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.

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

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Previous team	PBA years[a]
2	Cervantes, ReilReil Cervantes	F	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy	3
4	Burtscher, MikeMike Burtscher	F	Switzerland	Air21 Express	5
6	Thiele, HansHans Thiele	C/F	Philippines	Barako Bull Energy	4
8	Padilla, AlvinAlvin Padilla	G	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	n/a
10	Reyes, JaiJai Reyes	G	Philippines	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	5
12	Sanga, PaulPaul Sanga		Philippines	undrafted	n/a
14	Raymundo, AngelusAngelus Raymundo	G	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	2
16	Saldua, EderEder Saldua		Philippines	undrafted	n/a
18	Belasco, NicNic Belasco	F	United States	Alaska Aces	17
20	Revilla, LALA Revilla	G	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	1
22	Webb, JoshuaJoshua Webb	G	Philippines	Air21 Express	1
24	Alonzo, ChadChad Alonzo	F	Philippines	GlobalPort Batang Pier	8

Draft picks

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 4.0 !F 1 PHI ! Thiele, Hans 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984-02-02 UE 1.5 !G 2 PHI ! Revilla, LA 7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1989-11-30 La Salle 2.5 !G/F 3 PHI ! Ighalo, Kenneth (R) 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989-01-11 Mapua 1.5 !G 6 USA ! Dehesa, Karl 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1987-05-24 Waldorf 4.0 !F 7 USA ! Deutchman, Jason 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1986-09-27 San Diego State 2.5 !G/F 8 PHI ! Cawaling, JR 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987-08-15 FEU 2.5 !G/F 9 PHI ! Nuyles, Alex 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989-07-25 Adamson 4.0 !F 10 PHI ! Webb, Joshua 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989-11-14 La Salle 1.5 !G 17 PHI ! Pacquiao, Manny  (IN) 7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 143 lb (65 kg) 1978-12-17 NDDU 4.0 !F 21 JPN ! Alvarez, Rich (C) 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-10-30 Ateneo 1.5 !G 24 USA ! Buensuceso, JR 7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1988-04-21 BYU-Hawaii 5.5 !F/C 25 USA ! Pascual, Kyle (R) 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1990-04-13 San Beda 4.0 !F 27 PHI ! Yee, Mark 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1982-01-04 San Sebastian (Cavite) 1.5 !G 30 PHI ! Avenido, Leo 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1978-09-25 FEU 1.5 !G 32 PHI ! Bagatsing, Hyram 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1985-02-18 La Salle 4.0 !F 63 Switzerland ! Burtscher, Mike (IN) 7000198120000000000♠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 Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

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

Playoffs

Bracket

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

Playoffs

Bracket

Transactions

Trades

Philippine Cup

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