2010–11 Meralco Bolts season

2010-11 Meralco Bolts season
Head coach	Ryan Gregorio
Owner(s)	Manila Electric Company
Philippine Cup results
Record	7–7 (.500)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals (by B-Meg Derby Ace 2-0)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	3–6 (.333)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors Cup results
Record	3–5 (.375)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Meralco Bolts seasons
	2011–12

The 2010–11 Meralco Bolts season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team took over the Sta. Lucia Realtors after the franchise was sold to Manila Electric Company on August 2010.

Key dates

• August 29: The 2010 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

Draft picks

Main article: 2010 PBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	9	Shawn Weinstein			United States	St. Edwards
2	11	Riego Gamalinda			Philippines	San Beda
2	14	Ford Arao			Philippines	Ateneo
2	16	Khasim Mirza			Philippines	UST

Roster

Meralco Bolts roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 2 Timberlake, Chris 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 182 lb (83 kg) North Florida PG 3 Mercado, Solomon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Biola University G 4 Ritualo, Renren 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 178 lb (81 kg) De La Salle C 5 Taulava, Asi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Brigham Young PG 6 Ross, Chris  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Marshall University F 7 Omolon, Nelbert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) PCU F 9 Aljamal, Yousif 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) San Beda PF 10 Espinas, Gabby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 194 lb (88 kg) PCU F 12 Isip, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) FEU C 13 Aquino, Marlou  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Adamson G/F 14 Cardona, Mark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) De La Salle G/F 15 Menor, Rogemar 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) San Beda F 21 Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) UM G/F 25 Gamalinda, Riego (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) San Beda PG 36 Weinstein, Shawn (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) St. Edwards F 52 Daa, Dennis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Las Pinas	Head coach Ryan Gregorio (UP Diliman) Assistant coach(es) Boyet Fernandez (CSA-Bacolod) Ronnie Magsanoc (UP Diliman) Adonis Tierra (JRU) Patrick Fran (UST) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (I) Import Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-beat advantage,  x  – clinched outright quarterfinals,  w  – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-win disadvantage,  e  – eliminated

2010–11 PBA Philippine Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y-Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	11	3	.786	--	+9
2	y-San Miguel Beermen	11	3	.786	--	−9
3	x-Barangay Ginebra Kings	10	4	.714	1
4	x-B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	7	7	.500	4	+23
5	x-Meralco Bolts	7	7	.500	4	−11
6	x-Alaska Aces	7	7	.500	4	−12
7	w-Air21 Express	6	8	.428	5
8	w-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	9	.357	6
9	e-Powerade Tigers	3	11	.214	8	+10
10	e-Barako Bull Energy Boosters	3	11	.214	8	−10

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched outright semifinals,  x  – clinched quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y-Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	1	.889	—
2	y-Smart Gilas	7	2	.777	1
3	x-Barangay Ginebra Kings	5	4	.556	3	+12
4	x-Air21 Express	5	4	.556	3	−4
5	x-Alaska Aces	5	4	.556	3	−8
6	x-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	5	.444	4	+1
7	e-B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	4	5	.444	4	−1
8	e-Meralco Bolts	3	6	.333	5
9	e-Powerade Tigers	2	7	.222	6	+8
10	e-San Miguel Beermen	2	7	.222	6	−8

Governors Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched semifinals,  e  – eliminated

2011 PBA Governors' Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y-Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	6	2	.750	—
2	y-Petron Blaze Boosters	5	3	.625	1	+10
3	y-Alaska Aces	5	3	.625	1	+5
4	y-Barangay Ginebra Kings	5	3	.625	1	−15
5	y-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	4	.500	2	+11
6	y-B-Meg Llamados	4	4	.500	2	0
7	e-Powerade Tigers	4	4	.500	2	−11
8	e-Meralco Bolts	3	5	.375	3
9	e-Air21 Express	0	8	.000	6

Transactions

Pre-season

Trades

August 20, 2010	To Meralco Beau Belga (from Air21)	To Air21 J.R. Quiñahan (from Talk 'N Text)	To Talk 'N Text Ali Peek (from Meralco)
August 20, 2010	To Meralco Mark Cardona (from Talk 'N Text)	To Air21 Josh Urbiztondo (from Meralco) 2010 1st round pick (from Meralco)	To Talk 'N Text Ali Peek (from Meralco) 2010 1st round pick (from Air21)

August 29, 2010

To Meralco 2010 second round pick (Shawn Weinstein)

To Alaska Bonbon Custodio

September 22, 2010

To Meralco Asi Taulava (from Powerade)

To Barako Bull Jason Misolas (from Meralco) Khasim Mirza (from Meralco) Ken Bono (from Powerade)

To Powerade Robert Reyes (from Barako Bull) 2011 and 2012 2nd round picks (from Meralco) 2013 2nd round pick (from Barako Bull)

Philippine Cup

Trades

November 3, 2010	To Meralco Hans Thiele	To Barako Bull Dennis Daa 2013 2nd round pick
December 14, 2010	To Meralco Reed Juntilla Mark Isip	To Barako Bull Ford Arao Kazim Mirza Pong Escobal Marlou Aquino 2012 1st round draft pick

January 20, 2011

To Meralco Solomon Mercado (from Rain or Shine) Paolo Bugia (from Rain or Shine) Erick Rodriguez (from Air21)

To Air21 Jay-R Reyes (from Rain or Shine) Reed Juntilla (from Meralco) 2011 and 2013 2nd round picks (from Meralco)

To Rain or Shine Ronjay Buenafe (from Air21) Ronnie Matias (from Air21) Beau Belga (from Meralco) 2011 and 2013 1st round picks (from Air21)

Commissioner's Cup

Free agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team Marlou Aquino February 14, 2011 Barako Bull (via free agency)

Trades

February 15, 2010

To Meralco Reynel Hugnatan

To Alaska Hans Thiele Paolo Bugia

Imports recruited

Conference	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Anthony Danridge	February 18 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	March 4 (vs. San Miguel)	0-3
	Chamberlain Oguchi	March 11 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	April 2 (vs. Smart Gilas)	3-3
Governors Cup	Chamberlain Oguchi	June 12 (vs. Petron Blaze)	June 26 (vs. B-Meg)	2-2
	Tim Pickett	July 7 (vs. Air21)	July 20 (vs. Powerade)	1-3

References