2022–23 Blackwater Bossing season
Head coachAriel Vanguardia (interim)
Owner(s)Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record5–6
(45.5%)
Place8th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record3–9
(25%)
Place12th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record1–10
(9.1%)
Place12th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Blackwater Bossing seasons

The 2022–23 Blackwater Bossing season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Place of birth College
11Brandon Ganuelas-RosserC USAUC Riverside
19Kurt LojeraG PhilippinesDe La Salle
111Mark DykeF PhilippinesDe La Salle
213Ato UlarF PhilippinesLetran
325Daryl PascualC PhilippinesLetran
437Earvin LacsamanaC CanadaChamplain
545Arthur NavaseroG PhilippinesCentennial

Roster

Blackwater Bossing roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 0 Philippines Ilagan, RK 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1997–04–03 San Sebastian
G 1 United States DiGregorio, Michael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–12–12 McKendree
G/F 4 Philippines Suerte, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1994–10–04 UE
F 5 Philippines Ular, Ato (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 1995–05–04 Letran
G 6 Philippines Casio, JVee (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1986–09–01 De La Salle
F 7 Philippines Dyke, Mark (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1997–09–28 De La Salle
G 9 Philippines Amer, Baser 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992–09–29 San Beda
G 10 United States McCarthy, Rashawn 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–09–10 SUNY–Old Westbury
F 15 Philippines Sena, James 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988–08–31 José Rizal
F 18 Philippines Rosario, Troy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1992–01–20 National-U
F 21 United States Hill, Tyrus (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1996–03–20 De La Salle
F 23 Philippines Escoto, Richard 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1997–03–21 Far Eastern
G 28 Philippines Ayonayon, Mike 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992–12–08 Philippine Christian
F 31 Philippines Publico, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1992–11–29 Letran
G/F 33 United States Torralba, Joshua 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 204 lb (93 kg) 1993–09–09 De La Salle
C 55 Kuwait Taha, Yousef 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1988–07–08 Mapúa
F 77 Philippines Banal, Gab 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1990–09–09 Mapúa
G – United States Jackson, Trevis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1995–09–14 Sacramento State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 TNT Tropang Giga 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
3 Magnolia Hotshots 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
5 Meralco Bolts 7 4 .636 2
6 NLEX Road Warriors 6 5 .545 3
7 Converge FiberXers 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 2] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Blackwater Bossing 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 2] 4
9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 4 7 .364 5
10 NorthPort Batang Pier 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 3] 6
11 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 3] 6
12 Terrafirma Dyip 0 11 .000 9
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient:TNT 1.12, Magnolia 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.90
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Converge 1–0 Blackwater
  3. 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

2022 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 5–6
June: 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 June 9 TNT W 85–78 JVee Casio (22) Yousef Taha (12) Yousef Taha (5) Ynares Center 1–0
2 June 12 Barangay Ginebra L 82–85 Rey Suerte (15) Yousef Taha (13) Baser Amer (4) Ynares Center 1–1
3 June 18 NorthPort W 97–90 JVee Casio (22) McCarthy, Taha (7) Rashawn McCarthy (10) Ynares Center 2–1
4 June 25 Terrafirma W 107–70 Ato Ular (16) Yousef Taha (14) Amer, Melton (5) Ynares Center 3–1
5 June 30 Meralco W 90–89 Casio, Ular (19) Ato Ular (15) Rashawn McCarthy (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–1
July : 1–5
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
6 July 8 Phoenix W 91–89 Ato Ular (34) Ato Ular (10) Yousef Taha (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–1
7 July 10 San Miguel L 107–110 (OT) Rashawn McCarthy (22) Ato Ular (8) Amer, Melton (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum
10,308		 5–2
8 July 13 Rain or Shine L 90–107 Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser (19) Ato Ular (9) Casio, McCarthy (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–3
9 July 15 NLEX L 68–98 Yousef Taha (9) Ato Ular (11) Ayonayon, Melton (4) Ynares Center 5–4
10 July 20 Converge L 90–92 Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser (20) Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser (12) Amer, Casio, Eboña (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–5
11 July 22 Magnolia L 66–75 Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser (12) Ganuelas-Rosser, Ular (7) JVee Casio (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 5–6

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1San Miguel123
8Blackwater93
1San Miguel4
(Best-of-3)
5Meralco3
4Barangay Ginebra1
5Meralco2
1San Miguel4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2TNT3
2TNT116
7Converge95
2TNT4
(Best-of-3)
3Magnolia2
3Magnolia2
6NLEX1

Game log

2022 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1
Quarterfinals: 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 July 27 San Miguel L 93–123 Ato Ular (15) Ato Ular (11) Baser Amer (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Bay Area Dragons (G) 10 2 .833[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Magnolia Hotshots 10 2 .833[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 9 3 .750 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Converge FiberXers 8 4 .667 2
5 San Miguel Beermen 7 5 .583 3
6 NorthPort Batang Pier 6 6 .500[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 6 6 .500[lower-alpha 2] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 7 .417[lower-alpha 3] 5
9 NLEX Road Warriors 5 7 .417[lower-alpha 3] 5
10 Meralco Bolts 4 8 .333[lower-alpha 4] 6
11 TNT Tropang Giga 4 8 .333[lower-alpha 4] 6
12 Blackwater Bossing 3 9 .250 7
13 Terrafirma Dyip 1 11 .083 9
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[3]
(G) Guests
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Bay Area 1–0 Magnolia
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Phoenix
  3. 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 110–100 NLEX
  4. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 TNT

Game log

2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 3–9
September: 1–2
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 September 21, 2022 Bay Area L 87–133 Ato Ular (13) Ato Ular (14) Cameron Krutwig (8) SM Mall of Asia Arena 0–1
2 September 24, 2022 Phoenix W 97–85 Baser Amer (24) Cameron Krutwig (16) Cameron Krutwig (7) SM Mall of Asia Arena 1–1
3 September 30, 2022 NLEX L 102–105 Baser Amer (26) Cameron Krutwig (14) Cameron Krutwig (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–2
October : 2–3
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
4 October 5, 2022 San Miguel W 109–106 Cameron Krutwig (20) Cameron Krutwig (18) Cameron Krutwig (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–2
5 October 12, 2022 NorthPort L 83–87 Cameron Krutwig (28) Cameron Krutwig (17) Banal, Krutwig (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–3
6 October 14, 2022 Terrafirma W 93–86 Cameron Krutwig (29) Cameron Krutwig (24) Amer, McCarthy (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–3
7 October 22, 2022 TNT L 98–108 Cameron Krutwig (25) Ato Ular (13) Ato Ular (6) PhilSports Arena 3–4
8 October 30, 2022 Converge L 71–77 Cameron Krutwig (16) Cameron Krutwig (15) Cameron Krutwig (4) Ynares Center 3–5
November : 0–4
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
9 November 6, 2022 Magnolia L 69–91 Ato Ular (14) Cameron Krutwig (16) Cameron Krutwig (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum
10,149		 3–6
10 November 11, 2022 Meralco L 98–102 (OT) Cameron Krutwig (23) Cameron Krutwig (19) Cameron Krutwig (6) Ynares Center 3–7
11 November 18, 2022 Barangay Ginebra L 84–98 Ato Ular (20) Cameron Krutwig (15) Cameron Krutwig (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–8
12 November 25, 2022 Rain or Shine L 97–116 Cameron Krutwig (23) Cameron Krutwig (17) Cameron Krutwig (4) PhilSports Arena 3–9

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 TNT Tropang Giga 10 1 .909 — Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818 1
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 3 .727 2
4 Meralco Bolts 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 Magnolia Hotshots 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 3 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6 NLEX Road Warriors 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 1] 3
7 Converge FiberXers 6 5 .545 4
8 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 4 7 .364 6
9 NorthPort Batang Pier 3 8 .273 7
10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2 9 .182 8
11 Terrafirma Dyip 2 9 .182 8
12 Blackwater Bossing 1 10 .091 9
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss[4]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.099, Magnolia 1.0741, NLEX 0.86

Game log

2023 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 1–10
January: 1–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 January 25 NLEX L 102–124 Shawn Glover (26) Ato Ular (11) Rashawn McCarthy (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1
2 January 27 Phoenix W 108–105 Shawn Glover (31) Glover, Taha (13) Rashawn McCarthy (7) Ynares Center 1–1
February : 0–8
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
3 February 1 San Miguel L 86–105 Shawn Glover (16) Shawn Glover (12) RK Ilagan (6) PhilSports Arena 1–2
4 February 4 Meralco L 99–125 Shawn Glover (20) Glover, Ilagan (7) Rashawn McCarthy (8) Ynares Center 1–3
5 February 9 Terrafirma L 106–119 Troy Williams (55) Troy Williams (14) Troy Williams (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–4
6 February 12 Rain or Shine L 117–122 Troy Williams (40) Ular, Williams (13) Baser Amer (7) SM Mall of Asia Arena
11,212		 1–5
7 February 15 TNT L 116–138 Troy Williams (22) Taha, Williams (8) Troy Williams (6) SM Mall of Asia Arena 1–6
8 February 19 Barangay Ginebra L 93–119 Shawn Glover (14) Glover, Ular (10) Glover, Ilagan, McCarthy (3) PhilSports Arena 1–7
9 February 23 Converge L 90–98 Troy Rosario (20) Shawn Glover (10) Shawn Glover (5) PhilSports Arena 1–8
10 February 25 NorthPort L 104–110 Shawn Glover (20) Shawn Glover (9) RK Ilagan (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–9
March : 0–1
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
11 March 8 Magnolia L 95–110 Shawn Glover (22) Ato Ular (10) JVee Casio (10) Ynares Center 1–10

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player Date signed Contract amount Contract length Former team
Yousef Taha May 23, 2022[5] Not disclosed 1 year Re-signed
Rey Publico Alaska Aces
Jollo Go July 21, 2022[6] Marinerong Pilipino Skippers (PBA D-League)
Trevis Jackson September 20, 2022[7] Not disclosed Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Baser Amer December 29, 2022[8] 1 year Re-signed

Trades

Pre-season

May
May 21, 2022[9] To Blackwater
Yousef Taha		 To Converge
Kurt Lojera

Mid-season

September
September 19, 2022[10] To Blackwater
Gab Banal
Troy Rosario		 To NLEX
Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser
2022 NorthPort second-round pick (from Blackwater)
2025 Blackwater second-round pick		 To TNT
Calvin Oftana
Raul Soyud

Commissioner's Cup

January
January 3, 2023[11] To Blackwater
Michael DiGregorio
Tyrus Hill
RK Ilagan		 To Converge
Barkley Eboña
2022 TNT first-round pick

Recruited imports

TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupCameron KrutwigSeptember 21, 2022 (vs. Bay Area)November 25, 2022 (vs. Rain or Shine)3–9
Governors' CupShawn GloverJanuary 25, 2023 (vs. NLEX)March 8, 2023 (vs. Magnolia)1–7
Troy WilliamsFebruary 9, 2023 (vs. Terrafirma)February 15, 2023 (vs. TNT)0–3

Awards

Recipient Honors Date awarded
Ato Ular 2022–23 PBA All-Rookie Team November 19, 2023[12]

References

  1. ↑ , PBA.ph, June 1, 2022
  2. ↑ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ Ramos, Gerry. "Blackwater signs newly acquired Yousef Taha to one-year deal". Spin.ph. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  6. ↑ Ramos, Gerry. "Playoff-bound Blackwater signs Jollo Go from D-League". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  7. ↑ Ramos, Gerry. "Blackwater gives free agent Trevis Jackson a new lease on life". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  8. ↑ Ramos, Gerry. "Baser Amer signs new contract with Blackwater Bossing". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  9. ↑ Ramos, Gerry. "Blackwater trades rookie Kurt Lojera to Converge for Yousef Taha". Spin.ph. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  10. ↑ Ramos, Gerry. "Rosario now a Bossing, Oftana goes to TNT as PBA approves trade". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  11. ↑ Ramos, Gerry. "DiGregorio, Ilagan, Hill to Blackwater as Converge gets Ebona, draft pick". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Cone clinches another Coach of the Year, Jolas named Executive of the Year". PBA.ph. November 19, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
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