2014–15 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

Head coach

Owner(s)

Smart Communications
(an MVP group subsidiary)

Philippine Cup results
Record	8–3 (.727)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (Lost to San Miguel, 0-4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 (.727)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Champions vs. Rain or Shine 4-3
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters seasons
2013–14	2015–16

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

Key dates

July 9: Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters head coach Norman Black was moved to the Meralco Bolts, replacing Ryan Gregorio as head coach. Replacing Black in Talk 'N Text is assistant coach Jong Uichico.^[1]
August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
January 9, 2015: Jimmy Alapag formally announced his retirement during a press conference at the Smart Araneta Coliseum prior to the second game of the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup Finals between the Alaska Aces and the San Miguel Beermen.^[2]^[3]^[4]
March 5: The team retired the jersey number of Jimmy Alapag during the All-Star Weekend, where he was also added as the 13th man of the South All-Stars.^[5]

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

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
5.5 !F/C	2	PHI !	Washington, Jay	7000199390000000000♠6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1981-11-10	Eckerd
4.0 !F	4	USA !	Carey, Harvey	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1979-03-18	Sonoma State
1.5 !G	6	PHI !	Alas, Kevin (R/IN)	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991-11-13	Letran
1.5 !G	9	PHI !	Labagala, Robert	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1984-07-05	UE
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Reyes, Ryan Jay	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1983-08-10	Cal State Fullerton
1.5 !G	11	PHI !	Miller, Willie	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1977-07-13	Letran
2.5 !G/F	12	PHI !	Fonacier, Larry	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1982-05-13	Ateneo
1.5 !G	17	PHI !	Castro, Jayson	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986-06-30	PCU
4.0 !F	21	USA !	Williams, Kelly	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1982-02-07	Oakland
2.5 !G/F	22	PHI !	Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt (R)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	1990-06-13	Cal Poly Pomona
4.0 !F	23	PHI !	Espiritu, Elmer (IN)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1985-11-23	UE
5.5 !F/C	24	USA !	Reyes, Robert	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1983-03-16	Flagler
5.5 !F/C	33	PHI !	De Ocampo, Ranidel (C)	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1981-12-08	Saint Francis of Assisi
4.0 !F	42	USA !	Seigle, Danny	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1976-06-14	Wagner
2.5 !G/F	51	PHI !	Aban, Aaron	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1982-04-08	Letran

Head coach

Jong Uichico (La Salle)

Assistant coach(es)

Nash Racela (La Salle)
Bong Ravena (UE)
Michael Jarin
Joshua Reyes (FEU)

Team manager

Jimmy Alapag (Cal State San Bernardino)
Magnum Membrere (Ateneo) (Asst. Mgr.)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Alaska	82
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	Meralco	69	3	Alaska	4
6	Meralco	77				2	Rain or Shine	2
7	Purefoods Star	65
									3	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	San Miguel	4
4	Talk 'N Text	105
9	Barako Bull	76				1	San Miguel	4
			4	Talk 'N Text	83	4	Talk 'N Text	0
	(#5 twice to beat)		5	Barangay Ginebra	67
5	Barangay Ginebra	95
8	GlobalPort	78

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, x – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	—	1.025
2	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	—	1.010
3	x–Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727	—	0.969
4	x–NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545	2	1.171
5	x–Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	2	0.854
6	x–Alaska Aces	5	6	.455	3	1.021
7	w–Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455	3	1.019
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	0.960
9	e–San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364	4	1.011
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	4	0.995
11	e–Kia Carnival	4	7	.364	4	0.994
12	e–Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice to beat)
1	Rain or Shine	92
8	Barangay Ginebra	91
			1	Rain or Shine	3
	(Best-of-3)		5	Meralco	0
4	NLEX	0
5	Meralco	2
						1	Rain or Shine	3
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					2	Talk 'N Text	4
2	Talk 'N Text	127
7	Barako Bull	97
			2	Talk 'N Text	3
	(Best-of-3)		3	Purefoods Star	1
3	Purefoods Star	2
6	Alaska	0

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y- Alaska Aces	8	3	.727	—	1.065
2	y- San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727	—	0.939
3	y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636	1	1.063
4	y- GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636	1	0.941
5	w- Star Hotshots	6	5	.545	2	1.315
6	w- Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545	2	0.761
7	w- Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455	3	1.125
8	w- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	1.000
9	e- Kia Carnival	5	6	.455	3	0.954
10	e- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	5	6	.455	3	0.929
11	e- NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	e- Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice to beat)
1	Alaska	114
8	Ginebra	108
				1	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)			5	Star	0
4	GlobalPort	73	94
5	Star	126	101
							1	Alaska	0
	(#2 twice to beat)						2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	99	102
7	Meralco	106	86
				2	San Miguel	3
	(#3 twice to beat)			3	Rain or Shine	1
3	Rain or Shine	134**
6	Barako Bull	132

*Game went into overtime^[a]

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

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

Niño 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
Commissioner's Cup	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
Governors' Cup	Sam Daghles*	May 10 (vs Barangay Ginerba)	June 19 (vs Kia)	5–6

(* Asian import)

References

↑ Norman Black moves to Meralco, Jong Uichico to take over Talk ‘N Text as MVP group shuffles coaches, Interaksyon.com, July 9, 2014
↑ "Jimmy Alapag retires". Rappler. January 9, 2015.
↑ Badua, Snow (January 9, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag retires, takes on new role as Talk 'N Text manager, Gilas assistant coach". spin.ph.
↑ Lozada, Bong (January 9, 2015). "'For me it's time', Alapag says as he retires". INQUIRER.net.
↑ Fitting curtain call as Salud names Jimmy Alapag '13th man' of South team in PBA All-Stars, Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 30, 2015
↑ Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.
↑ , Inquirer.net, October 2, 2014
↑ Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014

TNT KaTropa

Founded in 1990
Owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of PLDT
Formerly the Pepsi Hotshots, Mobiline Phone Pals and Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

Franchise

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Owner: Manuel V. Pangilinan
Board Governor: Ricky Vargas

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