Meralco2
(#2 twice to beat)
3Barangay Ginebra4
2San Miguel114
7NLEX110
2San Miguel2
(#3 twice to beat)
3Barangay Ginebra3
3Barangay Ginebra109
6Alaska104

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

August 25, 2015[1] To
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

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Al Thornton[4] February 12 (vs. Ginebra) April 18 (vs. Meralco) 5–7
Governors' Cup United States Henry Walker July 16 (vs. Blackwater) September 23 (vs. San Miguel) 5–7
Lebanon 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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