2015–16 PBA season
This season currently holds the record for most games played in a season, having 266 games played throughout the whole year. It surpassed the previous record of 257 games, previously set during the previous season.


2015–16 PBA season, Teams
* - Participated for the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup** - Barako Bull was sold to Phoenix Petroleum in January 2016. Participated beginning the 2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup.


2015–16 PBA season, Arenas
Like several Metro Manila-centric leagues, most games are held at arenas within Metro Manila, and sometimes, Antipolo. Games outside this area are called "out-of-town" games, and are usually played on Saturdays. Provincial arenas usually host one game, rarely two; these arenas typically host only once per season, but could return occasionally.


2015–16 PBA season, Arenas, Out-of-town arenas
Aside from games outside Metro Manila and Antipolo, the PBA played two games outside the Philippines, in Dubai. It was the third time the league held games in the United Arab Emirates.


2015–16 PBA season, Rule changes
The PBA board approved the rule changes for implementation starting this season:


2015–16 PBA season, Rule changes
In addition, the league modified its shot clock rules, adopting a procedure similar to the NBA and Euroleague, featuring tenths of a second. The shot clock should also display the time remaining in the game. A portable shot clock that is capable of displaying tenths of a second and the time remaining in the game is temporarily installed if the in-venue shot clock is not capable to adopt the new shot clock rule or if the shot clock does not also display the game clock.


2015–16 PBA season, Rule changes
The time the shot clock changes to tenths is determined by the venue and the brand of clock used. The Mall of Asia Arena uses the NBA and Euroleague rule (final five seconds) since its opening, as its Daktronics unit is the same model used by NBA (most venues, 2011–16) and Euroleague venues (Gran Canaria Arena). The Smart Araneta Coliseum's clock registers tenths in the final ten seconds.


2015–16 PBA season, Opening ceremonies
The opening ceremonies for this season was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay on October 21, 2015. The first game of the Philippine Cup between the Star Hotshots and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters immediately followed. The opening was supposed to be held on October 18 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City but was suspended due to the onslaught of Typhoon Lando (international name: Koppu). This was the first time that the league cancelled its opening ceremonies due to bad weather.


2015–16 PEC Zwolle season
The 2015–16 season was PEC Zwolle's 105th season of play, it marked its 16th season in the Eredivisie and its 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. They ended the season eight in the league. PEC Zwolle entered the KNVB Cup in the second round. They started their campaign by losing to Feyenoord.


2015–16 PEC Zwolle season, Statistics, Discipline
The list is sorted by surname when total cards are equal.


2015–16 PEC Zwolle season, Statistics, Top scorers
The list is sorted by Eredivisie goals when total goals are equal.


2015–16 PFC CSKA Moscow season
The 2015–16 CSKA season was the 24th successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. CSKA will also take part in the Russian Cup and Champions League, entering at the Third qualifying round.


2015–16 PFC CSKA Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 PFC CSKA Sofia season
The 2015–16 season was PFC CSKA Sofia's 1st season in the Bulgarian V Football Group. CSKA started the 2015/2016 season in V group (3rd division) as they did not receive a licence to play in A group due to unpaid debts. CSKA finished in first place in the standings. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club will play during the 2015–16 season.


2015–16 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Summer transfers
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Summer transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Winter transfers
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Players in/out, Winter transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 PFC CSKA Sofia season, Competitions, Amateur Cup
On 24 September CSKA was drawn to play against Vitosha Bistritsa for the BAFL Cup. However, several hours after the draw the club cancelled its participation, citing its growing problems with injured and exhausted players. In doing so, CSKA will be fined with 700 BGN for its refusal of participation.


2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season
This page covers all relevant details regarding PFC Cherno More Varna for all official competitions inside the 2015–16 season. These are the Bulgarian Supercup, A Group, Bulgarian Cup and UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Player appearances
Key:  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club


2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Player appearances
Correct as of 22 May 2016. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.


2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Minutes on the pitch
Includes injury time. Positions indicate the most natural position of the particular player, followed by alternative positions where he actually started games during the course of the season.


2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Débuts
Players making their first team Cherno More début in a competitive match.


2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Goalscorers' effectiveness, Goals per game
Includes games in all official competitions. Substitute appearances count as a game played.


2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Goalscorers' effectiveness, Minutes per goal
Takes into account the actual time spent on the pitch (including injury time) in all official competitions.


2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Correct as of 22 May 2016 Players are listed in descending order of Players with the same amount of cards are listed by their position on the club's official website


2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Injuries
Players in bold are still out from their injuries. Players listed will/have miss(ed) at least one competitive game (missing from whole match day squad).


2015–16 PFC Cherno More Varna season, Statistics, Home attendances
Correct as of match played on 14 May 2016. Win  Draw  Loss  Void


2015–16 PFC Levski Sofia season
The 2015–16 season is Levski Sofia's 95th season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club has played during the 2015–15 season.


2015–16 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season
The 2015-16 season was Ludogorets Razgrad's fifth season in A Football Group. They successfully defended their title, winning the championship for a fifth consecutive and overall time. However,  Ludogorets Razgrad lost the second round in the Bulgarian Cup, lost the SuperCup final and failed to qualify in the UEFA Champions League groups, losing in both legs of the second qualifying round to Milsami Orhei.


2015–16 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 PFC Slavia Sofia season
PFC Slavia Sofia (Bulgarian: ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian football club founded on 10 April 1913 in Sofia. Slavia's ground is Ovcha Kupel Stadium with a capacity of 25,556. The team's colours are white and black.


2015–16 PGA Tour
The 2016 PGA Tour was the 101st season of the PGA Tour, and the 49th since separating from the PGA of America. The season began on October 15, 2015.


2015–16 PGA Tour, Schedule
The following table lists the events for 2015–16. A number of events changed dates due to the 2016 Summer Olympics. In addition, the RSM Classic (formerly the McGladrey Classic) and the Valero Texas Open expanded their fields to 156.


2015–16 PGA Tour, Schedule, Unofficial events
The following events did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money.


2015–16 PGE Skra Bełchatów season
PGE Skra Bełchatów 2015–2016 season is the 2015/2016 volleyball season for Polish professional volleyball club PGE Skra Bełchatów.


2015–16 PGE Skra Bełchatów season
PGE Skra got eliminated from 2015–16 CEV Champions League in playoffs 6 by Zenit Kazan (first match 3-2, second 0-3). After failure head coach Miguel Angel Falasca was fired during clubs meeting. The decision was announced on March 28, 2016. Management of Skra announced also that duties of head coach to the end of season 2015/16 were taken by Falasca's assistant Italian Fabio Storti, but next day on March 29, 2016 contract signed new head coach - Philippe Blain.


2015–16 PJHL season
The 2015–16 PJHL season is the 11th season of play of the Prairie Junior Hockey League (PJHL). Thirteen teams compete in 40-game regular season schedules prior to the 2016 PJHL Playoffs.


2015–16 PJHL season, Playoffs
Because there are more teams in the Northern Division than the South, the top 6 teams in the Northern Division make playoffs instead of 4. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth teams play in a "Survivor Series" best of five to see who will play in the playoffs. This year, the Tri-Town Thunder defeated the West Central Rage in three games to advance to play the Delisle Chiefs, the Saskatoon Westleys and Saskatoon Royals are currently competing to see who plays the Saskatoon Quakers.


2015–16 PLK season
The 2015–16 Polish Basketball League, for sponsorship reasons the Tauron Basket Liga,  was the 82nd season of the highest professional basketball tier in Poland and the 20th since the foundation of the Polish Basketball League.


2015–16 PSA World Series
The PSA World Series 2015–16 is a series of men's and women's squash tournaments which are part of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour for the end of the 2015 and the start of the 2016 squash season. The PSA World Series tournaments are some of the most prestigious events on the men's and women's tour. The best-performing players in the World Series events qualify for the annual 2016 Men's PSA World Series Finals and 2016 Women's PSA World Series Finals tournament. Grégory Gaultier won the men's 2016 PSA World Series against Cameron Pilley and Laura Massaro won the women's 2016 PSA World Series against Raneem El Weleily.


2015–16 PSA World Series, PSA World Series Ranking Points
PSA World Series events also have a separate World Series ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Series event. The top eight players at the end of the calendar year are then eligible to play in the PSA World Series Finals.


2015–16 PSA World Tour
The PSA World Tour 2015 is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2015 men's and women's squash season. The most important tournament in the series is the World Championship held in Bellevue, Washington in the United States. The tour features three categories of regular events, World Series, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields, International and Challenger.


2015–16 PSA World Tour
In November 2014, the Women's Squash Association and the Professional Squash Association announced a historic merge between the two associations. A decision was reached that will see the Professional Squash Association operate as the governing body for both the women's and men's ranks from January 1, 2015.


2015–16 PSA World Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2015 season:


2015–16 PSV Eindhoven season
During the 2015–16 season, PSV Eindhoven participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the Johan Cruyff Shield and the UEFA Champions League.


2015–16 PSV Eindhoven season, Competitions, Eredivisie, Matches
On 18 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.


2015–16 PSV Eindhoven season, Jong PSV, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season
The 2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in March 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2015, with the conference schedule starting in December 2015.


2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season
This was the fifth season under the Pac-12 Conference name and the 57th since the conference was established under its current charter as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959. Including the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, which operated from 1915 to 1959 and is considered by the Pac-12 as a part of its own history, this was the Pac-12's 101st season of men's basketball.


2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Rankings
The Pac-12 had 4 teams ranked and 3 others receiving votes in the preseason Coaches' Poll. It had four teams ranked in the preseason AP Poll and one other receiving votes.


2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Pac-12 regular season, Conference Schedule
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.


2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.


2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, Pac-12 Tournament
The conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday March, 9-12, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena located in Paradise, Nevada. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 9, 2016. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.


2015–16 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of the Pacific during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Alex G. Spanos Center and were members of the West Coast Conference. The Tigers were led by third-year head coach Ron Verlin. On December 12, 2015, Verlin was suspended indefinitely amid an NCAA investigation. Assistant coach Mike Burns was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The Tigers also self-imposed a postseason ban for 2016 which included the WCC Tournament. They finished the season 8–20, 6–12 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place


2015–16 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team
On March 3, 2016, it was announced that Ron Verlin was no longer employed by the university. Interim coach Mike Burns was also released from his employment with the school.


2015–16 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team
On March 16, the school announced that Damon Stoudamire would be the new head coach.


2015–16 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2014–15 season 12–19, 4–14 in WCC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Tournament to San Francisco.


2015–16 Pacific Tigers men's basketball team, Allegations of academic fraud
On December 12, 2015 head coach Ron Verlin and assistant Dwight Young were suspended by the University after allegations of academic fraud came to light involving the two. Assistant coach Mike Burns was given the interim title. As a result of these allegations, the University placed a self-imposed postseason ban and also put on some scholarship restrictions.


2015–16 Pacific Tigers women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Pacific Tigers women's basketball team will represent the University of the Pacific during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers are led by first year head coach Bradley Davis. They play their home games at Alex G. Spanos Center and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 6–12 in WCC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Women's Tournament to Pepperdine.


2015–16 Pakistan federal budget
The Federal budget 2015–16 is the federal budget of Pakistan for the fiscal year beginning from 1 July 2015 and ending on 30 June 2016. The budget was presented in the Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Ishaq Dar on June 5, 2015.


2015–16 Panathinaikos F.C. season
The 2015–16 Panathinaikos season was the club's 57th consecutive season in the Super League Greece. They will also compete in the Greek Cup. Qualifying rounds will determine whether the club will compete in the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
The 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League season, known as the Telikom NSL Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the tenth edition of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
The title was won by Lae City Dwellers, who picked up their second title after defeating eight-time champions Hekari United 2–0 in the final. Both the Golden Boot and the Player of the Season awards were won by Koriak Upaiga of Hekari United.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
It would be the final season before the league split, which saw several teams split from the Papua New Guinea Football Association to form their own league, the National Premier League. Domestic soccer would remain split until the 2019 season.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Teams
The season saw 12 teams competing, the highest number since the league's inception. Only one side failed to return from the previous season, Oro FC, while two sides were returning from hiatuses of varying lengths: Morobe FC returned after just one season under new sponsorship, while Rapatona returned having last competed in the 2009–10 season.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Teams
There were also four debuting teams – Goroka Gosiha, in the Northern Conference, and Erema FC, a new Gigira-sponsored team called Gigira Laitepo United, and PS Rutz, under the name of sponsors Huawei, who were the only new side with history, having reached the final of the National Club Championship in 2002 and having won the Port Moresby Premier League twice.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Format
Twelve teams played in the league. For the first stage, the clubs are divided into a Northern and Southern Zone, with each team playing each other in their zone twice, home and away. At the end of the first stage the top two teams from each zone advance to the four-team 'National Champions League' Championship Playoff, with the top two both qualifying for the 2017 OFC Champions League and the domestic Grand Final, where the winner was crowned Champions.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
With the two former league champions, Lae City Dwellers and Hekari United, separated in the new conference system, both sides qualified for the Championship Playoff stage with relative ease from their respective pools, and were joined by Welgris Morobe and Rapatona.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
In the Northern Conference, champions Lae City made a flying start with an opening day 7–0 victory over Goroka Gosiha, who would go on to lose all ten of their games. Lae would lead the conference from start to finish, losing only once, on the final day, when they had already confirmed their qualification to the next stage. The battle for second place was more interesting, with three sides – Welgris Morobe, Madang and Besta PNG United – all level on six points after three rounds of fixtures.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
On matchday four, Morobe and Madang played out a 2–2 draw, after Madang led by two goals, a result which would end up being crucial in the final standings. As the season wore on, Morobe and Madang emerged as the main contenders for the second qualifying spot, and with two fixtures to go, Madang led Morobe by a single point ahead of their crucial return leg. On 30 January 2016, Morobe defeated Madang 2–0 to all but guarantee their qualification to the Championship Playoff. This was confirmed with a final day victory over Goroka Gosiha, despite Madang's win over Lae.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
The Southern Conference was uncompetitive for eight-time champions Hekari, who won all ten of their matches, conceding only 12 goals. However, behind them, qualification in the second slot went down to the wire: at the half-way stage, only three points separated second from sixth place. On 9 January 2016, the two clubs leading the way, Rapatona and Erema, faced off in the opening round of the second set of fixtures. Rapatona picked up a 3–1 to put them in the driving seat for second place.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
However, FC Port Moresby began the second half of the season in form, defeating PS Huawei 6–0 before a narrow 1–0 win over Gigira Laitepo. This culminated in a 3–0 win against Rapatona on 23 January, which gave them a three-point cushion in second place with two games to go. Despite a loss the following week to Hekari, FC Port Moresby still went into the final day needing just a point against Erema to qualify for the next stage. However, in what was seen by most as a shock, Erema defeated Port Moresby 2–1 while Rapatona secured a win over Gigira Laitepo by the same scoreline, earning qualification ahead of the team from the capital.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
The Championship Playoff was dominated by Lae and Hekari, with Morobe and Rapatona winning just one game apiece – against each other. Hekari topped the group after a 5–0 victory over Lae on 12 March 2019, with both sides qualifying for the OFC Champions League and the Grand Final, which was to take place a week later.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
Despite their previous defeat, champions Lae responded in the Grand Final, securing their second title in a row with a 2–0 victory over Hekari thanks to two goals from Raymond Gunemba.


2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, Summary
Due to Hekari's defection from the league in early 2017, they were disqualified from the 2017 OFC Champions League. As a result, the next best-placed side which had remained with the league, Madang FC, took their place.


2015–16 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Paris Saint-Germain Football Club's 43rd professional season since its creation in 1970, and its 42nd consecutive season in the top-flight of French football.


2015–16 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Players
French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.


2015–16 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Partick Thistle F.C. season
The 2015–16 season is Partick Thistle's third season in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season. Partick Thistle will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2015–16 Partick Thistle F.C. season, Squad statistics
During the 2015–16 season, Partick Thistle have used twenty-five different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.


2015–16 Penn Quakers men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Penn Quakers men's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Quakers, led by first year head coach Steve Donahue, played their home games at The Palestra and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 11–17, 5–9 in Ivy League play to finish in fifth place.


2015–16 Penn Quakers men's basketball team, Previous season
The Quakers finished the season 9–19, 4–10 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for seventh place.


2015–16 Penn Quakers women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Penn Quakers women's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Quakers, led by seventh year head coach Mike McLaughlin, play their home games at the Palestra and were members of the Ivy League. Penn finished the season 24–5, 13–1 to win the Ivy League regular season title to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round to Washington.


2015–16 Penn Quakers women's basketball team, Previous season
The Quakers finished the 2014-15 season at 21–9, 11–3 to earn an automatic bid to the 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament, which they lost to Temple in the second round.


2015–16 Penn Quakers women's basketball team, Current season
The Ivy League championship came down to the final game between Penn and Princeton for the second time in three seasons. Both entered the final game with the same 12–1 record, so the final regular-season game would mean the conference championship and automatic invitation to the NCAA tournament. Penn led much of the game, but Princeton took a one point lead with two minutes left in the game. Penn responded with a three-point shot to take a two point lead. Although Princeton had a chance to tie the game, they failed to do so, and Penn finished with the win, the conference championship, and an invitation to the 2016 NCAA tournament.


2015–16 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team
The 2015–16 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team will represent Pennsylvania State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Lions, led by ninth year head coach Coquese Washington, play their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 12–19, 6–12 in Big Ten play to finish in eleventh place. They advanced to the second round of the Big Ten Women's Tournament where they lost to Purdue.


2015–16 Penn State Lady Lions basketball team, Roster
Itoro Coleman (Clemson) Kia Damon (Millersville (PA)) Jocelyn Wyatt (Appalachian State)


2015–16 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team
The 2015–16 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Pat Chambers coached his fifth season with the team. They played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania at the Bryce Jordan Center, with two games at Rec Hall, and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. They lost to Ohio State in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.


2015–16 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team, Previous season
The Nittany Lions finished the 2014–15 season with an overall record of 18–16, with a record of 4–14 in the Big Ten regular season to finish in 13th place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament where they lost to Purdue.


2015–16 Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey season
The Penn State Nittany Lions women represented Penn State University in CHA women's ice hockey during the 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. For the second consecutive year, the Nittany Lions finished conference play in third place, and advanced to the CHA Tournament Semi-Final, before losing to Syracuse. Penn State took that game into triple overtime, before falling 3-2.


2015–16 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Marty Wilson's fifth full season at Pepperdine. The Waves played their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 10–8 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated San Francisco in the WCC Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Saint Mary's. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Eastern Washington.


2015–16 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team, Previous season
The Waves finished the season 18–14, 10–8 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC Tournament where they lost to Gonzaga. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Seattle.


2015–16 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team will represent Pepperdine University in the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Waves, members of the West Coast Conference, were led by third year coach Ryan Weisenberg. The Waves play their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse on the university campus in Malibu, California. They finished the season 7–24, 2–16 in WCC play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the WCC Women's Tournament to Loyola Marymount.


2015–16 Persepolis F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was the Persepolis's 15th season in the Pro League, and their 33rd consecutive season in the top division of Iranian Football. They were also competing in the Hazfi Cup. Persepolis is captained by Alireza Noormohammadi.


2015–16 Persepolis F.C. season
The season was affected by the death of captain Hadi Norouzi, aged 30, on October 1 from heart failure, being given the armband only at the start of the season. The news came as a big shock to Persepolis and Iranian football. A memorial was held at Azadi Stadium on 2 October which was attended by 20,000 mourners. His body was kept at the stadium for one day and then was transferred to Babol. His funeral was held on the following day and he was buried at his hometown, Kapur Chal village at Babol.


2015–16 Persepolis F.C. season, Squad, First team squad
Apps and goals updated as of 31 December 2015 For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy, Persepolis Shomal & Persepolis Qaem Shahr. Source: ,


2015–16 Persepolis F.C. season, Squad, First team squad, Iran Pro League squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Persepolis F.C. season, Squad, First team squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Persepolis F.C. season, Squad, First team squad, Out on loan
For recent transfers, see List of Iranian football transfers summer 2015. For more on the reserve and academy squads, see Persepolis Novin, Persepolis Academy, Persepolis Shomal & Persepolis Qaem Shahr.


2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League
The 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 33rd season of Iran's Football League and 15th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2014–15 Persian Gulf Cup and two new teams promoted from the 2014–15 Azadegan League: Siah Jamegan and Esteghlal Ahvaz. The league started on 30 July 2015 and ended on 13 May 2016. Esteghlal Khuzestan won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total first Iranian title).


2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Iran Pro League team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.


2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League, Awards, Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper: Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri (Zob Ahan)Defence: Sadegh Moharrami (Perspolis), Majid Hosseini (Esteghlal), Jalal Hosseini (Perspolis), Mohammad Ansari   (Perspolis)Midfield: Server Djeparov (Esteghlal), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Mohammad Reza Hosseini (Zob Ahan)Attack: Mehdi Torabi (Saipa), Ali Alipour (Perspolis), Vahid Amiri (Perspolis)


2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League, Awards, Player of the Tournament
Mehdi Torabi was awarded as the best player of the season. Ali Gholizadeh was also awarded as the best young player of the season.


2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League, Awards, Other awards
Branko Ivankovic was awarded as the best coach of the season. Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri won the best Goalkeeper award. Jalal Hosseini won the best Defender award. Omid Ebrahimi won the best Midfielder award. Ali Alipour won the best Striker award.


2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League, Attendances, Average home attendances
Updated to games played on 13 May 2016Source: Notes:Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendancesEsteghlal Ahvaz and Siah Jamegan played last season in Azadegan League


2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League, Attendances, Attendances by round
Notes:Updated to games played on 13 May 2016. Source:   Matches with spectator bans are not included in average attendances  Esteghlal Ahvaz played their matches against Esteghlal and Siah Jamegan at Ghadir  Foolad played their match against Gostaresh at Takhti Ahvaz  Gostaresh played their matches against Persepolis and Tractor Sazi at Sahand  Rah Ahan played their match against Esteghlal at Azadi  Saipa played their match against Esteghlal at Takhti Tehran  Saipa played their match against Persepolis at Azadi


2015–16 Perth Glory FC season
The 2015–16 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 19th season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time and the FFA Cup for the second time.


2015–16 Perth Glory FC season, Players, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Perth Glory W-League season
The 2015–16 Perth Glory FC W-League season was the club's eighth participation in the W-League, since the league's formation in 2008. The team finished eighth, though they were only two wins from competing in the finals series.


2015–16 Perth Glory W-League season, Review and events, Background
In mid-2015, control of the club transferred from Football West to Perth Glory FC. On taking control, the club advertised the head coach role. Incumbent coach Jamie Harnwell declined to apply for his role. Bobby Despotovski was named as Harnwell's replacement in late July 2015. Sam Kerr was named captain of the team. The Glory returned to Ashfield Reserve for a second season.


2015–16 Perth Glory W-League season, Review and events, Season
The Glory opened the season with a 2–1 win over the Melbourne Victory at Broadmeadows Valley Park. After conceding an early goal to the Victory, Caitlin Foord and Sam Kerr each scored a goal to take the points.


2015–16 Perth Glory W-League season, Review and events, Season
Caitlin Foord and Sam Kerr were missing from the Glory's second match lineup after being called up to the national team. Nikki Stanton on loan from Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) made her debut as the Glory and Jets played out a 0–0 draw at Ashfield Reserve.


2015–16 Perth Glory W-League season, Review and events, Season
Facing the undefeated Melbourne City, the Glory lost 4–0 at home, with former Glory players Marianna Tabain and Lisa De Vanna scoring goals for City.


2015–16 Perth Glory W-League season, Review and events, Season
American player Vanessa DiBernardo joined the Glory on a loan deal from NWSL team Chicago Red Stars in November 2015, scoring a double on debut in a 2–0 away victory over Brisbane Roar. There were injury concerns over Sam Kerr after she suffered an ankle injury and was replaced before half-time.


2015–16 Perth Glory W-League season, Review and events, Season
The 6 December match against Adelaide United was the first time that Jamie Harnwell, now in charge of the Reds, had faced his former team. The match was scheduled to be held at Hindmarsh Stadium and broadcast nationally as part of an A-League–W-League double-header. With a forecast temperature of 41 °C (106 °F), Football Federation Australia (FFA) initially moved the game from 1:30 pm ACDT (UTC+10:30) to 4:00 pm. With the players about to warm up, a switch of venues to Adelaide Shores Football Centre was announced, with the game kicking off at 7:30 pm. Shawn Billam opened the scoring for the Glory in the seventh minute, with Alex Gummer equalising for Adelaide in the 75th minute.


2015–16 Perth Glory W-League season, Transfers
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 Perth Scorchers season, Knockout phase, Semi Finals
The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi finals.


2015–16 Peterborough United F.C. season
The 2015–16 season will be Peterborough United's 56th year in the Football League and their third consecutive season in the third tier, League One. Along with League One, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 Peterborough United F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season friendlies
On 29 May 2015, Peterborough United announced they will face Ipswich Town and Dulwich Hamlet during pre-season. Also a friendly against Barnet was confirmed. On 8 June 2015, it was confirmed West Ham United will visit on 11 July 2015. On 15 June 2015, the Posh added three more confirmed fixtures to the pre-season schedule. A date for the Chris Turner memorial match was announced on 16 June 2015. On 25 June 2015, Peterborough United announced a Tottenham Hotspur XI side will visit during pre-season.


2015–16 Peterborough United F.C. season, Competitions, Football League Trophy
On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. The Posh will travel to Millwall.


2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season
The 2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season was the second worst in franchise history, one game better than their 9–73 mark in the 1972–73 season. It was also the second straight season that Joel Embiid, the third pick in the 2014 NBA draft, would not suit up for the 76ers due to a leg injury.


2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season
Philadelphia broke the record for the longest losing streak in American professional sports history with 27 straight losses over this season and last season with a 114–116 loss to the Houston Rockets (the old record of 26 was held by the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers, who were in their first season since LeBron James infamously spurned them for the Miami Heat on national television).


2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season
The losing streak would reach to 28 games (with the 18 straight losses tying the record for longest opening season losing streak with the 2009–10 New Jersey Nets) before getting their first victory at home against the Los Angeles Lakers, which was also Kobe Bryant's last game against the 76ers in Philadelphia. Philadelphia would also hire former Phoenix Suns owner, coach, general manager, and four-time NBA Executive of the Year winner Jerry Colangelo on December 7, 2015 as their Chairman of Basketball Operations.


2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season
Eleven days later, former Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni would join the team as an associate head coach. Near the end of the season, general manager Sam Hinkie would announce his resignation from his position, being replaced by Jerry's son Bryan Colangelo before the end of the season. Jerry would also announce his personal demotion from his original position afterwards.


2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season
The 76ers finished just one game shy of tying the NBA record for most losses in a season set by themselves during their 1972–73 season when they went 9–73. They became only the second team after the Vancouver Grizzlies between 1995–96 and 1997–98 to endure three consecutive 82-game seasons with fewer than twenty wins. However, it would be the season where Sam Hinkie's goal of "The Process" came into full fruition since they'd later earn the #1 selection in the 2016 NBA draft, which became Ben Simmons.


2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season, Awards
The following are some awards that took place during the 2015 season for Sixers players.


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season
The 2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Flyers opened the regular season on October 8, 2015 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. This was the first season under new head coach Dave Hakstol. The Flyers finished fifth in the Metropolitan Division and seventh in the Eastern Conference, qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the second Wild Card team in the Eastern Conference, where they would lose in the first round in six games to the Washington Capitals.


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season
After the Flyers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons in 2014–15, head coach Craig Berube was fired. On May 18, 2015, the Flyers hired Dave Hakstol to replace Berube. Hakstol had been the University of North Dakota's head coach for the past 11 seasons, during which he had a 289–143–43 record and led the school to the NCAA tournament in each season and advanced to the Frozen Four seven times. The Flyers retained assistant coaches Ian Laperriere, Joe Mullen and Gord Murphy. Kim Dillabaugh was named goaltending coach on July 3, 2015, replacing Jeff Reese.


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season
The Flyers signed Kontinental Hockey League defenseman Evgeny Medvedev to a one-year, $3 million contract on May 20. June 27, the first day of the draft, was a busy one for the Flyers, as they selected defenseman Ivan Provorov with the seventh overall pick while also trading the 29th and 61st overall selection for the 24th in order to select forward Travis Konecny.


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Off-season
The next day, the Flyers made a trade to create some cap space, with the Arizona Coyotes receiving Nicklas Grossmann and acquiring the contract of Chris Pronger, while the Flyers received Sam Gagner and a conditional 2016 or 2017 draft pick. The Flyers then traded Zac Rinaldo to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a 2017 third-round pick on June 29, while re-signing Chris VandeVelde to a two-year deal. The next day, the Flyers re-signed Ryan White to a one-year deal. On July 1, the Flyers signed free-agent goaltender Michal Neuvirth to a two-year, $3.25 million contract.


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Schedule and results, Pre-season
– Indicates split-squad game. – Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only. ‡Traded mid-season


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 16, 2015, the day after the deciding game of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 12, 2016, the day of the deciding game of the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals.


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Signings, Free agency
The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Signings, Internal
The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Transactions, Departures
The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).


2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season, Draft picks
Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections made at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. The Flyers original second and third-round picks were traded in two different trades.


2015–16 Philippine National Games
The 2015–16 Philippine National Games was a national multi-sport event. A series of smaller multi-sport events were held in three separate venues and legs in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Some sports also served as qualifying events for National Finals to be hosted by the province of Pangasinan from March 7–11, 2016.


2015–16 Philippine National Games, Sports
There are 10 sports events which also served as qualifiers for the finals to be held in 2016 which were held in all three legs of the games. Only athletes from the hosting region are eligible to participate in these qualifying events. (e.g. Athletes from Luzon can only participate in the Luzon leg, and so on). The other events can be participated by athletes from any region. The non-qualifying events were scattered across the three legs with the Luzon leg hosting most number of events.


2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season
The 2015–16 Phoenix Fuel Masters season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season
The 2015–16 NBA season was the Phoenix Suns' 48th season in the NBA. It was their first season where the Suns played in the Talking Stick Resort Arena with its new name, having played there since the 1992–93 season, when it used to be called the America West Arena and then later on, the U.S. Airways Center.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks
The Phoenix Suns have only one first round pick and one second round pick this season. Their sole first round pick was their own that was also a part of the NBA draft lottery. The Suns initially had two other draft picks as well (one from the Minnesota Timberwolves and the other from the Los Angeles Lakers, both of which were coincidentally the top picks of this season's draft), but they were both involved with trades the Suns made last season.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks
Minnesota's first round pick (which had lottery protections this season) was traded to the Boston Celtics, where Phoenix got center Brandan Wright in exchange.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks
However, the Lakers' pick (which was top 5 protected this season) was moved in the trade deadline extravaganza of 2015, with Phoenix gaining guard Brandon Knight from the Milwaukee Bucks (as well as other players and future first round draft picks) in exchange for Milwaukee gaining the Suns' center Miles Plumlee and then-rookie point guard Tyler Ennis, as well as the Philadelphia 76ers' point guard Michael Carter-Williams, and Philadelphia getting the Lakers' protected first round pick out of it. The lone second round pick they have is also the pick they had on their own accord in spite of having a declining record when compared to two seasons ago in the process.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks
With the 13th pick, the Suns selected shooting guard Devin Booker from Kentucky University. Booker averaged 10 points off of 47% overall shooting, 2 rebounds, and 1.1 assists during 21.5 minutes of play in Kentucky's near-undefeated season as a bench player. As a result, Booker became the Southeastern Conference's Sixth Man of the Year for, and made it to the All-SEC Second Team and the SEC All-Freshmen Team.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks
Despite coming off the bench during his college season, Booker was the most immediately successful rookie the Suns drafted (and was kept by them) in over a decade, not only finishing fourth in the NBA Rookie of the Year Award voting, but also being the first Suns rookie to make it to any All-Rookie team since 2003. With the 44th pick, the Suns selected another player from the University of Kentucky, point guard Andrew Harrison. However, the Suns traded Harrison's rights to the Memphis Grizzlies for power forward Jon Leuer.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks
As the starting point guard with the Wildcats for two seasons, Harrison had averaged 10.1 points, 3.8 assists, and 2.7 rebounds, but his output decreased during his second season, and was considered a likely reason for Harrison's drop from being a considered first-round talent to falling around the middle of the second round. Another player that the Suns got, who had entered the 2015 NBA draft via graduation, but wasn't drafted, was Phoenix native Alan Williams, an undersized center/power forward from the University of California, Santa Barbara.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Draft picks
He was well known for his rebounding abilities, to the point where he earned best rebounding numbers in not just college at his junior and senior years (even winning the Big West's Player of the Year as a junior), but also was the leading rebounder in China for the Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
Players Brandan Wright, Gerald Green, and Marcus Thornton; as well as the returning Earl Barron all became unrestricted free agents as of the end of the 2014–15 NBA season. In addition, combo guard Brandon Knight ended up being a restricted free agent. Small forward Danny Granger was also considered a candidate for unrestricted free agency, but he ended up exercising his player option to take on his final year of his contract for the rest of this season on June 17, 2015.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
Not only that, but one recent trade the Suns made by trading their most recent second round selection to Memphis for power forward Jon Leuer was fully guaranteed for the rest of the season after having his rights remain with the team after June 29, 2015. Point guard Jerel McNeal also had a team option that would make him an unrestricted free agent, but it had to be decided upon and met before July 21, 2015, which was around the time Phoenix's Summer League campaign ended and a good portion of free agency had been completed. However, unlike the other players that had team options with the Suns, McNeal was waived four days before his contract was guaranteed, on July 17, 2015 during the Summer League, due to his less than stellar performance there.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
To start their free agency push, the Suns decided to lock down their biggest trade deadline piece last season, Brandon Knight, to a 5-year deal worth $70 million (the same deal offered to point guard Eric Bledsoe a year earlier) on July 1, 2015. In addition to keeping Brandon Knight, the Suns also signed up 2011 NBA Finals champion center Tyson Chandler on exactly the same day. The signing of Tyson came in conjecture to the Suns' personal meeting with Portland Trail Blazers free agent power forward LaMarcus Aldridge as well for the chance to lure him over to Phoenix.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
In the meantime, Brandan Wright was lost to the Memphis Grizzlies when he signed a 3-year deal worth $18 million. A day later, the Suns traded small forwards Marcus Morris, Danny Granger, and Reggie Bullock to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for the Pistons' 2020 second round selection. This move was considered a way for Phoenix to sign LaMarcus Aldridge without taking any hits on their salary cap; unfortunately for the Suns, on July 4, Aldridge instead decided to go to the rival San Antonio Spurs.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
After failing to sign Aldridge, the Suns decided to sign CSKA Moscow shooting guard Sonny Weems to a two-year deal worth $5.8 million (with a team option on the second year) and former 2011–12 Phoenix Suns point guard Ronnie Price on a one-year deal worth $1.5 million (the veteran's minimum) on July 8, 2015. A day later, it was announced that the Brooklyn Nets' power forward Mirza Teletović from the nation of Bosnia & Herzegovina would sign a one-year deal worth $5.5 million, while Gerald Green would sign a one-year deal worth $3 million with the Miami Heat.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
Four days after the July moratorium ended, the Suns' Marcus Thornton, who they got after their trade with Isaiah Thomas signed a one-year, veteran's minimum deal with the Houston Rockets. On July 31, it was revealed that Jerel McNeal would sign to play for Aris Thessaloniki in Greece instead.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
After that, on September 25, 2015, center Earl Barron signed a training camp deal to play with the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club after former Suns player Jason Richardson announced his retirement due to an injury that he feared put his health at risk, although Barron played for the Fubon Braves in Taiwan on November 17, 2015 after failing to make their regular season rotation.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
On August 20, 2015, the Suns agreed to training camp deals with former Ole Miss and Yenisey Krasnoyarsk shooting guard Terrico White and former Harvard and Helios Suns Domžale small forward Kyle Casey. Five days afterwards, the Suns also decided to add former Philadelphia 76ers center Henry Sims and former Brooklyn Nets power forward Cory Jefferson towards their training camp roster as more likely potential additions to the team, as well as former Nevada Wolf Pack and Ratiopharm Ulm point guard Deonte Burton. However, all of those signings were not official until September 16, 2015.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
Burton did not train with the team at all and instead became the first player to be cut on October 3, 2015, which was before the team's scrimmage at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. After that, the Suns waived both Terrico White and Kyle Casey from their roster on October 15, 2015, two days after their overtime loss to the Houston Rockets. Finally, on October 24, 2015, the Suns decided to waive Henry Sims from the roster and sign last year's Mr. Irrelevant Cory Jefferson to a non-guaranteed deal for the season.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
All waived players except for Henry Sims later joined the Bakersfield Jam. Sims joined the Grand Rapids Drive on November 12, 2015 instead. However, of all the players there that were training camp invites, only Sims found his way back into the NBA again, signing a deal to play with the Brooklyn Nets on March 17, 2016.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
On November 25, 2015, the Suns signed Tucson, Arizona native Bryce Cotton to a one-year deal as insurance in the event either Ronnie Price or Eric Bledsoe were out of commission. He made his debut over a month later due to an injury involving Eric Bledsoe. Cotton previously played point guard for the Austin Spurs in the D-League (twice) and the Utah Jazz before signing his deal to play for the Suns. On January 6, 2016, after winning at home against the Charlotte Hornets, the Suns decided to waive both Cory Jefferson and Bryce Cotton's non-guaranteed deals.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
To make up for these moves, they announced that Grand Rapids Drive point guard Lorenzo Brown signed a 10-day contract to determine his future value to the team, especially as a backup point guard since Bledsoe was out for the rest of the season. Brown performed well enough to sign a second 10-day contract, especially with Ronnie Price out around that timeline. On January 21, 2016, the Suns decided to have Jefferson return to the roster for a 10-day contract due to the team's power forwards all being out of commission during the January 19 game against the Indiana Pacers.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
However, on January 28, 2016, Phoenix decided to sign former Philadelphia 76ers selection Jordan McRae to a 10-day contract in order to replace Lorenzo Brown after his second 10-day contract expired. In the meantime, the Suns decided to not extend Cory Jefferson's deal (again) after most of the team's power forwards returned healthy on January 31, 2016.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
During Jordan McRae's first 10-day stint, Phoenix decided to sign another 10-day contract out for former NBA and Austin Spurs player Orlando Johnson on a 10-day contract on February 5, 2016 due to the season-ending injury of T. J. Warren earlier in the month of February.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
After trading Markieff Morris away to the Washington Wizards, the Suns decided to both waive Orlando Johnson's 10 day contract and let go of Jordan McRae after his second 10-day contract expired in order to replace them with former Philadelphia 76ers and Idaho Stampede point guard Phil Pressey for 10 days, starting on February 20, 2016. Furthermore, after waiving DeJuan Blair from the roster, the Suns decided to sign former Dallas Mavericks shooting guard John Jenkins to a 3-year contract (two years non-guaranteed) on February 24, 2016.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
In addition, they waived Kris Humphries (from their Markieff Morris trade) and one of their recent free-agent signings in Sonny Weems on February 28 and March 5, 2016 respectively. To replace Weems, though, the Suns decided to sign former Indiana Pacers and Arizona Wildcats forward Chase Budinger for the rest of the season on March 8, 2016. Furthermore, on the same day, the Suns signed former Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles and California–Santa Barbara Gauchos center/power forward Alan Williams (a Phoenix, Arizona native) to a 10-day contract to replace Humphries in case either Alex Len or Tyson Chandler got injured again.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency
While Phil Pressey did not sign with the team for the rest of the season due to the return of Brandon Knight as the starting point guard on March 11 (even after Knight had his own season-ending injury later on), Alan Williams got to sign for not just the rest of this season, but also the next season on March 18, 2016, thus finally ending the Suns' free agency spree that season.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
For a majority of the past two seasons, many of the problems the team had there as a whole were projected by many fans as problems relating to that of the Morris twins' behaviors (primarily the behavior of Markieff Morris for this season).


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
Before the start of the season, both Markieff and his twin brother Marcus Morris were subject to many problems both on and off the court, from behaving poorly in front of (now former) head coach Jeff Hornacek to getting multiple technical fouls (some of which occurred in costly situations that season) to calling out the team's fanbase for not stepping up properly to even having an upcoming court case involving a former mentor of theirs named Erik Hood.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
In an attempt to help cool down the problem earlier on before this season began, the Suns decided to trade what was considered (at the time) the lesser-talented twin brother (Marcus) alongside their influx of small forwards in Reggie Bullock and Danny Granger to the Detroit Pistons on July 2, 2015, in exchange for a 2020 second round draft pick in what was seen as an effort to open up cap space to lure LaMarcus Aldridge away from both the Portland Trail Blazers and the San Antonio Spurs.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
When that failed, Marcus started lambasting the team's front office and fans for not inquiring with them about the oncoming trade when it happened. Furthermore, it was revealed that on August 3, 2015, both of the Morris twins failed to show up for the pretrial conference that was set for them on that date, which forced the judicial system to delay the case until September 16, 2015.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
The twins' trail continued well beyond this season, and to the next when they requested a new grand jury, and then having the trial be further delayed to gather evidence on the text messages sent between Eric Hood and Thomasine "Angel" Morris, the other victim in question.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
The twins' trial continued until October 3, 2017, due to their conflicting schedules as NBA players on different teams by that point in time, where the judge deemed the twins (and former Baltimore Ravens safety Gerald Bowman) not guilty for the attack on Hood due to his story changing from both of the twins being involved in attacking him to just Marcus attacking him, while the other two attackers involved (Julius Kane & Christopher Melendez Jr.) admitted their guilt in the attack earlier on back in September 2017. Nevertheless, the trial's results would not change the fates of the twins after the July trade involving Marcus Morris.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
On August 11, 2015, Markieff Morris revealed to The Philadelphia Inquirer that he wanted to be traded out of Phoenix, mainly due to how he and his twin brother were notified of the news of the Detroit Pistons trade on July 2, 2015, where Markieff's brother was traded alongside Reggie Bullock and Danny Granger for the Pistons' 2020 second round selection. He was fined $10,000 for his comments.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
Four days later, he stated his preference to play for either the Houston Rockets (Marcus' original team) or the Toronto Raptors, but he wouldn't mind any other location like the Washington Wizards as well. However, the Suns decided to counter Markieff's demands by saying they would not trade him due to his importance to the team around that time.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
Despite that notion, he remained adamant about his decision by posting out on his Twitter account that his future would not be in Phoenix, just a day after the Suns wished Markieff a happy 26th birthday, and continued with the attitude a week later saying he won't accept any apologies from the team. At the end of the offseason, though, Markieff remained on the team throughout most of the season, with Marcus continuing to bash the team and their fanbase along the way as a Detroit Pistons player, even claiming he was never really a Phoenix Suns player.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
It was later revealed that the Suns had tried to work out a trade involving Markieff for eight months before it was finally completed in February, with general manager Ryan McDonough stating that if a better deal for Markieff had come before the start of the season, it would have been done by then. The problem was stated that Markieff himself didn't do the team any favors throughout the majority of the season between his court case with his brother and worries that the behavior he had at the start of the season there would continue for other teams afterwards.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
While Markieff suggested that he had learned from the mistakes he made during the summertime, he continued to have problems with the team and even struggled with his performance after his first ever injury as a player in the middle of November. After his injury, Markieff was relegated to a bench role, with times that he didn't even play at all for various reasons.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
His performance dropped even further from averaging around 13 points and 5 rebounds in 27 minutes of action in November to 6.4 points and 2.9 rebounds in 17 minutes of action in December, with Jon Leuer replacing Markieff at points. It soon reached a point on December 23, 2015 against the Denver Nuggets (which was also the last full game Eric Bledsoe played before a season-ending knee injury three days later) where Markieff threw a towel (accidentally) at head coach Jeff Hornacek after being frustrated at a play.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
The incident drew parallels to when former Suns player Robert Horry threw a towel at former Suns head coach Danny Ainge back in the 1996–97 Phoenix Suns season. Like Horry, Morris was suspended for two games without pay. However, unlike the Horry situation, Markieff remained with the team for not just the rest of December, but also for the entirety of January and halfway through February.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
Markieff also ended up lasting longer than Hornacek and two of his top assistants, Jerry Sichting and Mike Longabardi (the latter of which won the 2016 NBA Finals championship later on in the season with the Cleveland Cavaliers). It also caused the Suns to stop playing Markieff altogether for a good amount of time, only relenting with all of their power forwards starting to get injuries during the month of January at certain points.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
When head coach Jeff Hornacek was fired on February 1, 2016, and assistant(/former player development) coach Earl Watson replaced him as interim head coach for the rest of the season, Watson tried to designate Markieff as the team's newest leader after having injuries decimate their entire roster. During the five games Morris held that designation, he recorded his best averages for the Suns with 20.7 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 4.6 assists in over 30 minutes of action, even though the team did not win any of those games around that period of time.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
However, the breaking point for Markieff and the Suns came under Morris' last game on February 9, 2016 against the defending champion Golden State Warriors, where during the first timeout of the game in the first quarter, Markieff went after his teammate Archie Goodwin due to Goodwin not performing well at the time.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
While the Suns lost a relatively close match to the Warriors, they soon realized that enough was enough with Markieff (and later Goodwin), and then asked to have a first round draft pick and a young player in return for Markieff to go far away from their franchise forever.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
At the end of the February 18, 2016 trade deadline, despite him wanting to stay with the team by then, the other Morris brother was traded to the Washington Wizards in exchange for power-forward/center combo players DeJuan Blair and Kris Humphries, as well as a top-9 protected 2016 first round draft pick and a $1.56 million traded player exception. Four days after the trade, though, the Suns waived Blair.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
To replace him, the Suns decided to use their traded player exception to sign John Jenkins to a three-year contract (with the second and third years being non-guaranteed) for the league minimum.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
Furthermore, the Suns also decided to buy out Kris Humphries' contract that he had for two more years (including this one) on February 28, 2016 in order to help get him to a playoff team in the Atlanta Hawks, while also replacing Humphries with Phoenix, Arizona native Alan Williams to a 10-day contract on March 8, 2016, and then for the rest of the season on March 18, 2016.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Free agency, The Morris twins situation
Both the first round pick from Markieff (which became Georgios Papagiannis) and the 2020 second round pick from Marcus (which eventually became Xavier Tillman) were later traded to the Sacramento Kings as part of a deal in exchange for Marquese Chriss, who was the 8th pick in the 2016 NBA draft.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Coaching changes
On May 29, 2015, it was announced that assistant coach Kenny Gattison was leaving the team and former Phoenix Mercury coach and Suns player development coach Corey Gaines was to be promoted to full-time assistant coach again. At the same time, it was announced that Bakersfield Jam coach Nate Bjorkgren was Corey's replacement as player development coach (as well as being an assistant head coach in his own accord) and Mark West was relegated back into the front office as a director of player relations.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Coaching changes
Several days later, former NBA player and Austin Spurs assistant coach Earl Watson was announced as assistant coach duties. Joe Smith was also announced as a potential candidate for another player development assistant coach position. However, on June 27, 2015 — two days after the 2015 NBA draft — the Suns hired former Villanova University player and director of student-athlete development, Harlem Globetrotter, and Austin Spurs assistant coach Jason Fraser as the last player development assistant coach, being joined by fellow player development coach Irving Roland from the team's 2013–14 season.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Coaching changes
On December 27, 2015, a day after losing to the Philadelphia 76ers (who before playing Phoenix had only one victory at that time and ended up with only 10 victories all season long), it was announced that both Earl Watson and Nate Bjorkgren were being promoted to full-time assistant coaches, while both long-time assistant coaches Jerry Sichting and Mike Longabardi were fired (although Longabardi was later hired by the Cleveland Cavaliers, eventually winning the 2016 NBA Finals six months later, while Sichting was reunite with Jeff Hornacek and Corey Gaines on the Knicks the next season).


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Coaching changes
A month later, the Suns' head coach Jeff Hornacek was fired (although he'd find work again as the New York Knicks' head coach on May 18, 2016, while also being reunited with assistant coaches Jerry Sichting and Corey Gaines soon afterwards). Earl Watson became interim coach, replacing Hornacek. Former San Antonio Spurs and Seattle SuperSonics head coach Bob Hill became an assistant coach under Watson as the new head coach. After the season, the Suns designated Watson with the full-time head coach tag for the next three seasons.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Front office changes
On May 29, 2015, it was revealed that former Suns player and assistant coach Mark West was back in the front office role as a director of player relations and John Treloar was fired from his director of player personnel duties, as he decided to take on that same role for the Atlanta Hawks.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Front office changes
Former president of basketball operations Lon Babby was relegated to be the team's senior adviser on June 10, 2015 after his initial contract as the team's president of basketball operations expired, although he still took part in the team's free agent decisions for the rest of June and July. As of August, however, that role was taken by general manager Ryan McDonough instead. On July 7, 2015, the Suns announced that the Los Angeles Clippers' Courtney Witte was the team's newest director of scouting.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Offseason, Front office changes
On July 30, 2015, Phoenix announced that the Bakersfield Jam's general manager Bubba Barrage was the new director of player personnel while keeping his role in Bakersfield, and Antonio Williams was the team's newest scout, replacing Ronnie Lester. Finally, on September 30, 2015, the team's strength and conditioning coach Mike Elliott was promoted to the director of performance.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Roster, Salaries
For the first time since the 2009–10 season, the Suns don't have to pay Josh Childress as the amnesty clause for the NBA expires. However, they still owe Michael Beasley $777,778 due to the buyout the Suns did on September 3, 2013. Beasley's contract still affects the Suns' salary for both this season and the next.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Roster, Salaries
Furthermore, the Suns also bought out Kris Humphries' contract on February 28, 2016, which removed his payments of around $3,440,000 from Phoenix's books in the current season, as well as payout the rest of Sonny Weems' $2,814,000 that he didn't get earlier on (which totals out to $660,000) for the rest of the season on March 5, 2016.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Pre-Season
The six pre-season games the Suns played for this season tied the 1975–76 and 1981–82 seasons as the lowest number of pre-season games the Suns had in a season (excluding the lockout shortened pre-seasons of the 1998–99 and 2011–12 seasons).


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Awards, records, and milestones
"What strikes a lot of people about Devin is all the other stuff he can do – he's really developed his ball handling, his pick and roll game, he thinks the game at a high level. But I'll be honest, we had no idea he'd be able to do this much, this quickly. Devin has done unbelievably well not just on the court but representing the franchise in the community as well. He was a bright spot for us in a difficult year."


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions
^ a: While Cory Jefferson initially signed with the Suns when he was the only training camp invitee to become a part of the team earlier in the season, he was waived after the January 7, 2016 game against the Charlotte Hornets, thus earning only a partially guaranteed salary in the process. However, he returned to the Suns on January 20, 2016 for a 10-day contract because the Suns had no other power forwards when Markieff Morris, Mirza Teletović, and Jon Leuer were all out either due to injuries or ailments around that period.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions
Once all three players returned to action when Jefferson was due for a new contract, the Suns decided not to give him another 10-day contract. As a result of those two deals and the time he spent with the group, Jefferson ended up with a total of $362,878 earned throughout with time with the team. ^ b: While Sonny Weems earned guaranteed money throughout his time with the Suns, he was not fully guaranteed.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions
While Sonny was initially guaranteed the money he was fully expected to get this season, he stopped receiving money from the team on March 7, 2016 when he was waived. For the rest of the cash the team owed Weems, he was paid the rest of the amount needed to make sure he was satisfied and left in the process. ^ c: Cory Jefferson was originally a part of the Brooklyn Nets when he first signed up with the team.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions
However, when he earned that 10-day contract in January, he got it when he was signing up with the affiliate Bakersfield Jam a day earlier. Yet even though he signed a contract with the Jam earlier in the season, he never really played with the Jam until after his 10-day contract expired with the Suns, so it technically meant that Jefferson re-signed with the team when he entered that 10-day contract of his.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions
^ d: When Bryce Cotton initially signed his one-year deal with the Suns, he signed a non-guaranteed deal that was worth $700,901, similar to what Cory Jefferson was getting when he first signed up with the team. However, when he got waived in the same day that Jefferson first was waived on January 6, Bryce earned about $228,663 for the services he had provided for his hometown sports team.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions
^ e: Even though Bryce Cotton was originally a player for the Utah Jazz when the season initially began, he started the regular season with player development/assistant/(interim) head coach Earl Watson's former team, the Austin Spurs, before signing his contract with the Suns in November 2015. ^ f: While all three of these players earned their second 10-day contracts with the team on various days of their original tenures, each earned them in different tenures.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions
Lorenzo Brown started as a part of the Minnesota Timberwolves team earlier in the season before starting his regular season with the Grand Rapids Drive and then going to the Suns on January 8, 2016.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Additions
Both Jerel McNeal and Phil Pressey began their seasons as teammates on the Philadelphia 76ers, but wound up with the Suns under different manners with McNeal taking part of Philadelphia's D-League affiliate team, the Delaware 87ers, for starting out his season before starting his NBA tenure on January 28, 2016, and Pressey decided to start his season in the Idaho Stampede (during their last year under that team name) before beginning his tenure with the Suns on February 21, 2016. All three earned two 10-day contracts, but none stayed on the team beyond their required amount of time (including McNeal staying on for two more days because of an NBA rule requiring the player being involved with at least three games during their contract).


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
^ g: While Andrew Harrison never played for the Suns throughout his tenure, he was drafted by the Suns before being traded away for Jon Leuer the same day, thus making him a brief member of the team at that time. ^ h: Andrew Harrison was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in the aforementioned draft day trade involving Jon Leuer, but he did not play a game for the Grizzlies this season. Instead, Harrison spent the entire season with the Grizzlies' D-League affiliate team, the Iowa Energy. He played with Memphis the following year.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
^ i: While all three of these players ended up going to the Detroit Pistons on July 2, 2015, they all had different experiences there. Marcus Morris (the twin brother of Markieff Morris) was a starter for the Pistons, while Reggie Bullock alternated his time between coming off the bench for Detroit and playing in their own D-League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Drive, throughout the season.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
Former All-Star small forward Danny Granger, continued to heal from the injury he had back when he was with the Miami Heat and was waived by the Pistons before the start of the season because of it. As of November 16, 2017, Granger made his unofficial retirement with interests like real estate and being a college basketball sports analyst for the CBS Sports Network taking over his time. ^ j: Marcus Thornton originally signed a one-year deal to play with the Houston Rockets as a result of them making it to the Western Conference Finals the previous season.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
However, because the Rockets had a poor season this time, they attempted to trade Thornton in a three-way deal at the trade deadline involving the Philadelphia 76ers and the Detroit Pistons, in which Thornton would be dealt alongside Donatas Motiejūnas to the Pistons in exchange for Detroit's 2016 first round draft pick. However, a few days after the trade, the Pistons rescinded the trade due to a problem involving Motiejūnas, and the Rockets were eventually forced to waive Thornton in order for them to get rid of their mistake they had with having Ty Lawson on their team.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
A few days after Thornton was waived, instead of reuniting with former teammates Marcus Morris and Reggie Bullock on the Pistons, he was reunited with former teammate Markieff Morris on the Washington Wizards on March 9, 2016, replacing the injured Gary Neal in the process. ^ k: Initially, Earl Barron signed a one-year deal to play with the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club during this season. However, before the regular season even began, Barron was waived. With nowhere else to turn to, he decided to play in Taiwan as the newest center for the Fubon Braves.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
^ l: Cory Jefferson originally signed a contract with the Bakersfield Jam on January 19, 2016, a few weeks after being waived from the Suns earlier in the season. However, because of the aforementioned problems involving the team's power forwards during the stretch of January 20–30, 2016, Jefferson returned to the Phoenix Suns a day after he signed his original contract with the Jam. When his second stretch with the Suns ended, Jefferson decided to return to the Bakersfield Jam for the rest of their last season under that name.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
They were renamed the Northern Arizona Suns at the end of the NBA season. ^ m: When Bryce Cotton was originally waived by the Suns on January 7, 2016, he returned to the Austin Spurs in the D-League during most of January afterwards. However, Cotton soon left the Spurs to play with future NBA draft prospect Zhou Qi and the Xinjiang Tianshan Rural-Commercial Bank Flying Tigers in the first-tier Chinese Basketball Association on January 30, 2016.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
After the Flying Tigers were eliminated from the 2016 CBA Playoffs by former Phoenix Suns player Hamed Haddadi and the eventual champion Sichuan Blue Whales, Cotton returned to the NBA on April 1, 2016 for a ten-day contract with the very shorthanded Memphis Grizzlies, and signed signing with the Grizzlies for the rest of the season on April 11, 2016, although he wasn't able to play for Memphis in the playoffs due to league regulations.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
^ n: After completing his first 10-day contract with the Suns, Lorenzo Brown returned for a second 10-day contract and then went back to the Grand Rapids Drive soon afterward. On March 25, 2016, Lorenzo signed with the Detroit Pistons for the rest of the season, although he did not play for them. He had originally try to play for the UNICS Kazan in Russia on November 4, 2016, but was waived before playing a single game for them after failing a physical.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
However, he played for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls on December 8, 2016 in the first-tier Chinese Basketball Association because one of Zhejiang's international players, the Haitian Cady Lalanne, got injured early in their season, and Brown was his replacement. After that, he returned to the Grand Rapids Drive on March 3, 2017 and did not get another chance to play for the Detroit Pistons late in the season.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
^ o: When Orlando Johnson finished his only 10-day contract with the Suns, he returned to the Austin Spurs after the All-Star Weekend before making a brief stint with the New Orleans Pelicans late in March. After he finished his 10-day contract with New Orleans, he went back to Austin again for the rest of the season.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
Johnson later played for the Guangxi Rhino under the second-tier Chinese National Basketball League's Division A playoffs, but by that time, it was under the beginning of the 2016–17 NBA season in July 2016 instead of the end of this season in June 2016. ^ p: When Jerel McNeal finished his first 10-day contract with the Suns, he continued on a second 10-day contract before briefly returning with the Delaware 87ers on February 25, 2016. After a few days with Delaware, he signed with the eventual champion Cleveland Cavaliers.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
^ q: Even though DeJuan Blair was never a player for the Suns during the brief time he was in Phoenix, he stayed with the team for four days before being waived on February 22, 2016. He did not find a new team to play for until September 7, 2016, when he found a spot with the Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey King of the first-tier Chinese Basketball Association. However, he was cut after playing 10 games for Jiangsu in November 2016, mainly for the purpose of signing former one-time Suns training camp invitee Ike Diogu.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
Afterwards, he signed with the Texas Legends on January 17, 2017 before being traded to the Los Angeles D-Fenders on February 11, 2017 for a fourth round draft pick. ^ r: After Sonny Weems being waived by the Suns on March 7, 2016, he was signed by the Philadelphia 76ers a few days later.


2015–16 Phoenix Suns season, Transactions, Free agents, Subtractions
However, because of an injury involving his leg later in the season, Weems was waived by the 76ers on March 29, 2016, and returned to Europe with future Suns draft pick Dragan Bender and his team, Maccabi Fox Tel Aviv, on a two-year deal worth $5,755,000 on April 7, 2016 (although that deal wasn't official until June 13, 2016 due to Israel's season still going on at the time Weems made that deal). ^ s: When Phil Pressey completed his first 10-day contract, he returned to finish his second 10-day contract. He then finished the season with the last games of the Idaho Stampede's existence before the team moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and became the Salt Lake City Stars, similar to what happened with the Bakersfield Jam becoming the Northern Arizona Suns after this season ended.


2015–16 Pirveli Liga
2015–16 Pirveli Liga was the 27th season of the Georgian Pirveli Liga. The season began on 2 September 2015 and finished on 21 May 2016.


2015–16 Pirveli Liga, Format
The tournament consisted of 18 teams. The first two teams went straight to the top of the Premier League, and the third place player had a Playoff with a 14th place finisher. However, due to a change of league format, eventually no team were promoted to the top division.


2015–16 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Panthers were led by thirteenth-year head coach Jamie Dixon. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 9–9 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They defeated Syracuse in the second round of the ACC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where, as a #10 seed, they lost in the first round to Wisconsin.


2015–16 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
On March 21, 2016, head coach Jamie Dixon resigned to become the head coach at TCU. He finished at Pittsburgh with a 13-year record of 328–123 and went to the postseason in every season.


2015–16 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team, Last season
The Panthers finished the 2014–15 season 19–15, 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC Tournament to NC State. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to George Washington.


2015–16 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team will represent Pittsburgh University during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Panthers, led by third year head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio. The Panthers, third year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, will play their home games at the Petersen Events Center. They finished the season 13–18, 4–12 in ACC play to finish in a tie for twelfth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC Women's Tournament where they lost to Miami (FL).


2015–16 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team, 2015–16 media, Pitt Panthers Sports Network
The Pitt Panthers Sports Network will broadcast all Panthers games on WJAS. George Von Benko will provide the play-by-play while Jen Tuscano will provide the analysis. Non -televised home games can be watched online via Pitt Panthers TV with the Panthers Sports Network call.


2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season
The 2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. Their regular season games began on October 8, 2015 against the Dallas Stars. On December 12, the team had a record of 15–10–3. The organization then fired head coach Mike Johnston and replaced him with Mike Sullivan, head coach of the organization's American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre.


2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season
The Penguins qualified for the playoffs for the tenth consecutive season. They earned second place in the Metropolitan Division with 104 points. They began the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 13 against the New York Rangers, the team they were eliminated by in the Stanley Cup playoffs both of the previous two seasons. They went on to beat the Rangers in five games. In the second round the Pens defeated the Washington Capitals, the winners of the Presidents' Trophy, in six games. The team then played in their first Eastern Conference Final since 2013 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Pens defeated the Lightning in seven games, despite trailing the series 3–2 after Game 5, to earn the franchise's fifth berth in the Stanley Cup Final. In the Final, the Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks in six games to win the franchise's fourth league title.


2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Pre-season, Statistics
FinalNote – Statistics compiled from Official Game/Event Summaries from NHL.com


2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Playoffs
The Penguins announced on April 11, 2016 that they will wear their Alternate jersey for all home games throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs.


2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Statistics, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.


2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Transactions
The Penguins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:


2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Transactions, Trades
Nick Spaling  Kasperi Kapanen  Scott Harrington  Conditional 1st round pick in 2016 or       1st round pick in 2017  or       2nd round pick in 2017  3rd round pick in 2016


2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Transactions, Trades
Phil Kessel  Tim Erixon  Tyler Biggs  Conditional PIT's 2nd round pick in 2016 or       TOR's 2nd round pick in 2017


2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Transactions, Trades
Nick Bonino  Adam Clendening  ANA's 2nd round pick in 2016


2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins season, Draft picks
The 2015 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.


2015–16 Plunket Shield season
The 2015–16 Plunket Shield was the 87th season of official first-class cricket in New Zealand. The competition started on 15 October 2015, and ran to 2 April 2016. Auckland won the competition following a draw in their match against Wellington in round nine of the competition.


2015–16 PlusLiga
2015–16 PlusLiga was the 80th season of the Polish Volleyball Championship (16th season as a professional league - PlusLiga) organized by the Professional Volleyball League SA (Polish: Profesjonalna Liga Piłki Siatkowej S.A.) under the supervision of the Polish Volleyball Federation (Polish: Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej).


2015–16 PlusLiga
In the 2015/2016 season Poland was represented by Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, Lotos Trefl Gdańsk and PGE Skra Bełchatów in CEV Champions League. Jastrzębski Węgiel had a chance to represent Poland in the CEV Cup, but resigned due to the club financial problems.


2015–16 PlusLiga
On October 28, 2015, the Polish SuperCup was held. The winner of the Polish Cup- Lotos Trefl Gdańsk beat reigning Polish Champions Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 3–2 in Poznań.


2015–16 PlusLiga
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle achieved 6th title of Polish Champion after a 13-year title drought. Benjamin Toniutti from ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle received 10 "Most Valuable Player of the Match" awards. Bartosz Kurek from Asseco Resovia Rzeszów was the season's top scorer with 510 points. The following places in the Top Scorer ranking went to: Maciej Muzaj from Jastrzębski Węgiel (479 points), Sławomir Jungiewicz from Effector Kielce (477 points), Artur Szalpuk from Cerrad Czarni Radom (432 points) and Facundo Conte from PGE Skra Bełchatów (426 points).


2015–16 PlusLiga squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2015–16 PlusLiga in Poland.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
The following is the Asseco Resovia Rzeszów roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, AZS Częstochowa
The following is the AZS Częstochowa roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, AZS Politechnika Warszawska
The following is the AZS Politechnika Warszawska roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, BBTS Bielsko-Biała
The following is the BBTS Bielsko-Biała roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, Cerrad Czarni Radom
The following is the Cerrad Czarni Radom roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, Cuprum Lubin
The following is the Cuprum Lubin roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, Effector Kielce
The following is the Effector Kielce roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
The following is the Indykpol AZS Olsztyn roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, Jastrzębski Węgiel
The following is the Jastrzębski Węgiel roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk
The following is the Trefl Gdańsk roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz
The following is the Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, MKS Będzin
The following is the MKS Będzin roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, PGE Skra Bełchatów
The following is the PGE Skra Bełchatów roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 PlusLiga squads, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
The following is the ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle roster in the 2015–16 PlusLiga.


2015–16 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Plymouth Argyle's fifth consecutive season in League Two and their 130th year in existence. Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season, League Two, Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.


2015–16 Polish Cup
The 2015–16 Polish Cup was the sixty-second season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It began on 18 July 2015 with the first matches of the Preliminary Round and ended on 2 May 2016 with the final at the National Stadium in Warsaw. Winners of the competition qualified for the qualifying tournament of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 Polish Cup
The 2015–16 season brought several changes into the competition format determined by the 2014 reform of II liga (3rd tier), which decreased the number of teams playing in the league from 36 to 18 and the number of teams participating in the Polish Cup from 86 to 68. The tournament had one preliminary round (instead of two in previous seasons), in which also the 6 lowest-ranked I liga (2nd tier) teams entered.


2015–16 Polish Cup
Legia Warsaw successfully defended the Polish Cup champion title, winning the final game 1–0 against Lech Poznań and secured their eighteenth title.