2014–15 Barako Bull Energy season

Basketball team season

2014–15 Barako Bull Energy season
Head coach	Koy Banal
General Manager	Raymond Rodriguez
Owner(s)	Energy Food and Drinks Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	4–7 (36.4%)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Talk 'N Text in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 (45.5%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Talk 'N Text in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record	6–5 (54.5%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Rain or Shine in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Barako Bull Energy seasons
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Barako Bull Energy season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
October 18: Barako Bull Energy fired head coach Siot Tanquingcen. He was replaced by assistant coach Koy Banal

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	8	Jake Pascual	C/F	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	SBC
1	10	David Semerad	C/F	Australia	Zambales M-Builders	SBC
2	3	Philip Paredes	F/C	Philippines	Cebuana Lhuillier Gems	DLSU
2	6	Philip Morrison	G	United States	none	Asbury
2	10	Gab Banal	F	Philippines	Cebuana Lhuiller Gems	MIT

Roster

2014–15 Barako Bull Energy roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G/F	1	Forrester, James	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1989-09-03	Arellano
F	5	Salvador, Jondan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1980-10-12	St. Benilde
F	7	Intal, JC (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1983-11-18	Ateneo
G	8	Garcia, RR	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990-01-12	Far Eastern
G	9	Yeo, Joseph	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1983-09-07	De La Salle
G	12	Hubalde, Paolo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1981-01-24	UE
G	13	Heruela, Brian (R)	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1989-04-13	Cebu
F	14	Salva, Nico	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1990-03-08	Ateneo
F	15	Pascual, Jake (R)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1988-11-13	San Beda
C	18	Chua, Justin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1989-07-13	Ateneo
C	21	Paredes, Philip (R/IN)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1992-01-12	De La Salle
G	26	Lanete, Chico	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1979-08-01	Lyceum
F	28	Wilson, Willy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1980-01-30	De La Salle
C	35	Holstein, Isaac (IN)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1987-09-07	West Virginia State
G	42	Sorongon, Paul	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1985-12-12	Philippines
F	99	Maierhofer, Rico	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1985-11-04	De La Salle

Head coach

Koy Banal (Mapúa)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Raymond Rodriguez

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	Advance to semifinals
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	TNT Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	1
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545	3
6	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	3
7	Purefoods Star Hotshots	6	5	.545	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	Barako Bull Energy	4	7	.364	5
10	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364	5
11	Kia Sorento	1	10	.091	8
12	Blackwater Elite	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
^ Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
^ Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination)			Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#3 twice to beat)

3	Alaska	82
						2	Rain or Shine	2
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87	3	Alaska	4
(#6 twice to beat)
			6	Meralco	69
6	Meralco	77
									3	Alaska	3
7	Purefoods Star	65
									1	Barangay Ginebra	4
(#4 twice to beat)

4	Talk 'N Text	105
						1	Barangay Ginebra	4
9	Barako Bull	76
			4	Barangay Ginebra	97	4	San Miguel	0
(#5 twice to beat)
			5	Talk N' Text	83
5	Barangay Ginebra	95

8	GlobalPort	78

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Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545	2
5	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	2
6	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455	3
7	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364	4
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	4
11	Kia Carnival	4	7	.364	4
12	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
^ Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
^ Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
^ Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

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

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Transactions

Trades

Draft day

August 24, 2014

To Barako Bull

Jojo Duncil
Chico Lanete
Gab Banal (second round pick, from San Miguel)

To San Miguel

Ronald Pascual (first round pick, from Barako)
2016 first round pick (from Barako)

Philippine Cup

November 11, 2014	To Barako Bull Paolo Hubalde	To San Miguel Jeric Fortuna
December 6, 2014	To Barako Bull Isaac Holstein Ronnie Matias	To Purefoods Star Mick Pennisi
January 8, 2015	To Barako Bull Sol Mercado	To GlobalPort Denok Miranda 2016 2nd round pick

Commissioner's Cup

February 3, 2015

To Barako Bull

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

To Barangay Ginebra

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

To San Miguel

JR Reyes (from Barangay Ginebra)

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

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Solomon Alabi	January 28 (vs Blackwater)	March 28 (vs Talk 'N Text)	5–7
Governors' Cup	Liam McMorrow	May 6 (vs NLEX)	June 27 (vs Rain or Shine)	6–6

References

Koy Banal is new Barako Bull coach after PBA team parts ways with Siot Tanquingcen, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 18, 2014
San Miguel acquires No. 3 pick from Barako Bull, selects Ronald Pascual, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
Jeric Fortuna reunites with SMB coach Austria as PBA approves trade with Paolo Hubalde, Richard Dy, spin.ph, December 12, 2014
Trade: Purefoods to acquire Mick Pennisi from Barako Bull in exchange for Isaac Holstein, Ronnie Matias, Snow Badua, spin.ph, December 6, 2014
PBA approves Sol Mercado move from GlobalPort to Barako Bull in swap for Denok Miranda , Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 8, 2015
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 Archived 2015-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, March 31, 2015
Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015

v t e Barako Bull Energy
Formerly the FedEx Express, Burger King Whoppers, Air21 Express and Barako Bull Energy. Founded in 2002 Disbanded in 2016 Owned by the Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Lina Group of Companies
The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons
Administration	Owner: Bert Lina
Coaches	Pumaren Garcia Lipa Ramos Perasol Guiao Baculi Tanquingcen Banal
Runner-up finishes (1)	2008 Fiesta Conference
Seasons (14)	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
Culture And Lore	"The Postman" Vergel ticks back the clock "The Rain Man" "Mr. Pure Energy" "Spiderman"

2014–15 PBA season

Team seasons

Succession

13–14

Philippine Cup

15–16

2014

Commissioner's Cup
2016

2014

Governors' Cup
2016

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