2014–15 Kia Carnival season

2014–15 Kia Carnival (PBA team) season
Head coach Manny Pacquiao
Owner(s) Columbian Autocar Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record 110
(.091)
Place 11th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 47
(.364)
Place 11th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record 56
(.455)
Place 9th
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Kia Carnival (PBA team) seasons

The 2014–15 Kia Carnival season is 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

Pick Player Pos. Nationality Previous team PBA years[a]
2 Reil Cervantes F  Philippines Barako Bull Energy 3
4 Mike Burtscher F   Switzerland Air21 Express 5
6 Hans Thiele C/F  Philippines Barako Bull Energy 4
8 Alvin Padilla G  Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel n/a
10 Jai Reyes G  Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 5
12 Paul Sanga  Philippines undrafted n/a
14 Angelus Raymundo G  Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier 2
16 Eder Saldua  Philippines undrafted n/a
18 Nic Belasco F  United States Alaska Aces 17
20 LA Revilla G  Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier 1
22 Joshua Webb G  Philippines Air21 Express 1
24 Chad Alonzo F  Philippines GlobalPort Batang Pier 8

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 11 Manny Pacquiao G  Philippines none NDDU
2 24 Kyle Pascual F/C  Philippines NLEX (D-League) SBC
3 25 Rene Pacquiao F  Philippines Hog's Breath Razorbacks SWU
3 28 Kenneth Ighalo F  Philippines Cagayan Valley Rising Suns MIT
3 29 Paolo Taha G  Philippines Boracay Rum Waves CSB
3 31 Jeremy Bartolo F  Philippines none Cal State San Bernardino
3 32 Anthony Gavieres G/F  Philippines none VCU
3 35 Richard Cole F/G  United States none NU
3 36 Giorgio Umali G/F  Philippines none SPU
3 37 Jonathan Banal G  Philippines Wang's Basketball Couriers MIT
3 38 Michael Acuña G  Philippines none Perpetual
3 39 Paolo Romero G/F  Philippines Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants CSB
3 40 Francis Bercede G  Philippines none USC

Roster

Kia Carnival roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
F 1 Philippines Thiele, Hans 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984-02-02 UE
G 2 Philippines Revilla, LA 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1989-11-30 La Salle
G/F 3 Philippines Ighalo, Kenneth (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989-01-11 Mapua
G 6 United States Dehesa, Karl 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1987-05-24 Waldorf
F 7 United States Deutchman, Jason 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1986-09-27 San Diego State
G/F 8 Philippines Cawaling, JR 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987-08-15 FEU
G/F 9 Philippines Nuyles, Alex 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989-07-25 Adamson
F 10 Philippines Webb, Joshua 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989-11-14 La Salle
G 17 Philippines Pacquiao, Manny  (IN) 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 143 lb (65 kg) 1978-12-17 NDDU
F 21 Japan Alvarez, Rich (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-10-30 Ateneo
G 24 United States Buensuceso, JR 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1988-04-21 BYU-Hawaii
F/C 25 United States Pascual, Kyle (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1990-04-13 San Beda
F 27 Philippines Yee, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982-01-04 San Sebastian (Cavite)
G 30 Philippines Avenido, Leo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1978-09-25 FEU
G 32 Philippines Bagatsing, Hyram 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1985-02-18 La Salle
F 63 Switzerland Burtscher, Mike (IN) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985-03-08 Schulhaus Booststock
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Eric Pineda



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

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{201415 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=KIA}}

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     2 Rain or Shine 2  
  6 Meralco 77     3 Alaska 4  
  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

2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
# Team W L PCT GB Tie
1y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters83.7271.025
2y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters83.7271.010
3x–Purefoods Star Hotshots83.7270.969
4x–NLEX Road Warriors65.54521.171
5x–Meralco Bolts65.54520.854
6x–Alaska Aces56.45531.021
7w–Barako Bull Energy56.45531.019
8w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel56.45530.960
9e–San Miguel Beermen47.36441.011
10e–GlobalPort Batang Pier47.36440.995
11e–Kia Carnival47.36440.994
12e–Blackwater Elite38.2735

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

Philippine Cup

November 27, 2014[5]
To Kia
Eliud Poligrates
To NLEX
Rudy Lingganay

Recruited imports

TournamentNameDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupPuerto Rico Peter John RamosJanuary 27 (vs Kia)March 22 (vs Rain or Shine)4–7
Governors' CupSenegal Hamady N'DiayeMay 6 (vs San Miguel)June 24 (vs Meralco)5–6
Chinese Taipei Jet Chang*May 6 (vs San Miguel)June 24 (vs Meralco)5–6

(* Asian import)

References

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