2015–16 TNT KaTropa season | |
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Head coach | Jong Uichico |
General Manager | Virgil Villavicencio Magnum Membrere (assistant) |
Owner(s) | Smart Communications (an MVP group subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to Rain or Shine in single-elimination Phase 2) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist Lost to Alaska, 1–2) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 10–1 (90.9%) |
Place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist Lost to Meralco, 1–3) |
TNT KaTropa seasons | |
The 2015–16 TNT KaTropa season was the 26th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as the TNT Tropang Texters in the Philippine Cup, Tropang TNT in the Commissioner's Cup, and TNT KaTropa in the Governors' Cup.
Key dates
[edit]- August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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1 | 1 | Moala Tautuaa | PF/C | ![]() |
Cebuana Lhuillier Gems | Chadron State |
3 | 31 | Michole Sorela | C | ![]() |
Hapee Fresh Fighters | San Beda |
4 | 40 | Joshua Cubillo | SG | ![]() |
none | CSU Fullerton |
5 | 47 | Emilian Vargas | SG | ![]() |
none | St. Claire Caloocan |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Alaska Aces | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Advance to semifinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | |
3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
6 | TNT Tropang Texters | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Barako Bull Energy | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 4 | |
9 | Star Hotshots | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
11 | Mahindra Enforcer | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Meralco Bolts | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals (1st phase) | Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||||||
(#3 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 95 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Blackwater | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Rain or Shine | 104 | 3 | Rain or Shine | 2 | |||||||||||||
(#6 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | TNT | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | TNT | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | NLEX | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
(#4 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 92* | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Alaska | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Star | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 83 | 5 | GlobalPort | 1 | |||||||||||||
(#5 twice to beat) | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | GlobalPort | 84* | ||||||||||||||||
5 | GlobalPort | 94 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Barako Bull | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
*Game went into overtime
Commissioner's Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | — | |
3 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 1 | |
5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 1 | |
6 | Tropang TNT | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Star Hotshots | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 3 | |
9 | Mahindra Enforcer | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4 | |
10 | Blackwater Elite | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 5 | |
11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 5 | |
12 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 5 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 99 | 103 | |||||||||||
8 | Star | 108 | 99 | |||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 1 | ||||||||||||
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5 | Rain or Shine | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Barangay Ginebra | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Rain or Shine | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Rain or Shine | 4 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Meralco | 104 | ||||||||||||
7 | NLEX | 97 | ||||||||||||
2 | Meralco | 2 | ||||||||||||
(best-of-3) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alaska | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | TNT | 1 | ||||||||||||
Governors' Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | TNT KaTropa | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 2 | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 2 | |
4 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
5 | Mahindra Enforcer | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
6 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
8 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6 | |
11 | Star Hotshots | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 | |
12 | Blackwater Elite | 1 | 10 | .091 | 9 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
- ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine
Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Finals (Best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice to beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | TNT | 136 | |||||||||||
8 | Phoenix | 124 | |||||||||||
1 | TNT | 1 | |||||||||||
(#4 twice to beat) | |||||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 105 | |||||||||||
5 | Mahindra | 82 | |||||||||||
4 | Meralco | 2 | |||||||||||
(#2 twice to beat) | |||||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 114 | |||||||||||
7 | NLEX | 110 | |||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 2 | |||||||||||
(#3 twice to beat) | |||||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 109 | |||||||||||
6 | Alaska | 104 | |||||||||||
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]Off-season
August 7, 2015[1] | To Blackwater Mike Cortez and James Sena (from Meralco) |
To Meralco Jimmy Alapag (from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater) |
To Talk 'N Text Larry Rodriguez (from Blackwater) |
August 24, 2015[2] |
To GlobalPort Jay Washington |
To Talk 'N Text Dennis Miranda |
August 25, 2015[3] | To NLEX Kevin Alas (from Talk 'N Text via Mahindra) |
To Mahindra Niño Canaleta and Aldrech Ramos (from NLEX) Robert Reyes (from Talk 'N Text) |
To Talk 'N Text Troy Rosario (from Mahindra) |
October 8, 2015[4] | To Barako Bull 2016 second round pick |
To Talk 'N Text Dylan Ababou |
Recruited imports
[edit]Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | No Import | February 10 (vs. Blackwater), February 19 (vs. GlobalPort) | 1–1 | |
Ivan Johnson[5] | February 13 (vs. Meralco) | February 13 (vs. Meralco) | 0–1 | |
David Simon[6] | February 24 (vs. Alaska) | April 22 (vs. Alaska) | 6–5 | |
Governors' Cup | ![]() |
July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | August 3 (vs. NLEX) | 4–0 |
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August 13 (vs. Blackwater) | October 3 (vs. Meralco) | 8–4 | |
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July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) | October 3 (vs. Meralco) | 12–4 |
References
[edit]- ^ Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ^ PBA OKs Jay Washington-Denok Miranda swap by Talk 'N Text, GlobalPort Archived 2015-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2015
- ^ TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.ph, August 25, 2015.
- ^ Talk 'N Text acquires Dylan Ababou from Barako in exchange for future second-round pick Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 8, 2015
- ^ Talk ’N Text return for former NBA player Ivan Johnson still in play, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, December 29, 2015
- ^ TNT taps David Simon as banned Johnson's replacement, Marisse Panaligan, GMA News Online, February 19, 2016
- ^ Sacamos, Karlo (August 12, 2016). "Unbeaten TNT defends signing of Mychal Ammons, says it needs a 'big' after Marcus Little". spin.ph. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (June 13, 2016). "Maxiell, Madanly beef up TNT". Inquirer.net. Retrieved June 13, 2016.