2014–15 Kia Carnival season

2014–15 Kia Carnival (PBA team) season
Head coach Manny Pacquiao
Owner(s) Columbian Autocar Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record 110
(.091)
Place 11th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 47
(.364)
Place 11th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record 56
(.455)
Place 9th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Kia Carnival (PBA team) seasons

The 2014–15 Kia Carnival season is the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Kia Sorento for the Philippine Cup.

Key dates

Expansion draft picks

Pick Player Pos. Nationality Previous team PBA years[a]
2 Cervantes, ReilReil Cervantes F  Philippines Barako Bull Energy 3
4 Burtscher, MikeMike Burtscher F   Switzerland Air21 Express 5
6 Thiele, HansHans Thiele C/F  Philippines Barako Bull Energy 4
8 Padilla, AlvinAlvin Padilla G  Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel n/a
10 Reyes, JaiJai Reyes G  Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 5
12 Sanga, PaulPaul Sanga  Philippines undrafted n/a
14 Raymundo, AngelusAngelus Raymundo G  Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier 2
16 Saldua, EderEder Saldua  Philippines undrafted n/a
18 Belasco, NicNic Belasco F  United States Alaska Aces 17
20 Revilla, LALA Revilla G  Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier 1
22 Webb, JoshuaJoshua Webb G  Philippines Air21 Express 1
24 Alonzo, ChadChad Alonzo F  Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier 8

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 11 Manny Pacquiao G  Philippines none NDDU
2 24 Kyle Pascual F/C  Philippines NLEX (D-League) SBC
3 25 Rene Pacquiao F  Philippines Hog's Breath Razorbacks SWU
3 28 Kenneth Ighalo F  Philippines Cagayan Valley Rising Suns MIT
3 29 Paolo Taha G  Philippines Boracay Rum Waves CSB
3 31 Jeremy Bartolo F  Philippines none Cal State San Bernardino
3 32 Anthony Gavieres G/F  Philippines none VCU
3 35 Richard Cole F/G  United States none NU
3 36 Giorgio Umali G/F  Philippines none SPU
3 37 Jonathan Banal G  Philippines Wang's Basketball Couriers MIT
3 38 Michael Acuña G  Philippines none Perpetual
3 39 Paolo Romero G/F  Philippines Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants CSB
3 40 Francis Bercede G  Philippines none USC

Roster

Kia Carnival roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 1 Philippines Thiele, Hans 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984-02-02 UE
G 2 Philippines Revilla, LA 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1989-11-30 La Salle
G/F 3 Philippines Ighalo, Kenneth (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989-01-11 Mapua
G 6 United States Dehesa, Karl 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1987-05-24 Waldorf
F 7 United States Deutchman, Jason 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1986-09-27 San Diego State
G/F 8 Philippines Cawaling, JR 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987-08-15 FEU
G/F 9 Philippines Nuyles, Alex 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989-07-25 Adamson
F 10 Philippines Webb, Joshua 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989-11-14 La Salle
G 17 Philippines Pacquiao, Manny  (IN) 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 143 lb (65 kg) 1978-12-17 NDDU
F 21 Japan Alvarez, Rich (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-10-30 Ateneo
G 24 United States Buensuceso, JR 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1988-04-21 BYU-Hawaii
F/C 25 United States Pascual, Kyle (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1990-04-13 San Beda
F 27 Philippines Yee, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982-01-04 San Sebastian (Cavite)
G 30 Philippines Avenido, Leo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1978-09-25 FEU
G 32 Philippines Bagatsing, Hyram 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1985-02-18 La Salle
F 63 Switzerland Burtscher, Mike (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985-03-08 Schulhaus Booststock
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Eric Pineda



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

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

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

Philippine Cup

November 27, 2014[5]
To Kia
Eliud Poligrates
To NLEX
Rudy Lingganay

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Puerto Rico Peter John Ramos January 27 (vs Kia) March 22 (vs Rain or Shine) 4–7
Governors' Cup Senegal Hamady N'Diaye May 6 (vs San Miguel) June 24 (vs Meralco) 5–6
Chinese Taipei Jet Chang* May 6 (vs San Miguel) June 24 (vs Meralco) 5–6

(* Asian import)

References

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