2016–17 TNT KaTropa season
Appearance
2016–17 TNT KaTropa season | |
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Head coach | Nash Racela |
General Manager | Virgil Villavicencio Magnum Membrere (assistant) |
Owner(s) | Smart Communications (an MVP group subsidiary) |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 6–5 (54.5%) |
Place | 4th |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist (lost to San Miguel, 3–4) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 8–3 (72.7%) |
Place | 4th |
Playoff finish | Runner-up (lost to San Miguel, 2–4) |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 8–3 (72.7%) |
Place | 2nd |
Playoff finish | Semifinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra, 1–3) |
TNT KaTropa seasons | |
The 2016–17 TNT KaTropa season was the 27th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
[edit]- October 22, 2016: TNT KaTropa appointed Nash Racela to be its head coach replacing Jong Uichico.[1]
- October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
[edit]Special draft
[edit]Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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Roger Pogoy | G/F | Philippines | Phoenix Accelerators | FEU |
Regular draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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4 | 22 | Timothy Habelito | F | New Zealand | Cafe France Bakers | QUT |
5 | 24 | Mikee Reyes | G | Philippines | Junior Powerade Tigers | UP |
6 | 25 | Levi Hernandez | G | Philippines | Fruitas Shakers | Arellano |
Roster
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Philippine Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | |
3 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | TNT KaTropa | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
9 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 7 | |
11 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 7 | |
12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
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Game log
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 98 | ||||||||||||
8 | Rain or Shine | 91 | ||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
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4 | TNT | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | TNT | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | GlobalPort | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
7 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 81 | 97 | |||||||||||
7 | Barangay Ginebra | 85 | 108 | |||||||||||
7 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||
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3 | Star | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Star | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Phoenix | 0 | ||||||||||||
Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 5–4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 2–0
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Semifinals: 3–4
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2016–17 schedule |
Commissioner's Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | |
3 | Star Hotshots | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | |
5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | |
6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
7 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364[b] | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364[b] | 5 | |
9 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364[b] | 5 | |
10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
11 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182[c] | 7 | |
12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182[c] | 7 |
Source: PBA.ph
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Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log Total: 8–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March: 2–1
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April: 3–1
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May: 2–1
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2016–17 schedule |
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 96 | |||||||||||
8 | GlobalPort | 85 | |||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | |||||||||||
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4 | TNT | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | TNT | 2 | |||||||||||
5 | Meralco | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | TNT | 2 | |||||||||||
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2 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 115 | |||||||||||
7 | Phoenix | 96 | |||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 3 | |||||||||||
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3 | Star | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Star | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | Rain or Shine | 0 | |||||||||||
Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 7–6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 2–1
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Semifinals: 3–1
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Finals: 2–4
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2016–17 schedule |
Governors' Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Meralco Bolts | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
4 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
5 | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
6 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
8 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
9 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 8 | .273[c] | 6 | |
10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273[c] | 6 | |
11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Kia Picanto | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 |
Source: PBA.ph
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Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 8–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July: 1–0
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August: 3–2
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September: 4–1
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2016–17 schedule |
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
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1 | Meralco | 91 | 104 | |||||||||||
8 | Blackwater | 92 | 96 | |||||||||||
1 | Meralco | 3 | ||||||||||||
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4 | Star | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Star | 89 | ||||||||||||
5 | NLEX | 77 | ||||||||||||
1 | Meralco | 3 | ||||||||||||
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3 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | TNT | 102 | 118 | |||||||||||
7 | Rain or Shine | 106 | 114 | |||||||||||
2 | TNT | 1 | ||||||||||||
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3 | Barangay Ginebra | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Barangay Ginebra | 104 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Miguel | 84 | ||||||||||||
Game log
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Quarterfinals: 1–1
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Semifinals: 1–3
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2016–17 schedule |
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]November | |||
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November 15, 2016[2] | To TNT Frank Golla |
To Blackwater Dylan Ababou |
Commissioner's Cup
[edit]April | |||
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April 24, 2017[3] | To TNT RR Garcia |
To San Miguel Matt Ganuelas-Rosser |
Recruited imports
[edit]Conference | Name | Country | Number | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Lou Amundson | 8 | March 24 (vs. Meralco) |
March 26 (vs. Phoenix) |
1–1 | |
Donté Greene | 20 | March 31 (vs. Blackwater) |
May 10 (vs. Star) |
5–2 | ||
Joshua Smith | 32 | May 20 (vs. Alaska) |
July 2 (vs. San Miguel) |
9–6 | ||
Governors' Cup | Michael Craig | 32 | July 28 (vs. Kia) |
August 4 (vs. Alaska) |
2–1 | |
Glen Rice Jr. | 41 | August 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) |
October 8 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) |
8–6 |
Awards
[edit]Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. | |
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Troy Rosario | All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (Mindanao leg) |
April 26, 2017 | [4] | |
Roger Pogoy | Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week | June 13, 2017 | [5] | |
Jayson Castro | June 19, 2017 | [6] | ||
Roger Pogoy | Rookie of the Year Award | October 20, 2017 | [7] | |
Honors | ||||
Jayson Castro | Second Mythical Team | October 20, 2017 | ||
Kelly Williams |
References
[edit]- ^ Nash Racela officially gets TNT KaTropa coaching post, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, October 22, 2016
- ^ tnt sends ababou to blackwater for golla, pba.inquirer.net, November 21, 2016.
- ^ San Miguel sends RR Garcia to TNT for Matt Ganuelas-Rosser in rare trade between rivals, spin.ph, April 24, 2017.
- ^ Sacamos, Karlo (April 26, 2017). "Gilas made to sweat by Mindanao selection as PBA All-Star game ends in a draw". spin.ph. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ^ "Pogoy's Game 1 explosion earns him Best Player of the Week honors". foxsportsasia.com. June 13, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Castro cops Player of the Week citation". pba.ph. June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ^ "Fajardo, Pogoy big winners at The Leos". PBA.ph. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.