2014–15 GlobalPort Batang Pier season

2014–15 GlobalPort Batang Pier season
Head coach	Eric Gonzales (interim)
General Manager	Bonnie Tan
Owner(s)	Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 (45.5%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 (36.4%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	7–4 (63.6%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Star in two games with twice-to-beat advantage)
GlobalPort Batang Pier seasons

The 2014–15 GlobalPort Batang Pier season was the third season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

• August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
• November 27: Eric Gonzales was appointed as the team's interim head coach, while former head coach Pido Jarencio was reassigned as the team's consultant.^[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	1	Stanley Pringle	G	United States	none	Penn State
1	7	Anthony Semerad	F/C	Australia	Maynilad Water Dragons	SBC
2	5	Prince Caperal	C	Philippines	Boracay Rum Waves	AU
2	7	John Pinto	G	Philippines	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	AU

Roster

2014–15 GlobalPort Batang Pier roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F/C 2 Billy Mamaril (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980-06-25 Bakersfield G 3 Stanley Pringle (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1987-03-05 Penn State F 5 Marvin Hayes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986-05-13 José Rizal F 6 Anthony Semerad (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1991-04-25 San Beda G 7 Terrence Romeo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1992-03-16 Far Eastern G 8 Ronjay Buenafe 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1983-05-27 Emilio Aguinaldo G/F 9 Paolo Taha (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990-12-05 St. Benilde F 12 Mark Isip 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980-12-10 Far Eastern G 14 Denok Miranda 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1982-07-14 Far Eastern F/C 15 Jewel Ponferada 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1988-07-08 National-U F/C 18 Doug Kramer 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1983-07-10 Ateneo C 19 Prince Caperal (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993-06-12 Arellano G 22 John Pinto (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1990-10-15 Arellano F 32 Keith Jensen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-01-07 NYU	Head coach Alfredo Jarencio (UST) Assistant coach(es) Eric Gonzales (UST) Senen Dueñas (UST) Ronald Cuan (De La Salle) Alvin Grey (UST) Johnedel Cardel (De La Salle) Oliver Bunye (De La Salle) Team manager Bonnie Tan (Lyceum) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818[a]	—
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727[b]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	TNT Tropang Texters	8	3	.727[b]	1
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545[c]	3
6	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545[c]	3
7	Purefoods Star Hotshots	6	5	.545[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	Barako Bull Energy	4	7	.364[d]	5
10	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364[d]	5
11	Kia Sorento	1	10	.091	8
12	Blackwater Elite	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
2. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
3. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
4. Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals (1st phase)					Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination)					Semifinals (best-of-7)					Finals (best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
	3	Alaska	82
											2	Rain or Shine	2
	10	NLEX	78
						3	Alaska	87			3	Alaska	4
	(#6 twice to beat)
						6	Meralco	69
	6	Meralco	77
																3	Alaska	3
	7	Purefoods Star	65
																1	Barangay Ginebra	4
	(#4 twice to beat)
	4	Talk 'N Text	105
											1	Barangay Ginebra	4
	9	Barako Bull	76
						4	Barangay Ginebra	97			4	San Miguel	0
	(#5 twice to beat)
						5	Talk N' Text	83
	5	Barangay Ginebra	95
	8	GlobalPort	78

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Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727[a]	—
3	Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727[a]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545[b]	2
5	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545[b]	2
6	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455[c]	3
7	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455[c]	3
9	San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364[d]	4
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364[d]	4
11	Kia Carnival	4	7	.364[d]	4
12	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
2. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
3. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
4. Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

Game log

Playoffs

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

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Transactions

Trades

Pre-draft

August 11, 2014[2]

To Alaska Eric Menk

To GlobalPort 2014 2nd round picks (Prince Caperal, 17th overall; John Pinto, 19th overall)

Draft day

August 24, 2014[3]

To GlobalPort 1st round pick Anthony Semerad 2016 1st round pick (from San Mig)

To San Mig Coffee 2016 1st round pick and 2018 2nd round pick (from GlobalPort)

Pre-season

September 22, 2014[4]

To GlobalPort Nonoy Baclao and 2017 1st round pick (from Talk 'n Text)

To NLEX Harold Arboleda (from Talk 'n Text via Globalport) 2016 2nd round pick (from Ginebra via GlobalPort) 2018 2nd round pick (from Talk 'n Text via Globalport)

To Talk 'N Text Jay Washington (from GlobalPort) Matt Ganuelas (from NLEX via GlobalPort)

Philippine Cup

December 10, 2014[5]	To GlobalPort Sol Mercado 2018 and 2019 2nd round picks	To San Miguel Alex Cabagnot
January 8, 2015[6]	To Barako Bull Sol Mercado	To GlobalPort Denok Miranda 2016 2nd round pick

Commissioner's Cup

March 14, 2015[7]	To GlobalPort Gabby Espinas Alaska's 2017 1st round pick	To Alaska Nonoy Baclao Globalport's 2017 1st round pick
April 6, 2015 [8]
	To GlobalPort Billy Mamaril (from Ginebra and Barako Bull) Doug Kramer	To San Miguel Yancy de Ocampo Gabby Espinas

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	C.J. Leslie	January 27 (vs Kia)	February 10 (vs Alaska)	2–2
	Calvin Warner	February 15 (vs Meralco)	March 1 (vs Talk 'N Text)	2–2
	Derrick Caracter	March 15 (vs NLEX)	March 24 (vs San Miguel)	0–3
Governors' Cup	Patrick O'Bryant	May 5 (vs Meralco)	May 8 (vs Blackwater)	2–0
	Steven Thomas	May 12 (vs Star)	May 17 (vs San Miguel)	1–1
	Jarrid Famous	May 22 (vs Rain or Shine)	June 28 (vs Star)	4–5
	Omar Krayem*	May 5 (vs Meralco)	June 28 (vs Star)	7–6

(* Asian import)

References

1. Eric Gonzales appointed interim coach of GlobalPort; Pido Jarencio remains as consultant Archived 2014-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAksyon.com, November 27, 2014
2. Alaska acquires Eric Menk from GlobalPort for 2nd round picks Archived 2015-02-21 at archive.today, Solar Sports Desk, August 12, 2014
3. San Mig Coffee trades No. 7 to GlobalPort for future picks Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
4. Texters bag J-Wash, Ganuelas, inquirer.net, September 22, 2014.
5. Alex Cabagnot returns to San Miguel Beer, Sol Mercado back with GlobalPort in revised trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, December 10, 2014
6. PBA approves Sol Mercado move from GlobalPort to Barako Bull in swap for Denok Miranda, Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 8, 2015
7. Alaska trades Gabby Espinas to GlobalPort for Noy Baclao Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, March 14, 2015
8. Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015