2014–15 Blackwater Elite season

2014–15 Blackwater Elite season
Head coach	Leo Isaac
Owner(s)	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results Record 0–11 (.000) Place 12th Playoff finish Did not qualify Commissioner's Cup results Record 3–8 (.273) Place 12th Playoff finish Did not qualify Governors' Cup results Record 1–10 (.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

• July 18: The 2014 PBA Expansion Draft took place in Microtel Acropolis, in Libis, Quezon City.^[1]
• August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

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

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 Faundo, Bryan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1984-02-18 Letran G 1 Cañada, Jerick 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1982-05-27 Adamson G 3 Timberlake, Chris (IN) 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1985-04-28 UNF G 4 Reyes, Raphy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1987-12-01 UE G 6 Lastimosa, Carlo (IN) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1990-09-03 Benilde C 7 Erram, John Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989-07-07 Ateneo F 8 Celiz, Robby 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1988-09-07 NU F 11 Bulawan, Gilbert 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1986-08-25 San Sebastian F/C 17 Golla, Frank (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1990-01-17 Ateneo F/C 18 Ballesteros, Jason 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985-10-07 San Sebastian G/F 21 Gamalinda, Riego 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1986-05-25 San Beda F 25 Laure, Eddie (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1977-07-06 Adamson F 26 Cervantes, Reil 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1986-08-16 FEU F 33 Acuña, Val 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1986-11-24 UE C 43 Crisano, Alex 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1976-02-26 Brooklyn F 55 Rodriguez, Larry (IN) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1983-05-05 PMI G/F 80 Salvacion, Sunday 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1978-12-17 Benilde	Head coach Leo Isaac (Mapúa) Assistant coach(es) Rodil Sablan (UST) Aries Dimaunahan (UST) Patrick Aquino (UP) Junjie Ablan (Letran) Team manager Johnson Martines Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2014–15 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

1. FLASH: Blackwater makes Danny Ildefonso the first pick of PBA dispersal draft, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 18, 2014
2. http://www.dugout.ph/2014/09/anthony-to-meralco-baloria-to-nlex-in-three-team-pba-transfer.html
3. Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014