2009–10 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

The 2009–10 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season is the 20th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2009-10 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
Head coach	Chot Reyes
Owner(s)	Smart Communications
Philippine Cup results
Record	13–10 (.565)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals (by Barangay Ginebra 3-2)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Semifinals (by Alaska 4-3)
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters seasons

Key dates

• August 2: The 2009 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
2	19	Kevin White			United States	West Hills

Roster

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 3 Alapag, Jimmy (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) CSU San Bernardino F 4 Carey, Harvey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sonoma State G/F 9 Cardona, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) De La Salle G 10 Reyes, Ryan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Cal State Fullerton G 17 Castro, Jayson 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 167 lb (76 kg) PCU G/F 20 Dillinger, Jared 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Hawaii F 21 Williams, Kelly 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oakland G/F 28 Yee, Mark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) SSC-R Cavite F 30 Waters, Charles 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Webster F/C 33 de Ocampo, Ranidel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Saint Francis of Assisi F/C 48 Quiñahan, J.R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 260 lb (118 kg) UV G/F 51 Aban, Aaron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Letran	Head coach Chot Reyes (Ateneo) Assistant coach(es) Aboy Castro (UP Diliman) Nash Racela (Ateneo) Bong Ravena (UE) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Philippine Cup

Standings

{{2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=TNT}}

Eliminations

2010 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 October 16 Rain or Shine 85-76 Cardona (16) Carey (11) Alapag (9) Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 October 21 Smart Gilas* 103-73 Cardona (16) Peek (10) Alapag (6) Cuneta Astrodome 3 October 25 Sta. Lucia 100-83 Cardona (25) Belasco (9) Alapag (9) Araneta Coliseum 2–0 4 October 28 San Miguel 90-100 Alapag (22) Cardona, 3 others (5) Alapag (5) Araneta Coliseum 2–1
November Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 5 November 8 Purefoods 102-108 Carey (20) Y. de Ocampo, Peek (7) Cardona, Alapag (5) Araneta Coliseum 2–2 6 November 11 Coca Cola 103-94 Cardona (35) Belasco (10) Cardona (4) Araneta Coliseum 3–2 7 November 13 Barako Bull 93-90 Alapag (25) Peek (15) Alapag, Cardona (5) Ynares Center 4–2 8 November 20 Alaska 106-110 R. de Ocampo (16) Carey (10) R. de Ocampo, Castro (5) Araneta Coliseum 4–3 9 November 25 Barangay Ginebra 87-72 Dillinger (18) Dillinger (18) Alapag (9) Araneta Coliseum 5–3 10 November 27 Burger King 118-105 Cardona (40) Cardona (11) Cardona, 2 others (4) Ynares Center 6–3
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 11 December 2 Rain or Shine 93-95 Peek, Carey (14) R. de Ocampo (11) Alapag (5) Araneta Coliseum 6–4 12 December 5 Coca Cola 107-104 Cardona (21) Carey (14) Cardona (8) General Santos City 7–4 13 December 11 Burger King 115-104 Cardona (32) Carey (14) Castro (10) Ynares Center 8–4 14 December 16 Alaska 119-113 (OT) Cardona (31) Carey (14) Castro (13) Araneta Coliseum 8–5 15 December 19 Purefoods 101-98 Alapag (17) Carey (10) Carey, Castro (4) Araneta Coliseum 9–5 16 December 23 Sta. Lucia 117-112 Cardona (34) Peek (12) Cardona, Castro (5) Cuneta Astrodome 10–5
January Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 17 January 6 Barangay Ginebra 82-105 Alapag (17) Carey (9) Castro (6) Araneta Coliseum 10–6 18 January 10 Barako Bull 97-99 Alapag (21) R. de Ocampo, Carey (12) Cardona (4) Araneta Coliseum 10–7 19 January 16 San Miguel 93-91 Cardona (26) Carey (10) Alapag (4) Zamboanga City 11–7
2009–10 schedule

Playoffs

2010 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Quarterfinals Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 January 29 Barangay Ginebra 107-92 Castro (20) Carey (13) Cardona (7) Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 January 31 Barangay Ginebra 106-105 Castro (19) R. de Ocampo (13) R. de Ocampo (3) Araneta Coliseum 2–0 3 February 3 Barangay Ginebra 97-102 Cardona (18) Peek, Carey (9) Alapag (7) Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 February 5 Barangay Ginebra 20-27 (by forfeit) n/a n/a n/a Araneta Coliseum 2–2 5 February 7 Barangay Ginebra 100-113 Araneta Coliseum 2–3
2009–10 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	15	3	.833	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	13	5	.722[lower-alpha 1]	2
3	Derby Ace Llamados	13	5	.722[lower-alpha 1]	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Alaska Aces	11	7	.611	4
5	Barangay Ginebra Kings	9	9	.500[lower-alpha 2]	6
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	9	.500[lower-alpha 2]	6	Advance to wildcard round
7	Coca-Cola Tigers	8	10	.444	7
8	Sta. Lucia Realtors	5	13	.278	10
9	Air21 Express	4	14	.222	11
10	Barako Energy Coffee Masters	3	15	.167	12

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Second seed playoff: San Miguel 88, Derby Ace 83
2. Fifth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 115, Rain or Shine 88

Transactions

Pre-season

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

Players Added Via Draft Kevin White Via Free Agency Yousif Aljamal Jonathan de Guzman Emmerson Oreta Via Trade Nic Belasco (From Coca-Cola)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Yousif Aljamal (To Barako Bull) Gec Chia Gilbert Lao (To Barako Bull) Kevin White (To Barangay Ginebra)

Trades

October 12, 2009	To Burger King 4 first round picks from Barako Bull (2010, 2012) and Talk 'N Text (2013 and 2014). Cash considerations	To Barako Bull Orlando Daroya	To Talk 'N Text Japeth Aguilar

Subtractions

Player	Left	Team
Japeth Aguilar	October 12	inactive list (loaned to Smart Gilas)

Trades

March 3, 2010	To Air21 Yancy de Ocampo Renren Ritualo	To Talk 'N Text JR Quiñahan Mark Yee Aaron Aban [1]

Trades

May 14, 2010	To Sta. Lucia Ali Peek Nic Belasco Pong Escobal Ogie Menor Yousif Aljamal	To Talk 'N Text Ryan Reyes Kelly Williams Charles Waters	To Barako Energy Coffee Mark Isip 2010 1st round pick from Talk 'N Text

Imports recruited

Team	Player	Debuted	Final
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	Shawn Daniels (1/1)	March 21, 2010	August 6, 2010

References

1. "5-player deal sends Yancy, Renren back to Air21". Philstar.com.