2014–15 Kia Carnival season

2014–15 Kia Carnival (PBA team) season
2014–15 Kia Carnival (PBA team) season
Head coach	Manny Pacquiao
Owner(s)	Columbian Autocar Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	1–10 ; (.091)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (.364)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (.455)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Kia Carnival (PBA team) seasons
	2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Kia Carnival season is the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Kia Sorento for the Philippine Cup.

Key dates[]

June 9: Manny Pacquiao was officially named the head coach of Kia.^[1]
July 18: The 2014 PBA Expansion Draft took place in Microtel Acropolis, in Libis, Quezon City.^[2]
August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila. On the same day, Columbian Autocar Corporation president Gina Domingo announced that they took the moniker "Sorento", the name of their top-selling sports utility vehicle in the Philippines and United States.^[3]
January 23: The team changed their moniker to Kia Carnival for the Commissioner's Cup.^[4]

Expansion draft picks[]

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Previous team	PBA years^[a]
2	Reil Cervantes	F	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy	3
4	Mike Burtscher	F	Switzerland	Air21 Express	5
6	Hans Thiele	C/F	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy	4
8		G	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	n/a
10	Jai Reyes	G	Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	5
12			Philippines	undrafted	n/a
14		G	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	2
16			Philippines	undrafted	n/a
18	Nic Belasco	F	United States	Alaska Aces	17
20	LA Revilla	G	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	1
22		G	Philippines	Air21 Express	1
24	Chad Alonzo	F	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	8

Draft picks[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	11	Manny Pacquiao	G	Philippines	none	NDDU
2	24	Kyle Pascual	F/C	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	SBC
3	25		F	Philippines		SWU
3	28	Kenneth Ighalo	F	Philippines	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	MIT
3	29	Paolo Taha	G	Philippines	Boracay Rum Waves	CSB
3	31		F	Philippines	none	Cal State San Bernardino
3	32		G/F	Philippines	none	VCU
3	35		F/G	United States	none	NU
3	36		G/F	Philippines	none	SPU
3	37		G	Philippines		MIT
3	38		G	Philippines	none	Perpetual
3	39		G/F	Philippines	Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	CSB
3	40		G	Philippines	none	USC

Roster[]

Kia Carnival roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F	1	Thiele, Hans	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1984-02-02	UE
G	2	Revilla, LA	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1989-11-30	La Salle
G/F	3	Ighalo, Kenneth (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989-01-11	Mapua
G	6	Dehesa, Karl	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1987-05-24	Waldorf
F	7	Deutchman, Jason	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1986-09-27	San Diego State
G/F	8	Cawaling, JR	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987-08-15	FEU
G/F	9	Nuyles, Alex	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1989-07-25	Adamson
F	10		6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1989-11-14	La Salle
G	17	Pacquiao, Manny (IN)	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	143 lb (65 kg)	1978-12-17	NDDU
F	21	Alvarez, Rich (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1980-10-30	Ateneo
G	24	Buensuceso, JR	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1988-04-21	BYU-Hawaii
F/C	25	Pascual, Kyle (R)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1990-04-13	San Beda
F	27	Yee, Mark	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1982-01-04	San Sebastian (Cavite)
G	30		6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1978-09-25	FEU
G	32	Bagatsing, Hyram	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1985-02-18	La Salle
F	63	Burtscher, Mike (IN)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1985-03-08

Head coach

Manny Pacquiao (NDDU)

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

Philippine Cup[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	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 87–79 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 100–98 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 98–87 NLEX

Game log[]

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	2	Rain or Shine	2
6	Meralco	77				3	Alaska	4
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[]

Pos	Team v t	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]	—	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

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Philippine Cup[]

November 27, 2014^[5]

To Kia

Eliud Poligrates

To NLEX

Rudy Lingganay

Recruited imports[]

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Peter John Ramos	January 27 (vs Kia)	March 22 (vs Rain or Shine)	4–7
Governors' Cup	Hamady N'Diaye	May 6 (vs San Miguel)	June 24 (vs Meralco)	5–6
Governors' Cup	Jet Chang*	May 6 (vs San Miguel)	June 24 (vs Meralco)	5–6

(* Asian import)

References[]

^ Manny Pacquiao officially introduced as Team KIA's head coach in the PBA, Carlo Pamintuan, Yahoo Sports, June 9, 2014
^ FLASH: Blackwater makes Danny Ildefonso the first pick of PBA dispersal draft, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 18, 2014
^ Kia finally settles on a moniker for PBA team - and it's neither Kamao nor Pride, Snow Badua, spin.ph, August 24, 2014
^ KIA changing moniker of PBA ballclub from Sorento to Carnival - seriously, by: Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 23, 2015
^ Kia receives Eliud Poligrates, sends NLEX Rudy Lingganay, Adrian Dy, SLAM Philippines, November 28, 2014

[table_hth_ROS0.71933264179124-5] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 87–79 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.71933264179124-6] Head-to-head record: Alaska 100–98 Talk 'N Text

[table_hth_BGSM0.71933264179124-7] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89

[table_hth_BAR0.71933264179124-8] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 98–87 NLEX

[table_hth_ROS0.61375708487525-9] Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969

[table_hth_MER0.61375708487525-10] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.61375708487525-11] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960

[table_hth_GP0.61375708487525-12] Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

[1] Manny Pacquiao officially introduced as Team KIA's head coach in the PBA, Carlo Pamintuan, Yahoo Sports, June 9, 2014

[2] FLASH: Blackwater makes Danny Ildefonso the first pick of PBA dispersal draft, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 18, 2014

[3] Kia finally settles on a moniker for PBA team - and it's neither Kamao nor Pride, Snow Badua, spin.ph, August 24, 2014

[4] KIA changing moniker of PBA ballclub from Sorento to Carnival - seriously, by: Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 23, 2015

[13] Kia receives Eliud Poligrates, sends NLEX Rudy Lingganay, Adrian Dy, SLAM Philippines, November 28, 2014

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