2014–15 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season

2014–15 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season
Head coach	Jeffrey Cariaso (October 17, 2014 - January 5, 2015) Ato Agustin (January 5, 2015 - March 31, 2015) Frankie Lim (March 31, 2015 - July 12, 2015)
Owner(s)	Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results Record 6–5 (.545) Place 5th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (Lost to Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the 2nd round) Commissioner's Cup results Record 5–6 (.455) Place 8th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (Lost to Rain or Shine Elasto Painters with twice-to-win disadvantage) Governors' Cup results Record 5–6 (.455) Place 8th Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (Lost to Alaska Aces with twice-to-win disadvantage) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel seasons 2013–14 2015–16

The 2014–15 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season was the 35th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2014

• August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
• September 9: Barangay Ginebra had an exhibition match against the Korean Basketball League team Changwon LG Sakers at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

2015

• January 5: Team manager Alfrancis Chua announced the reappointment of Ato Agustin as Ginebra head coach ^[1] after two conferences with Jeffrey Cariaso.^[2] Cariaso was then hired by Alaska as an assistant coach.
• March 30: Barangay Ginebra fired head coach Ato Agustin. He was replaced by assistant coach Frankie Lim.^[3]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	6	Rodney Brondial	F/C	Philippines	Big Chill Super Chargers	Adamson

Roster

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 2 Urbiztondo, Josh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983-02-27 FPU G 3 Mercado, Solomon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1984-05-06 Biola F/C 4 Peña, Dorian 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1977-10-12 Coppin State G 5 Tenorio, LA 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1984-07-09 Ateneo G 6 Monfort, Emman 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 132 lb (60 kg) 1989-07-02 Ateneo F/C 10 Marcelo, Dave 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1989-02-22 San Beda G 13 Helterbrand, Jayjay 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1976-10-14 Kentucky G 17 Knuttel, Jens 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 169 lb (77 kg) 1989-09-17 FEU C 20 Slaughter, Greg 7 ft 0.75 in (2.15 m) 258 lb (117 kg) 1988-05-19 Ateneo F/C 25 Aguilar, Japeth 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1987-01-25 Western Kentucky F 34 Ellis, Chris  (IN) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-12-05 UMHB F 45 Baracael, Mac 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1985-04-14 FEU G 47 Caguioa, Mark  (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1979-11-19 GCC F 91 Brondial, Rodney (R) 6 ft 4.75 in (1.95 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990-11-20 Adamson	Head coach Frankie Lim (San Beda) Assistant coach(es) Olsen Racela (Ateneo) Freddie Abuda (UC) Kirk Collier (South Carolina State) Mark Jomalesa (UP Diliman) Kerby Raymundo (Letran) Team manager Alfrancis Chua ^[a] (UST) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured Roster

• ^a Chua also serves as Barangay Ginebra's alternate governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=BGSM}}

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			3	Alaska	4
	6	Meralco		77								2	Rain or Shine	2
	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

 y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,  x  – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals,  w  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	—	1.025
2	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	—	1.010
3	x–Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727	—	0.969
4	x–NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545	2	1.171
5	x–Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	2	0.854
6	x–Alaska Aces	5	6	.455	3	1.021
7	w–Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455	3	1.019
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	0.960
9	e–San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364	4	1.011
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	4	0.995
11	e–Kia Carnival	4	7	.364	4	0.994
12	e–Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

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

Pre-season

July 25, 2014[4]	To Barangay Ginebra Joseph Yeo	To NLEX 2015 first round pick

Commissioner's Cup

February 3, 2015[5]	To Barangay Ginebra Dorian Peña (from Barako Bull) 2015 2nd round pick (from Barako Bull)	To Barako Bull Justin Chua (from San Miguel) 2017 1st round pick (from San Miguel)	To San Miguel JR Reyes (from Barangay Ginebra)

March 31, 2015[6]	To Barangay Ginebra 2015 first round pick	To Barako Bull Energy James Forrester Dylan Ababou
April 6, 2015 [7]	To Barangay Ginebra Dave Marcelo	To Barako Bull Energy Billy Mamaril (traded to San Miguel then to GlobalPort)

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Michael Dunigan	January 27 (vs Meralco)	March 28 (vs Rain or Shine)	5–7
Governors' Cup	Orlando Johnson	May 8 (vs Alaska)	June 26 (vs Alaska)	5–7
	Sanchir Tungalag*	May 8 (vs Alaska)	May 31 (vs San Miguel)	2–4
	Kim Jiwan*	June 3 (vs GlobalPort)	June 26 (vs Alaska)	3–3

(* Asian import)

References

1. "Agustin back as Ginebra coach", January 5, 2015, Inquirer
2. "Future uncertain for former Ginebra coaches Cariaso, Racela with team making changes for Commissioner’s Cup", January 5, 2015, Sports5
3. SMC big boss Ramon Ang confirms Frankie Lim replacing Ato Agustin as Ginebra coach, Snow Badua, spin.ph, March 30, 2015
4. on the move:Joseph Yeo traded to Ginebra for a draft pick, interaksyon.com, July 25, 2014
5. PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015.
6. Ginebra ships seldom-used Ababou, Forrester to Barako Bull as team set to make coaching change, interaksyon.com, March 31, 2015
7. Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015