2014–15 Blackwater Elite season

2014–15 Blackwater Elite season
2014–15 Blackwater Elite season
Head coach	Leo Isaac
Owner(s)	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	0–11 ; (0%)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	3–8 ; (27.3%)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	1–10 ; (9.1%)
Place	12th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Blackwater Elite seasons
	2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Blackwater Elite season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

July 18: The 2014 PBA Expansion Draft took place in Microtel Acropolis, in Libis, Quezon City.^[1]
August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Expansion draft picks

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Previous team	PBA years^[a]
1	Danny Ildefonso	C	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	16
3	Alex Nuyles	G	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	1
5	JR Cawaling	F	Philippines	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	1
7	Eddie Laure	F	Philippines	Alaska Aces	11
9	Bryan Faundo	F	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5
11	John Paul Erram		Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	1
13	Paul Artadi	G	Philippines	Meralco Bolts	10
15	Gilbert Bulawan	F	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy	3
17	Riego Gamalinda	G	Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	4
19	Chris Timberlake	G	United States	Meralco Bolts	5
21	Norman Gonzales	F	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen	13
23	Robby Celiz	G	Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	1

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	12	Juami Tiongson	G	Philippines	Blackwater (D-League)	ADMU
2	23	Frank Golla	F	Philippines	none	ADMU
3	26	Brian Heruela	G	Philippines	Big Chill Super Chargers	UC
3	27	Maclean Sabellina	F	Philippines	Boracay Rum Waves	STI
3	30	Juneric Baloria	G	Philippines	Big Chill Super Chargers	Perpetual
3	31	Raul Soyud	C	Philippines	Blackwater (D-League)	UP
3	33	Clark Bautista	G	Philippines	Blackwater (D-League)	UST
3	34	Ford Ruaya	F/G	Philippines	Hog's Breath Razorbacks	Letran

Roster

2014–15 Blackwater Elite roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F/C	0	Faundo, Bryan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1984-02-18	Letran
G	1	Cañada, Jerick	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	1982-05-27	Adamson
G	3	Timberlake, Chris (IN)	5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1985-04-28	North Florida
G	4	Reyes, Raphy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1987-12-01	UE
G	6	Lastimosa, Carlo (IN)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1990-09-03	St. Benilde
C	7	Erram, John Paul	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1989-07-07	Ateneo
F	8	Celiz, Robby	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	1988-09-07	National-U
F	11	Bulawan, Gilbert	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1986-08-25	San Sebastian
F/C	17	Golla, Frank (R)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1990-01-17	Ateneo
C	18	Ballesteros, Jason	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1985-10-07	San Sebastian
F	21	Gamalinda, Riego	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1986-05-25	San Beda
F	25	Laure, Eddie (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1977-07-06	Adamson
F	26	Cervantes, Reil	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1986-08-16	Far Eastern
F	33	Acuña, Val	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1986-11-24	UE
C	43	Crisano, Alex	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1976-02-26	Brooklyn
F	55	Rodriguez, Larry (IN)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1983-05-05	PMI
F	80	Salvacion, Sunday	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1978-12-17	St. Benilde

Head coach

Leo Isaac (Mapúa)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Johnson Martines

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]	—	Advance to semifinals
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:

^ ^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

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

^ ^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


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

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

September 12, 2014^[2]	To Blackwater Sunday Salvacion Jason Ballesteros (from Meralco)	To Meralco Sean Anthony (from NLEX via Blackwater)	To NLEX Juneric Baloria 2016 & 2017 2nd round picks (from Blackwater)
October 9, 2014^[3]	To Blackwater Larry Rodriguez and 2015 1st round pick (from Talk 'N Text)	To NLEX Niño Canaleta (from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater)	To Talk 'N Text Kevin Alas (from NLEX) and 2015 1st round pick (from Blackwater)

Commissioner's Cup

March 24, 2015^[4]

To Blackwater

Reil Cervantes

To KIA

Alex Nuyles

Governors' Cup

July 2, 2015^[5]

To Blackwater

Carlo Lastimosa

To Barako Bull

Brian Heruela

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Marcus Douthit	February 1 (vs Barako Bull)	March 25 (vs Meralco)	3–7
Governors' Cup	Marcus Douthit	May 5 (vs Alaska)	June 3 (vs Rain or Shine)	1–6
Governors' Cup	Marcus Cousin	June 12 (vs Talk 'N Text)	June 23 (vs Star)	0–4

References

^ FLASH: Blackwater makes Danny Ildefonso the first pick of PBA dispersal draft, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 18, 2014
^ "Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer".
^ Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014
^ Giongco, Mark (March 25, 2015). "Reil Cervantes shines in Blackwater return". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ Ganglani, Naveen (July 2, 2015). "Blackwater trades Heruela to Barako Bull for Lastimosa". RAPPLER. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

[table_hth_ROS0.3130831752499-2] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.3130831752499-3] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text

[table_hth_BGSM0.3130831752499-4] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89

[table_hth_BAR0.3130831752499-5] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_ROS0.55037804020121-6] Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969

[table_hth_MER0.55037804020121-7] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.55037804020121-8] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960

[table_hth_GP0.55037804020121-9] Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

[1] FLASH: Blackwater makes Danny Ildefonso the first pick of PBA dispersal draft, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 18, 2014

[10] "Anthony to Meralco, Baloria to NLEX in three-team PBA transfer".

[11] Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal philstar.com, retrieved October 9, 2014

[12] Giongco, Mark (March 25, 2015). "Reil Cervantes shines in Blackwater return". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

[13] Ganglani, Naveen (July 2, 2015). "Blackwater trades Heruela to Barako Bull for Lastimosa". RAPPLER. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

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