2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season

The 2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season was the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Prior to the Governor's Cup, the team was known as the GlobalPort Batang Pier.

2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season
Head coachPido Jarencio
Owner(s)Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record5–6
(.455)
Place7th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist (lost to Magnolia with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record5–6
(.455)
Place8th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist (lost to Rain or Shine with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record2–9
(.182)
Place11th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
NorthPort Batang Pier seasons

Key dates

2017
  • October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.[1]

Draft picks
Main article: 2017 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 6 Robbie Herndon G  United States Marinerong Pilipino Skippers San Francisco State
2 24 Andreas Cahilig F  Sweden Cignal HD Hawkeyes Earist
3 29 Zachary Nicholls G  Canada Victoria Sports Stallions Arellano
4 5 Gian Abrigo G  Philippines Tanduay Light Rhum Masters
Racal Tile Masters		 Adamson

Roster
NorthPort Batang Pier roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 0 Taha, Paolo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–12–05 St. Benilde
G 3 Pringle, Stanley (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–03–05 Penn State
F/C 7 Tautuaa, Moala 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–04–30 Chadron State
G 9 Elorde, Nico 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1991–10–04 Ateneo
F 10 Anthony, Sean 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1986–01–26 McGill
G 11 Fortuna, Jeric 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1991–11–25 UST
G 13 Javelona, Paolo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992–10–25 National-U
G/F 14 Grey, Jonathan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1992–01–13 St. Benilde
G 17 Teng, Jeric 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–03–18 UST
G 18 Araña, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1984–03–23 De La Salle
F/C 26 Flores, Lervin (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Arellano
F 27 Espinas, Gabby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1982–01–03 Philippine Christian
F/C 28 Gabayni, Joseph (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Lyceum
F/C 30 Guinto, Bradwyn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–10–20 San Sebastian
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Rensy Bajar (1st Assistant)
  • Erwin Sta. Maria
  • Joe Ward
Team manager
  • Bonnie Tan
  • Benjo Flores (Assistant)
  • Walyip Chong (Assistant)


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

Philippine 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 Magnolia Hotshots 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 2
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 2
6 NLEX Road Warriors 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 2
7 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 TNT KaTropa 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
9 Phoenix Fuel Masters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
10 Blackwater Elite 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
11 Meralco Bolts 4 7 .364 4
12 Kia Picanto 1 10 .091 7
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
  3. Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

Game log
2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 5–6
December: 0–1
January : 3–2
February : 2–2
March : 0–1

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 San Miguel 106    
  8 TNT 93    
            1 San Miguel 4    
    (Best-of-3)       4 Barangay Ginebra 1  
  4 Barangay Ginebra 2  
  5 Rain or Shine 0    
    1 San Miguel 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     2 Magnolia 1
  2 Magnolia 86    
  7 GlobalPort 79    
            2 Magnolia 4
    (Best-of-3)     6 NLEX 2    
  3 Alaska 0  
  6 NLEX 2    

Game log
2018 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1
Quarterfinals: 0–1

Commissioner's Cup

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
3 TNT KaTropa 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Meralco Bolts 7 4 .636 2
5 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 3
6 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 3
7 Magnolia Hotshots 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455 4
9 Columbian Dyip 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 3] 5
10 Phoenix Fuel Masters 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 3] 5
11 NLEX Road Warriors 2 9 .182 7
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
  3. Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Game log
2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 5–6
April: 1–1
May : 2–2
June : 2–2
July : 0–1

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 Rain or Shine 113 103  
  8 GlobalPort 114 97  
            1 Rain or Shine 1    
    (Best-of-3)       5 Barangay Ginebra 3  
  4 Meralco 0  
  5 Barangay Ginebra 2    
    5 Barangay Ginebra 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     6 San Miguel 2
  2 Alaska 89    
  7 Magnolia 78    
            2 Alaska 1
    (Best-of-3)     6 San Miguel 3    
  3 TNT 0  
  6 San Miguel 2    

Game log
2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 1–1
Quarterfinals: 1–1

Governors' Cup

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2 Phoenix Fuel Masters 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
3 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
4 Magnolia Hotshots 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
5 Blackwater Elite 7 4 .636 2 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545 3
7 Meralco Bolts 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 2] 4
8 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 2] 4
9 TNT KaTropa 4 7 .364 5
10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 3 8 .273 6
11 NorthPort Batang Pier 2 9 .182 7
12 Columbian Dyip 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
  2. Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Game log
2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 2–9
August: 0–2
September: 0–4
October: 2–3

Transactions

Preseason
October
October 29, 2017[3] To GlobalPort
Draft rights to Lervin Flores
Draft rights to Joseph Gabayni
Draft rights to Julian Sargent		 To Magnolia
Draft rights to Robert Herndon
Draft rights to Gian Abrigo

Philippine Cup
April
April 3, 2018[4] To GlobalPort
Mo Tautuaa
2020 1st Round Pick
2021 2nd Round Pick		 To TNT
Terrence Romeo
Yousef Taha

Commissioner's Cup
June
June 19, 2018[5] To GlobalPort
Paolo Taha		 To Ginebra
Julian Sargent
June 21, 2018[6] To GlobalPort
Gabby Espinas
2020 second round draft pick		 To San Miguel
Kelly Nabong

Rookie Signings
Player Number Position Date signed Contract School/club team
Lervin Flores[7] 26 Forward/Center November 14 2 years
Julian Sargent[7] Guard DLSU
Joseph Gabayni[7] 28 Forward/Center 1 year

Addition
Country Player Number Position Contract Date signed Former Team
Nico Elorde[7] 9 PG 1 year N/A Kia Picanto
Yousef Taha[8] 0 C 2 years November 29, 2017 N/A
Kelly Nabong[9] 23 F/C 2 years N/A Meralco Bolts

Subtraction
Player Number Position Reason left New Team
Mike Cortez[7] 11 Guard Waived Blackwater Elite
Billy Mamaril[7] 2 Center Waived San Miguel Beermen
Rico Maierhofer[7] 1 Forward Waived Tanduay Alab Pilipinas

Recruited imports
ConferenceNameCountryNumberDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupMalcolm White5April 22
(vs. TNT)		July 12
(vs. Rain or Shine)		6–7
Governors' CupRashad Woods4August 19
(vs. NLEX)		October 28
(vs. Alaska)		2–9

Awards
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Stanley Pringle Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week June 19, 2018 [10]

References
  1. San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
  2. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
  3. GlobalPort sends Herndon, Cahilig to Star for Flores, Sargent, Gabayni in trade of rookies, spin.ph, October 29, 2017.
  4. "GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  5. Leongson, Randolph B. (2018-06-19). "Ginebra makes another move, trades Paolo Taha to GlobalPort for Julian Sargent | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  6. Ramos, Gerry (2018-06-21). "GlobalPort sends Kelly Nabong to San Miguel in trade for Gabby Espinas, future draft pick | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  7. "GlobalPort signs rookies Flores, Gabayni, Sargent, free-agent Elorde; cuts Cortez, Mamaril". spin.ph. Gerry Ramos. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  8. Ramos, Gerry (November 29, 2017). "Globalport welcomes back Yousef Taha, signs big man to two-year deal". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  9. Ramos, Gerry (December 1, 2017). "GlobalPort takes a gamble on enigmatic free agent Kelly Nabong". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  10. "Pringle named Player of the Week". PBA.ph. June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
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