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2014–15  Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
Head coach Jong Uichico
General Manager Jimmy Alapag
Magnum Membrere (assistant)
Owner(s) Smart Communications
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record8–3
(72.7%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinalist
(lost to San Miguel, 0–4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record8–3
(72.7%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishChampions vs. Rain or Shine 4-3
Governors' Cup results
Record5–6
(45.5%)
Place10th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters seasons

The 2014–15 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season was the 25th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
2 8 Harold Arboleda F   Philippines Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants Perpetual

Roster

2014–15 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 2 Philippines Washington, Jay 6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1981-11-10 Eckerd
F 4 United States Carey, Harvey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1979-03-18 Sonoma State
G 6 Philippines Alas, Kevin Injured (R/IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991-11-13 Letran
G 9 Philippines Labagala, Robert 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1984-07-05 UE
G 10 United States Reyes, Ryan Jay 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983-08-10 Cal State Fullerton
G 11 Philippines Miller, Willie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1977-07-13 Letran
G/F 12 Philippines Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982-05-13 Ateneo
G 17 Philippines Castro, Jayson 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986-06-30 Philippine Christian
F 21 United States Williams, Kelly 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1982-02-07 Oakland
G/F 22 Philippines Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1990-06-13 Cal Poly Pomona
F 23 Philippines Espiritu, Elmer (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1985-11-23 UE
F/C 24 United States Reyes, Robert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1983-03-16 Flagler
F/C 33 Philippines De Ocampo, Ranidel (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1981-12-08 Saint Francis of Assisi
F 42 United States Seigle, Danny 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1976-06-14 Wagner
G/F 51 Philippines Aban, Aaron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982-04-08 Letran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818 [a] — Advance to semifinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 2 .818 [a] —
3 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727 [b] 1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 TNT Tropang Texters 8 3 .727 [b] 1
5 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545 [c] 3
6 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545 [c] 3
7 Purefoods Star Hotshots 6 5 .545 [c] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455 4
9 Barako Bull Energy 4 7 .364 [d] 5
10 NLEX Road Warriors 4 7 .364 [d] 5
11 Kia Sorento 1 10 .091 8
12 Blackwater Elite 0 11 .000 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(single elimination)		Semifinals
(best-of-7)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#3 twice to beat)
3 Alaska82
2Rain or Shine2
10 NLEX78
3Alaska873Alaska4
(#6 twice to beat)
6Meralco69
6 Meralco77
3Alaska3
7 Purefoods Star65
1San Miguel4
(#4 twice to beat)
4 Talk 'N Text105
1San Miguel4
9 Barako Bull76
4Talk 'N Text834Talk 'N Text0
(#5 twice to beat)
5Barangay Ginebra67
5 Barangay Ginebra95
8 GlobalPort78
This box:

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 [a] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Tropang TNT 8 3 .727 [a] —
3 Purefoods Star Hotshots 8 3 .727 [a] — Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 NLEX Road Warriors 6 5 .545 [b] 2
5 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545 [b] 2
6 Alaska Aces 5 6 .455 [c] 3
7 Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455 [c] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 6 .455 [c] 3
9 San Miguel Beermen 4 7 .364 [d] 4
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 7 .364 [d] 4
11 Kia Carnival 4 7 .364 [d] 4
12 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273 5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
  4. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		 Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1 Rain or Shine92
8 Barangay Ginebra91
1Rain or Shine3
(best-of-3)
5Meralco0
4 NLEX0
5 Meralco2
1Rain or Shine3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2Talk 'N Text4
2 Talk 'N Text127
7 Barako Bull97
2Talk 'N Text3
(best-of-3)
3Purefoods Star1
3 Purefoods Star2
6 Alaska0
This box:

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727 [a] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727 [a] —
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636 [b] 1
4 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636 [b] 1
5 Star Hotshots 6 5 .545 [c] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Barako Bull Energy 6 5 .545 [c] 2
7 Meralco Bolts 5 6 .455 [d] 3
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 6 .455 [d] 3
9 Kia Carnival 5 6 .455 [d] 3
10 TNT KaTropa 5 6 .455 [d] 3
11 NLEX Road Warriors 3 8 .273 5
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 7
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
  4. ^ a b c d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		 Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice to beat)
1 Alaska114
8 Ginebra108
1Alaska3
(#4 twice to beat)
5Star0
4 GlobalPort7394
5 Star126101
1Alaska0
(#2 twice to beat)
2San Miguel4
2 San Miguel99102
7 Meralco10686
2San Miguel3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine1
3 Rain or Shine134**
6 Barako Bull132

*Game went into overtime [a]


a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

This box:

Game log

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

September 22, 2014 [6] To GlobalPort
Nonoy Baclao and
2017 1st round pick (from Talk 'n Text) 		To NLEX
Harold Arboleda and 2018 2nd round pick
(from Talk 'n Text via Globalport)
2016 2nd round pick
(from Ginebra via GlobalPort) 		To Talk 'N Text
Jay Washington (from GlobalPort)
Matt Ganuelas (from NLEX via GlobalPort)
October 2, 2014 [7] To Rain or Shine
2015 & 2019 2nd round picks 		To Talk 'N Text
Larry Rodriguez
October 9, 2014 [8] To Blackwater
Larry Rodriguez and
2015 1st round pick (from Talk 'N Text) 		To NLEX
NiΓ±o Canaleta
(from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater) 		To Talk 'N Text
Kevin Alas (from NLEX)
2015 1st round pick (from Blackwater)

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Richard Howell January 28 (vs Rain or Shine) February 15 (vs Ginebra) 4–1
Ivan Johnson February 20 (vs NLEX) April 29 (vs Rain or Shine) 12–6
Governors' Cup Steffphon Pettigrew May 10 (vs Barangay Ginebra) June 19 (vs Kia) 5–6
Jordan Sam Daghles* May 10 (vs Barangay Ginerba) June 19 (vs Kia) 5–6

(* Asian import)

References

  1. ^ Norman Black moves to Meralco, Jong Uichico to take over Talk β€˜N Text as MVP group shuffles coaches Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Interaksyon.com, July 9, 2014
  2. ^ "Jimmy Alapag retires". Rappler. January 9, 2015.
  3. ^ Badua, Snow (January 9, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag retires, takes on new role as Talk 'N Text manager, Gilas assistant coach". spin.ph.
  4. ^ Lozada, Bong (January 9, 2015). "'For me it's time', Alapag says as he retires". INQUIRER.net.
  5. ^ Fitting curtain call as Salud names Jimmy Alapag '13th man' of South team in PBA All-Stars, Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 30, 2015
  6. ^ Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.
  7. ^ [1], Inquirer.net, October 2, 2014
  8. ^ Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=2014–15_Talk_%27N_Text_Tropang_Texters_season&oldid=1236231647"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2014–15  Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
Head coach Jong Uichico
General Manager Jimmy Alapag
Magnum Membrere (assistant)
Owner(s) Smart Communications
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record8–3
(72.7%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinalist
(lost to San Miguel, 0–4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record8–3
(72.7%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishChampions vs. Rain or Shine 4-3
Governors' Cup results
Record5–6
(45.5%)
Place10th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters seasons

The 2014–15 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season was the 25th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
2 8 Harold Arboleda F   Philippines Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants Perpetual

Roster

2014–15 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 2 Philippines Washington, Jay 6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1981-11-10 Eckerd
F 4 United States Carey, Harvey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1979-03-18 Sonoma State
G 6 Philippines Alas, Kevin Injured (R/IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991-11-13 Letran
G 9 Philippines Labagala, Robert 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1984-07-05 UE
G 10 United States Reyes, Ryan Jay 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983-08-10 Cal State Fullerton
G 11 Philippines Miller, Willie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1977-07-13 Letran
G/F 12 Philippines Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982-05-13 Ateneo
G 17 Philippines Castro, Jayson 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986-06-30 Philippine Christian
F 21 United States Williams, Kelly 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1982-02-07 Oakland
G/F 22 Philippines Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1990-06-13 Cal Poly Pomona
F 23 Philippines Espiritu, Elmer (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1985-11-23 UE
F/C 24 United States Reyes, Robert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1983-03-16 Flagler
F/C 33 Philippines De Ocampo, Ranidel (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1981-12-08 Saint Francis of Assisi
F 42 United States Seigle, Danny 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1976-06-14 Wagner
G/F 51 Philippines Aban, Aaron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982-04-08 Letran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818 [a] — Advance to semifinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 2 .818 [a] —
3 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727 [b] 1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 TNT Tropang Texters 8 3 .727 [b] 1
5 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545 [c] 3
6 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545 [c] 3
7 Purefoods Star Hotshots 6 5 .545 [c] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455 4
9 Barako Bull Energy 4 7 .364 [d] 5
10 NLEX Road Warriors 4 7 .364 [d] 5
11 Kia Sorento 1 10 .091 8
12 Blackwater Elite 0 11 .000 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(single elimination)		Semifinals
(best-of-7)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#3 twice to beat)
3 Alaska82
2Rain or Shine2
10 NLEX78
3Alaska873Alaska4
(#6 twice to beat)
6Meralco69
6 Meralco77
3Alaska3
7 Purefoods Star65
1San Miguel4
(#4 twice to beat)
4 Talk 'N Text105
1San Miguel4
9 Barako Bull76
4Talk 'N Text834Talk 'N Text0
(#5 twice to beat)
5Barangay Ginebra67
5 Barangay Ginebra95
8 GlobalPort78
This box:

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 [a] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Tropang TNT 8 3 .727 [a] —
3 Purefoods Star Hotshots 8 3 .727 [a] — Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 NLEX Road Warriors 6 5 .545 [b] 2
5 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545 [b] 2
6 Alaska Aces 5 6 .455 [c] 3
7 Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455 [c] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 6 .455 [c] 3
9 San Miguel Beermen 4 7 .364 [d] 4
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 7 .364 [d] 4
11 Kia Carnival 4 7 .364 [d] 4
12 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273 5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
  4. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		 Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1 Rain or Shine92
8 Barangay Ginebra91
1Rain or Shine3
(best-of-3)
5Meralco0
4 NLEX0
5 Meralco2
1Rain or Shine3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2Talk 'N Text4
2 Talk 'N Text127
7 Barako Bull97
2Talk 'N Text3
(best-of-3)
3Purefoods Star1
3 Purefoods Star2
6 Alaska0
This box:

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727 [a] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727 [a] —
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636 [b] 1
4 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636 [b] 1
5 Star Hotshots 6 5 .545 [c] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Barako Bull Energy 6 5 .545 [c] 2
7 Meralco Bolts 5 6 .455 [d] 3
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 6 .455 [d] 3
9 Kia Carnival 5 6 .455 [d] 3
10 TNT KaTropa 5 6 .455 [d] 3
11 NLEX Road Warriors 3 8 .273 5
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 7
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
  4. ^ a b c d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		 Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice to beat)
1 Alaska114
8 Ginebra108
1Alaska3
(#4 twice to beat)
5Star0
4 GlobalPort7394
5 Star126101
1Alaska0
(#2 twice to beat)
2San Miguel4
2 San Miguel99102
7 Meralco10686
2San Miguel3
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine1
3 Rain or Shine134**
6 Barako Bull132

*Game went into overtime [a]


a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

This box:

Game log

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

September 22, 2014 [6] To GlobalPort
Nonoy Baclao and
2017 1st round pick (from Talk 'n Text) 		To NLEX
Harold Arboleda and 2018 2nd round pick
(from Talk 'n Text via Globalport)
2016 2nd round pick
(from Ginebra via GlobalPort) 		To Talk 'N Text
Jay Washington (from GlobalPort)
Matt Ganuelas (from NLEX via GlobalPort)
October 2, 2014 [7] To Rain or Shine
2015 & 2019 2nd round picks 		To Talk 'N Text
Larry Rodriguez
October 9, 2014 [8] To Blackwater
Larry Rodriguez and
2015 1st round pick (from Talk 'N Text) 		To NLEX
NiΓ±o Canaleta
(from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater) 		To Talk 'N Text
Kevin Alas (from NLEX)
2015 1st round pick (from Blackwater)

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Richard Howell January 28 (vs Rain or Shine) February 15 (vs Ginebra) 4–1
Ivan Johnson February 20 (vs NLEX) April 29 (vs Rain or Shine) 12–6
Governors' Cup Steffphon Pettigrew May 10 (vs Barangay Ginebra) June 19 (vs Kia) 5–6
Jordan Sam Daghles* May 10 (vs Barangay Ginerba) June 19 (vs Kia) 5–6

(* Asian import)

References

  1. ^ Norman Black moves to Meralco, Jong Uichico to take over Talk β€˜N Text as MVP group shuffles coaches Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Interaksyon.com, July 9, 2014
  2. ^ "Jimmy Alapag retires". Rappler. January 9, 2015.
  3. ^ Badua, Snow (January 9, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag retires, takes on new role as Talk 'N Text manager, Gilas assistant coach". spin.ph.
  4. ^ Lozada, Bong (January 9, 2015). "'For me it's time', Alapag says as he retires". INQUIRER.net.
  5. ^ Fitting curtain call as Salud names Jimmy Alapag '13th man' of South team in PBA All-Stars, Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 30, 2015
  6. ^ Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.
  7. ^ [1], Inquirer.net, October 2, 2014
  8. ^ Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=2014–15_Talk_%27N_Text_Tropang_Texters_season&oldid=1236231647"

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