The 2016–17 TNT KaTropa season was the 27th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates October 22, 2016: TNT KaTropa appointed Nash Racela to be its head coach replacing Jong Uichico.Nash Racela officially gets TNT KaTropa coaching post, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, October 22, 2016 October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
Special draft Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College Roger Pogoy G/F Phoenix Accelerators FEU
Regular draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College 4 22 Timothy Habelito F Cafe France Bakers QUT 5 24 Mikee Reyes G Junior Powerade Tigers UP 6 25 Levi Hernandez G Fruitas Shakers Arellano
Roster
Philippine Cup
Eliminations Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | November 23 | Rain or Shine | L 87–101 | Ranidel de Ocampo (24) | Ranidel de Ocampo (10) | Ranidel de Ocampo (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | November 27 | Barangay Ginebra | W 108–103 | Ranidel de Ocampo (22) | de Ocampo, Rosario (7) | Matt Ganuelas-Rosser (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | December 2 | Blackwater | W 99–92 | Castro, Tautuaa (20) | Ranidel de Ocampo (8) | Jayson Castro (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | December 9 | Meralco | L 87–98 | Jayson Castro (23) | Kelly Williams (8) | Jayson Castro (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | December 16 | Phoenix | W 117–98 | Castro, Williams (18) | Kelly Williams (10) | Ryan Reyes (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | December 23 | Alaska | W 109–100 | Troy Rosario (26) | Carey, de Ocampo, Williams (8) | Jayson Castro (6) | PhilSports Arena | 4–2
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | January 7 | NLEX | L 98–110 | Jayson Castro (17) | Carey, Williams (10) | Jayson Castro (7) | Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena | 4–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | January 15 | Star | L 77–88 | Ranidel de Ocampo (21) | Roger Pogoy (11) | Jayson Castro (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | January 18 | Mahindra | W 104–92 | Troy Rosario (18) | Reyes, Rosario (9) | Castro, Pogoy, Reyes (4) | Cuneta Astrodome | 5–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | January 25 | GlobalPort | W 102–98 | Roger Pogoy (20) | Rosario, Tautuaa (8) | Matt Ganuelas-Rosser (6) | Cuneta Astrodome | 6–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | January 28 | San Miguel | L 94–98 | Moala Tautuaa (20) | Troy Rosario (9) | Jayson Castro (7) | Ynares Center | 6–5
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | February 4 | GlobalPort | W 109–101 | Jayson Castro (20) | Moala Tautuaa (9) | Matt Ganuelas-Rosser (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | February 6 | GlobalPort | W 95–90 | Ranidel de Ocampo (25) | Troy Rosario (11) | Jayson Castro (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–0
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | February 8 | San Miguel | L 98–111 | Jayson Castro (27) | Moala Tautuaa (7) | Jayson Castro (8) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | February 10 | San Miguel | W 87–85 | Troy Rosario (14) | Ranidel de Ocampo (13) | Jayson Castro (11) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | February 12 | San Miguel | W 98–92 | Ranidel de Ocampo (24) | Ranidel de Ocampo (9) | Jayson Castro (12) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | February 14 | San Miguel | L 86–97 | Larry Fonacier (15) | Ganuelas-Rosser, Williams (7) | Castro, Reyes (5) | Mall of Asia Arena | 2–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | February 16 | San Miguel | W 101–94 | Castro, de Ocampo, Williams (18) | Pogoy, Rosario, Williams (7) | Jayson Castro (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | February 18 | San Miguel | L 88–104 | Jayson Castro (19) | Ryan Reyes (9) | Jayson Castro (5) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | February 20 | San Miguel | L 83–96 | Larry Fonacier (14) | Kelly Williams (14) | Fonacier, Pogoy (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–4
Commissioner's Cup Eliminations Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | March 24 | Meralco | L 89–94 | Lou Amundson (19) | Lou Amundson (18) | Matt Ganuelas-Rosser (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | March 26 | Phoenix | W 134–109 | Lou Amundson (20) | Lou Amundson (8) | Jayson Castro (14) | Ynares Center | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | March 31 | Blackwater | W 92–89 | Roger Pogoy (24) | Donté Greene (13) | Castro, Pogoy, Reyes (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | April 7 | NLEX | W 126–121 (OT) | Jayson Castro (32) | Donté Greene (16) | Jayson Castro (11) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | April 9 | Mahindra | W 86–84 | Donté Greene (24) | Donté Greene (14) | Jayson Castro (7) | Mall of Asia Arena | 4–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | April 21 | GlobalPort | W 109–88 | Donté Greene (33) | Greene, Williams (10) | Ryan Reyes (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | April 23 | Barangay Ginebra | L 89–107 | Donté Greene (28) | Donté Greene (15) | Jayson Castro (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–2 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | May 5 | San Miguel | W 112–103 | Donté Greene (41) | Donté Greene (21) | Greene, Rosales (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 6–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | May 10 | Star | L 97–107 | Donté Greene (29) | Donté Greene (12) | Kris Rosales (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 6–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | May 20 | Alaska | W 119–110 | Joshua Smith (23) | Joshua Smith (10) | Jayson Castro (7) | Ibalong Centrum for Recreation | 7–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | May 28 | Rain or Shine | W 105–102 | Joshua Smith (23) | Joshua Smith (12) | Castro, Rosario (4) | Ynares Center | 8–3
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | June 5 | Meralco | W 102–84 | Jayson Castro (25) | Tautuaa, Williams (8) | Jayson Castro (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | June 7 | Meralco | L 100–103 (OT) | Joshua Smith (18) | Joshua Smith (18) | RR Garcia (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | June 9 | Meralco | W 104–96 (OT) | Castro, Smith (31) | Joshua Smith (27) | Joshua Smith (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | June 11 | Barangay Ginebra | W 100–94 | Joshua Smith (35) | Joshua Smith (13) | Jayson Castro (6) | Mall of Asia Arena | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | June 13 | Barangay Ginebra | W 107–103 | Joshua Smith (16) | Joshua Smith (16) | Jayson Castro (8) | Mall of Asia Arena | 2–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | June 15 | Barangay Ginebra | L 101–125 | RR Garcia (16) | Joshua Smith (7) | Castro, Garcia (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | June 15 | Barangay Ginebra | W 122–109 | Jayson Castro (38) | Kelly Williams (12) | Jayson Castro (11) | Cuneta Astrodome | 3–1
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | June 21 | San Miguel | W 104–102 | Roger Pogoy (27) | Castro, Smith (9) | Jayson Castro (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | June 23 | San Miguel | L 88–102 | Jayson Castro (14) | Tautuaa, Williams (7) | Joshua Smith (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | June 25 | San Miguel | L 97–109 | RR Garcia (19) | Joshua Smith (14) | RR Garcia (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | June 28 | San Miguel | W 102–97 | Joshua Smith (20) | Joshua Smith (15) | Ryan Reyes (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | June 30 | San Miguel | L 102–111 | Ranidel de Ocampo (19) | Rosario, Smith (7) | Jayson Castro (12) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | July 2 | San Miguel | L 91–115 | Troy Rosario (21) | Kelly Williams (8) | five players (2) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–4
Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | July 28 | Kia | W 106–96 | Michael Craig (21) | Michael Craig (13) | Michael Craig (12) | Ynares Center | 1–0
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | August 2 | San Miguel | L 91–97 | Michael Craig (16) | Michael Craig (18) | Ranidel de Ocampo (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | August 4 | Alaska | W 107–106 | Michael Craig (28) | Michael Craig (19) | Jayson Castro (10) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | August 20 | Rain or Shine | L 73–105 | Glen Rice Jr. (19) | Ranidel de Ocampo (11) | Ryan Reyes (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | August 25 | Phoenix | W 110–103 | Glen Rice Jr. (38) | Glen Rice Jr. (9) | Glen Rice Jr. (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | August 30 | Blackwater | W 117–96 | Glen Rice Jr. (31) | Troy Rosario (9) | Castro, Rice Jr. (4) | Mall of Asia Arena | 4–2
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | September 1 | GlobalPort | L 112–119 | Glen Rice Jr. (39) | Glen Rice Jr. (13) | Glen Rice Jr. (5) | Ynares Center | 4–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | September 6 | Meralco | W 113–107 | Glen Rice Jr. (32) | Kelly Williams (13) | Ryan Reyes (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | September 13 | NLEX | W 112–107 | Glen Rice Jr. (25) | Glen Rice Jr. (15) | Glen Rice Jr. (10) | Ynares Center | 6–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | September 17 | Star | W 104–99 | Glen Rice Jr. (43) | Glen Rice Jr. (19) | Glen Rice Jr. (9) | Ynares Center | 7–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | September 23 | Barangay Ginebra | W 121–92 | Glen Rice Jr. (36) | Kelly Williams (11) | Jayson Castro (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 8–3
Playoffs Bracket
Game log
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 27 | Rain or Shine | L 102–106 | Kelly Williams (23) | Troy Rosario (16) | Castro, Rice Jr. (6) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | September 29 | Rain or Shine | W 118–114 | Glen Rice Jr. (34) | Glen Rice Jr. (16) | Jayson Castro (12) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | October 2 | Barangay Ginebra | L 94–121 | Glen Rice Jr. (26) | Glen Rice Jr. (10) | Jayson Castro (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | October 4 | Barangay Ginebra | W 103–96 | Glen Rice Jr. (21) | Kelly Williams (11) | Jayson Castro (10) | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | October 6 | Barangay Ginebra | L 103–106 | Glen Rice Jr. (44) | Glen Rice Jr. (20) | Jayson Castro (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | October 8 | Barangay Ginebra | L 105–115 | Troy Rosario (28) | Troy Rosario (10) | Jayson Castro (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–3
Transactions Trades
Pre-season November November 15, 2016tnt sends ababou to blackwater for golla, pba.inquirer.net, November 21, 2016. To TNTFrank Golla To BlackwaterDylan Ababou
Commissioner's Cup April April 24, 2017San Miguel sends RR Garcia to TNT for Matt Ganuelas-Rosser in rare trade between rivals, spin.ph, April 24, 2017. To TNTRR Garcia To San MiguelMatt Ganuelas-Rosser
Recruited imports Conference Name Country Number Debuted Last game RecordCommissioner's Cup Lou Amundson 8 March 24(vs. Meralco) March 26(vs. Phoenix) 1–1 Donté Greene 20 March 31(vs. Blackwater) May 10(vs. Star) 5–2 Joshua Smith 32 May 20(vs. Alaska) July 2(vs. San Miguel) 9–6Governors' Cup Michael Craig 32 July 28(vs. Kia) August 4(vs. Alaska) 2–1 Glen Rice Jr. 41 August 20(vs. Rain or Shine) October 8(vs. Barangay Ginebra) 8–6
Awards