2014–15 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season

2014–15 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season
Head coach	Jeffrey Cariaso (October 17, 2014 - January 5, 2015) Ato Agustin (January 5, 2015 - March 31, 2015) Frankie Lim (March 31, 2015 - July 12, 2015)
Owner(s)	Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)

Philippine Cup results
Record	6–5 (.545)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the 2nd round)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Rain or Shine Elasto Painters with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Alaska Aces with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel seasons
2013–14	2015–16

The 2014–15 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season was the 35th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2014

August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
September 9: Barangay Ginebra had an exhibition match against the Korean Basketball League team Changwon LG Sakers at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

2015

January 5: Team manager Alfrancis Chua announced the reappointment of Ato Agustin as Ginebra head coach ^[1] after two conferences with Jeffrey Cariaso.^[2] Cariaso was then hired by Alaska as an assistant coach.
March 30: Barangay Ginebra fired head coach Ato Agustin. He was replaced by assistant coach Frankie Lim.^[3]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	6	Rodney Brondial	F/C	Philippines	Big Chill Super Chargers	Adamson

Roster

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	2	Urbiztondo, Josh	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983-02-27	FPU
G	3	Mercado, Solomon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1984-05-06	Biola
F/C	4	Peña, Dorian	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1977-10-12	Coppin State
G	5	Tenorio, LA	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1984-07-09	Ateneo
G	6	Monfort, Emman	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	132 lb (60 kg)	1989-07-02	Ateneo
F/C	10	Marcelo, Dave	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1989-02-22	San Beda
G	13	Helterbrand, Jayjay	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1976-10-14	Kentucky
G	17	Knuttel, Jens	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	169 lb (77 kg)	1989-09-17	FEU
C	20	Slaughter, Greg	7 ft 0.75 in (2.15 m)	258 lb (117 kg)	1988-05-19	Ateneo
F/C	25	Aguilar, Japeth	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1987-01-25	Western Kentucky
F	34	Ellis, Chris (IN)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-12-05	UMHB
F	45	Baracael, Mac	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1985-04-14	FEU
G	47	Caguioa, Mark (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1979-11-19	GCC
F	91	Brondial, Rodney (R)	6 ft 4.75 in (1.95 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990-11-20	Adamson

Head coach

Frankie Lim (San Beda)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Alfrancis Chua ^[a] (UST)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

^a Chua also serves as Barangay Ginebra's alternate governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

v t e 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y– San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818	—	1.101
2	y– Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	0.908
3	x– Alaska Aces	8	3	.727	1	1.020
4	x– Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	1	0.980
5	x– Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545	3	1.074
6	x– Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	3	1.056
7	w– Purefoods Star Hotshots	6	5	.545	3	0.877
8	w– GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	w– Barako Bull Energy	4	7	.364	5	1.057
10	w– NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364	5	0.946
11	e– Kia Sorento	1	10	.091	8
12	e– Blackwater Elite	0	11	.000	9

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Alaska	82
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	Meralco	69	3	Alaska	4
6	Meralco	77				2	Rain or Shine	2
7	Purefoods Star	65
									3	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	San Miguel	4
4	Talk 'N Text	105
9	Barako Bull	76				1	San Miguel	4
			4	Talk 'N Text	83	4	Talk 'N Text	0
	(#5 twice to beat)		5	Barangay Ginebra	67
5	Barangay Ginebra	95
8	GlobalPort	78

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, x – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

v t e 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	—	1.025
2	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	—	1.010
3	x–Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727	—	0.969
4	x–NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545	2	1.171
5	x–Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	2	0.854
6	x–Alaska Aces	5	6	.455	3	1.021
7	w–Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455	3	1.019
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	0.960
9	e–San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364	4	1.011
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	4	0.995
11	e–Kia Carnival	4	7	.364	4	0.994
12	e–Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

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

July 25, 2014^[4]

To Barangay Ginebra

Joseph Yeo

To NLEX

2015 first round pick

Commissioner's Cup

February 3, 2015^[5]

To Barangay Ginebra

Dorian Peña (from Barako Bull)
2015 2nd round pick (from Barako Bull)

To Barako Bull

Justin Chua (from San Miguel)
2017 1st round pick (from San Miguel)

To San Miguel

JR Reyes (from Barangay Ginebra)

March 31, 2015^[6]	To Barangay Ginebra 2015 first round pick	To Barako Bull Energy James Forrester Dylan Ababou
April 6, 2015 ^[7]	To Barangay Ginebra Dave Marcelo	To Barako Bull Energy Billy Mamaril (traded to San Miguel then to GlobalPort)

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Michael Dunigan	January 27 (vs Meralco)	March 28 (vs Rain or Shine)	5–7
Governors' Cup	Orlando Johnson	May 8 (vs Alaska)	June 26 (vs Alaska)	5–7
	Sanchir Tungalag*	May 8 (vs Alaska)	May 31 (vs San Miguel)	2–4
	Kim Jiwan*	June 3 (vs GlobalPort)	June 26 (vs Alaska)	3–3

(* Asian import)

References

↑ "Agustin back as Ginebra coach", January 5, 2015, Inquirer
↑ "Future uncertain for former Ginebra coaches Cariaso, Racela with team making changes for Commissioner’s Cup", January 5, 2015, Sports5
↑ SMC big boss Ramon Ang confirms Frankie Lim replacing Ato Agustin as Ginebra coach, Snow Badua, spin.ph, March 30, 2015
↑ on the move:Joseph Yeo traded to Ginebra for a draft pick, interaksyon.com, July 25, 2014
↑ PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015.
↑ Ginebra ships seldom-used Ababou, Forrester to Barako Bull as team set to make coaching change, interaksyon.com, March 31, 2015
↑ Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015

[1] "Agustin back as Ginebra coach", January 5, 2015, Inquirer

[2] "Future uncertain for former Ginebra coaches Cariaso, Racela with team making changes for Commissioner’s Cup", January 5, 2015, Sports5

[3] SMC big boss Ramon Ang confirms Frankie Lim replacing Ato Agustin as Ginebra coach, Snow Badua, spin.ph, March 30, 2015

[4] the move:Joseph Yeo traded to Ginebra for a draft pick, interaksyon.com, July 25, 2014

[5] PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015.

[6] Ginebra ships seldom-used Ababou, Forrester to Barako Bull as team set to make coaching change, interaksyon.com, March 31, 2015

[7] Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015

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v t e Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Formerly the Gilbey's Gin Tonics, Añejo Rum 65ers and Gordon's Gin Boars Founded in 1979 Owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation
The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season
Coaches	Pumaren Villegas Valenzona Jaworski Salazar Caidic Tanquingcen Uichico Tanquingcen Chua Agustin Cariaso Lim Cone
Championships (8)	1986 Open 1988 All-Filipino 1991 First 1997 Commissioner's 2004 Fiesta 2004-05 Philippine 2006-07 Philippine 2008 Fiesta
Runner-up finishes (13)	1982 Open 1983 All-Filipino 1984 1st All-Filipino 1986 All-Filipino 1989 Reinforced 1990 First 1991 Third 1996 Governors 1997 All-Filipino 2001 All-Filipino 2009 Fiesta 2011 Commissioner's 2013 Commissioner's
Seasons (36)	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Retired jerseys	7 Jaworski 8 Caidic
Culture and lore	The Big J Mr. Clutch The Spark Manila Clasico 1991 championship comeback Kapag Nananalo/Natatalo ang Ginebra

2014–15 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season

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Key dates

2014

2015

Draft picks

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

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Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

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