2015–16 Tropang TNT season

2015–16 Tropang TNT season
Head coach Jong Uichico
Owner(s) Smart Communications
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record 6–5
(.545)
Place 6th
Playoff finish Quarterfinalist (Lost to Rain or Shine in single-elimination Phase 2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 6–5
(.545)
Place 6th
Playoff finish
Governors' Cup results
Record 0–0  
Place 0th
Playoff finish TBD
Tropang TNT seasons
2014-15

The 2015–16 Tropang TNT season is the 26th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 1 Moala Tautuaa PF/C  United States Cebuana Lhuillier Gems Chadron State
3 31 Michole Sorela C  Philippines Hapee Fresh Fighters San Beda
4 40 Joshua Cubillo SG  United States none CSU Fullerton
5 47 Emilian Vargas SG  Philippines none St. Claire Caloocan

Roster

Tropang TNT roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 2 Philippines Miranda, Dennis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1982–07–14 FEU
F 4 United States Carey, Harvey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1979–03–18 Sonoma State
G/F 6 Philippines Ababou, Dylan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–12–07 UST
F/C 7 United States Tautuaa, Moala (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–04–30 Chadron State
G/F 8 Philippines Nuyles, Alex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–07–05 Adamson
G 9 Philippines Labagala, Robert (IN) 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1984–07–05 UE
G 10 United States Reyes, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–08–10 Cal State Fullerton
G/F 12 Philippines Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982–05–13 Ateneo
G 15 Philippines Reyes, Jai 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1987–02–25 Ateneo
G 17 Philippines Castro, Jayson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–06–30 PCU
F/C 18 Philippines Rosario, Jeth Troy (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–01–20 NU
F 21 United States Williams, Kelly 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–02–07 Oakland
G/F 22 Philippines Ganuelas-Rosser, Matthew 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–06–13 Cal Poly Pomona
F 33 Philippines de Ocampo, Ranidel (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–12–08 Saint Francis of Assisi
F 42 United States Seigle, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1976–06–14 Wagner
G/F 51 Philippines Aban, Aaron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1982–04–08 Letran
Head coach
 

Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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

Roster

 

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] — Outright semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
6 TNT Tropang Texters 6 5 .545 3
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 4
9 Star Hotshots 4 7 .364 5
10 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273 6
11 Mahindra Enforcer 2 9 .182 7 Eliminated
12 Meralco Bolts 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
  2. 1 2 Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
  3. 1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

Playoffs

Bracket

  Quarterfinals (1st phase)     Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(One-game playoff)		     Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#3 twice to beat)                                  
  3  Rain or Shine 95  
  10  Blackwater 90  
            3  Rain or Shine 104    
    (#6 twice to beat)       6  TNT 89     3  Rain or Shine 2  
  6  TNT 90     2  San Miguel 4  
  7  NLEX 88  
    2  San Miguel 4
    (#4 twice to beat)     1  Alaska 3
  4  Barangay Ginebra 92*  
  9  Star 89       1  Alaska 4
            4  Barangay Ginebra 83     5  GlobalPort 1  
    (#5 twice to beat)     5  GlobalPort 84*    
  5  GlobalPort 94  
  8  Barako Bull 85    

*Game went into overtime

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Meralco Bolts 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 1
6 Tropang TNT 6 5 .545 2
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Star Hotshots 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
9 Mahindra Enforcer 4 7 .364 4 Eliminated
10 Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 5
11 Phoenix Fuel Masters 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 5
12 GlobalPort Batang Pier 3 8 .273[lower-alpha 4] 5
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
  2. 1 2 3 Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.
  3. 1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
  4. 1 2 3 Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

August 7, 2015[1] To Blackwater
Mike Cortez and James Sena
(from Meralco)		 To Meralco
Jimmy Alapag
(from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater)		 To Talk 'N Text
Larry Rodriguez (from Blackwater)
August 24, 2015[2]
 To GlobalPort
Jay Washington		 To Talk 'N Text
Dennis Miranda
August 25, 2015[3] To NLEX
Kevin Alas
(from Talk 'N Text via Mahindra)		 To Mahindra
Niño Canaleta and
Aldrech Ramos (from NLEX)
Robert Reyes (from Talk 'N Text)		 To Talk 'N Text
Troy Rosario (from Mahindra)
October 8, 2015[4] To Barako Bull
2016 second round pick		 To Talk 'N Text
Dylan Ababou

References

  1. ↑ Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ PBA OKs Jay Washington-Denok Miranda swap by Talk 'N Text, GlobalPort, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2015
  3. ↑ TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.ph, August 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ Talk 'N Text acquires Dylan Ababou from Barako in exchange for future second-round pick Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 8, 2015


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