2015–16 TNT KaTropa season

The 2015–16 TNT KaTropa season is the 26th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as the "TNT Tropang Texters" in the Philippine Cup, "Tropang TNT" in the Commissioner's Cup and "TNT KaTropa" in the Governors' Cup.

2015–16 TNT KaTropa season
Head coachJong Uichico
Owner(s)Smart Communications
(an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record6–5
(.545)
Place6th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(Lost to Rain or Shine in single-elimination Phase 2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record6–5
(.545)
Place6th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
Lost to Alaska, 1-2)
Governors' Cup results
Record10–1
(.909)
Place1st
Playoff finishSemifinalist
Lost to Meralco, 1-3)
TNT KaTropa seasons

Key dates
  • August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

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
TNT KaTropa roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 Rosales, Kris (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990–12–20 Hope International
F 4 Carey, Harvey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1979–03–18 Sonoma State
G 5 Reyes, Jai 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1987–02–25 Ateneo
G/F 6 Ababou, Dylan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–12–07 UST
F/C 7 Tautuaa, Moala (R) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–04–30 Chadron State
G/F 8 Nuyles, Alex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 199 lb (90 kg) 1989–07–05 Adamson
G 10 Reyes, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983–08–10 Cal State Fullerton
G/F 12 Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982–05–13 Ateneo
G 17 Castro, Jayson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1986–06–30 Philippine Christian
F/C 18 Rosario, Jeth Troy (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–01–20 National-U
F/C 21 Williams, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–02–07 Oakland
G/F 22 Ganuelas-Rosser, Matthew 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–06–13 Cal Poly Pomona
F 33 de Ocampo, Ranidel (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981–12–08 St. Francis of Assisi
F 42 Seigle, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1976–06–14 Wagner
G/F 51 Aban, Aaron (IN) 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

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] — Advance to 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
12 Meralco Bolts 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

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

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
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. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
  3. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
  4. Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 San Miguel 99 103  
  8 Star 108 99  
            1 San Miguel 1    
    (Best-of-3)       5 Rain or Shine 3  
  4 Barangay Ginebra 0  
  5 Rain or Shine 2    
    5 Rain or Shine 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     3 Alaska 2
  2 Meralco 104    
  7 NLEX 97    
            2 Meralco 2
    (Best-of-3)     3 Alaska 3    
  3 Alaska 2  
  6 TNT 1    

Governors' Cup

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 TNT KaTropa 10 1 .909 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 2
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 2
4 Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
5 Mahindra Enforcer 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Alaska Aces 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
8 Phoenix Fuel Masters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 5
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 7 .364 6
11 Star Hotshots 2 9 .182 8
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
  3. Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice to beat)                        
  1 TNT 136    
  8 Phoenix 124    
            1 TNT 1    
    (#4 twice to beat)       4 Meralco 3  
  4 Meralco 105  
  5 Mahindra 82    
    4 Meralco 2
    (#2 twice to beat)     3 Barangay Ginebra 4
  2 San Miguel 114    
  7 NLEX 110    
            2 San Miguel 2
    (#3 twice to beat)     3 Barangay Ginebra 3    
  3 Barangay Ginebra 109  
  6 Alaska 104    

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

Recruited imports
TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupNo ImportFebruary 10 (vs. Blackwater), February 19 (vs. GlobalPort)1–1
Ivan Johnson[5]February 13 (vs. Meralco)February 13 (vs. Meralco)0–1
David Simon[6]February 24 (vs. Alaska)April 22 (vs. Alaska)6–5
Governors' Cup Mario LittleJuly 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)August 3 (vs. NLEX)4–0
Mychal Ammons[7]August 13 (vs. Blackwater)October 3 (vs. Meralco)8–4
Michael Madanly*[8]July 20 (vs. Rain or Shine)October 3 (vs. Meralco)12–4

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 Archived 2015-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, 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
  5. Talk ’N Text return for former NBA player Ivan Johnson still in play, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, December 29, 2015
  6. TNT taps David Simon as banned Johnson's replacement, Marisse Panaligan, GMA News Online, February 19, 2016
  7. Sacamos, Karlo (August 12, 2016). "Unbeaten TNT defends signing of Mychal Ammons, says it needs a 'big' after Marcus Little". spin.ph. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  8. Leongson, Randolph B. (June 13, 2016). "Maxiell, Madanly beef up TNT". Inquirer.net. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
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