2014–15 Kia Carnival season

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.

2014–15 Kia Carnival (PBA team) season
Head coachManny Pacquiao
Owner(s)Columbian Autocar Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record110
(.091)
Place11th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record47
(.364)
Place11th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record56
(.455)
Place9th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Kia Carnival (PBA team) seasons

Key dates

  • June 9: Manny Pacquiao was officially named the head coach of Kia.[1]
  • July 18: The 2014 PBA Expansion Draft took place in Microtel Acropolis, in Libis, Quezon City.[2]
  • August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila. On the same day, Columbian Autocar Corporation president Gina Domingo announced that they took the moniker "Sorento", the name of their top-selling sports utility vehicle in the Philippines and United States.[3]
  • January 23: The team changed their moniker to Kia Carnival for the Commissioner's Cup.[4]

Expansion draft picks

Pick Player Pos. Nationality Previous team PBA years[a]
2 Reil Cervantes F  Philippines Barako Bull Energy 3
4 Mike Burtscher F   Switzerland Air21 Express 5
6 Hans Thiele C/F  Philippines Barako Bull Energy 4
8 Alvin Padilla G  Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel n/a
10 Jai Reyes G  Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 5
12 Paul Sanga  Philippines undrafted n/a
14 Angelus Raymundo G  Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier 2
16 Eder Saldua  Philippines undrafted n/a
18 Nic Belasco F  United States Alaska Aces 17
20 LA Revilla G  Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier 1
22 Joshua Webb G  Philippines Air21 Express 1
24 Chad Alonzo F  Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier 8

Draft picks

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



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

Philippine Cup

Standings

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

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     2 Rain or Shine 2  
  6 Meralco 77     3 Alaska 4  
  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

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB
Source: PBA.ph

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

Philippine Cup

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

Recruited imports

TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's Cup Peter John RamosJanuary 27 (vs Kia)March 22 (vs Rain or Shine)4–7
Governors' Cup Hamady N'DiayeMay 6 (vs San Miguel)June 24 (vs Meralco)5–6
Jet Chang*May 6 (vs San Miguel)June 24 (vs Meralco)5–6

(* Asian import)

References

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