2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season

Head coach

Owner(s)

San Miguel Brewery, Inc.
(a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)

Philippine Cup results
Record	9–2 (.818)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions vs. Alaska 4-3
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish
Governors' Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	0th
Playoff finish	TBD
San Miguel Beermen seasons
2013–14

The 2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season is the 40th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 2: Leo Austria was named as the head coach of the San Miguel Beermen. Coach Biboy Ravanes was demoted to assistant coach and active consultant Todd Purves will have a minimal role with the team. ^[1]
August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Main article: 2014 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	3	Ronald Pascual	SF	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	SSC

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
2.0 !SG	3	USA !	Lutz, Chris	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1985-02-11	Marshall
1.0 !PG	5	PHI !	Cabagnot, Alex	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1982-12-08	Hawaii-Hilo
1.0 !PG	6	USA !	Ross, Chris	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1985-03-08	Marshall
2.0 !SG	13	USA !	Lassiter, Marcio	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987-05-16	Cal State Fullerton
6.0 !C	15	PHI !	Fajardo, June Mar	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1989-11-17	UC
3.0 !SF	21	PHI !	Omolon, Nelbert	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1980-06-30	PCU
6.0 !C	22	PHI !	Reyes, Jay-R	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1984-07-16	UP
1.5 !G	23	PHI !	Pascual, Ronald (R)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-06-23	San Sebastian
1.0 !PG	25	PHI !	Fortuna, Jeric	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1991-11-25	UST
4.0 !F	27	PHI !	Espinas, Gabby	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1982-01-03	PCU
2.5 !G/F	29	PHI !	Santos, Arwind (C)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1981-06-10	FEU
4.0 !F	32	USA !	Reid, Arizona (I)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1986-03-11	High Point
5.5 !F/C	33	AUS !	Semerad, David (R)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1991-04-25	SBC
2.0 !SG	71	PHI !	Tubid, Ronald	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1981-10-15	UE
6.0 !C	95	PHI !	De Ocampo, Yancy (IN)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1980-03-11	Saint Francis of Assisi

Head coach

Leo Austria (Lyceum)

Assistant coach(es)

Peter Martin
Biboy Ravanes (UC)
Boyzie Zamar
Dayong Mendoza
Ato Agustin

Team manager

Gee Abanilla (De La Salle)

Legend

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

Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

July 25, 2014^[2]

To NLEX

2015 1st round pick

To San Miguel

2016 2nd round pick

Draft day

August 24, 2014^[3]

To San Miguel

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

To Barako Bull

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

Philippine Cup

November 11, 2014^[4]	To San Miguel Jeric Fortuna	To Barako Bull Paolo Hubalde
December 10, 2014^[5]	To San Miguel Alex Cabagnot	To GlobalPort Sol Mercado 2018 and 2019 second round picks

Commissioner's Cup

February 3, 2015^[6]

To San Miguel

JR Reyes (from Barangay Ginebra)

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)

April 6, 2015 ^[7]	To San Miguel Billy Mamaril (from Ginebra)	To Barako Bull Energy Rico Maierhofer
April 6, 2015 ^[7]
To San Miguel Yancy de Ocampo Gabby Espinas	To GlobalPort Billy Mamaril Doug Kramer

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Ronald Roberts	February 4 (vs Kia)	February 17 (vs Alaska)	0–4
Commissioner's Cup	Arizona Reid	February 21 (vs Meralco)		1-0
Governors' Cup

References

↑ Leo Austria named new San Miguel Beermen head coach, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, August 2, 2014
↑ NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, inquirer.net, July 25, 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
↑ Alex Cabagnot returns to San Miguel Beer, Sol Mercado back with GlobalPort in revised trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, December 10, 2014
↑ PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015.
↑ Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015

San Miguel Beermen

Founded in 1975 • Owned by San Miguel Brewery, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation • Formerly the Royal Tru Orangemen, Magnolia Ice Cream Makers and Petron Blaze Boosters

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

Coaches	Ramos Ocampo Manotoc D. Pumaren Black Jacobs P. Pumaren Uichico Reyes Tanquingcen Agustin Racela Abanilla Ravanes Austria

Championships (20)	1979 Open 1982 Invitational 1987 Reinforced 1988 Open 1988 Reinforced 1989 Open 1989 All-Filipino 1989 Reinforced 1992 All-Filipino 1993 Governors' 1994 All-Filipino 1999 Commissioner's 1999 Governors' 2000 Commissioner's 2000 Governors' 2001 All-Filipino 2005 Fiesta 2009 Fiesta 2011 Governors' 2014–15 PBA Philippine

Runner-up finishes (14)	1982 Reinforced Filipino 1985 Open 1992 First 1993 All-Filipino 1995 Governors 1998 All-Filipino 1998 Commissioner's 2001 Commissioner's 2001 Governors' 2003 Reinforced 2006-07 Philippine 2010 Fiesta 2010-11 Philippine 2013 Governors'

Retired jerseys	8 Caidic 9 Lim 12 Dignadice 14 Calma 17 Racela 19 Fernandez

Seasons (40)	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Culture and lore	El Presidente The Skywalker The Director 1989 Grand Slam

2014–15 PBA season

Team seasons

Succession

2013–14
Seasons

2013-14
Philippine Cup

2014
Commissioner's Cup

2014
Governors' Cup

Philippine Basketball Association

Alaska Aces	Barako Bull Energy	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Blackwater Elite	GlobalPort Batang Pier	Kia Carnival

Meralco Bolts	NLEX Road Warriors	Purefoods Star Hotshots	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	San Miguel Beermen	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

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