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{{Short description|Philippine professional basketball team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox PBA team
| current = 2022–23 Blackwater Bossing season
| name = Blackwater Bossing
| logo = Blackwater Bossing logo.png
| founded = 2014
| history = '''Blackwater Elite''' (2014–2021) <br> '''Blackwater Bossing''' (2021–present)
| colors = Red, black, white<br>{{color box|#{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|1}}}} {{color box|#{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|3}}}} {{color box|#{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|2}}}}
| company = [[Ever Bilena]]
| owner = [[Dioceldo Sy|Dioceldo S. Sy]]
| board_governor = Silliman Sy
| manager = Joel Co
| coach = [[Ariel Vanguardia]] (interim)
| affiliation = [[Blackwater Bossing Red President]]
| championships=
| ret_nums = '''1''' ([[Gilbert Bulawan|11]])
| 1_pattern_b=_blackwater-2015_l |1_body= |1_pattern_s=_blackwater-2015_l |1_shorts= |1_title=Light uniform
| 2_pattern_b=_blackwater-2015_d |2_body= |2_pattern_s=_blackwater-2015_d |2_shorts= |2_title=Dark uniform
}}

The '''Blackwater Bossing''' is a professional basketball team owned by [[Ever Bilena|Ever Bilena, Inc.]] that is playing in the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA) beginning in the [[2014–15 PBA season|2014–2015 season]]. The franchise began as one of the founding teams in the [[PBA Developmental League]]. It transferred to the PBA after being accepted as an expansion team. The team is named after the Ever Bilena's brand of men's [[perfume|fragrances]].

==History==

===[[PBA D-League]]===
{{main|Blackwater Sports}}

Blackwater was one of the founding teams in the [[PBA Developmental League]] (PBA D-League). It won [[2013 PBA D-League Foundation Cup|one]] PBA D-League championship. The team's predecessor was the Blu Detergent team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014/03/02/1296145/blackwater-set-join-pba-11th-franchise|title=Blackwater set to join PBA as 11th franchise|publisher=Philstar.com|access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref> in the [[Philippine Basketball League]] (PBL), best known as the first Philippine basketball team of [[Asi Taulava]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/blackwater-leo-isaac-goals-pba-basketball|title=Expansion ballclub Blackwater Sports keen to show it belongs ahead of PBA debut|author=Richard Dy|date=September 16, 2014|work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines|access-date=December 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011124128/http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/blackwater-leo-isaac-goals-pba-basketball|archive-date=October 11, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===PBA===
On April 10, 2014, Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc., along with [[Manila North Tollways Corporation]] ([[NLEX Road Warriors]]) and Columbian Autocar Corporation ([[Mahindra Enforcers|Kia Sorento]]) were given approval by the PBA Board of Governors to become expansion teams in the PBA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-approves-entry-of-new-teams-nlex-kia-blackwater-for-next-season|title=PBA approves entry of new teams NLEX, Kia, Blackwater for next season|work=InterAksyon.com|access-date=December 16, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006204811/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-approves-entry-of-new-teams-nlex-kia-blackwater-for-next-season|archive-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref> Upon entry to the PBA, the three teams will select players from a dispersal draft in July consisting of unprotected current PBA players and free agents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014/06/04/1330899/pba-readies-dispersal-draft|title=PBA readies dispersal draft|publisher=Philstar.com|access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref> They will also get to pick rookies in the [[2014 PBA draft]] in August.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solarsportsdesk.ph/bk/bknews/2014/06/13/pba-globalport-denies-trading-to-ginebra-its-2014-first-round-pick|title=solarsportsdesk.ph|publisher=Solarsportsdesk.ph|access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref>

Blackwater and the [[NLEX Road Warriors]] became the first franchises to enter the PBA from its [[PBA D-League|D-League]].

With the help of Gilas player [[Marcus Douthit]], Blackwater got their first win in 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup against [[San Miguel Beermen]], 80–77.

In August 2020, it was reported that the team would be changing its name to "Blackwater Bossing".<ref>[https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/blackwater-bossing-new-moniker-a793-20200801 Goodbye, Elite. Hello, Bossing as Blackwater to adopt new moniker], Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, August 1, 2020</ref> The new branding including the team's logo and jersey design was unveiled in September 2020.<ref>{{cite news |author1=From the wires |title=Blackwater Bossing unveil new logo ahead of PBA bubble |url=https://www.spin.ph/life/active-lifestyle/blackwater-bossing-new-logo-a1373-20200918 |access-date=September 28, 2020 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>

===International stint===
On July 12, 2018, Blackwater Elite completed a six-game sweep of the Pacific Caesar 50th Anniversary Pro Tournament in Surabaya, Indonesia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.pba.ph/news/blackwater-sweeps-pacific-caesar-basketball-pro-tourney|title=Blackwater sweeps Pacific Caesar Basketball Pro tourney|access-date=August 9, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

The following week, they represented the [[Philippines]] along with [[NLEX Road Warriors]] in the [[East Asia Super League|Asia League]]'s [[2018 Asia League season|Summer Super 8 Invitational Tournament]] held in [[Macau]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2018/07/13/super-8-pba-s-nlex-blackwater-set-macau-invitational-44398|title=SUPER 8: PBA's NLEX, Blackwater, set for Macau invitational|publisher=[[ABS-CBN Sports]]|last=Lintag|first=Paul|date=July 13, 2018|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718174738/https://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2018/07/13/super-8-pba-s-nlex-blackwater-set-macau-invitational-44398|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Current roster==
{{Blackwater Bossing roster}}

== Players ==
{{Main|Blackwater Bossing all-time roster}}
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* [[Dylan Ababou]] <small>(2016–[[2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup|2017]])</small>
* [[Val Acuña]]
* [[Raymond Aguilar]] <small>(2016–[[2017 PBA Governors' Cup|2017]])</small>
* [[Jason Ballesteros]] <small>(2014–2016)</small>
* Raphael Banal <small>(2016–present)</small>
* [[Mac Belo]] <small>(2016–present)</small>
* [[Gilbert Bulawan]] <small>(2014–2016)</small>
* [[KG Canaleta|Niño Canaleta]] <small>([[2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup|2017]]–present)</small>
* [[Jerick Cañada]]
* [[JR Cawaling]]
* [[Robby Celiz]]
* [[Reil Cervantes]]
* [[Mike Cortez]]
* [[Mark Cruz]] <small>([[2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup|2017]]–present)</small>
* [[Arthur dela Cruz]] <small>([[2015 PBA draft|2015]]–[[2017 PBA Governors' Cup|2017]])</small>
* [[John Paul Erram|J.P. Erram]]
* [[Bryan Faundo]]
* [[James Forrester (basketball)|James Forrester]] <small>(2016–[[2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup|2017]])</small>
* [[Riego Gamalinda]]
* [[Frank Golla]] <small>(2016)</small>
* [[Brian Heruela]]
* [[Carlo Lastimosa]]
* [[Eddie Laure]]
* [[Dave Marcelo]] <small>([[2017 PBA Governors' Cup|2017]]–present)</small>
* [[Jason Melano]]
* [[Denok Miranda]] <small>(2016–present)</small>
* [[Alex Nuyles]]
* [[Bobby Ray Parks Jr.]]
* [[Kyle Pascual]]
* [[Tristan Perez]] <small>(2016–present)</small>
* {{sortname|John|Pinto|dab=basketball}} <small>(2016–2019)</small>
* [[Raphael Reyes]]
* [[Larry Rodriguez (basketball)|Larry Rodriguez]]
* [[Sunday Salvacion]]
* [[James Sena]]
* [[Shej Roi Sumang]]
* [[Chris Timberlake]]
* [[Juami Tiongson]]
* [[Almond Vosotros]]
{{div col end}}

=== Imports ===
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Dawson]] <small>(2016)</small>
* {{flagicon|Palestine}} [[Imad Qahwash]] <small>(2016)</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Trevis Simpson]] <small>([[2017 PBA Governors' Cup|2017]])</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Greg Smith (basketball, born 1991)|Greg Smith]] <small>([[2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup|2017]])</small>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Henry Walker (basketball)|Henry Walker]] <small>([[2017 PBA Governors' Cup|2017]])</small>

===Retired numbers===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
| colspan="4" style= "background: #{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|1}}; color: #{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|2}}" | '''Blackwater Bossing retired number'''
|-
! style="background: #{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|3}}; color: #{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|4}}" | N°
! style="background: #{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|3}}; color: #{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|4}}" |Player
! style="background: #{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|3}}; color: #{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|4}}" |Position
! style="background: #{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|3}}; color: #{{PBA color|Blackwater Bossing|4}}" |Tenure
|-
| '''11''' || [[Gilbert Bulawan]] || [[Power forward (basketball)|PF]]/ [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 2014–2016{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}
|-
|}
* {{note label|Note1|a|a}}&nbsp;– The team retired his [[jersey number]] in his honor during Blackwater's first game in the [[2016 PBA Governors' Cup]] versus the [[NLEX Road Warriors]] on July 16, 2016. He collapsed and died during the team's practice on July 3, 2016.<ref>[http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/blackwater-set-to-retire-jersey-of-fallen-gilbert-bulawan Blackwater set to retire jersey of fallen Gilbert Bulawan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706134749/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/blackwater-set-to-retire-jersey-of-fallen-gilbert-bulawan |date=July 6, 2016 }}, Rey Joble, Interaksyon.com, July 4, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/blackwater-gives-tribute-to-late-player-gilbert-bulawan-after-retiring-playing-jersey Blackwater gives tribute to late player Gilbert Bulawan after retiring jersey no.11], Gerry Ramos, SPIN.ph, July 16, 2016</ref>

== Coaches ==

# [[Leo Isaac]] (2014–fired 2018)
# [[Bong Ramos]] (2018–fired 2019)
# [[Aries Dimaunahan]] (2019 as interim coach)
# [[Nash Racela]] (2019–fired 2020)
# [[Ariel Vanguardia]] (2020–2021 as interim coach)

==Season-by-season records==
{{main|List of Blackwater Bossing seasons}}
:''Records from the [[2022–23 PBA season]]:''
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2|[[List of PBA conferences|Conf.]] !! rowspan=2|Team name !!colspan=4| Elimination round !!colspan=2| Playoffs
|-
! Finish !! W !! L !! PCT !! Stage !! Results
|-
|[[2022 PBA Philippine Cup|PHI]] ||rowspan=3 style="background:#{{Basketball color|Blackwater Bossing|1}};" |<span style="color:#{{Basketball color|Blackwater Bossing|2}};">Blackwater Bossing</span> || 8th/12 || 5 || 6 || {{Winning percentage|5|6}} || Quarterfinals || San Miguel** 123, Blackwater 93
|-
|[[2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup|COM]] || 12th/13 || 3 || 9 || {{Winning percentage|3|9}} || colspan=2| Did not qualify
|-
|[[2023 PBA Governors' Cup|GOV]] || TBD || TBD || TBD || {{Winning percentage||}} || TBD || TBD
|-
!colspan=3|Total elimination round !! 8 || 15 || {{Winning percentage|8|15}} !!colspan=2| 0 Semifinals appearance
|-
!colspan=3|Total playoffs !! 0 !! 1 !! {{Winning percentage|0|1}} !!colspan=2| 0 Finals appearance
|-
!colspan=3|Total 2022–23 !! 8 || 16 || {{Winning percentage|8|16}} !!colspan=2| 0 Championships
|-
!colspan=3|Total franchise !! 60 !! 170 !! {{Winning percentage|60|170}} !!colspan=2|0 Championships
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>one-game playoffs<br>**team had the twice-to-beat advantage

==See also==
* [[Blackwater Bossing draft history]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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{{Blackwater Bossing current roster}}
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