2014–15 Kia Carnival season

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.

2014–15 Kia Carnival (PBA team) season
Head coach	Manny Pacquiao
Owner(s)	Columbian Autocar Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	1–10 (.091)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 (.364)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Kia Carnival (PBA team) seasons

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

Main article: 2014 PBA Expansion Draft

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

Main article: 2014 PBA draft

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

{{2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=KIA}}

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			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

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Tropang TNT	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727[lower-alpha 1]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	2
5	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545[lower-alpha 2]	2
6	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	3
7	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455[lower-alpha 3]	3
9	San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 4]	4
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 4]	4
11	Kia Carnival	4	7	.364[lower-alpha 4]	4
12	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
2. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
3. Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
4. 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

Transactions

Trades

Philippine Cup

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

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Peter John Ramos	January 27 (vs Kia)	March 22 (vs Rain or Shine)	4–7
Governors' Cup	Hamady N'Diaye	May 6 (vs San Miguel)	June 24 (vs Meralco)	5–6
	Jet Chang*	May 6 (vs San Miguel)	June 24 (vs Meralco)	5–6

(* Asian import)

References

1. Manny Pacquiao officially introduced as Team KIA's head coach in the PBA, Carlo Pamintuan, Yahoo Sports, June 9, 2014
2. FLASH: Blackwater makes Danny Ildefonso the first pick of PBA dispersal draft, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 18, 2014
3. Kia finally settles on a moniker for PBA team - and it's neither Kamao nor Pride, Snow Badua, spin.ph, August 24, 2014
4. KIA changing moniker of PBA ballclub from Sorento to Carnival - seriously, by: Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 23, 2015
5. Kia receives Eliud Poligrates, sends NLEX Rudy Lingganay, Adrian Dy, SLAM Philippines, November 28, 2014