The 2017–18 San Miguel Beermen season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates 2017 October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila.San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College 1 1 Christian Standhardinger F/C 2 17 Louie Vigil G/F Blackwater SportsTanduay Light Rhum MastersBread Story Smashing Bakers 3 34 Jerome Ortega G AMA Titans 4 41 Joseph Nalos G Z.C. AguilasZark's Jawbreakers
Roster
Philippine Cup
Eliminations Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | December 17 | Phoenix | W 104–96 | June Mar Fajardo (23) | June Mar Fajardo (16) | Chris Ross (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum5,600 | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | December 27 | Meralco | W 103–97 | Alex Cabagnot (29) | Arwind Santos (10) | Chris Ross (7) | Ynares Center | 2–0
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | January 13 | TNT | W 88–76 | June Mar Fajardo (20) | Alex Cabagnot (12) | Chris Ross (8) | University of San Agustin Gym | 3–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 4 | January 19 | NLEX | W 109–98 | Arwind Santos (26) | June Mar Fajardo (16) | Alex Cabagnot (9) | Cuneta Astrodome | 4–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 5 | January 24 | GlobalPort | W 107–93 | June Mar Fajardo (34) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | Arwind Santos (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–0 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 6 | January 28 | Barangay Ginebra | L 96–100 | June Mar Fajardo (33) | June Mar Fajardo (11) | Chris Ross (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–1
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 7 | February 4 | Magnolia | W 77–76 | June Mar Fajardo (19) | June Mar Fajardo (21) | Marcio Lassiter (5) | Ynares Center | 6–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 8 | February 9 | Blackwater | L 96–106 | Arwind Santos (22) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | Chris Ross (7) | Cuneta Astrodome | 6–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 9 | February 17 | Alaska | W 109–96 | Chris Ross (24) | June Mar Fajardo (18) | Chris Ross (9) | Batangas City Coliseum | 7–2 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 10 | February 23 | Kia | W 108–106 | Arwind Santos (27) | Arwind Santos (12) | Chris Ross (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 8–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 11 | February 28 | Rain or Shine | L 80–95 | June Mar Fajardo (19) | June Mar Fajardo (10) | Chris Ross (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 8–3
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | March 6 | TNT | W 106–93 | June Mar Fajardo (35) | June Mar Fajardo (11) | Chris Ross (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–0
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | March 9 | Barangay Ginebra | W 102–90 | Arwind Santos (23) | Arwind Santos (9) | Chris Ross (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | March 11 | Barangay Ginebra | W 104–102 (OT) | June Mar Fajardo (33) | June Mar Fajardo (19) | Arwind Santos (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–0 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 3 | March 13 | Barangay Ginebra | L 87–95 | June Mar Fajardo (23) | June Mar Fajardo (16) | Marcio Lassiter (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 2–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 4 | March 15 | Barangay Ginebra | W 102–81 | Marcio Lassiter (23) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | Matt Ganuelas-Rosser (10) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 5 | March 17 | Barangay Ginebra | W 100–94 | June Mar Fajardo (25) | Arwind Santos (13) | Alex Cabagnot (5) | Cuneta Astrodome | 4–1
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | March 23 | Magnolia | L 103–105 | June Mar Fajardo (31) | June Mar Fajardo (18) | Alex Cabagnot (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | March 25 | Magnolia | W 92–77 | Arwind Santos (24) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | Chris Ross (10) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | April 1 | Magnolia | W 111–87 | Marcio Lassiter (24) | June Mar Fajardo (17) | Alex Cabagnot (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 4 | April 4 | Magnolia | W 84–80 | Alex Cabagnot (27) | June Mar Fajardo (13) | Chris Ross (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 5 | April 6 | Magnolia | W 108–99 (2OT) | June Mar Fajardo (42) | June Mar Fajardo (20) | Chris Ross (11) | Mall of Asia Arena | 4–1
Commissioner's Cup Eliminations Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | May 9 | Meralco | L 85–93 | Troy Gillenwater (19) | Troy Gillenwater (14) | Alex Cabagnot (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | May 13 | Rain or Shine | L 119–123 (OT) | Arwind Santos (29) | Christian Standhardinger (15) | Alex Cabagnot (9) | Ynares Center | 0–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 3 | May 19 | Alaska | L 103–105 | Renaldo Balkman (32) | Renaldo Balkman (13) | Alex Cabagnot (4) | Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center | 0–3 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 4 | May 30 | Phoenix | W 106–94 | Renaldo Balkman (35) | Renaldo Balkman (17) | Alex Cabagnot (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–3
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 5 | June 3 | Barangay Ginebra | W 104–97 (OT) | Renaldo Balkman (27) | June Mar Fajardo (19) | Alex Cabagnot (8) | Mall of Asia Arena | 2–3 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 6 | June 6 | Columbian | W 129–117 | June Mar Fajardo (37) | Balkman, Fajardo (18) | Alex Cabagnot (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 7 | June 13 | GlobalPort | L 94–98 | Renaldo Balkman (33) | Renaldo Balkman (13) | Renaldo Balkman (6) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–4 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 8 | June 16 | TNT | W 100–94 | Renaldo Balkman (43) | Renaldo Balkman (15) | Chris Ross (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 4–4 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 9 | June 23 | NLEX | W 125–114 | June Mar Fajardo (30) | Renaldo Balkman (16) | Chris Ross (8) | Calasiao Sports Complex | 5–4
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 10 | July 4 | Blackwater | W 115–106 | Arwind Santos (23) | Arwind Santos (15) | Marcio Lassiter (6) | Mall of Asia Arena | 6–4 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 11 | July 7 | Magnolia | L 97–101 | Renaldo Balkman (31) | June Mar Fajardo (12) | Alex Cabagnot (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 6–5
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | July 9 | TNT | W 121–110 | Renaldo Balkman (36) | Renaldo Balkman (16) | Cabagnot, Ross (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | July 11 | TNT | W 106–102 | Renaldo Balkman (25) | June Mar Fajardo (12) | Chris Ross (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–0
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | July 14 | Alaska | W 92–79 | June Mar Fajardo (17) | Renaldo Balkman (11) | Alex Cabagnot (5) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | July 16 | Alaska | W 105–94 | Renaldo Balkman (31) | June Mar Fajardo (18) | Alex Cabagnot (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–0 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 3 | July 20 | Alaska | L 104–125 | Renaldo Balkman (28) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | Alex Cabagnot (7) | Ynares Center | 2–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 4 | July 22 | Alaska | W 104–99 | June Mar Fajardo (26) | Renaldo Balkman (16) | Alex Cabagnot (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–1
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | July 27 | Barangay Ginebra | L 99–127 | Renaldo Balkman (27) | Renaldo Balkman (13) | Alex Cabagnot (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum11,883 | 0–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 2 | July 29 | Barangay Ginebra | W 134–109 | Alex Cabagnot (33) | Renaldo Balkman (11) | Alex Cabagnot (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum15,042 | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | August 1 | Barangay Ginebra | W 132–94 | Renaldo Balkman (28) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | Marcio Lassiter (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | August 3 | Barangay Ginebra | L 100–130 | Arwind Santos (22) | June Mar Fajardo (14) | Alex Cabagnot (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum12,288 | 2–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | August 5 | Barangay Ginebra | L 83–87 | Renaldo Balkman (34) | Renaldo Balkman (20) | Chris Ross (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum16,958 | 2–3 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 6 | August 8 | Barangay Ginebra | L 77–87 | June Mar Fajardo (29) | June Mar Fajardo (15) | Brian Heruela (4) | Mall of Asia Arena20,490 | 2–4
Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|-bgcolor=ccffcc | 1 | September 1 | NLEX | W 125–112 | Christian Standhardinger (36) | Arizona Reid (13) | Alex Cabagnot (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | September 5 | Blackwater | L 100–103 | Arizona Reid (26) | Arizona Reid (12) | Alex Cabagnot (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 3 | September 21 | Columbian | W 143–119 | Arwind Santos (29) | Arizona Reid (17) | Arizona Reid (11) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | September 23 | Barangay Ginebra | L 102–110 | Christian Standhardinger (25) | Christian Standhardinger (11) | Alex Cabagnot (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |-bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | September 30 | Magnolia | L 108–109 | Kevin Murphy (37) | Christian Standhardinger (16) | Kevin Murphy (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–3
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 6 | October 6 | Alaska | L 119–127 | Kevin Murphy (45) | Christian Standhardinger (13) | Chris Ross (5) | Ynares Center | 2–4 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 7 | October 12 | Phoenix | W 117–100 | Christian Standhardinger (29) | Christian Standhardinger (14) | Chris Ross (9) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–4 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 8 | October 20 | TNT | W 107–96 | Kevin Murphy (27) | Christian Standhardinger (13) | Kevin Murphy (9) | Calasiao Sports Complex | 4–4 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 9 | October 24 | NorthPort | W 114–107 | Kevin Murphy (27) | Christian Standhardinger (22) | Kevin Murphy (7) | Cuneta Astrodome | 5–4 |-bgcolor=ccffcc | 10 | October 27 | Rain or Shine | W 109–97 | Kevin Murphy (28) | Christian Standhardinger (18) | Christian Standhardinger (4) | Alonte Sports Arena | 6–4
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 11 | November 3 | Meralco | L 81–111 | Kevin Murphy (32) | Christian Standhardinger (18) | Alex Cabagnot (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 6–5
Playoffs
Bracket
Game log
|-bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | November 7 | Alaska | L 85–96 | Kevin Murphy (19) | Christian Standhardinger (11) | Chris Ross (7) | Cuneta Astrodome | 0–1
Transactions Trades Preseason October October 27, 2017 To San Miguel2017 PBA First Round Draft Pick To KIARonald TubidJay-R ReyesRashawn McCarthy 2019 First Round Draft Pick
Commissioner's Cup June June 21, 2018 To San MiguelKelly Nabong To GlobalPortGabby Espinas 2020 second round draft pick
Free agency Addition CountryPlayerNumberPositionContractDate signedFormer TeamBilly Mamaril2Forward/center GlobalPortChico Lanete26Guard Phoenix
Subtraction CountryPlayerNumberPositionReasonNew TeamMichael Mabulac28Forward Laguna Heroes (MPBL)
Rookie signings CountryPlayerNumberPositionContractDate signedSchool/club teamChristian Standhardinger--Forward/center3 years / 8.55 MOctober 29, 2017 Louie Vigil18Guard/forward
Recruited imports Conference Name Country Number Debuted Last game RecordCommissioner's Cup Troy Gillenwater 7 May 9 May 13 0–2 Renaldo Balkman 32 May 19 August 8 13–8Governors' Cup Arizona Reid 32 September 1 September 23 2–2 Kevin Murphy 55 September 30 November 7 4–4
Awards Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.Marcio LassiterPhilippine Cup Player of the WeekMarch 12, 2018June Mar FajardoMarch 19, 2018Philippine Cup Best Player of the ConferenceApril 4, 2018Philippine Cup Finals Most Valuable PlayerApril 6, 2018Commissioner's Cup Player of the WeekJune 5, 2018August 3, 2018Governors' Cup Player of the WeekOctober 30, 2018
References