2015–16 TNT KaTropa season

2015–16 TNT KaTropa season
2015–16 TNT KaTropa season
Head coach	Jong Uichico
Owner(s)	Smart Communications; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	6–5 ; (.545)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist; (Lost to Rain or Shine in single-elimination Phase 2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	6–5 ; (.545)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; Lost to Alaska, 1-2)
Governors' Cup results
Record	10–1 ; (.909)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Semifinalist; Lost to Meralco, 1-3)
TNT KaTropa seasons
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 TNT KaTropa season is 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[]

August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	1	Moala Tautuaa	PF/C	United States	Cebuana Lhuillier Gems	Chadron State
3	31		C	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	San Beda
4	40		SG	United States	none	CSU Fullerton
5	47		SG	Philippines	none	St. Claire Caloocan

Roster[]

TNT KaTropa roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	1	Rosales, Kris (R)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990–12–20	Hope International
F	4	Carey, Harvey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1979–03–18	Sonoma State
G	5	Reyes, Jai	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1987–02–25	Ateneo
G/F	6	Ababou, Dylan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986–12–07	UST
F/C	7	Tautuaa, Moala (R)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1989–04–30	Chadron State
G/F	8	Nuyles, Alex	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	1989–07–05	Adamson
G	10	Reyes, Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1983–08–10	Cal State Fullerton
G/F	12	Fonacier, Larry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1982–05–13	Ateneo
G	17	Castro, Jayson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986–06–30	Philippine Christian
F/C	18	Rosario, Jeth Troy (R)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–01–20	National-U
F/C	21	Williams, Kelly	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1982–02–07	Oakland
G/F	22	Ganuelas-Rosser, Matthew	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–06–13	Cal Poly Pomona
F	33	de Ocampo, Ranidel (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1981–12–08	St. Francis of Assisi
F	42	Seigle, Danny	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1976–06–14	Wagner
G/F	51	Aban, Aaron (IN)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1982–04–08	Letran

Head coach

Jong Uichico

Assistant coach(es)

Nash Racela (1st Assistant)
Bong Ravena

Team manager

Virgil Villavicencio
Magnum Membrere (Assistant)

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[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
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:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Rain or Shine	95
10	Blackwater	90
			3	Rain or Shine	104
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	TNT	89	3	Rain or Shine	2
6	TNT	90				2	San Miguel	4
7	NLEX	88
									2	San Miguel	4
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	Alaska	3
4	Barangay Ginebra	92*
9	Star	89				1	Alaska	4
			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[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

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
	(Best-of-3)			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[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
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:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
^ Jump up to: ^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[]

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[]

Trades[]

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[]

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
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	Mario Little	July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)	August 3 (vs. NLEX)	4–0
	Mychal Ammons^[7]	August 13 (vs. Blackwater)	October 3 (vs. Meralco)	8–4
	Michael Madanly*^[8]	July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)	October 3 (vs. Meralco)	12–4

References[]

^ 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.

[table_hth_ALA0.93873599215352-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_BGSM0.93873599215352-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.93873599215352-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

[table_hth_SMB0.85211134322552-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.85211134322552-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84

[table_hth_NLEX0.85211134322552-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BWE0.85211134322552-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

[table_hth_BGSM0.54636556866875-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_ALA0.54636556866875-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra

[table_hth_NLEX0.54636556866875-10] Jump up to: ^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

[rappler-11] Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.

[12] 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

[13] TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.ph, August 25, 2015.

[14] Talk 'N Text acquires Dylan Ababou from Barako in exchange for future second-round pick Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 8, 2015

[15] Talk ’N Text return for former NBA player Ivan Johnson still in play, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, December 29, 2015

[16] TNT taps David Simon as banned Johnson's replacement, Marisse Panaligan, GMA News Online, February 19, 2016

[17] 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.

[18] Leongson, Randolph B. (June 13, 2016). "Maxiell, Madanly beef up TNT". Inquirer.net. Retrieved June 13, 2016.

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