2016–17 San Miguel Beermen season

The 2016–17 San Miguel Beermen season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates 2016 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 CollegeArnold Van OpstalCenterHapee Fresh FightersDLSU

Regular draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College26Rashawn McCarthyGuardAMA Online Education TitansOld Westbury314Jovit Dela CruzGuardLiverMarin GuardiansSSC-R

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | November 20 | Star | W 96–88 | June Mar Fajardo (25) | June Mar Fajardo (16) | Alex Cabagnot (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | November 30 | Phoenix | L 85–92 | June Mar Fajardo (19) | June Mar Fajardo (23) | Chris Ross (7) | Ynares Center | 1–1

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | December 3 | Alaska | W 93–88 | June Mar Fajardo (23) | June Mar Fajardo (22) | Chris Ross (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | December 11 | Mahindra | W 94–91 | June Mar Fajardo (28) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | RR Garcia (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | December 17 | NLEX | W 106–80 | Alex Cabagnot (18) | June Mar Fajardo (12) | Chris Ross (5) | Xavier University Gym | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | December 28 | Meralco | W 101–86 | Marcio Lassiter (21) | June Mar Fajardo (14) | Chris Ross (5) | Cuneta Astrodome | 5–1

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | January 6 | Blackwater | W 118–93 | June Mar Fajardo (25) | Cabagnot, Ross (9) | Chris Ross (11) | Mall of Asia Arena | 6–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | January 8 | Barangay Ginebra | W 72–70 | Alex Cabagnot (16) | Marcio Lassiter (13) | Marcio Lassiter (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 7–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | January 13 | Rain or Shine | W 107–101 (OT) | June Mar Fajardo (25) | June Mar Fajardo (17) | Ross, Santos (5) | Mall of Asia Arena | 8–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | January 21 | GlobalPort | W 106–100 | Arwind Santos (31) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | Chris Ross (9) | Hoops Dome | 9–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | January 28 | TNT | W 98–94 | June Mar Fajardo (20) | June Mar Fajardo (22) | Chris Ross (9) | Ynares Center | 10–1

Playoffs Bracket

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | February 5 | Rain or Shine | W 98–91 | RR Garcia (25) | June Mar Fajardo (14) | Chris Ross (4) | Ynares Center | 1–0

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | February 8 | TNT | W 111–98 | Marcio Lassiter (22) | Fajardo, Lassiter (8) | Chris Ross (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | February 10 | TNT | L 85–87 | June Mar Fajardo (25) | Arwind Santos (12) | Chris Ross (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | February 12 | TNT | L 92–98 | Cabagnot, Lassiter (18) | Fajardo, Lassiter, Ross (9) | Alex Cabagnot (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | February 14 | TNT | W 97–86 | Chris Ross (31) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | Marcio Lassiter (10) | Mall of Asia Arena | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | February 16 | TNT | L 94–101 | Arwind Santos (18) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | Cabagnot, Lassiter, Ross (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | February 18 | TNT | W 104–88 | June Mar Fajardo (23) | June Mar Fajardo (21) | Cabagnot, Lassiter (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | February 20 | TNT | W 96–83 | Fajardo, Santos (22) | June Mar Fajardo (19) | Chris Ross (10) | Mall of Asia Arena | 4–3

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | February 24 | Barangay Ginebra | W 109–82 | Fajardo, Ross (17) | June Mar Fajardo (8) | Chris Ross (8) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | February 26 | Barangay Ginebra | L 118–124 (OT) | Arwind Santos (23) | Arwind Santos (15) | Chris Ross (11) | Quezon Convention Center8,000 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | March 1 | Barangay Ginebra | W 99–88 | Chris Ross (24) | June Mar Fajardo (18) | Chris Ross (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum16,773 | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | March 3 | Barangay Ginebra | W 94–85 | Fajardo, Lassiter (20) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | Chris Ross (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum17,146 | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | March 5 | Barangay Ginebra | W 91–85 | Fajardo, Santos (21) | Ross, Santos (8) | Chris Ross (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum20,217 | 4–1

Commissioner's Cup Eliminations Standings

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | April 2 | Meralco | W 99–92 | June Mar Fajardo (24) | Fajardo, Rhodes (12) | Alex Cabagnot (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | April 7 | Phoenix | W 110–88 | June Mar Fajardo (22) | Rhodes, Santos (10) | Alex Cabagnot (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | April 16 | Star | W 103–97 | Charles Rhodes (29) | June Mar Fajardo (11) | Cabagnot, Ross (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | April 19 | Mahindra | W 109–80 | Alex Cabagnot (26) | Charles Rhodes (18) | Cabagnot, Rhodes (4) | Cuneta Astrodome | 4–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | April 22 | Rain or Shine | W 111–98 | Charles Rhodes (26) | Alex Cabagnot (9) | Alex Cabagnot (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 5–0 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | May 5 | TNT | L 103–112 | Charles Rhodes (43) | Cabagnot, Lassiter, Rhodes (8) | Chris Ross (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | May 19 | NLEX | W 114–112 | Charles Rhodes (37) | Charles Rhodes (19) | Chris Ross (11) | Cuneta Astrodome | 6–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | May 21 | Barangay Ginebra | L 99–107 | Charles Rhodes (26) | June Mar Fajardo (14) | Chris Ross (9) | Mall of Asia Arena | 6–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | May 27 | Alaska | W 109–97 | Alex Cabagnot (25) | Cabagnot, Rhodes (10) | Chris Ross (10) | Ynares Center | 7–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | May 31 | Blackwater | W 124–113 | Charles Rhodes (32) | Charles Rhodes (9) | Chris Ross (13) | Cuneta Astrodome | 8–2

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | June 2 | GlobalPort | W 112–101 | Charles Rhodes (34) | Alex Cabagnot (10) | Chris Ross (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 9–2

Playoffs Bracket

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | June 6 | Phoenix | W 115–96 | Marcio Lassiter (26) | Charles Rhodes (11) | Chris Ross (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | June 10 | Star | L 105–109 | Charles Rhodes (34) | Rhodes, Ross (10) | Chris Ross (15) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | June 12 | Star | W 77–76 | Charles Rhodes (21) | Charles Rhodes (10) | Lassiter, Ross (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | June 14 | Star | W 111–110 | Charles Rhodes (36) | Fajardo, Ross (8) | Chris Ross (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | June 12 | Star | W 109–102 | Alex Cabagnot (26) | Charles Rhodes (10) | Chris Ross (10) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–1

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | June 21 | TNT | L 102–104 | Charles Rhodes (31) | Fajardo, Rhodes (13) | Chris Ross (12) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | June 23 | TNT | W 102–88 | June Mar Fajardo (22) | Fajardo, Rhodes (11) | Chris Ross (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | June 25 | TNT | W 109–97 | Alex Cabagnot (28) | Charles Rhodes (20) | Marcio Lassiter (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | June 28 | TNT | L 97–102 | Charles Rhodes (22) | June Mar Fajardo (9) | Alex Cabagnot (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | June 30 | TNT | W 111–102 | Alex Cabagnot (28) | Charles Rhodes (14) | Chris Ross (11) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | July 2 | TNT | W 115–91 | Charles Rhodes (30) | Alex Cabagnot (12) | Alex Cabagnot (11) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–2

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | July 29 | Blackwater | W 118–93 | Lassiter, McKines (19) | Wendell McKines (12) | three players (5) | Ynares Center | 1–0

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | August 2 | TNT | W 97–91 | June Mar Fajardo (27) | Wendell McKines (9) | Chris Ross (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | August 4 | Star | L 98–104 | Wendell McKines (27) | Wendell McKines (22) | Chris Ross (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | August 25 | GlobalPort | W 115–112 | Wendell McKines (35) | Wendell McKines (14) | McKines, Ross (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | August 27 | NLEX | L 100–103 | Wendell McKines (28) | Wendell McKines (14) | Chris Ross (11) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–2

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | September 2 | Alaska | L 79–90 | Arwind Santos (29) | June Mar Fajardo (14) | Chris Ross (4) | Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena | 3–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | September 6 | Rain or Shine | W 103–96 | Chris Ross (27) | June Mar Fajardo (14) | Gabby Espinas (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | September 10 | Barangay Ginebra | W 107–103 | Terrence Watson (28) | Terrence Watson (17) | Cabagnot, Ross (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | September 16 | Kia | W 118–112 | June Mar Fajardo (41) | June Mar Fajardo (17) | Alex Cabagnot (8) | Mall of Asia Arena | 6–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | September 20 | Phoenix | W 109–107 | Terrence Watson (26) | June Mar Fajardo (17) | Alex Cabagnot (6) | Ynares Center | 7–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | September 24 | Meralco | L 101–104 | June Mar Fajardo (26) | Terrence Watson (10) | Cabagnot, Ross (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 7–4

Playoffs Bracket

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 27 | Barangay Ginebra | L 84–104 | Terrence Watson (30) | June Mar Fajardo (22) | Chris Ross (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–1

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season November November 3, 2016RR Garcia to SMB, Ramos to Star, Mallari, Arana to Mahindra in 3-team trade, spin.ph, November 4, 2016. To San MiguelKeith Agovida (from Mahindra)RR Garcia (from Star) To MahindraRyan Araña (from San Miguel)2018 1st round pick (from San Miguel)Alex Mallari (from Star) To StarAldrech Ramos (from Mahindra)2017 2nd round pick (from Star via NLEX)

Commissioner's Cup April April 24, 2017San Miguel sends RR Garcia to TNT for Matt Ganuelas-Rosser in rare trade between rivals, spin.ph, April 24, 2017. To San MiguelMatt Ganuelas-Rosser To TNTRR Garcia

Governors' Cup July July 10, 2017San Miguel acquires Pessumal, trades Van Opstal to GlobalPort, pba.inquirer.net, July 10, 2017. To San MiguelVon Pessumal To GlobalPortArnold Van Opstal

Rookie signings

PlayerNumberPositionDate signedSchool/club teamArnold Van Opstal7Center DLSURashawn McCarthy10Guard SUNY-Old Westbury

Free agency Addition Player Number Position Date Signed Notes Michael Mabulac 28 Forward January 5, 2017 Signed by SMB in lieu of David Semerad who has been relegated to team's Injured/reserved list.

Subtraction Player Number Position Reason left New Team Gary David 20 Guard Waived Mahindra Floodbuster Nelbert Omolon 21 Forward Retired Michael Mabulac 28 Forward Waived San Miguel Beermen Chris Lutz 3 Guard UFAWR2S Meralco Bolts

Recruited imports Conference Name Country Number Debuted Last game Record Commissioner's Cup Charles Rhodes 0 April 2(vs. Meralco) July 2(vs. TNT) 17–5Governors' 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