2009–10 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season

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

Key dates August 2: The 2009 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig. February 5: In Game Four of the best-of-five quarterfinal against Ginebra, to referees controversial call of flagrant foul penalty 2 against Ranidel de Ocampo, Chot Reyes led a walk-out of the team to the dugout. The game was resulted to forfeit and awarded to Ginebra. The Tropang Texters also penalized up to Php 1 Million.

Notable occurrences Due to formation of Smart Gilas program, general manager Frankie Lim was assigned to the program, while assistant Virgil Villavicencio was appointed to replace Lim.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Height Position Nationality College 2 19 Kevin White 5 ft. 10 in. Point guard West Hills

Roster

Depth chart

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Eliminations

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | October 16 | Rain or Shine | 85–76 | Cardona (16) | Carey (11) | Alapag (9) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | October 21 | Smart Gilas* | 103–73 | Cardona (16) | Peek (10) | Alapag (6) | Cuneta Astrodome | |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | October 25 | Sta. Lucia | 100–83 | Cardona (25) | Belasco (9) | Alapag (9) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–0 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | October 28 | San Miguel | 90–100 | Alapag (22) | Cardona, 3 others (5) | Alapag (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–1

|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5 | November 8 | Purefoods | 102–108 | Carey (20) | Y. de Ocampo, Peek (7) | Cardona, Alapag (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | November 11 | Coca Cola | 103–94 | Cardona (35) | Belasco (10) | Cardona (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 | November 13 | Barako Bull | 93–90 | Alapag (25) | Peek (15) | Alapag, Cardona (5) | Ynares Center | 4–2 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 8 | November 20 | Alaska | 106–110 | R. de Ocampo (16) | Carey (10) | R. de Ocampo, Castro (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 4–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 | November 25 | Barangay Ginebra | 87–72 | Dillinger (18) | Dillinger (18) | Alapag (9) | Araneta Coliseum | 5–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | November 27 | Burger King | 118–105 | Cardona (40) | Cardona (11) | Cardona, 2 others (4) | Ynares Center | 6–3

|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 11 | December 2 | Rain or Shine | 93–95 | Peek, Carey (14) | R. de Ocampo (11) | Alapag (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 6–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | December 5 | Coca Cola | 107–104 | Cardona (21) | Carey (14) | Cardona (8) | General Santos | 7–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 | December 11 | Burger King | 115–104 | Cardona (32) | Carey (14) | Castro (10) | Ynares Center | 8–4 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 14 | December 16 | Alaska | 119–113 (OT) | Cardona (31) | Carey (14) | Castro (13) | Araneta Coliseum | 8–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 | December 19 | Purefoods | 101–98 | Alapag (17) | Carey (10) | Carey, Castro (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 9–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 16 | December 23 | Sta. Lucia | 117–112 | Cardona (34) | Peek (12) | Cardona, Castro (5) | Cuneta Astrodome | 10–5

|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 17 | January 6 | Barangay Ginebra | 82–105 | Alapag (17) | Carey (9) | Castro (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 10–6 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 18 | January 10 | Barako Bull | 97–99 | Alapag (21) | R. de Ocampo, Carey (12) | Cardona (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 10–7 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 | January 16 | San Miguel | 93–91 | Cardona (26) | Carey (10) | Alapag (4) | Zamboanga City | 11–7

Playoffs

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | January 29 | Barangay Ginebra | 107–92 | Castro (20) | Carey (13) | Cardona (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | January 31 | Barangay Ginebra | 106–105 | Castro (19) | R. de Ocampo (13) | R. de Ocampo (3) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–0 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3 | February 3 | Barangay Ginebra | 97–102 | Cardona (18) | Peek, Carey (9) | Alapag (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | February 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 20–27 (by forfeit) | n/a | n/a | n/a | Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5 | February 7 | Barangay Ginebra | 100–113

| Araneta Coliseum | 2–3

Fiesta Conference

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Eliminations

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)

Philippine Cup

Trades October 12, 2009 To Burger King4 first round picks from Barako Bull (2010, 2012) and Talk 'N Text (2013 and 2014).Cash considerations To Barako BullOrlando Daroya To Talk 'N TextJapeth Aguilar

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

Mid-season break

Trades March 3, 2010 To Air21Yancy de OcampoRenren Ritualo To Talk 'N TextJR QuiñahanMark YeeAaron Aban

Fiesta Conference

Trades May 14, 2010 To Sta. LuciaAli PeekNic BelascoPong EscobalOgie MenorYousif Aljamal To Talk 'N TextRyan ReyesKelly WilliamsCharles Waters To Barako Energy CoffeeMark Isip2010 1st round pick from Talk 'N Text

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

References