2014–15 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season

2014–15 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
Head coach Yeng Guiao
Owner(s) Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record 92
(.818)
Place 2nd
Playoff finish Semifinalist
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 83
(.727)
Place 1st
Playoff finish TBD
Governors' Cup results
Record 00  
Place 0th
Playoff finish TBD
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters seasons
2013–14

The 2014–15 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season is the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates


Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 2 Kevin Alas G  Philippines NLEX (D-League) Letran
1 9 Jericho Cruz G  Philippines Zambales M-Builders AdU
2 2 Kevin Espinosa F/G  Philippines none MIT
2 9 Mike Gamboa G  Philippines Junior Powerade Tigers UP

Roster

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F -- United States McKines, Wendell (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988-08-18 New Mexico
SG 1 Philippines Uyloan, Jonathan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983-11-23 Golden West
PF/C 2 United States Chism, Wayne (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1987-06-16 Tennessee
PG 3 Philippines Lee, Paul style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989-02-14 UE
SF 5 United States Norwood, Gabe style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985-02-09 George Mason
SF 6 Philippines Ibañes, Jireh (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1982-04-20 UP Diliman
SG 8 Philippines Teng, Jeric style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1991-03-18 UST
PG 9 Philippines Cruz, Jericho (R) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990-10-11 Adamson
PG 11 Philippines Tang, Tyrone style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1984-09-25 La Salle
SG 16 Philippines Chan, Jeffrei style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1983-02-11 FEU
PG 17 Philippines Tiu, Chris style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-07-15 Ateneo
SG 18 Philippines Araña, Ryan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1985-03-23 La Salle
PF 20 Philippines Cruz, Jervy style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1986-09-09 UST
C 30 Philippines Belga, Beau style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 285 lb (129 kg) 1985-11-30 PCU
C 48 Philippines Quiñahan, J.R. style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 295 lb (134 kg) 1984-05-08 UV
C 57 Philippines Almazan, Raymond style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1989-08-02 Letran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Caloy Garcia (CSB)
  • Philippines Mike Buendia
  • Philippines Jay Legacion
  • Philippines Matthew Makalintal
  • Philippines Ricky Umayam
Team manager
  • Philippines Mamerto Mondragon [a]
  • Philippines Boy Lapid (assistant)



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{201415 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=ROS}}

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     3  Alaska 4  
  6  Meralco 77     2  Rain or Shine 2  
  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

  y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,   x  – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals,   w  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,   e  – eliminated

2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
# Team W L PCT GB Tie
1 y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 1.025
2 y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 8 3 .727 1.010
3 x–Purefoods Star Hotshots 8 3 .727 0.969
4 x–NLEX Road Warriors 6 5 .545 2 1.171
5 x–Meralco Bolts 6 5 .545 2 0.854
6 x–Alaska Aces 5 6 .455 3 1.021
7 w–Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455 3 1.019
8 w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 6 .455 3 0.960
9 e–San Miguel Beermen 4 7 .364 4 1.011
10 e–GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 7 .364 4 0.995
11 e–Kia Carnival 4 7 .364 4 0.994
12 e–Blackwater Elite 3 8 .273 5

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

Pre-season

October 2, 2014[1]
To Rain or Shine
2015 & 2019 2nd round picks
To Talk 'N Text
Larry Rodriguez
October 4, 2014[2]
To Rain or Shine
2015 1st round pick
To NLEX
Kevin Alas

Recruited imports

Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Rick Jackson January 28 (vs. Talk 'N Text) February 14 (vs. Purefoods Star) 3–2
Wayne Chism February 20 (vs. Alaska) 9–1
Governors' Cup Wendell McKines

References

  1. Rodriguez to TNT trade OK'd, inquirer.net, October 2, 2014
  2. Alas to NLex, inquirer.net, October 4, 2014