2023–24 San Miguel Beermen season explained

Team:San Miguel Beermen
Pbayear:2023–24
Coach:Jorge Gallent
1C-Name:Commissioner's Cup
1C-Wins:8
1C-Losses:3
1C-Place:2
1C-Playoffs:Champions (Defeated Magnolia, 4–2)
2C-Name:Philippine Cup
2C-Wins:10
2C-Losses:1
2C-Place:1
2C-Playoffs:Runner-up (lost to Meralco, 2–4)
Owners:San Miguel Brewery, Inc.
Manager:Gee Abanilla
Daniel Henares (assistant)
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

The 2023–24 San Miguel Beermen season was the 48th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

See main article: article and PBA Season 48 draft.

RoundPickPlayerPositionPlace of birthCollege
3 35 F Ateneo
4 46 F Letran
5 57 G San Sebastian
6 64 C/F UP Diliman
7 69 G UC
8 73 G Reed HS
9 76 G Perpetual

Preseason

PBA on Tour

Game log

|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 1| May 24| Phoenix Super LPG| L 101–106| Terrence Romeo (27)| Robbie Herndon (11)| Terrence Romeo (7)| Ynares Sports Arena| 0–1|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| May 27| NorthPort| W 87–75| Jericho Cruz (22)| Rodney Brondial (21)| Jericho Cruz (4)| Caloocan Sports Complex| 1–1|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 3| June 4| Barangay Ginebra| W 90–78| Terrence Romeo (21)| Rodney Brondial (16)| CJ Perez (4)| Ynares Center| 2–1|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 4| June 7| Rain or Shine| L 98–100| Allyn Bulanadi (31)| Rodney Brondial (18)| Allyn Bulanadi (5)| Ynares Sports Arena| 2–2|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 5| June 10| Meralco| L 89–92| Jericho Cruz (19)| Rodney Brondial (9)| Moala Tautuaa (7)| Tiaong Convention Center| 2–3|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 6| June 18| Converge| L 111–113 (OT)| Jericho Cruz (41)| Brondial, Tautuaa (14)| Moala Tautuaa (5)| Ynares Sports Arena| 2–4|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 7| June 28| NLEX| L 94–102| Allyn Bulanadi (26)| Rodney Brondial (24)| Jayvee dela Cruz (5)| Ynares Sports Arena| 2–5|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 8| July 2| Blackwater| L 101–103| Allyn Bulanadi (26)| Rodney Brondial (12)| Apacible, Baclao, Cruz, Lee (4)| Filoil EcoOil Centre| 2–6|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 9| July 7| TNT| W 111–74| Marvin Lee (22)| Rodney Brondial (13)| Allyn Bulanadi (4)| Ynares Sports Arena| 3–6|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 10| July 9| Magnolia| L 65–94| Jericho Cruz (15)| Rodney Brondial (11)| Nonoy Baclao (5)| Ynares Sports Arena| 3–7|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 11| July 16| Terrafirma| L 72–85| Brondial, Cruz (19)| Rodney Brondial (17)| Paolo Javelona (4)| Filoil EcoOil Centre| 3–8

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Game log

|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 1| November 15| NLEX| L 113–117 (OT)| Terrence Romeo (28)| June Mar Fajardo (16)| Terrence Romeo (6)| Ynares Center| 0–1|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| November 19| Meralco| W 93–83 | Ivan Aska (27)| June Mar Fajardo (15)| Chris Ross (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–1|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 3| November 25| Converge| W 105–96 | Ivan Aska (27)| Aska, Perez (11)| CJ Perez (5)| Tiaong Convention Center| 2–1|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 4| November 29| Rain or Shine| W 115–110| Ivan Aska (28)| Aska, Perez (12)| CJ Perez (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 3–1|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 5| December 8| NorthPort| L 101–115| Ivan Aska (26)| Ivan Aska (8)| Chris Ross (6)| PhilSports Arena| 3–2|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 6| December 10| Magnolia| L 90–94| Ivan Aska (29)| Aska, Lassiter (6)| Perez, Ross (6)| PhilSports Arena| 3–3|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 7| December 15| Barangay Ginebra| W 95–82| Chris Ross (22)| Ivan Aska (8)| Chris Ross (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 4–3|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 8| December 17| TNT| W 98–93 | Ivan Aska (25)| Ivan Aska (9)| Ivan Aska (4)| Ynares Center| 5–3|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 9| December 25| Phoenix Super LPG| W 117–96 | Bennie Boatwright (26)| Bennie Boatwright (16)| Terrence Romeo (8)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 6–3|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 10| January 7| Terrafirma| W 132–110 | Bennie Boatwright (51)| Bennie Boatwright (12)| Chris Ross (10)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 7–3|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 11| January 12| Blackwater| W 125–117 | Bennie Boatwright (44)| Bennie Boatwright (12)| Fajardo, Romeo (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 8–3

Playoffs

Game log

|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 1| January 19| Rain or Shine| W 127–122| Bennie Boatwright (41)| June Mar Fajardo (13)| CJ Perez (7)| PhilSports Arena| 1–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 1| January 24| Barangay Ginebra| W 92–90| CJ Perez (26)| Bennie Boatwright (12)| Chris Ross (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| January 26| Barangay Ginebra| W 106–96| Bennie Boatwright (38)| June Mar Fajardo (14)| Chris Ross (5)| SM Mall of Asia Arena| 2–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 3| January 28| Barangay Ginebra| W 94–91| Bennie Boatwright (26)| Bennie Boatwright (13) | CJ Perez (4)| SM Mall of Asia Arena
15,126| 3–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 1| February 2| Magnolia| W 103–95| Bennie Boatwright (28)| Bennie Boatwright (16)| Chris Ross (7)| SM Mall of Asia Arena| 1–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| February 4| Magnolia| W 109–85| Bennie Boatwright (34)| June Mar Fajardo (14)| Boatwright, Ross (5)| SM Mall of Asia Arena| 2–0|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 3| February 7| Magnolia| L 80–88| Bennie Boatwright (27)| Boatwright, Fajardo (13)| Ross, Teng 3| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2–1|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 4| February 9| Magnolia| L 85–96| June Mar Fajardo (18)| Bennie Boatwright (14)| Jericho Cruz (7)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2–2|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 5| February 11| Magnolia| W 108–98| Jericho Cruz (30)| June Mar Fajardo (15)| CJ Perez (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 3–2|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 6| February 14| Magnolia| W 104–102| CJ Perez (28)| Bennie Boatwright (13)| Bennie Boatwright (8)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 4–2

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Game log

|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 1| March 15| Rain or Shine| W 109–97| Jericho Cruz (20)| Rodney Brondial (11)| Terrence Romeo (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| March 17| TNT| W 91–89| June Mar Fajardo (15)| June Mar Fajardo (17)| Terrence Romeo (4)| Ynares Center| 2–0|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 3| March 31| Phoenix| W 116–102| CJ Perez (32)| June Mar Fajardo (12)| Marcio Lassiter (8)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 3–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 4| April 5| Barangay Ginebra| W 95–92| CJ Perez (18)| June Mar Fajardo (10)| CJ Perez (10)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 4–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 5| April 10| Terrafirma| W 113–110| CJ Perez (25)| June Mar Fajardo (17)| June Mar Fajardo (6)| Ninoy Aquino Stadium| 5–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 6| April 19| Converge| W 112–103| CJ Perez (25)| June Mar Fajardo (17)| Chris Ross (4)| PhilSports Arena| 6–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 7| April 21| NorthPort| W 120–100| CJ Perez (29)| Fajardo, Perez (9)| Terrence Romeo (7)| PhilSports Arena| 7–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 8| April 26| Magnolia| W 98–91| CJ Perez (25)| Fajardo, Tautuaa (7)| June Mar Fajardo (7)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 8–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 9| April 28| NLEX| W 120–103| CJ Perez (30)| June Mar Fajardo (21)| Chris Ross (4)| PhilSports Arena| 9–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 10| May 1| Blackwater| W 124–109| CJ Perez (26)| June Mar Fajardo (16)| CJ Perez (5) | PhilSports Arena| 10–0|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 11| May 4| Meralco| L 92–95| June Mar Fajardo (23)| June Mar Fajardo (19)| June Mar Fajardo (4)| Batangas City Sports Center| 10–1

Playoffs

Game log

|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 1| May 11| Terrafirma| L 95–106| June Mar Fajardo (21)| June Mar Fajardo (16)| Chris Ross (4)| Rizal Memorial Coliseum| 0–1|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| May 15| Terrafirma| W 110–91| June Mar Fajardo (25)| June Mar Fajardo (22)| CJ Perez (8)| Ninoy Aquino Stadium| 1–1|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 1| May 17| Rain or Shine| W 101–98| June Mar Fajardo (23)| Fajardo, Tautuaa (11)| June Mar Fajardo (5)| Mall of Asia Arena| 1–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| May 19| Rain or Shine| W 106–89| June Mar Fajardo (22)| CJ Perez (11)| Terrence Romeo (5)| Mall of Asia Arena| 2–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 3| May 22| Rain or Shine| W 117–107| CJ Perez (23)| CJ Perez (14)| CJ Perez (5)| Dasmariñas Arena| 3–0|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 4| May 24| Rain or Shine| W 107–100| CJ Perez (26)| June Mar Fajardo (23)| June Mar Fajardo (6)| Mall of Asia Arena| 4–0|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 1| June 5| Meralco| L 86–93| June Mar Fajardo (23)| June Mar Fajardo (10)| Chris Ross (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 0–1|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 2| June 7| Meralco| W 95–94| CJ Perez (34)| June Mar Fajardo (13)| Chris Ross (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–1|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 3| June 9| Meralco| L 89–93| Moala Tautuaa (19)| June Mar Fajardo (15)| Chris Ross (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1–2|-bgcolor=ccffcc| 4| June 12| Meralco| W 111–101| June Mar Fajardo (28)| June Mar Fajardo (13)| Perez, Ross (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2–2|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 5| June 14| Meralco| L 88–92| June Mar Fajardo (38)| June Mar Fajardo (18)| Moala Tautuaa (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2–3|-bgcolor=ffcccc| 6| June 16| Meralco| L 78–80| June Mar Fajardo (21)| June Mar Fajardo (12)| June Mar Fajardo (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2–4

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

PlayerDate signedContract amountContract lengthFormer team
align=center Nonoy Baclaoalign=center July 17, 2023[2] align=center rowspan=3Not disclosedalign=center Not disclosedalign=center Meralco Bolts
align=center Terrence Romeoalign=center September 20, 2023[3] align=center rowspan=22 yearsalign=center Re-signed
align=center Jeron Tengalign=center October 18, 2023[4] align=center Converge FiberXers

Subtractions

Trades

Commissioner's Cup

December
December 11, 2023[6]
To San Miguel
Don Trollano		To NLEX
Robert Bolick
Kent Salado		To NorthPort
Ben Adamos
Allyn Bulanadi
Jeepy Faundo
Kris Rosales
2023 Blackwater second-round pick (from NLEX)
2025 San Miguel second-round pick

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
November 15, 2023 December 17, 2023 5–3
December 25, 2023 February 14, 2024 11–2

Awards

RecipientAwardDate awarded
CJ Perez2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the ConferenceFebruary 9, 2024[7]
2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals Most Valuable PlayerFebruary 14, 2024[8]
June Mar Fajardo2024 PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the ConferenceJune 12, 2024[9]
2023–24 PBA Most Valuable PlayerAugust 18, 2024[10]
Honors
CJ Perez2023–24 PBA Mythical First TeamAugust 18, 2024
June Mar Fajardo2023–24 PBA Mythical First Team
2023–24 PBA All-Defensive Team

Notes and References

  1. https://pba.ph/news/holt-is-the-anointed-one-bigs-main-staple-in-season-48-draft
  2. News: Gerry . Ramos . Noy Baclao finds a new home at SMB after signing at end of PBA On Tour . Spin.ph . September 22, 2023.
  3. News: Gerry . Ramos . San Miguel gives fit-again Terrence Romeo contract extension . Spin.ph . September 22, 2023.
  4. News: Newlywed Jeron Teng moves to SMB on two-year contract . Spin.ph . October 18, 2023.
  5. News: Gerry . Ramos . NLEX picks up Robbie Herndon after being left unsigned by San Miguel . Spin.ph . September 22, 2023.
  6. News: December 11, 2023 . NorthPort deals Bolick to NLEX, Trollano to SMB . pba.ph . December 11, 2023 .
  7. Web site: Perez bags first BPC award, Williams clinches ArenaPlus Best Import honor . February 9, 2024 . PBA.ph . August 19, 2024.
  8. Web site: Sweet steal, escape, triumph for Beermen . February 14, 2024 . PBA.ph . August 19, 2024.
  9. Web site: Fajardo extends record feat with another BPC award . June 12, 2024 . PBA.ph . August 19, 2024.
  10. Web site: Legend lives on as Fajardo wins record 8th MVP award . August 18, 2024 . PBA.ph . August 19, 2024.

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