2017–18 TNT KaTropa season

TNT KaTropa
2017–18 TNT KaTropa season
Head coach	Nash Racela (replaced on September 21); Bong Ravena
Owner(s)	Smart Communications; (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (.455)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (.727)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel, 0–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
TNT KaTropa seasons

The 2017–18 TNT KaTropa season is the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2017

October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	10	Mark Tallo	G	Philippines	Racal Tile Masters	SWU
1	11	Jonjon Gabriel	C	Philippines	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	Colegio de San Lorenzo
2	10	Monbert Arong	G	Philippines	Cignal HD Hawkeyes	FEU
3	9	Dave Moralde	G	Philippines	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers JAM Liner	UP

Roster

TNT KaTropa roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F/C	7000200000000000000♠2	Golla, Frank	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	1990–01–17	Ateneo
F	7000400000000000000♠4	Carey, Harvey (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1979–03–18	Sonoma State
G	7000700000000000000♠7	Romeo, Terrence	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1992–03–16	Far Eastern
G	7000800000000000000♠8	Garcia, RR	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990–01–12	Far Eastern
G/F	7000900000000000000♠9	Hernandez, Levi (IN)	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–03–09	Arellano
G	7001100000000000000♠10	Reyes, Ryan	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1983–08–10	Cal State Fullerton
F	7001140000000000000♠14	Semerad, Anthony	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–04–25	San Beda
G/F	7001160000000000000♠16	Pogoy, Roger	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1992–06–16	Far Eastern
G	7001170000000000000♠17	Castro, Jayson	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986–06–30	Philippine Christian
F/C	7001180000000000000♠18	Rosario, Troy	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1992–01–20	National-U
G/F	7001190000000000000♠19	Trollano, Don	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1992–01–07	Adamson
F/C	7001210000000000000♠21	Williams, Kelly	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1982–02–07	Oakland
F	7001230000000000000♠23	Blakely, Marqus (I)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1988–10–22	Vermont
G	7001250000000000000♠25	Tamsi, Alfrancis	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	158 lb (72 kg)	1992–03–25	Far Eastern
F/C	7001260000000000000♠26	Paredes, Philip	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–01–12	De La Salle
G	7001390000000000000♠39	Cruz, Jericho	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–10–11	Adamson
F	7001410000000000000♠41	Saitanan, Jessie (IN)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992–10–07	Mapúa
C	7001990000000000000♠99	Taha, Yousef	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	1988–07–08	Mapúa

Head coach

Bong Ravena

Assistant coach(es)

Josh Reyes (1st Assistant)
Eric Gonzales
Gilbert Lao
Alton Lister
Jonathan de Guzman
Alexis Torres
Mark Dickel (Consultant)

Team manager

Virgil Villavicencio
Magnum Membrere (Assistant)

Legend

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

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Magnolia Hotshots	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3
10	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3
11	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364	4
12	Kia Picanto	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Magnolia via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and NLEX by highest quotient. Ginebra is 1.03; Rain or Shine is 1.02; NLEX is 0.95.
1 2 3 4 GlobalPort wins tiebreaker against Phoenix, TNT and Blackwater by highest quotient. GlobalPort is 1.14; Phoenix is 1.00; TNT is 0.97; Blackwater is 0.89. TNT then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Phoenix.

Game log

2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 5–6

December: 1–1

January : 3–2

February : 1–3

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	San Miguel	106
8	TNT	93
			1	San Miguel	4
	(Best-of-3)		4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra	2
5	Rain or Shine	0
						1	San Miguel	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					2	Magnolia	1
2	Magnolia	86
7	GlobalPort	79
			2	Magnolia	4
	(Best-of-3)		6	NLEX	2
3	Alaska	0
6	NLEX	2

Game log

2017–18 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 1–1

8th seed playoff: 1–0

Quarterfinals: 0–1

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3
7	Magnolia Hotshots	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
11	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against TNT via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against San Miguel and Magnolia by highest quotient. Barangay Ginebra is 1.07; San Miguel is 1.02; Magnolia is 0.92.
1 2 Columbian wins tiebreaker against Phoenix via head-to-head record.

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 8–3

April: 2–0

May : 2–1

June : 3–2

July : 1–0

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	Rain or Shine	113	103
8	GlobalPort	114	97
				1	Rain or Shine	1
	(Best-of-3)			5	Barangay Ginebra	3
4	Meralco	0
5	Barangay Ginebra	2
							5	Barangay Ginebra	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)						6	San Miguel	2
2	Alaska	89
7	Magnolia	78
				2	Alaska	1
	(Best-of-3)			6	San Miguel	3
3	TNT	0
6	San Miguel	2

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–2

Quarterfinals: 0–2

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	t – Magnolia Hotshots	7	1	.875	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	t – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	2	.778	0.5
3	Blackwater Elite	6	2	.750	1
4	Alaska Aces	5	2	.714	1.5
5	Phoenix Fuel Masters	6	3	.667	1.5	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	TNT KaTropa	4	4	.500	3
7	NLEX Road Warriors	4	5	.444	3.5
8	San Miguel Beermen	3	4	.429	3.5
9	NorthPort Batang Pier	2	6	.250	5
10	Meralco Bolts	2	6	.250	5
11	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	1	4	.200	4.5
12	e – Columbian Dyip	0	8	.000	7

Updated to match(es) played on October 14, 2018. Source: PBA.ph
e – Eliminated; t – Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.

Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 4–4

August: 1–4

September: 3–0

Transactions

Trades

Pre season

November
November 28, 2017^[2]	To TNT Sidney Onwubere	To Phoenix Justin Chua Jon Jon Gabriel

All-Filipino Cup

February
February 15, 2018^[3]	To TNT Jericho Cruz	To Rain or Shine Kris Rosales Sidney Onwubere 2018 PBA First Round Draft Pick
March
March 26, 2018^[4]	To TNT Don Trollano	To Rain or Shine Norbert Torres
April
April 3, 2018^[5]	To TNT Terrence Romeo Yousef Taha	To GlobalPort Mo Tautuaa 2020 1st Round Pick 2021 2nd Round Pick

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Jeremy Tyler	1	April 22 (vs. GlobalPort)	May 13 (vs. Alaska)	3–1
Commissioner's Cup	Joshua Smith	34	May 30 (vs. Columbian)	July 11 (vs. San Miguel)	4–4
Governors' Cup	Mike Glover	1	August 17 (vs. NLEX)	August 17 (vs. NLEX)	0–1
	Stacy Davis	13	August 24 (vs. Blackwater)	August 31 (vs. Columbian)	2–3
	Marqus Blakely	23	September 22 (vs. Rain or Shine)		2–0

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Roger Pogoy	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	January 22, 2018	^[6]
Jericho Cruz	Philippine Cup Player of the Week	March 5, 2018	^[7]
Jayson Castro	Commisioner's Cup Player of the Week	May 10, 2018	^[8]

References

↑ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
↑ TNT-Phoenix trade, pba.ph, November 28, 2017.
↑ Leongson, Randolph (February 15, 2018). "PBA greenlights Jericho Cruz trade to TNT". sports.Inquirer.Net.
↑ Leongson, Randolph (March 26, 2018). "TNT acquires Don Trollano for Norbert Torres in trade with Rain or Shine". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
↑ "GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
↑ "Roger Pogoy thrives off the bench". PBA.ph. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
↑ "Jericho Cruz shows why TNT KaTropa traded for him". PBA.ph. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "Jayson Castro is week's best". PBA.ph. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

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[table_hth_MAG0.7366821457337-2] 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Magnolia via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_BGSM0.7366821457337-3] 1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and NLEX by highest quotient. Ginebra is 1.03; Rain or Shine is 1.02; NLEX is 0.95.

[table_hth_GP0.7366821457337-4] 1 2 3 4 GlobalPort wins tiebreaker against Phoenix, TNT and Blackwater by highest quotient. GlobalPort is 1.14; Phoenix is 1.00; TNT is 0.97; Blackwater is 0.89. TNT then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Phoenix.

[table_hth_ALA0.71308172480812-5] 1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against TNT via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_BGSM0.71308172480812-6] 1 2 3 Barangay Ginebra wins tiebreaker against San Miguel and Magnolia by highest quotient. Barangay Ginebra is 1.07; San Miguel is 1.02; Magnolia is 0.92.

[table_hth_COL0.71308172480812-7] 1 2 Columbian wins tiebreaker against Phoenix via head-to-head record.

[1] San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017

[8] TNT-Phoenix trade, pba.ph, November 28, 2017.

[9] Leongson, Randolph (February 15, 2018). "PBA greenlights Jericho Cruz trade to TNT". sports.Inquirer.Net.

[10] Leongson, Randolph (March 26, 2018). "TNT acquires Don Trollano for Norbert Torres in trade with Rain or Shine". Inquirer.Net. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[11] "GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[12] "Roger Pogoy thrives off the bench". PBA.ph. January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.

[13] "Jericho Cruz shows why TNT KaTropa traded for him". PBA.ph. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[14] "Jayson Castro is week's best". PBA.ph. May 10, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

2017–18 TNT KaTropa season
Head coach	Nash Racela (replaced on September 21) Bong Ravena
Owner(s)	Smart Communications (an MVP group subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–3 (.727)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to San Miguel, 0–2)
Governors' Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
TNT KaTropa seasons