2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

2012-13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

Head coach

Owner(s)

Philippine Cup results
Record	12–2 (.857)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions (def. Rain or Shine, 4-0)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–7 (.500)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Semifinalist (def. by Barangay Ginebra, 2-3)
Governors' Cup results
Record	3–6 (.333)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters seasons
2011–12	2013–14

The 2012–13 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season is the 23rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

Chot Reyes of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters stepped down as head coach at the end of the 2011-12 season due to his appointment as head coach of Smart Gilas. Team consultant Norman Black has been appointed as head coach starting this season.^[1] Due to Black's commitments as head coach of the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP, assistant coach Nash Racela will serve as interim head coach until the UAAP basketball tournament ends.
August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.
October 20: Norman Black formally took over as head coach, replacing interim coach Nash Racela.

Draft picks

Main article: 2012 PBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	10	Jaypee Belencion	G/F	Philippines	Letran
3	10	Jason Escueta	F/C	Philippines	Ateneo de Manila

Roster

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight	From
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	Alapag, Jimmy (C)	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	CSU San Bernardino
4.5 !PF	4	USA !	Carey, Harvey	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sonoma State
2.5 !G/F	6	PHI !	Gamalinda, Riego	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	San Beda
2.5 !C/G	10	USA !	Reyes, Ryan	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	CSU Fullerton
3.0 !SF	11	CAN !	Anthony, Sean	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	McGill
2.5 !G/F	12	PHI !	Fonacier, Larry	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Ateneo
2.5 !G/F	14	PHI !	Aquino, Jimbo	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	San Sebastian
1.0 !PG	15	PHI !	Reyes, Jai	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Ateneo
1.0 !PG	16	PHI !	Raymundo, John	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	San Sebastian
2.5 !C/G	17	PHI !	Castro, Jayson	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	PCU
4.0 !F	21	USA !	Williams, Kelly (IN)	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oakland
4.5 !PF	22	PHI !	Ferriols, John	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	USJ-R
6.0 !C	24	PHI !	Al-Hussaini, Rabeh	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Ateneo
4.0 !F	33	PHI !	De Ocampo, Ranidel	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Saint Francis of Assisi
5.5 !F/C	34	USA !	Peek, Ali	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Saint Mary's
4.0 !F	40	JPN !	Alvarez, Rich	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Ateneo
2.5 !G/F	51	PHI !	Aban, Aaron	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Letran

Head coach

Norman Black (Saint Joseph's)

Assistant coach(es)

Nash Racela
Alexander Arespacochaga (Ateneo)
Gene Afable (Ateneo)
Joshua Reyes
Jamike Jarin

Team manager

Aboy Castro

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

Game log

2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October

November

December

2012–13 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice to beat)
1	Talk 'N Text	105
8	Air21	100
			1	Talk 'N Text	4
	(Best-of-3)		5	Alaska	2
4	Meralco	0
5	Alaska	2
						1	Talk 'N Text	4
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					3	Rain or Shine	0
2	San Mig Coffee	92*
7	Petron Blaze	87
			2	San Mig Coffee	2
	(Best-of-3)		3	Rain or Shine	4
3	Rain or Shine	2
6	Barangay Ginebra	1

*Game went into overtime

Game log

2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup playoff game log

Quarterfinals: 1–0

Semifinals: 4–2

Finals: 4–0

2012–13 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
y - Alaska Aces	11	3	.786	–
y - Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	5	.643	2
x - Petron Blaze Boosters	8	6	.571	3	1.19
x - San Mig Coffee Mixers	8	6	.571	3	0.84
x - Meralco Bolts	7	7	.500	4	1.01
x - Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500	4	1.00
w - Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	7	.500	4	0.99
w - Air21 Express	6	8	.429	5
e - Barako Bull Energy Cola	5	9	.357	6
e - GlobalPort Batang Pier	2	12	.143	9

Game log

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log

February

March

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
5	March 1	Alaska	69–92	Benson (27)	Benson (14)	Alapag (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–3	boxscore
6	March 9	Barako Bull	101–98	Al-Hussaini (19)	Harvey (10)	Alapag (4)	Legaspi City, Albay	3–3	boxscore
7	March 13	Rain or Shine					Smart Araneta Coliseum
8	March 17	Barangay Ginebra					Smart Araneta Coliseum
9	March 22	Petron Blaze					Smart Araneta Coliseum

2012–13 schedule

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

2013 PBA Governors' Cup
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie	PO
y- Petron Blaze Boosters	8	1	.889	—
y- San Mig Coffee Mixers	6	3	.667	2
y- Meralco Bolts	5	4	.556	3	1.079
y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	4	.556	3	0.927
w- GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	5	.444	4	1.010
w- Barako Bull Energy Cola	4	5	.444	4	0.995
w- Alaska Aces	4	5	.444	4	0.994
w- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	6	.333	5	0.995
e- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	3	6	.333	5	1.049
e- Air21 Express	3	6	.333	5	0.957

Game log

2013 PBA Governors' Cup game log

August

September

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
4	September 1	GlobalPort	102–95	Mitchell (35)	Al-Hussaini (15)	Reyes (7)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–2	Boxscore Recap
5	September 6	Alaska					Mall of Asia Arena
6	September 7	Petron					Smart Araneta Coliseum
7	September 13	Air21					PhilSports Arena
8	September 18	Rain or Shine					Cuneta Astrodome
9	September 22	Barangay Ginebra					Mall of Asia Arena

2012–13 schedule

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

None

Philippine Cup

None

Commissioner's Cup

January 31, 2013^[2]

To Talk 'N Text

Rabeh Al-Hussaini

To GlobalPort

Japeth Aguilar

June 10, 2013^[3]

To Talk 'N Text

Sean Anthony

To Barako Bull

Jared Dillinger

Governors' Cup

October 14, 2013^[4]

To Talk 'N Text

Rob Reyes
2015 2nd draft pick

To Air21

Rabeh Al-Hussaini

October 14, 2013^[4]

To Talk 'N Text

Nonoy Baclao
Eric Salamat

To Air21

Pamboy Raymundo
Bambam Gamalinda

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Keith Benson	February 9 (vs. Meralco)	March 1 vs. (Alaska)	2–3
	Donnell Harvey	March 9 (vs. Barako Bull)	April 6 (vs. GlobalPort)	4–3
	Jerome Jordan	April 14 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)	April 28 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)	4–2
	Tony Mitchell	May 8 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)	May 12 (vs. Brgy. Ginebra)	1–2
Governors' Cup	Tony Mitchell	August 15 (vs. Barako Bull)	September 13 (vs. Air21)	2–5
Governors' Cup	Courtney Fells	September 18 (vs. Rain or Shine)	September 24 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	1–2

References

↑ Reyes to move to SMART-Gilas, Black to coach Talk ‘N Text next year, Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, February 19, 2012
↑ PBA approves Sol Mercado to GlobalPort, Japeth Aguilar for Rabeh Al-Hussaini trades, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 31, 2013
↑ PBA approves trade: Dillinger, Allado to Meralco, Buenafe to Barako Bull, Anthony to Talk ‘N Text, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, June 10, 2013
1 2 Al-Hussaini moves from TnT to Meralco as Air21 lands Cardona in three-team trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, October 14, 2013

TNT KaTropa

Founded in 1990
Owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of PLDT
Formerly the Pepsi Hotshots, Mobiline Phone Pals and Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

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Owner: Manuel V. Pangilinan
Board Governor: Ricky Vargas

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