2014–15 Kia Carnival season
Basketball team season
2014–15 Kia Carnival (PBA team) seasonHead coach Manny Pacquiao Owner(s) Columbian Autocar Corporation Record 1–10 (9.1%) Place 11th Playoff finish Did not qualify Record 4–7 (36.4%) Place 11th Playoff finish Did not qualify Record 5–6 (45.5%) Place 9th Playoff finish Did not qualify
The 2014–15 Kia Carnival season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Kia Sorento for the Philippine Cup.
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
Draft picks
Roster
2014–15 Kia Carnival roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
POB
Name
Height
Weight
DOB (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
De La Salle
F
3
Ighalo, Kenneth (R)
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1989-01-11
Mapúa
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
F
8
Cawaling, JR
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1987-08-15
Far Eastern
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
De 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
Far Eastern
G
32
Bagatsing, Hyram
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1985-02-18
De La Salle
F/C
63
Burtscher, Mike (IN)
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1985-03-08
Clearwater Christian
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
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
^ a b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
^ a b 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
Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
^ a b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994
Game log
Playoffs
Bracket
Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ a b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
^ a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
^ a b c d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93
Game log
Playoffs
Bracket
*Game went into overtime [a]
a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.
Transactions
Trades
Philippine Cup
Recruited imports
(* Asian import)
References
^ Manny Pacquiao officially introduced as Team KIA's head coach in the PBA , Carlo Pamintuan, Yahoo Sports, June 9, 2014
^ FLASH: Blackwater makes Danny Ildefonso the first pick of PBA dispersal draft , Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 18, 2014
^ Kia finally settles on a moniker for PBA team – and it's neither Kamao nor Pride , Snow Badua, spin.ph, August 24, 2014
^ KIA changing moniker of PBA ballclub from Sorento to Carnival – seriously , by: Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 23, 2015
^ Kia receives Eliud Poligrates, sends NLEX Rudy Lingganay , Adrian Dy, SLAM Philippines, November 28, 2014