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2016–17 PBA season

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2016–17 PBA season
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The 2016–17 PBA season was the 42nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The league continues to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup are the second and third conferences in the upcoming season.

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The first event of the season was the 2016 PBA draft, held on October 30.[1]

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Executive board

Teams

Coaching changes

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Arenas

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Like several Metro Manila-centric leagues, most games are held at arenas within Metro Manila, either the Smart Araneta Coliseum or the Mall of Asia Arena, and sometimes, in the Ynares Center in Antipolo. Games outside this area are called "out-of-town" games, and are usually played on Saturdays. Provincial arenas usually host one game, rarely two; these arenas typically host only once per season, but a league may return within a season if the turnout is satisfactory.

Typically, all playoff games are held in Metro Manila arenas, although playoff and finals games have been seldom played in the provinces.

Main arenas

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PhilSports Arena
Filoil Flying V Arena
Ynares Center
Cuneta Astrodome
Mall of Asia Arena
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Main arenas of the PBA in Metro Manila and Rizal

Out-of-town arenas

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Antipolo
Antipolo
Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro
Bocaue
Bocaue
Angeles
Angeles
Iloilo City
Iloilo City
Lapu-Lapu City
Lapu-Lapu City
Lucena
Lucena
Tubod
Tubod
Davao City
Davao City
Batangas City
Batangas City
Legazpi
Legazpi
Calasiao
Calasiao
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa
Biñan
Biñan
Provincial venues of the PBA that hosted one game day (red), and two or more game days (blue).

Highlighted are playoff games.

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Retirement

  • September 10, 2016: Michael Burtscher officially announced his retirement after playing 5 seasons in the PBA.[4][5]
  • November 3, 2016: Jimmy Alapag officially announced his retirement after playing 13 seasons in the PBA.[6]
  • November 18, 2016: Yousef Taha officially announced that he left the country back to his hometown Kuwait, thereby ending his PBA career. Taha, though not officially retiring, said that he left for personal reasons and "he felt that it is best for him to not continue his PBA career". Taha played for five different teams in his 4 seasons in the league.[7] However, he returned to the country to play again a year later.[8]
  • November 19, 2016: Nelbert Omolon officially announced his retirement after playing 12 seasons in the PBA to focus on his agribusiness career.[9]
  • November 27, 2016: Eddie Laure officially announced his retirement after playing 12 seasons in the PBA to focus on new role as coach for UST.[10]
  • December 15, 2016: Rob Reyes officially announced his retirement after playing 8 seasons in the PBA.[11]
  • May 7, 2017: Eric Menk officially announced his retirement after playing 16 seasons in the PBA.[12]
  • September 2, 2017: Mick Pennisi officially announced his retirement after playing 17 seasons in the PBA.[13]

Coaching changes

Offseason

Philippine Cup

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Notable events

Pre-season

  • The Mahindra Enforcer silently changed their name to Mahindra Floodbuster. The team's new logo debuted during the league's annual draft.
  • November 14 – The PBA officially launched its own smartphone application named "PBA: The App" which is currently available on Google Play and Apple App Store. The app featured news articles, scores, schedules, stats of the games and profiles of the teams and players.[18]

Philippine Cup

Commissioner's Cup

  • The league took two week-long breaks during the Commissioner's Cup: first during the All-Star Week (April 26 to 30) and second during the Philippines' hosting of the SEABA Championship (May 12 to 18).
  • A different All-Star Week format was adopted for this season. Three PBA All-Star teams, one each with players representing Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao pitted against Gilas Pilipinas, the men's national basketball team. Gilas Pilipinas players played for the PBA All-Star team if they hail to the game's host region.
  • PBA Chairman Mikee Romero was issued with a warrant of arrest by the Manila Regional Trial Court over allegations that he stole P3.4 million from his family's company Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc.[21] While Romero will remain as the PBA Chairman, Ramoncito Fernandez of the NLEX Road Warriors will be the acting chairman of the board of governors during Romero's absence.[22]
  • April 28 – After the Luzon leg of the All-Star Week, Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes announced the 12 man lineup that will compete for the SEABA Championship. Subsequently, the All-Star Game team lineups for the Visayas leg scheduled on April 30 were altered. June Mar Fajardo and Terrence Romeo, originally supposed to play for the PBA Visayas All-Stars were transferred to the Gilas Pilipinas team. LA Tenorio and Rabeh Al-Hussaini replaced them in the PBA Visayas All-Stars lineup.
  • May 28 – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel wore their throwback 1991 Ginebra San Miguel jerseys in honor of the team who won the 1991 First Conference championship coming from a 1–3 deficit.[23]
  • June 14 – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel wore their throwback 1996 Ginebra San Miguel jerseys.

Governors' Cup

  • The Mahindra Floodbuster changed their name to Kia Picanto. The team's new logo and uniforms debuted at the opening day of the Governors' Cup on July 19.
  • August 26 – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel wore their throwback 2001 Barangay Ginebra Kings jerseys in honor of the team who won PBA championships from 2004 to 2008.
  • October 22 – Game 5 of the Governors' Cup finals between Barangay Ginebra and Meralco held at the Philippine Arena set the all-time PBA finals attendance record of 36,445, breaking the previous record of 23,436 fans during Game 3 of the 2013 Commissioner's Cup between Alaska and Barangay Ginebra.[24]
  • October 25 – 53,642 fans attended game 6 of the Governors' Cup finals at the Philippine Arena. This record broke the finals attendance record as well as the all-time overall attendance record of 52,612, set during the opening of 2014–15 season on October 19, 2014.[25]
  • October 27 – Game 7 of the Governors' Cup finals broke the records set on October 22 and 25 as 54,086 fans watched the series clinching game between Barangay Ginebra and Meralco.[26]
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Opening ceremonies

The opening ceremonies for this season was held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on November 20, 2016. The first game of the Philippine Cup between the Star Hotshots and the San Miguel Beermen immediately followed.

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

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2016–17 Philippine Cup

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Elimination round

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Source: PBA.ph
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  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
  2. Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
  3. Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
  4. Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-7)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1San Miguel98
8Rain or Shine91
1San Miguel4
(Best-of-3)
4TNT3
4TNT2
5GlobalPort0
1San Miguel4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
7Barangay Ginebra1
2Alaska8197
7Barangay Ginebra85108
7Barangay Ginebra4
(Best-of-3)
3Star3
3Star2
6Phoenix0

Quarterfinals

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*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while Team #2 has to win twice.

Semifinals

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Finals

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2017 Commissioner's Cup

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Elimination round

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Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
  3. Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Barangay Ginebra96
8GlobalPort85
1Barangay Ginebra1
(Best-of-3)
4TNT3
4TNT2
5Meralco1
4TNT2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2San Miguel4
2San Miguel115
7Phoenix96
2San Miguel3
(Best-of-3)
3Star1
3Star2
6Rain or Shine0

Quarterfinals

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*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while Team #2 has to win twice.

Semifinals

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Finals

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2017 Governors' Cup

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Elimination round

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Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
  2. Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
  3. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
(Top 4 twice-to-beat)
Semifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
1Meralco91104
8Blackwater9296
1Meralco3
4Star0
4Star89
5NLEX77
1Meralco3
3Barangay Ginebra4
2TNT102118
7Rain or Shine106114
2TNT1
3Barangay Ginebra3
3Barangay Ginebra104
6San Miguel84

Quarterfinals

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*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while Team #2 has to win twice.

Semifinals

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Finals

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Individual awards

Leo Awards

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

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Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Local players

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Import players

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Individual game highs

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Team statistical leaders

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Cumulative standings

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Elimination rounds

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Notes:
  1. Elimination round head-to-head: Barangay Ginebra 3–0 Star
  2. Elimination round head-to-head: Blackwater 2–1 Phoenix

Playoffs

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