2017–18 TNT KaTropa season

TNT KaTropa
2017–18 TNT KaTropa season
Head coach	Nash Racela (replaced on September 21); Bong Ravena
Owner(s)	Smart Communications; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (.455)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (.727)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel, 0–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (.364)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
TNT KaTropa seasons

The 2017–18 TNT KaTropa season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2017

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

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	10	Mark Tallo	G	Philippines	Racal Tile Masters	SWU
1	11	Jonjon Gabriel	C	Philippines	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	Colegio de San Lorenzo
2	10	Monbert Arong	G	Philippines	Cignal HD Hawkeyes	FEU
3	9	Dave Moralde	G	Philippines	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers JAM Liner	UP

Roster

TNT KaTropa roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F/C	2	Golla, Frank	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	1990–01–17	Ateneo
F	4	Carey, Harvey (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1979–03–18	Sonoma State
G	7	Romeo, Terrence	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1992–03–16	Far Eastern
G	8	Garcia, RR	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990–01–12	Far Eastern
G/F	9	Hernandez, Levi	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–03–09	Arellano
G	10	Reyes, Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1983–08–10	Cal State Fullerton
F	14	Semerad, Anthony	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–04–25	San Beda
G/F	16	Pogoy, Roger	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1992–06–16	Far Eastern
G	17	Castro, Jayson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986–06–30	Philippine Christian
F/C	18	Rosario, Troy	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1992–01–20	National-U
G/F	19	Trollano, Don	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1992–01–07	Adamson
F/C	21	Williams, Kelly	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1982–02–07	Oakland
G	25	Tamsi, Alfrancis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	158 lb (72 kg)	1992–03–25	Far Eastern
F/C	26	Paredes, Philip	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–01–12	De La Salle
G	39	Cruz, Jericho	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–10–11	Adamson
F	41	Saitanan, Jessie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–10–07	Mapúa
C	99	Taha, Yousef	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	1988–07–08	Mapúa

Head coach

Bong Ravena

Assistant coach(es)

Josh Reyes (1st Assistant)
Eric Gonzales
Gilbert Lao
Alton Lister
Jonathan de Guzman
Alexis Torres
Mark Dickel (Consultant)

Team manager

Virgil Villavicencio
Magnum Membrere (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]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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:

Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
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: 1–1

January : 3–2

February : 1–3

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: 1–1

8th seed playoff: 1–0

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	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
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	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
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:

Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 8–3

April: 2–0

May : 2–1

June : 3–2

July : 1–0

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: 0–2

Quarterfinals: 0–2

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:

Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 4–7

August: 1–4

September: 3–0

October: 0–2

November: 0–1

Transactions

Pre season

November
November 28, 2017[3]	To TNT Sidney Onwubere	To Phoenix Justin Chua Jon Jon Gabriel

All-Filipino Cup

February
February 15, 2018[4]	To TNT Jericho Cruz	To Rain or Shine Kris Rosales Sidney Onwubere 2018 PBA First Round Draft Pick
March
March 26, 2018[5]	To TNT Don Trollano	To Rain or Shine Norbert Torres
April
April 3, 2018[6]	To TNT Terrence Romeo Yousef Taha	To GlobalPort Mo Tautuaa 2020 1st Round Pick 2021 2nd Round Pick

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Jeremy Tyler	1	April 22 (vs. GlobalPort)	May 13 (vs. Alaska)	3–1
Commissioner's Cup	Joshua Smith	34	May 30 (vs. Columbian)	July 11 (vs. San Miguel)	4–4
Governors' Cup	Mike Glover	1	August 17 (vs. NLEX)	August 17 (vs. NLEX)	0–1
	Stacy Davis	13	August 24 (vs. Blackwater)	August 31 (vs. Columbian)	1–3
	Marqus Blakely	23	September 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)	November 4 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	2–3

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Roger Pogoy	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	January 22, 2018	[7]
Jericho Cruz	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	March 5, 2018	[8]
Jayson Castro	Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week	May 10, 2018	[9]

References

San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
"ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
TNT-Phoenix trade, pba.ph, November 28, 2017.
Leongson, Randolph (February 15, 2018). "PBA greenlights Jericho Cruz trade to TNT". sports.Inquirer.Net.
Leongson, Randolph (March 26, 2018). "TNT acquires Don Trollano for Norbert Torres in trade with Rain or Shine". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
"GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
"Roger Pogoy thrives off the bench". PBA.ph. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
"Jericho Cruz shows why TNT KaTropa traded for him". PBA.ph. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
"Jayson Castro is week's best". PBA.ph. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

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[table_hth_MAG0.846216197054-2] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia

[table_hth_BGSM0.846216197054-3] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95

[table_hth_GP0.846216197054-4] Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.66567719106827-6] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT

[table_hth_BGSM0.66567719106827-7] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92

[table_hth_COL0.66567719106827-8] Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.19411155078286-9] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982

[table_hth_MER0.19411155078286-10] Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

[1] San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017

[PBAquotient-5] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".

[11] TNT-Phoenix trade, pba.ph, November 28, 2017.

[12] Leongson, Randolph (February 15, 2018). "PBA greenlights Jericho Cruz trade to TNT". sports.Inquirer.Net.

[13] Leongson, Randolph (March 26, 2018). "TNT acquires Don Trollano for Norbert Torres in trade with Rain or Shine". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[14] "GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[15] "Roger Pogoy thrives off the bench". PBA.ph. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.

[16] "Jericho Cruz shows why TNT KaTropa traded for him". PBA.ph. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[17] "Jayson Castro is week's best". PBA.ph. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.