2009–10 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

2009–10 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
Head coachChot Reyes
General ManagerVirgil Villavicencio
Owner(s)Smart Communications
Philippine Cup results
Record13–10 (56.5%)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
(by Barangay Ginebra 3–2)
Fiesta Conference results
Record19–7 (73.1%)
Place1st
Playoff finishSemifinals
(by Alaska 4–3)
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters seasons

The 2009–10 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season was the 20th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

  • August 2: The 2009 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.
  • February 5: In Game Four of the best-of-five quarterfinal against Ginebra, to referees controversial call of flagrant foul penalty 2 against Ranidel de Ocampo, Chot Reyes led a walk-out of the team to the dugout. The game was resulted to forfeit and awarded to Ginebra. The Tropang Texters also penalized up to Php 1 Million.[1][2]

Notable occurrences

Due to formation of Smart Gilas program, general manager Frankie Lim was assigned to the program,[3] while assistant Virgil Villavicencio[2] was appointed to replace Lim.

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 PBA Draft
Round Pick Player Height Position Nationality College
2 19 Kevin White 5 ft. 10 in. Point guard  United States West Hills

Roster

2009–10 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 3 United States Alapag, Jimmy (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Cal State San Bernardino
F 4 United States Carey, Harvey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sonoma State
G/F 9 Philippines Cardona, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) De La Salle
G 10 United States Reyes, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Cal State Fullerton
G 17 Philippines Castro, Jayson 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 167 lb (76 kg) Philippine Christian
G/F 20 United States Dillinger, Jared 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Hawaiʻi
F 21 United States Williams, Kelly 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oakland
G 27 Philippines Oreta, Emmerson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) UST
G/F 28 Philippines Yee, Mark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) San Sebastian (Cavite)
F 30 Philippines Waters, Charles 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Webster
F/C 33 Philippines de Ocampo, Ranidel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Saint Francis of Assisi
F/C 48 Philippines Quiñahan, J.R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Visayas
G/F 51 Philippines Aban, Aaron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Letran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 13 5 .722[a] — Advance to semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 13 5 .722[a] —
3 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 12 6 .667[b] 1 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra Kings 12 6 .667[b] 1
5 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 11 7 .611 2
6 Sta. Lucia Realtors 10 8 .556 3 Advance to wildcard round
7 Coca-Cola Tigers 6 12 .333[c] 7
8 Burger King Whoppers 6 12 .333[c] 7
9 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 4 14 .222 9
10 Barako Bull Energy Boosters 3 15 .167 10
— Smart Gilas (G) 3 6 .333 5.5 Guest team[d]
Source: PBA.ph
(G) Guests
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 2–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Purefoods 1–1 Barangay Ginebra; Purefoods 0, Barangay Ginebra 0; overall point differential: Purefoods +85, Barangay Ginebra +75
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Burger King 1–1, Coca-Cola; Burger King +10, Coca-Cola −10
  4. ^ Smart Gilas's results do not count in the standings.

Game log

Eliminations
2010 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 16 Rain or Shine 85–76 Cardona (16) Carey (11) Alapag (9) Araneta Coliseum 1–0
2 October 21 Smart Gilas* 103–73 Cardona (16) Peek (10) Alapag (6) Cuneta Astrodome
3 October 25 Sta. Lucia 100–83 Cardona (25) Belasco (9) Alapag (9) Araneta Coliseum 2–0
4 October 28 San Miguel 90–100 Alapag (22) Cardona, 3 others (5) Alapag (5) Araneta Coliseum 2–1
November
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 November 8 Purefoods 102–108 Carey (20) Y. de Ocampo, Peek (7) Cardona, Alapag (5) Araneta Coliseum 2–2
6 November 11 Coca Cola 103–94 Cardona (35) Belasco (10) Cardona (4) Araneta Coliseum 3–2
7 November 13 Barako Bull 93–90 Alapag (25) Peek (15) Alapag, Cardona (5) Ynares Center 4–2
8 November 20 Alaska 106–110 R. de Ocampo (16) Carey (10) R. de Ocampo, Castro (5) Araneta Coliseum 4–3
9 November 25 Barangay Ginebra 87–72 Dillinger (18) Dillinger (18) Alapag (9) Araneta Coliseum 5–3
10 November 27 Burger King 118–105 Cardona (40) Cardona (11) Cardona, 2 others (4) Ynares Center 6–3
December
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 December 2 Rain or Shine 93–95 Peek, Carey (14) R. de Ocampo (11) Alapag (5) Araneta Coliseum 6–4
12 December 5 Coca Cola 107–104 Cardona (21) Carey (14) Cardona (8) General Santos 7–4
13 December 11 Burger King 115–104 Cardona (32) Carey (14) Castro (10) Ynares Center 8–4
14 December 16 Alaska 119–113 (OT) Cardona (31) Carey (14) Castro (13) Araneta Coliseum 8–5
15 December 19 Purefoods 101–98 Alapag (17) Carey (10) Carey, Castro (4) Araneta Coliseum 9–5
16 December 23 Sta. Lucia 117–112 Cardona (34) Peek (12) Cardona, Castro (5) Cuneta Astrodome 10–5
January
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 January 6 Barangay Ginebra 82–105 Alapag (17) Carey (9) Castro (6) Araneta Coliseum 10–6
18 January 10 Barako Bull 97–99 Alapag (21) R. de Ocampo, Carey (12) Cardona (4) Araneta Coliseum 10–7
19 January 16 San Miguel 93–91 Cardona (26) Carey (10) Alapag (4) Zamboanga City 11–7
2009–10 schedule
Playoffs
2010 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Quarterfinals
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 January 29 Barangay Ginebra 107–92 Castro (20) Carey (13) Cardona (7) Araneta Coliseum 1–0
2 January 31 Barangay Ginebra 106–105 Castro (19) R. de Ocampo (13) R. de Ocampo (3) Araneta Coliseum 2–0
3 February 3 Barangay Ginebra 97–102 Cardona (18) Peek, Carey (9) Alapag (7) Araneta Coliseum 2–1
4 February 5 Barangay Ginebra 20–27
(by forfeit) 		n/a n/a n/a Araneta Coliseum 2–2
5 February 7 Barangay Ginebra 100–113 Araneta Coliseum 2–3
2009–10 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 15 3 .833 — Advance to semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 13 5 .722[a] 2
3 Derby Ace Llamados 13 5 .722[a] 2 Advance to quarterfinals
4 Alaska Aces 11 7 .611 4
5 Barangay Ginebra Kings 9 9 .500[b] 6
6 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 9 .500[b] 6 Advance to wildcard round
7 Coca-Cola Tigers 8 10 .444 7
8 Sta. Lucia Realtors 5 13 .278 10
9 Air21 Express 4 14 .222 11
10 Barako Energy Coffee Masters 3 15 .167 12
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Second seed playoff: San Miguel 88, Derby Ace 83
  2. ^ a b Fifth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 115, Rain or Shine 88

Game log

Eliminations

Transactions

Pre-season

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
 Players Added

Via Draft

  • Kevin White

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

Players Lost

Via Free Agency

Philippine Cup

Trades

October 12, 2009
 To Burger King
4 first round picks from Barako Bull (2010, 2012) and Talk 'N Text (2013 and 2014).
Cash considerations 		To Barako Bull
Orlando Daroya 		To Talk 'N Text
Japeth Aguilar

Subtractions

Player Left Team
Japeth Aguilar October 12 inactive list
(loaned to Smart Gilas)

Mid-season break

Trades

March 3, 2010
 To Air21
Yancy de Ocampo
Renren Ritualo 		To Talk 'N Text
JR Quiñahan
Mark Yee
Aaron Aban[4]

Fiesta Conference

Trades

May 14, 2010
 To Sta. Lucia
Ali Peek
Nic Belasco
Pong Escobal
Ogie Menor
Yousif Aljamal 		To Talk 'N Text
Ryan Reyes
Kelly Williams
Charles Waters 		To Barako Energy Coffee
Mark Isip
2010 1st round pick from Talk 'N Text

Imports recruited

Team Player Debuted Final
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Shawn Daniels (1/1) March 21, 2010 August 6, 2010

References

  1. ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson (February 6, 2010). "TNT walks out". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  2. ^ a b Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson (February 10, 2010). "Walkout costs Texters over P1 million". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  3. ^ Villar, Joey (April 23, 2010). "Gilas to play all-Filipino in FIBA-Asia". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  4. ^ "5-player deal sends Yancy, Renren back to Air21". Philstar.com.