2016–17 Kia Picanto season explained

Team:	Kia Picanto (PBA team)
Pbayear:	2016–17
Coach:	Manny Pacquiao
1C-Name:	Philippine Cup
1C-Wins:	3
1C-Losses:	8
1C-Place:	10
1C-Playoffs:	Did not qualify
2C-Name:	Commissioner's Cup
2C-Wins:	3
2C-Losses:	8
2C-Place:	10
2C-Playoffs:	Did not qualify
3C-Name:	Governors' Cup
3C-Wins:	0
3C-Losses:	11
3C-Place:	12
3C-Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Owners:	Columbian Autocar Corporation
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 Kia Picanto season was the third season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Mahindra Floodbuster for the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup.

Key dates

2016

October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

See main article: 2016 PBA draft.

Regular draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
2	4	Joseph Eriobu	F		Caida Tile Masters	Mapua
3	17	Cedrick Ablaza	F		Cagayan Rising Suns	STI
4	19	Jan Niccolo Jamon	G		Cafe France Bakers	EAC
5	23	Paolo Pontejos	G		Wang's Basketball Couriers	JRU

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| November 25| GlobalPort| L 75–97| Alex Mallari (17)| Alex Mallari (9)| Alex Mallari (3)| Smart Araneta Coliseum
| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| November 30| Rain or Shine| L 83–105| Escoto, Mallari, Paniamogan (10)| Alex Mallari (10)| Josan Nimes (2)| Ynares Center
| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| December 4| Phoenix| L 104–114| Alex Mallari (19)| Joseph Eriobu (10)| four players (2)| Smart Araneta Coliseum
| 0–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| December 11| San Miguel| L 91–94| Alex Mallari (21)| Alex Mallari (8)| Mallari, Revilla (3)| Smart Araneta Coliseum
| 0–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| December 16| Barangay Ginebra| L 70–89| Mark Yee (15)| Mark Yee (8)| Mallari, Paniamogan, Revilla (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum
| 0–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6| December 25| Blackwater| W 97–93 (OT)| Alex Mallari (23)| Mark Yee (14)| Alex Mallari (4)| Philippine Arena
| 1–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7| January 11| Meralco| W 105–92| Philip Paniamogan (25)| Jason Ballesteros (8)| Alex Mallari (11)| Smart Araneta Coliseum
| 2–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| January 18| TNT| L 92–104| Alex Mallari (19)| Araña, Deutchman, Mallari (7)| Alex Mallari (5)| Cuneta Astrodome| 2–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| January 22| Alaska| L 91–107| Alex Mallari (23)| Jason Ballesteros (6)| Alex Mallari (8)| PhilSports Arena| 2–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 10| January 27| NLEX| W 106–96| Alex Mallari (30)| Ballesteros, Mallari (10)| Alex Mallari (9)| Cuneta Astrodome| 3–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| February 1| Star| L 87–124| Mallari, Salva (15)| Jason Ballesteros (8)| LA Revilla (7)| Cuneta Astrodome| 3–8

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| March 17| Meralco| L 86–94| James White (33)| James White (16)| Alex Mallari (7)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| March 19| Rain or Shine| L 95–99 (OT)| James White (29)| James White (21)| Alex Mallari (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 0–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| March 24| NLEX| W 89–81| James White (30)| James White (23)| LA Revilla (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| March 29| Alaska| L 92–98| James White (30)| James White (14)| Celda, Mallari (4)| Mall of Asia Arena| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| April 5| Star| L 83–97| Alex Mallari (24)| Keith Wright (14)| Keith Wright (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| April 9| TNT| L 84–86| Keith Wright (26)| Keith Wright (13)| Keith Wright (4)| Mall of Asia Arena| 1–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| April 19| San Miguel| L 80–109| Keith Wright (16)| Keith Wright (12)| LA Revilla (7)| Cuneta Astrodome| 1–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| April 23| GlobalPort| L 86–105| Keith Wright (23)| Keith Wright (9)| LA Revilla (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–7|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#cfc;"| 9| May 7| Blackwater| W 96–87| Reden Celda (18)| Keith Wright (16)| Celda, Revilla (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 10| May 21| Phoenix| W 122–121 (OT)| LA Revilla (26)| Keith Wright (21)| LA Revilla (5)| Mall of Asia Arena| 3–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 2| Barangay Ginebra| L 80–94| Keith Wright (21)| Keith Wright (22)| LA Revilla (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 3–8

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| July 19| Phoenix| L 105–118| Markeith Cummings (31)| Markeith Cummings (10)| Markeith Cummings (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| July 22| NLEX| L 93–100| Markeith Cummings (30)| Markeith Cummings (15)| Reden Celda (5)| Mall of Asia Arena| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| July 28| TNT| L 96–106| Markeith Cummings (27)| Markeith Cummings (7)| Nico Elorde (6)| Ynares Center| 0–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| August 2| Barangay Ginebra| L 99–120| Reden Celda (21)| Jason Ballesteros (10)| LA Revilla (8)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 0–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| August 6| Meralco| L 97–112| Markeith Cummings (20)| Markeith Cummings (7)| LA Revilla (8)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 0–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| August 13| Rain or Shine| L 86–94| Markeith Cummings (30)| Markeith Cummings (12)| LA Revilla (7)| Mall of Asia Arena| 0–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| August 20| GlobalPort| L 90–102| Markeith Cummings (37)| Markeith Cummings (6)| LA Revilla (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 0–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| September 1| Blackwater| L 97–118| Geron Johnson (28)| Jackson Corpuz (10)| Geron Johnson (6)| Ynares Center| 0–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| September 10| Alaska| L 94–102| Geron Johnson (39)| Geron Johnson (9)| Geron Johnson (7)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 0–9|- style="background:#fcc;" | 10| September 16| San Miguel| L 112–118| Geron Johnson (42)| Geron Johnson (10)| Geron Johnson (8)| Mall of Asia Arena | 0–10|- style="background:#fcc;" | 11| September 22| Star| L 81–128| Geron Johnson (27)| Corpuz, Johnson (9)| Geron Johnson (5)| Mall of Asia Arena | 0–11

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

November 3, 2016^[2]

To Mahindra

Dennice Villamor
Franklin Bonifacio

To Barangay Ginebra

Philippine

Free agency

Subtraction

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Country	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
			1	March 17 (vs. Meralco)	March 29 (vs. Alaska)	1–3
			36	April 5 (vs. Star)	May 26 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)	2–5
			3	July 19 (vs. Phoenix)	August 20 (vs. GlobalPort)	0–7
			55	September 1 (vs. Kia)	September 22 (vs. Star)	0–4

Notes and References

http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/rr-garcia-to-smb-ramos-to-star-mallari-arana-to-mahindra-in-3-team-trade RR Garcia to SMB, Ramos to Star, Mallari, Arana to Mahindra in 3-team trade
http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/paolo-taha-to-ginebra-bonifacio-villamor-trade-mahindra paolo taha to ginebra, bonifacio and villamor traded to mahindra
http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/paolo-taha-to-ginebra-bonifacio-villamor-trade-mahindra paolo taha to ginebra, bonifacio and villamor traded to mahindra
Web site: KG Canaleta goes to Globalport as Mahindra loses another key player after Aldrech Ramos. spin.ph. November 1, 2016. November 21, 2016.
Web site: Player of the Week: Mallari ties career best . December 26, 2016 . Inquirer.net . March 3, 2017.