2014–15 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

2014–15 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
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
Record	8–3 ; (72.7%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinalist ; (lost to San Miguel, 0–4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (72.7%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Champions vs. Rain or Shine 4-3
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
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 was 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

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

Head coach

Jong Uichico (De La Salle)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

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

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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]	—	Advance to semifinals
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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
^ ^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	Alaska	82
						2	Rain or Shine	2
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87	3	Alaska	4
(#6 twice to beat)
			6	Meralco	69
6	Meralco	77
									3	Alaska	3
7	Purefoods Star	65
									1	Barangay Ginebra	4
(#4 twice to beat)

4	Talk 'N Text	105
						1	Barangay Ginebra	4
9	Barako Bull	76
			4	Barangay Ginebra	97	4	San Miguel	0
(#5 twice to beat)
			5	Talk N' Text	83
5	Barangay Ginebra	95

8	GlobalPort	78

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

Game log

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

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

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.

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

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 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, 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.
^ [1], Inquirer.net, October 2, 2014
^ Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014

[table_hth_ROS0.11871648957893-6] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.11871648957893-7] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text

[table_hth_BGSM0.11871648957893-8] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89

[table_hth_BAR0.11871648957893-9] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_ROS0.079279125705026-10] Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969

[table_hth_MER0.079279125705026-11] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.079279125705026-12] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960

[table_hth_GP0.079279125705026-13] Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

[table_hth_ALA0.82797396966628-14] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_GP0.82797396966628-15] Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.82797396966628-16] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.82797396966628-17] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

[1] Norman Black moves to Meralco, Jong Uichico to take over Talk ‘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

[18] Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, Inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.

[19] [1], Inquirer.net, October 2, 2014

[20] Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014

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