2014–15 Blackwater Elite season

2014–15 Blackwater Elite season
Head coach Leo Isaac
Owner(s) Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record 011
(.000)
Place 12th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 38
(.273)
Place 12th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record 110
(.091)
Place 12th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Blackwater Elite seasons

The 2014–15 Blackwater Elite season is the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Expansion draft picks

Pick Player Pos. Nationality Previous team PBA years[a]
1 Ildefonso, DannyDanny Ildefonso C  Philippines Meralco Bolts 16
3 Nuyles, AlexAlex Nuyles G  Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 1
5 Cawaling, JRJR Cawaling F  Philippines San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 1
7 Laure, EddieEddie Laure F  Philippines Alaska Aces 11
9 Faundo, BryanBryan Faundo F  Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5
11 Erram, John PaulJohn Paul Erram  Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 1
13 Artadi, PaulPaul Artadi G  Philippines Meralco Bolts 10
15 Bulawan, GilbertGilbert Bulawan F  Philippines Barako Bull Energy 3
17 Gamalinda, RiegoRiego Gamalinda G  Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 4
19 Timberlake, ChrisChris Timberlake G  United States Meralco Bolts 5
21 Gonzales, NormanNorman Gonzales F  Philippines San Miguel Beermen 13
23 Celiz, RobbyRobby Celiz G  Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 1

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 12 Juami Tiongson G  Philippines Blackwater (D-League) ADMU
2 23 Frank Golla F  Philippines none ADMU
3 26 Brian Heruela G  Philippines Big Chill Super Chargers UC
3 27 Maclean Sabellina F  Philippines Boracay Rum Waves STI
3 30 Juneric Baloria G  Philippines Big Chill Super Chargers Perpetual
3 31 Raul Soyud C  Philippines Blackwater (D-League) UP
3 33 Clark Bautista G  Philippines Blackwater (D-League) UST
3 34 Ford Ruaya F/G  Philippines Hog's Breath Razorbacks Letran

Roster

Blackwater Elite roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 0 Philippines Faundo, Bryan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1984-02-18 Letran
G 1 Philippines Cañada, Jerick 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1982-05-27 Adamson
G 3 United States Timberlake, Chris (IN) 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1985-04-28 UNF
G 4 Philippines Reyes, Raphy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1987-12-01 UE
G 6 Philippines Lastimosa, Carlo (IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1990-09-03 Benilde
C 7 Philippines Erram, John Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989-07-07 Ateneo
F 8 Philippines Celiz, Robby 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1988-09-07 NU
F 11 Philippines Bulawan, Gilbert 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1986-08-25 San Sebastian
F/C 17 Philippines Golla, Frank (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1990-01-17 Ateneo
F/C 18 Philippines Ballesteros, Jason 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985-10-07 San Sebastian
G/F 21 Philippines Gamalinda, Riego 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1986-05-25 San Beda
F 25 Philippines Laure, Eddie (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1977-07-06 Adamson
F 26 Philippines Cervantes, Reil 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1986-08-16 FEU
F 33 Philippines Acuña, Val 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1986-11-24 UE
C 43 United States Crisano, Alex 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1976-02-26 Brooklyn
F 55 Philippines Rodriguez, Larry (IN) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1983-05-05 PMI
G/F 80 Philippines Salvacion, Sunday 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1978-12-17 Benilde
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Johnson Martines



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{201415 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=BW}}

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

September 12, 2014[2] To Blackwater
Sunday Salvacion
Jason Ballesteros
(from Meralco)
To Meralco
Sean Anthony
(from NLEX via Blackwater)
To NLEX
Juneric Baloria
2016 & 2017 2nd round picks
(from Blackwater)
October 9, 2014[3] To Blackwater
Larry Rodriguez and
2015 1st round pick (from Talk 'N Text)
To NLEX
Niño Canaleta
(from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater)
To Talk 'N Text
Kevin Alas (from NLEX)
and 2015 1st round pick (from Blackwater)

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Marcus Douthit February 1 (vs Barako Bull) March 25 (vs Meralco) 3–7
Governors' Cup May 5 (vs Alaska) June 3 (vs Rain or Shine) 1–6
Marcus Cousin June 12 (vs Talk 'N Text) June 23 (vs Star) 0–4

References

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