The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2017 Oppo-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2016–17 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10".New PBA import height ceiling throws monkey wrench into Ginebra plans for Brownlee, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, November 4, 2016PBA eyes invitational for Asian teams, removal of import handicapping, Rappler, November 5, 2016
The tournament had two breaks with no games scheduled for more than seven days: first during the All-Star Week (April 26 to 30) and second during the SEABA Championship (May 12 to 18).
Format The following format will be 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, a playoff game will be held only for the #8 seed. 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
Eighth seed playoff
Bracket
Quarterfinals (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) GlobalPort
(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Phoenix
(3) Star vs. (6) Rain or Shine
(4) TNT vs. (5) Meralco
Semifinals (1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (4) TNT
(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Star
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 Cory Jefferson March 18 (vs. GlobalPort) June 4 (vs. GlobalPort) 4–8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Justin Brownlee April 1 (vs. Phoenix) June 17 (vs. TNT) 11–5 Blackwater Elite Greg Smith March 18 (vs. Phoenix) May 31 (vs. San Miguel) 3–8 GlobalPort Batang Pier Sean Williams March 18 (vs. Alaska) April 5 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 0–3 Malcolm White April 8 (vs. Blackwater) May 5 (vs. Phoenix) 2–3 Justin Harper May 10 (vs. Meralco) June 6 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) 3–2 Mahindra Floodbuster James White March 17 (vs. Meralco) March 29 (vs. Alaska) 1–3 Keith WrightStruggling Mahindra pins hope on new import in duel versus Star, pba.ph, April 4, 2017 April 5 (vs. Star) June 2 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra) 2–5 Meralco Bolts Alex Stepheson March 17 (vs. Mahindra) June 9 (vs. TNT) 8–6 NLEX Road Warriors Wayne ChismWayne Chism looking in the best of shape as he reunites with Yeng Guiao at NLEX, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, February 19, 2017 March 17 (vs. Rain or Shine) May 27 (vs. Phoenix) 2–9 Phoenix Fuel Masters Eugene PhelpsEugene Phelps back to hold the fort as Phoenix negotiates with import of choice, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, March 8, 2017 March 18 (vs. Blackwater) March 18 (vs. Blackwater) 1–0 Jameel McKay March 22 (vs. Star) June 6 (vs. San Miguel) 3–8 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Shawn Taggart March 17 (vs. NLEX) May 6 (vs. Star) 4–4 Duke CrewsRain or Shine parts ways with Shawn Taggart, brings back Duke Crews, interaksyon.com, Rey Joble, May 10, 2017 May 19 (vs. Ginebra) June 7 (vs. Star) 1–4 San Miguel Beermen Charles Rhodes April 2 (vs. Meralco) July 2 (vs. TNT) 17–5 Star Hotshots Tony Mitchell March 22 (vs. Phoenix) May 6 (vs. Rain or Shine) 6–2 Ricardo Ratliffe May 10 (vs. TNT) June 16 (vs. San Miguel) 6–3 TNT KaTropa Lou AmundsonAmundson, Ka Tropa giving Black the cold feet, pba.ph, March 23, 2017 March 24 (vs. Meralco) March 26 (vs. Phoenix) 1–1 Donté GreeneDonte Greene on stand-by as fellow NBA veteran Lou Amundson makes TNT debut, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, March 23, 2017 March 31 (vs. Blackwater) May 10 (vs. Star) 5–2 Joshua Smith May 20 (vs. Alaska) July 2 (vs. San Miguel) 9–6
Awards
Conference Best Player of the Conference: Chris Ross Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference: Charles Rhodes Finals MVP: Alex Cabagnot
Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. March 17–19James Yap March 20–26Mark Barroca March 27 – April 2Sonny Thoss April 3–9LA Tenorio April 10–16Jeff Chan April 17–23LA Tenorio May 2–7Baser Amer May 8–21Jericho Cruz May 22–28LA Tenorio May 29 – June 4Chris Ross June 5 – June 11Roger Pogoy June 12–18Jayson Castro
References
External links PBA.ph