2014–15 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
Basketball team season
2014–15 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season | |
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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 | |
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 |
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2 | 8 | Harold Arboleda | F | ![]() | Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants | Perpetual |
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Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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:
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 | |||||||||||||
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6 | Meralco | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Meralco | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Purefoods Star | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
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4 | Talk 'N Text | 105 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Barako Bull | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Talk 'N Text | 83 | 4 | Talk 'N Text | 0 | |||||||||||||
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5 | Barangay Ginebra | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Barangay Ginebra | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | GlobalPort | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
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Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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:
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 | |||||||||||
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5 | Meralco | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | NLEX | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Meralco | 2 | |||||||||||
1 | Rain or Shine | 3 | |||||||||||
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2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Talk 'N Text | 127 | |||||||||||
7 | Barako Bull | 97 | |||||||||||
2 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | |||||||||||
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3 | Purefoods Star | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Purefoods Star | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | Alaska | 0 | |||||||||||
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Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Pos | Team
| W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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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:
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 | ||||||||||||
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
![]() | 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