Blackwater Elite

Blackwater Elite
	2017–18 Blackwater Elite season
History
	; Blackwater Elite (2014–present)
Joined PBA;	2014
Team colors	Red, Black, White; ;
Company	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Owner(s)	Dioceldo S. Sy
Board governor	Silliman Sy;
Team manager	Joel Co
Head coach	Bong Ramos
Retired numbers	; 1 (11)
Championships
	None
Uniforms
; ; ; ; ; ; ; Light;	; ; ; ; ; ; ; Dark;

Blackwater Elite is a professional basketball team owned by Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. that is playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) beginning in the 2014–2015 season. The franchise began as one of the founding teams in the PBA Developmental League. It transferred to the PBA after being accepted as an expansion team. The team is named after the Ever Bilena's brand of men's fragrances.

History[edit]

PBA D-League[edit]

Blackwater was one of the founding teams in the PBA Developmental League (PBA D-League). It won one PBA D-League championship. The team's predecessor was the Blu Detergent team^[1] in the Philippine Basketball League (PBL), best known as the first Philippine basketball team of Asi Taulava.^[2]

PBA expansion franchise application[edit]

On April 10, 2014, Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc., along with Manila North Tollways Corporation (NLEX Road Warriors) and Columbian Autocar Corporation (Kia Sorento) were given approval by the PBA Board of Governors to become expansion teams in the PBA.^[3] Upon entry to the PBA, the three teams will select players from a dispersal draft in July consisting of unprotected current PBA players and free agents.^[4] They will also get to pick rookies in the 2014 PBA draft in August.^[5]

Blackwater and the NLEX Road Warriors became the first franchises to enter the PBA from its D-League.

First win in franchise history[edit]

With the help of Gilas player Marcus Douthit, Blackwater got their first win in 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup against San Miguel Beermen, 80-77.

International stint[edit]

On July 12, 2018, Blackwater Elite completed a six-game sweep of the Pacific Caesar 50th Anniversary Pro Tournament in Surabaya, Indonesia.^[6]

The following week, they represented the Philippines along with NLEX Road Warriors in the Asia League's Summer Super 8 Invitational Tournament held in Macau.^[7]

Current roster[edit]

Blackwater Elite roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	5000000000000000000♠0	Cortez, Mike (C)	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1980–10–11	De La Salle
G	7000100000000000000♠1	DiGregorio, Michael	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990–12–12	McKendree
G	7000200000000000000♠2	Banal, Raphael	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1992–10–28	Hope International
G	7000600000000000000♠6	Sumang, Roi	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1990–12–12	UE
C	7000700000000000000♠7	Erram, John Paul	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1989–07–07	Ateneo
G	7000800000000000000♠8	Zamar, Paul	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	1987–10–20	UE
G	7000900000000000000♠9	Cruz, Mark	7000167640000000000♠5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1992–07–27	Letran
G	7001100000000000000♠10	Pinto, John	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–10–15	Arellano
F	7001120000000000000♠12	Belo, Mac	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1993–02–12	Far Eastern
F	7001150000000000000♠15	Sena, James	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1988–08–31	José Rizal
G	7001160000000000000♠16	Palma, Renz	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)		1993–01–03	UE
C	7001210000000000000♠21	Al-Hussaini, Rabeh	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1988–08–11	Ateneo
G/F	7001220000000000000♠22	Maliksi, Allein	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1987–09–18	UST
F	7001230000000000000♠23	Jose, Raymar	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992–08–06	Far Eastern
F/C	7001280000000000000♠28	Javier, Chris	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–12–06	UE
F	7001410000000000000♠41	Neypes, Kyle	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)			National-U

Head coach

Bong Ramos

Assistant coach(es)

Aris Dimaunahan (1st Assistant)

Junjie Ablan

Patrick Aquino

Joel Co

Tylon Darjuan

Benjie Sipin

Vince Hizon (Consultant)

Team manager

Joel Co

Legend

(C) Team captain

(I) Import

(DP) Unsigned draft pick

(FA) Free agent

(IN) Inactive

(S) Suspended

(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Depth chart[edit]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	JP Erram	Rabeh Al-Hussaini	Chris Javier
PF	Raymar Jose	James Sena	Kyle Neypes
SF	Mac Belo	Allein Maliksi	Emil Palma
SG	Paul Zamar	Mike DiGregorio	Mike Cortez	Ael Banal
PG	John Pinto	Roi Sumang	Mark Cruz

Other players[edit]

Local Players

(A-F)

Dylan Ababou (2016-2017)

Val Acuña

Raymond Aguilar (2016-2017)

Jason Ballesteros (2014-2016)

Raphael Banal (2016–present)

Mac Belo (2016–present)

Gilbert Bulawan (2014-2016)

Niño Canaleta (2017–present)

Jerick Cañada

JR Cawaling

Robby Celiz

Reil Cervantes

Mike Cortez

Mark Cruz (2017–present)

Arthur dela Cruz (2015-2017)

Chris Ellis (2017–present)

J.P. Erram

Bryan Faundo

James Forrester (2016-2017)

(G-L)

Riego Gamalinda

Frank Golla (2016)

Brian Heruela

Carlo Lastimosa

Eddie Laure

(M-R)

Dave Marcelo (2017–present)

Jason Melano

Denok Miranda (2016–present)

Alex Nuyles

Kyle Pascual

Tristan Perez (2016–present)

John Pinto (2016–present)

Raphael Reyes

Larry Rodriguez

(S-Z)

Sunday Salvacion

James Sena

Shej Roi Sumang

Chris Timberlake

Juami Tiongson

Almond Vosotros

Imports

Eric Dawson (2016)

Imad Qahwash (2016)

Trevis Simpson (2017)

Greg Smith (2017)

Henry Walker (2017)

Retired numbers[edit]

N°	Player	Position	Tenure
Blackwater Elite retired number
11	Gilbert Bulawan	PF/ C	2014–2016^[a]

^a – The team retired his jersey number in his honor during Blackwater's first game in the 2016 PBA Governors' Cup versus the NLEX Road Warriors on July 16, 2016. He collapsed and died during the team's practice on July 3, 2016.^[8]^[9]

Season-by-season records[edit]

Records from the 2016-17 PBA season:

Conf.	Team name	Elimination round				Playoffs
Conf.	Team name	Finish	W	L	PCT	Stage	Results
PHI	Blackwater Elite	9th/12	5	6	.455	8th seed playoffs	Rain or Shine 103*, Blackwater 80
COM		11th/12	2	9	.182	Did not qualify
GOV		8th/12	5	6	.455	Quarterfinals	Meralco** def. Blackwater in 2 games
Total elimination round			12	21	.364	0 semifinal appearances
Total playoffs			1	3	.333	0 Finals appearances
Total 2016-17			13	23	.361	0 championships
Total franchise			24	79	.304	0 championships

*one-game playoffs
**team had the twice-to-beat advantage

References[edit]

^ "Blackwater set to join PBA as 11th franchise". Philstar.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ Richard Dy (16 September 2014). "Expansion ballclub Blackwater Sports keen to show it belongs ahead of PBA debut". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

^ "PBA approves entry of new teams NLEX, Kia, Blackwater for next season". InterAksyon.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

^ "PBA readies dispersal draft". Philstar.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

^ "solarsportsdesk.ph". Solarsportsdesk.ph. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

^ "Blackwater sweeps Pacific Caesar Basketball Pro tourney". Retrieved 2018-08-09.

^ Lintag, Paul (July 13, 2018). "SUPER 8: PBA's NLEX, Blackwater, set for Macau invitational". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved July 18, 2018.

^ Blackwater set to retire jersey of fallen Gilbert Bulawan Archived 2016-07-06 at the Wayback Machine., Rey Joble, Interaksyon.com, July 4, 2016

^ Blackwater gives tribute to late player Gilbert Bulawan after retiring jersey no.11, Gerry Ramos, SPIN.ph, July 16, 2016

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[1] "Blackwater set to join PBA as 11th franchise". Philstar.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

[2] Richard Dy (16 September 2014). "Expansion ballclub Blackwater Sports keen to show it belongs ahead of PBA debut". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

[3] "PBA approves entry of new teams NLEX, Kia, Blackwater for next season". InterAksyon.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

[4] "PBA readies dispersal draft". Philstar.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

[5] "solarsportsdesk.ph". Solarsportsdesk.ph. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

[:0-6] "Blackwater sweeps Pacific Caesar Basketball Pro tourney". Retrieved 2018-08-09.

[7] Lintag, Paul (July 13, 2018). "SUPER 8: PBA's NLEX, Blackwater, set for Macau invitational". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved July 18, 2018.

[8] Blackwater set to retire jersey of fallen Gilbert Bulawan Archived 2016-07-06 at the Wayback Machine., Rey Joble, Interaksyon.com, July 4, 2016

[9] Blackwater gives tribute to late player Gilbert Bulawan after retiring jersey no.11, Gerry Ramos, SPIN.ph, July 16, 2016

[:0-10] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

v t e Blackwater Elite
Owned_by_Ever_Bilena_Cosmetics,_Inc."> Founded in 2014 Owned by Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.*
Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Seasons
Administration	Owner Dioceldo Sy
Head coaches	Leo Isaac Bong Ramos
Retired numbers	11
Seasons (4)	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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