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2015–16 TNT KaTropa season

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2015–16 TNT KaTropa season
Head coachJong Uichico
General ManagerVirgil Villavicencio
Magnum Membrere (assistant)
Owner(s)Smart Communications
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record6–5
(54.5%)
Place6th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to Rain or Shine in single-elimination Phase 2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record6–5
(54.5%)
Place6th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
Lost to Alaska, 1–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record10–1
(90.9%)
Place1st
Playoff finishSemifinalist
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

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

Draft picks

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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 Michole Sorela C  Philippines Hapee Fresh Fighters San Beda
4 40 Joshua Cubillo SG  United States none CSU Fullerton
5 47 Emilian Vargas SG  Philippines none St. Claire Caloocan

Roster

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2015–16 TNT KaTropa roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 1 United States Rosales, Kris (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990–12–20 Hope International
F 4 United States Carey, Harvey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1979–03–18 Sonoma State
G 5 Philippines Reyes, Jai 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1987–02–25 Ateneo
G/F 6 Philippines Ababou, Dylan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–12–07 UST
F/C 7 United States Tautuaa, Moala (R) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–04–30 Chadron State
G/F 8 Philippines Nuyles, Alex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 199 lb (90 kg) 1989–07–05 Adamson
G 10 Philippines Reyes, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–08–10 Cal State Fullerton
G/F 12 Philippines Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982–05–13 Ateneo
G 17 Philippines Castro, Jayson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–06–30 Philippine Christian
F/C 18 Philippines Rosario, Troy (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–01–20 National-U
F/C 21 United States Williams, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–02–07 Oakland
G/F 22 Philippines Ganuelas-Rosser, Matt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–06–13 Cal Poly Pomona
F 33 Philippines de Ocampo, Ranidel (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–12–08 Saint Francis of Assisi
F 42 United States Seigle, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1976–06–14 Wagner
G/F 51 Philippines Aban, Aaron (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982–04–08 Letran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager



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 Injured

Roster


Philippine Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Quarterfinals (1st phase)Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(single elimination)
Semifinals
(best-of-7)
Finals
(best-of-7)
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine95
2San Miguel4
10Blackwater90
3Rain or Shine1043Rain or Shine2
(#6 twice to beat)
6TNT89
6TNT90
2San Miguel4
7NLEX88
1Alaska3
(#4 twice to beat)
4Barangay Ginebra92*
1Alaska4
9Star89
4Barangay Ginebra835GlobalPort1
(#5 twice to beat)
5GlobalPort84*
5GlobalPort94
8Barako Bull85

*Game went into overtime

Commissioner's Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team 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]
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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
  4. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Playoffs

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Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)
Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1San Miguel99103
8Star10899
1San Miguel1
(best-of-3)
5Rain or Shine3
4Barangay Ginebra0
5Rain or Shine2
5Rain or Shine4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Alaska2
2Meralco104
7NLEX97
2Meralco2
(best-of-3)
3Alaska3
3Alaska2
6TNT1

Governors' Cup

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Eliminations

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Standings

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Pos Team 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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
  3. ^ 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

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)
Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice to beat)
1TNT136
8Phoenix124
1TNT1
(#4 twice to beat)
4Meralco3
4Meralco105
5Mahindra82
4Meralco2
(#2 twice to beat)
3Barangay Ginebra4
2San Miguel114
7NLEX110
2San Miguel2
(#3 twice to beat)
3Barangay Ginebra3
3Barangay Ginebra109
6Alaska104

Transactions

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Trades

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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

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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 United States Mario Little July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) August 3 (vs. NLEX) 4–0
United States Mychal Ammons[7] August 13 (vs. Blackwater) October 3 (vs. Meralco) 8–4
Syria Michael Madanly*[8] July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) October 3 (vs. Meralco) 12–4

References

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  1. ^ Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.ph, August 25, 2015.
  4. ^ Talk 'N Text acquires Dylan Ababou from Barako in exchange for future second-round pick Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 8, 2015
  5. ^ Talk ’N Text return for former NBA player Ivan Johnson still in play, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, December 29, 2015
  6. ^ TNT taps David Simon as banned Johnson's replacement, Marisse Panaligan, GMA News Online, February 19, 2016
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (June 13, 2016). "Maxiell, Madanly beef up TNT". Inquirer.net. Retrieved June 13, 2016.