The 2015–16 San Miguel Beermen season was the 41st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College 3 32 Michael Mabulac PF Cagayan Rising SunsSSC-R 4 41 Andretti Stevens SG Erase Xfoliant ErasersMapúa
Roster
Philippine Cup
Transactions
Trades August 25, 2015 TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015 To Barako BullJeric Fortuna To San MiguelBrian Heruela September 24, 2015Ryan Araña ends up at San Miguel in three-team deal; Barako gets Ronald Pascual, spin.ph, September 24, 2015. To Barako BullRonald Pascual (from San Miguel) To Rain or Shine2016 2nd round pick(from Barako Bull) To San MiguelRyan Araña (from Rain or Shine via Barako Bull)
Activation November 10, 2015 SMB activated Mabulac in lieu of Semerad, pba.inquirer.net, November 10, 2015 ActivatedMichael Mabulac (rookie) Relegated to Team's Injured/Reserved listDavid Semerad
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 | October 24 | GlobalPort | W 97–86 | June Mar Fajardo (21) | June Mar Fajardo (17) | Alex Cabagnot (8) | University of Southeastern Philippines Gym | 1–0 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 | October 28 | Meralco | W 101–85 | Alex Cabagnot (18) | June Mar Fajardo (12) | Marcio Lassiter (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–0
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 | November 4 | Rain or Shine | L 84–99 | Alex Cabagnot (16) | June Mar Fajardo (10) | Alex Cabagnot (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 2–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 | November 11 | Blackwater | W 93–83 | Fajardo, Lassiter (20) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | Marcio Lassiter (5) | Philsports Arena | 3–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 | November 15 | Ginebra | W 100–82 | Arwind Santos (24) | June Mar Fajardo (14) | Chris Ross (8) | Philsports Arena | 4–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 | November 22 | Barako Bull | W 106–105 | June Mar Fajardo (28) | June Mar Fajardo (20) | Alex Cabagnot (8) | Ynares Center | 5–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 7 | November 28 | Star | W 101–90 | June Mar Fajardo (27) | June Mar Fajardo (16) | Alex Cabagnot (5) | Mall of Asia Arena | 6–1
|- style="background:#bfb;" | 8 | December 2 | Mahindra | W 102–86 | June Mar Fajardo (35) | June Mar Fajardo (12) | Brian Heruela (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 7–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 9 | December 9 | NLEX | W 88–80 (OT) | Cabagnot, de Ocampo (17) | Yancy de Ocampo (12) | Heruela, Ross (4) | Cuneta Astrodome | 8–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 10 | December 12 | TNT | W 97–84 | Arwind Santos (30) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | Alex Cabagnot (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 9–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 | December 16 | Alaska | L 97–103 | June Mar Fajardo (43) | June Mar Fajardo (20) | Cabagnot, Lutz (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 9–2
Playoffs
Bracket
Game log
|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 | January 5 | Rain or Shine | W 109–105 | June Mar Fajardo (36) | June Mar Fajardo (18) | Arwind Santos (5) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–0 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 | January 7 | Rain or Shine | L 97–105 | June Mar Fajardo (38) | June Mar Fajardo (17) | Marcio Lassiter (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 | January 9 | Rain or Shine | L 106–111 | June Mar Fajardo (40) | June Mar Fajardo (20) | Alex Cabagnot (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 | January 11 | Rain or Shine | W 105–92 | June Mar Fajardo (33) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | Fajardo, Lassiter, Ross (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 | January 13 | Rain or Shine | W 103–94 | June Mar Fajardo (27) | June Mar Fajardo (12) | Alex Cabagnot (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 | January 15 | Rain or Shine | W 90–82 | Marcio Lassiter (22) | Arwind Santos (19) | Chris Ross (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–2
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 | January 17 | Alaska | L 91–100 | Alex Cabagnot (20) | Gabby Espinas (8) | Cabagnot, Ross (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 | January 19 | Alaska | L 80–83 | Alex Cabagnot (23) | Yancy de Ocampo (14) | Marcio Lassiter (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 | January 22 | Alaska | L 75–82 | Jay-R Reyes (13) | Arwind Santos (9) | Alex Cabagnot (5) | Quezon Convention Center | 0–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 | January 24 | Alaska | W 110–104 (OT) | Marcio Lassiter (26) | Gabby Espinas (14) | Chris Ross (9) | PhilSports Arena | 1–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 | January 27 | Alaska | W 86–73 (OT) | Arwind Santos (22) | Arwind Santos (16) | Chris Ross (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 | January 29 | Alaska | W 100–89 | Marcio Lassiter (26) | Arwind Santos (15) | de Ocampo, Lutz, Ross (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum12,626 | 3–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 7 | February 3 | Alaska | W 96–89 | Fajardo, Ross (21) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | Cabagnot, Ross (5) | Mall of Asia Arena23,616 | 4–3
Commissioner's Cup
Transactions
Signings
Local player Player Pos Signed Contract Amount Contract Length Former Team Ref April 72 M6 mos.Meralco
Import Name Country Number Debuted Last game Record Tyler Wilkerson 32 February 20(vs. Mahindra) April 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) 9–6 Arizona Reid 32 May 1(vs. Rain or Shine) May 1(vs. Rain or Shine) 0–1
Activation March 1, 2016 SMB activated Mabulac in lieu of Tubid, pba.inquirer.net, March 1, 2016 ActivatedMichael Mabulac Relegated to Team's Injured/Reserved listRonald Tubid April 1, 2016 SMB activated Ronald Tubid in lieu of Omolon, pba.inquirer.net, April 1, 2016 Ronald Tubid Nelbert Omolon April 8, 2016 SMB signed and activate UFA Gary David in lieu of Mabulac, pba.inquirer.net, April 8, 2016 Gary David Michael Mabulac
Free Agency April 8, 2016 SMB has dropped Nelbert Omolon to the team's UFAWR2S List, pba.inquirer.net, April 8, 2016Dropped to the team's Unrestricted free agent listNelbert Omolon
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#fbb" | 1 | February 20 | Mahindra | L 96–102 | Tyler Wilkerson (29) | Tyler Wilkerson (12) | Chris Ross (6) | Alonte Sports Arena | 0–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 2 | February 26 | GlobalPort | W 120–109 | Tyler Wilkerson (52) | Tyler Wilkerson (11) | Chris Ross (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1
|- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 | March 2 | Blackwater | W 108–96 | Tyler Wilkerson (35) | Tyler Wilkerson (17) | Lassiter, Santos (3) | Ynares Center | 2–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 | March 5 | Meralco | W 94–86 | Tyler Wilkerson (27) | June Mar Fajardo (16) | Alex Cabagnot (4) | Ibalong Centrum for Recreation | 3–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 | March 11 | Rain or Shine | L 105–108 | Tyler Wilkerson (33) | Tyler Wilkerson (10) | Chris Ross (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 | March 16 | Alaska | W 116–96 | Tyler Wilkerson (32) | Tyler Wilkerson (14) | Chris Ross (12) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 7 | March 27 | Star | W 117–98 | Tyler Wilkerson (44) | Tyler Wilkerson (17) | Chris Ross (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–2
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 8 | April 3 | Ginebra | L 84–110 | Tyler Wilkerson (20) | Tyler Wilkerson (16) | Chris Ross (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 9 | April 5 | NLEX | W 131–127 (3OT) | Tyler Wilkerson (58) | June Mar Fajardo (16) | Alex Cabagnot (12) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 6–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 10 | April 10 | Phoenix | W 121–109 | Tyler Wilkerson (40) | Tyler Wilkerson (19) | Chris Ross (12) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 7–3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 11 | April 15 | TNT | W 104–98 | Tyler Wilkerson (36) | Tyler Wilkerson (15) | Chris Ross (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 8–3
Playoffs
Bracket
Game log
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 | April 18 | Star | L 99–108 | June Mar Fajardo (24) | Tyler Wilkerson (14) | Alex Cabagnot (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 | April 20 | Star | W 103–99 | Tyler Wilkerson (46) | Tyler Wilkerson (17) | Chris Ross (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 | April 24 | Rain or Shine | L 94–98 | Tyler Wilkerson (40) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | Arwind Santos (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 | April 26 | Rain or Shine | L 96–98 | Tyler Wilkerson (35) | Tyler Wilkerson (18) | Chris Ross (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 | April 28 | Rain or Shine | W 104–98 | Marcio Lassiter (30) | June Mar Fajardo (9) | Chris Ross (12) | PhilSports Arena | 1–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 | May 1 | Rain or Shine | L 99–124 | Arizona Reid (25) | Arizona Reid (17) | Alex Cabagnot (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–3
Governors' Cup
Transactions
Signings
Import Name Country Number Debuted Last game Record Arizona Reid 32 July 17(vs. Phoenix) August 19(vs. GlobalPort) 4–2 Mike Singletary 7 August 31(vs. Meralco) September 10(vs. Rain or Shine) 2–1 Elijah Millsap 7 September 18(vs. Blackwater) October 4(vs. Barangay Ginebra) 4–3 Mahmoud Abdeen 0 September 3(vs. TNT) September 21(vs. Blackwater) 2–1
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#bfb" | 1 | July 17 | Phoenix | W 124–113 | Arizona Reid (41) | June Mar Fajardo (11) | Marcio Lassiter (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- style="background:#bfb" | 2 | July 22 | NLEX | W 94–93 | Arizona Reid (23) | Arizona Reid (11) | Chris Ross (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–0 |- style="background:#fbb" | 3 | July 27 | Mahindra | L 103–105 | Arizona Reid (43) | Arizona Reid (11) | Alex Cabagnot (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 4 | July 31 | Star | W 109–100 | Arizona Reid (34) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | Arizona Reid (11) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–1
|- style="background:#bfb" | 5 | August 14 | Ginebra | W 111–105 (2OT) | Arizona Reid (26) | June Mar Fajardo (17) | Reid, Ross (5) | Mall of Asia Arena12,423 | 4–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 6 | August 19 | GlobalPort | L 92–98 | Arizona Reid (41) | Arizona Reid (15) | Marcio Lassiter (5) | Ynares Center | 4–2 |- style="background:#bfb" | 7 | August 24 | Alaska | W 106–103 | June Mar Fajardo (37) | June Mar Fajardo (14) | Chris Ross (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–2 |- style="background:#bfb" | 8 | August 31 | Meralco | W 110–106 | June Mar Fajardo (24) | Mike Singletary (20) | Chris Ross (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 6–2
|- style="background:#fbb" | 9 | September 3 | TNT | L 85–105 | June Mar Fajardo (20) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | Marcio Lassiter (4) | Batangas City Coliseum | 6–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 10 | September 10 | Rain or Shine | W 82–75 | Mike Singletary (23) | Fajardo, Singletary (12) | Mike Singletary (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 7–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 11 | September 18 | Blackwater | W 107–101 | Elijah Millsap (25) | Elijah Millsap (14) | Chris Ross (6) | Alonte Sports Arena | 8–3
Playoffs
Bracket
Game log
|- style="background:#bfb" | 1 | September 22 | NLEX | W 114–110 | Elijah Millsap (39) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | June Mar Fajardo (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0
|- style="background:#fbb" | 1 | September 26 | Ginebra | L 108–115 | Elijah Millsap (29) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | Elijah Millsap (11) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 2 | September 28 | Ginebra | W 95–92 | Elijah Millsap (25) | June Mar Fajardo (23) | Alex Cabagnot (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 3 | September 30 | Ginebra | L 96–97 | Elijah Millsap (24) | Fajardo, Millsap (12) | Alex Cabagnot (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |- style="background:#bfb" | 4 | October 2 | Ginebra | W 101–72 | Marcio Lassiter (25) | Elijah Millsap (17) | Chris Ross (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum22,196 | 2–2