The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2016 Oppo-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2015–16 PBA season. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'9" for the top eight teams of the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup, while the bottom four teams were allowed to hire imports with no height limit.PBA approves 6-9 import limit for bottom teams in Govs Cup, no restrictions in Commissioner's Cup, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, August 28, 2015

Format Due to the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the upcoming 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the opening of Governors' Cup was moved at the conclusion of the FIBA tournament.PBA facing year-long season after giving way to Gilas stint in Olympic wildcard qualifiers, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, October 14, 2015

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference: Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoff games will be held only for the #2 and #8 seeds. Quarterfinals: QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat) QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat) QF3: #3 vs #6 (best-of-3 series) QF4: #4 vs #5 (best-of-3 series) Semifinals (best-of-5 series): SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner Finals (best-of-7 series) F1: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Elimination round Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1) San Miguel vs. (8) Star

(2) Meralco vs. (7) NLEX

(3) Alaska vs. (6) TNT

(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Rain or Shine

Semifinals (1) San Miguel vs. (5) Rain or Shine

(2) Meralco vs. (3) Alaska

Finals

Imports The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference. Team Name Debuted Last game Record Alaska Aces No Import February 19 (vs. Blackwater) 0–1 Shane EdwardsAlaska puts import Rob Dozier on injured list; Shane Edwards comes in as temporary replacement , Rey Joble, InterAksyon.com, February 23, 2016 February 24 (vs. TNT) April 8 (vs. Meralco) 6–3 Robert Dozier April 15 (vs. NLEX) May 18 (vs. Rain or Shine) 8–7 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Othyus JeffersTim Cone bares Ginebra bringing in former TNT import Othyus Jeffers for Commissioner's Cup, spin.ph, January 4, 2016 February 12 (vs. NLEX) April 19 (vs. Rain or Shine) 7–6 Blackwater Elite M. J. Rhett Isaac likens Blackwater import MJ Rhett to Chris Bosh , Richard Dy, The Philippine Star, January 9, 2016 February 10 (vs. TNT) April 10 (vs. Rain or Shine) 3–8GlobalPort Batang Pier Brian WilliamsABL mainstay completes cast of imports, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, February 6, 2016 February 12 (vs. Mahindra) February 14 (vs. Ginebra) 1–1 Calvin Warner February 19 (vs. TNT) March 6 (vs. Blackwater) 1–3 Shawn Taggart March 12 (vs. Alaska)April 8 (vs. Phoenix) 1−4 Mahindra Enforcer Augustus GilchristMahindra enforcing Augustus Gilchrist as Commissioner’s Cup import, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, January 6, 2016 February 12 (vs. GlobalPort) April 13 (vs. Star) 4–7 Meralco Bolts Arinze OnuakuArinze Onuaku replaces injured Malcolm Thomas in last-minute import change for Bolts, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, February 6, 2016 February 10 (vs. Star) May 4 (vs. Alaska) 11–6 NLEX Road Warriors Al ThorntonNLEX set to bring NBA veteran Al Thornton back as import for Commissioner's Cup, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, December 27, 2015 February 12 (vs. Ginebra) April 18 (vs. Meralco) 5–7 Phoenix Fuel Masters Kenny AdelekePhoenix taps Nigerian import, Marasigan Chavez, The Daily Tribune, February 5, 2016 February 17 (vs. NLEX) February 21 (vs. Meralco) 1–1 Kevinn PinkneyKenny Adeleke out, veteran Kevinn Pinkney in as Phoenix makes import change, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, February 26, 2016 February 27 (vs. TNT) April 10 (vs. San Miguel) 2−7 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Wayne ChismPBA: Rain or Shine taps Wayne Chism for Commissioner's Cup, Marisse Panaligan, GMA News Online, November 28, 2015February 13 (vs. Star) February 17 (vs. Meralco) 1–1 Antoine WrightRain or Shine bringing in new import Antoine Wright for injured Wayne Chism, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, February 20, 2016 February 21 (vs. Ginebra) March 4 (vs. NLEX) 1–2 Mo Charlo March 11 (vs. San Miguel) April 5 (vs. GlobalPort) 4−1 Pierre Henderson-Niles April 10 (vs. Blackwater) May 18 (vs. Alaska) 10–3San Miguel Beermen Tyler Wilkerson6 ‘balik-imports’ sign up , Waylon Galvez, Tempo, January 22, 2016February 20 (vs. Mahindra) April 26 (vs. Rain or Shine) 9–6 No Import April 28 (vs. Rain or Shine) 1–0 Arizona ReidArizona Reid to replace Wilkerson as Beermen’s import, Randolph B. Leongson, Inquirer.net, April 28, 2016 May 1 (vs. Rain or Shine) May 1 (vs. Rain or Shine) 0–1 Star Hotshots Denzel Bowles'Monster' Denzel Bowles set for third tour of duty with Star, confirms Rene Pardo, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, January 19, 2016 February 10 (vs. Meralco) February 28 (vs. Ginebra) 1–4 Ricardo RatliffeStar brings in ex-Jones Cup MVP Ricardo Ratliffe for grieving Denzel Bowles , Richard Dy, Fox Sports Asia, March 5, 2016 March 6 (vs. TNT) April 20 (vs. San Miguel) 5–3 Tropang TNT No Import February 10 (vs. Blackwater), February 19 (vs. GlobalPort) 1–1 Ivan JohnsonTalk ’N Text return for former NBA player Ivan Johnson still in play, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, December 29, 2015 February 13 (vs. Meralco) February 13 (vs. Meralco) 0–1 David SimonTNT taps David Simon as banned Johnson's replacement, Marisse Panaligan, GMA News Online, February 19, 2016 February 24 (vs. Alaska) April 22 (vs. Alaska) 6–5

Import handicapping Team Philippine Cup standings ImportheightlimitWL% Alaska Aces 9 2 .818 6'9" San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636 TNT Tropang Texters 6 5 .545 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455 Barako Bull / Phoenix 5 6 .455 Star Hotshots 4 7 .364 unlimited Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273 Mahindra Enforcer 2 9 .182 Meralco Bolts 1 10 .091

Awards

Conference Best Player of the Conference: Calvin Abueva Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Arinze Onuaku Finals MVP: Paul Lee

Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. February 10–14Terrence Romeo Red-hot Terrence Romeo beats out Hodge, Lastimosa for PBA Player of the Week honor, Spin.ph, February 15, 2016 February 15–21Jared Dillinger MERALCO’S DILLINGER BAGS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS , Sports5.ph, February 22, 2016 February 22–28Calvin Abueva Alaska regains rhythm with player of the week Calvin Abueva leading the way, Spin.ph, February 29, 2016 February 29 – March 6Allein Maliksi Player of the Week: Hard work paying off for Star’s Maliksi, PBA.inquirer.net, March 8, 2016 March 7–13Calvin Abueva Calvin Abueva named Player of the Week after monster games against Ginebra, GlobalPort, Spin.ph, March 14, 2016 March 14–20Chris Ross C'Alaska killer' Chris Ross beats out Tenorio, Maliksi for PBA Player of the Week citation, Spin.ph, March 21, 2016 March 21–27Aldrech Ramos Red-hot Aldrech Ramos shoots his way to first ever PBA Player of the Week award, Spin.ph, March 28, 2016 March 30 – April 3Calvin Abueva Calvin Abueva picks up 3rd Player of the Week citation, PBA.inquirer.net, April 4, 2016 April 4–10Jeffrei Chan Hot-shooting Jeff Chan beats Romeo, Fajardo, Alapag for PBA Player of Week citation, Spin.ph, April 11, 2016 April 11–17Troy Rosario Hot-shooting A rookie playing with the savvy of a veteran, Troy Rosario given citation by scribes, Spin.ph, April 20, 2016 April 18–24Maverick Ahanmisi Ahanmisi keeps proving worth with Player of the Week nod, ABS-CBN Sports, April 20, 2016 April 25 – May 2Paul Lee Rejuvenated Paul Lee beats out Calvin Abueva for Player of the Week honor, Spin.ph, May 2, 2016

References

External links PBA.ph