2010–11 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

2010-11 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
2010-11 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season
Head coach	Chot Reyes
Owner(s)	Smart Communications
Philippine Cup results
Record	20–7 ; (74.1%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions ; (def. San Miguel 4-2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	15–3 ; (83.3%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions ; (def. Barangay Ginebra 4-2)
Governors Cup results
Record	12–8 ; (60%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Runner-up ; (def. by Petron Blaze, 3-4)
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters seasons
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season is the 21st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates edit

August 29: The 2010 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

Draft picks edit

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
no draft picks

Roster edit

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
PG	3	Alapag, Jimmy (C)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Cal State San Bernardino
PF	4	Carey, Harvey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sonoma State
G	10	Reyes, Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Cal State Fullerton
G/F	12	Fonacier, Larry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Ateneo
G	17	Castro, Jayson	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	Philippine Christian
SF	20	Dillinger, Jared	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Hawaiʻi
F	21	Williams, Kelly	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Oakland
G	27	Oreta, Emmerson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	UST
G/F	28	Yee, Mark	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	San Sebastian (Cavite)
F/C	33	De Ocampo, Ranidel	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Saint Francis of Assisi
C	34	Peek, Ali	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Saint Mary's
PF	40	Alvarez, Rich	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Ateneo
F	51	Aban, Aaron	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Letran
C	98	Lao, Gilbert	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	UST

Head coach

Chot Reyes (Ateneo)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie
(3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team

Injured

Philippine Cup edit

Eliminations edit

Standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	11	3	.786^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	11	3	.786^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	10	4	.714	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	7	7	.500^[b]	4
5	Meralco Bolts	7	7	.500^[b]	4
6	Alaska Aces	7	7	.500^[b]	4
7	Air21 Express	6	8	.429	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	9	.357	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Powerade Tigers	3	11	.214^[c]	8
10	Barako Bull Energy Boosters	3	11	.214^[c]	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Talk 'N Text (San Miguel +9)
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: B-Meg +23, Meralco −11, Alaska −12
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Powerade

Finals edit

Commissioner's Cup edit

Eliminations edit

Standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	1	.889	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Smart Gilas (G)	7	2	.778	1	Advance to semifinals
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	5	4	.556^[a]	3	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Air21 Express	5	4	.556^[a]	3
5	Alaska Aces	5	4	.556^[a]	3
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	5	.444^[b]	4
7	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	4	5	.444^[b]	4
8	Meralco Bolts	3	6	.333	5
9	Powerade Tigers	2	7	.222^[c]	6
10	San Miguel Beermen	2	7	.222^[c]	6

Source: PBA.ph
(G) Guests
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +12, Air21 −4, Alaska −8
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 B-Meg
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Powerade 1–0 San Miguel

Finals edit

Governors Cup edit

Eliminations edit

Standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	6	2	.750	—	Advance to semifinal round
2	Petron Blaze Boosters	5	3	.625^[a]	1
3	Alaska Aces	5	3	.625^[a]	1
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	5	3	.625^[a]	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	4	.500^[b]	2
6	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	4	4	.500^[b]	2
7	Powerade Tigers	4	4	.500^[b]	2
8	Meralco Bolts	3	5	.375	3
9	Air21 Express	0	8	.000	6

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Petron +10, Alaska +5, Barangay Ginebra −15
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +11, B-Meg 0, Powerade −11

Semifinals edit

Standings edit

Cumulative standings:

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	9	4	.692	—	Advance to the Finals
2	Petron Blaze Boosters	8	5	.615^[a]	1	Advance to the Finals
3	Alaska Aces	8	5	.615^[a]	1
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	5	.615^[a]	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	7	.462	3
6	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	5	8	.385	4

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Petron +13, Alaska +6, Barangay Ginebra −19

Semifinal round standings:

Pos	Team v t e	W	L
1	Petron Blaze Boosters	3^[a]	2
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	3^[a]	2
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	3^[a]	2
4	Alaska Aces	3^[a]	2
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	2	3
6	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	1	4

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head differential: Petron +30, Talk 'N Text +15, Barangay Ginebra −16, Alaska −29

Finals edit

Transactions edit

Pre-season edit

Trades edit

August 20, 2010^[1]	To Talk 'N Text Ali Peek (from Meralco)	To Air21 J.R. Quiñahan (from Talk 'N Text)	To Meralco Beau Belga (from Air21)
August 20, 2010^[2]	To Talk 'N Text Ali Peek (from Meralco) 2010 1st round pick (from Air21)	To Air21 Josh Urbiztondo (from Meralco) 2010 1st round pick (from Meralco)	To Meralco Mark Cardona (from Talk 'N Text)

August 29, 2010^[3]^[4]

To Talk 'N Text

Larry Fonacier

To Alaska

2010 first round pick (Elmer Espiritu)

Free agents edit

Additions edit

Player	Signed	Former team
Rich Alvarez	September 17, 2010^[5]	Air21
Mark Telan	October 1, 2010^[6]	Rain or Shine

Imports recruited edit

Team	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Paul Harris	February 25 (vs. Smart Gilas)	May 8 (vs. Barangay Ginebra)	15-3
Governors Cup	Maurice Baker	June 15 (vs. Alaska)	July 17 (vs. Air21)	6-2
	Scottie Reynolds	July 22 (vs. Alaska)	August 17 (vs. Petron Blaze)	5-3
	Maurice Baker*	August 19 (vs. Petron Blaze)	August 21 (vs. Petron Blaze)	1-1

References edit

^ PBA: Returning Meralco gets promising Belga in 3-team trade, GMANews.TV, August 20, 2010.
^ Meralco taps Cardona as its PBA franchise player, Rey Joble, GMANews.TV, August 20, 2010.
^ Trade galore: Fonacier, Ritualo, Villanueva headed to new teams, GMANews.TV, August 30, 2010
^ AIR21 SELECTS BACLAO NO. 1, AL-HUSSAINI NO.2 IN DRAFT, PBA.ph, August 30, 2010.
^ ALVAREZ MAKES TALK N TEXT 7TH PBA HOME; TELAN TRIES LUCK WITH TEXTERS, PBA.ph, September 17, 2010
^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson (October 2, 2010). "Talk N Text signs Telan to 3-month pact; Mercado joins RP workout". Philstar.com. Retrieved August 7, 2023.

[table_hth_SMB0.23679682111218-1] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–1 Talk 'N Text (San Miguel +9)

[table_hth_ALA0.23679682111218-2] Head-to-head differential: B-Meg +23, Meralco −11, Alaska −12

[table_hth_BAR0.23679682111218-3] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Powerade

[table_hth_A210.17145861506996-4] Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +12, Air21 −4, Alaska −8

[table_hth_BMEG0.17145861506996-5] Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 B-Meg

[table_hth_POW0.17145861506996-6] Head-to-head record: Powerade 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_ALA0.1816278552551-7] Head-to-head differential: Petron +10, Alaska +5, Barangay Ginebra −15

[table_hth_BMEG0.1816278552551-8] Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +11, B-Meg 0, Powerade −11

[table_hth_ALA0.82205679073094-9] Head-to-head differential: Petron +13, Alaska +6, Barangay Ginebra −19

[table_hth_ALA0.90026814625611-10] Head-to-head differential: Petron +30, Talk 'N Text +15, Barangay Ginebra −16, Alaska −29

[11] PBA: Returning Meralco gets promising Belga in 3-team trade, GMANews.TV, August 20, 2010.

[12] Meralco taps Cardona as its PBA franchise player, Rey Joble, GMANews.TV, August 20, 2010.

[DraftDayTrades_GMANews-13] Trade galore: Fonacier, Ritualo, Villanueva headed to new teams, GMANews.TV, August 30, 2010

[DraftDayTrades_PBA-14] AIR21 SELECTS BACLAO NO. 1, AL-HUSSAINI NO.2 IN DRAFT, PBA.ph, August 30, 2010.

[alvarez_telan-15] ALVAREZ MAKES TALK N TEXT 7TH PBA HOME; TELAN TRIES LUCK WITH TEXTERS, PBA.ph, September 17, 2010

[16] Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson (October 2, 2010). "Talk N Text signs Telan to 3-month pact; Mercado joins RP workout". Philstar.com. Retrieved August 7, 2023.

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