2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season

2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season
2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season
Head coach	Pido Jarencio
Owner(s)	Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Magnolia with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to Rain or Shine with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Governors' Cup results
Record	2–9 ; (18.2%)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
NorthPort Batang Pier seasons
	← 2016–17 2019 →

The 2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Prior to the Governor's Cup, the team was known as the GlobalPort Batang Pier.

Key dates

2017

October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	6	Robbie Herndon	G	United States	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	San Francisco State
2	24	Andreas Cahilig	F	Sweden	Cignal HD Hawkeyes	Earist
3	29	Zachary Nicholls	G	Canada	Victoria Sports Stallions	Arellano
4	5	Gian Abrigo	G	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters Racal Tile Masters	Adamson

Roster

2017–18 NorthPort Batang Pier roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G/F	0	Taha, Paolo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1990–12–05	St. Benilde
G	3	Pringle, Stanley (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987–03–05	Penn State
F/C	7	Tautuaa, Moala	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1989–04–30	Chadron State
G	9	Elorde, Nico	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1991–10–04	Ateneo
F	10	Anthony, Sean	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1986–01–26	McGill
G	11	Fortuna, Jeric	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1991–11–25	UST
G	13	Javelona, Paolo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1992–10–25	National-U
G/F	14	Grey, Jonathan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1992–01–13	St. Benilde
G	17	Teng, Jeric	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–03–18	UST
G	18	Araña, Ryan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1984–03–23	De La Salle
F/C	26	Flores, Lervin (R)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)			Arellano
F	27	Espinas, Gabby	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1982–01–03	Philippine Christian
C	28	Gabayni, Joseph (R)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)			Lyceum
F/C	30	Guinto, Bradwyn	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991–10–20	San Sebastian

Head coach

Pido Jarencio

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Bonnie Tan
Benjo Flores (Assistant)
Walyip Chong (Assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	2
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[b]	2
6	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^[b]	2
7	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	3
10	Blackwater Elite	5	6	.455^[c]	3
11	Meralco Bolts	4	7	.364	4
12	Kia Picanto	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

Game log

2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 5–6

December: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 25	NLEX	L 104–115	Stanley Pringle (33)	Kelly Nabong (14)	Stanley Pringle (4)	Philippine Arena 22,531	0–1

January: 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	January 7	Barangay Ginebra	L 97–104	Sean Anthony (29)	Kelly Nabong (11)	Stanley Pringle (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum 9,000	0–2
3	January 12	Rain or Shine	W 78–70	Stanley Pringle (29)	Anthony, Nabong (13)	Sean Anthony (12)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–2
4	January 19	Blackwater	W 101–76	Sean Anthony (22)	Stanley Pringle (11)	three players (5)	Cuneta Astrodome	2–2
5	January 24	San Miguel	L 93–107	Stanley Pringle (23)	Anthony, Guinto (7)	Ryan Araña (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–3
6	January 28	Meralco	W 107–88	Jonathan Grey (24)	Kelly Nabong (17)	Stanley Pringle (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3

February: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	February 4	Alaska	L 98–105 (OT)	Stanley Pringle (28)	Sean Anthony (14)	Stanley Pringle (6)	Ynares Center	3–4
8	February 14	TNT	W 99–84	Nico Elorde (17)	Guinto, Pringle (10)	Nico Elorde (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–4
9	February 16	Magnolia	L 81–96	Kelly Nabong (21)	Anthony, Nabong (11)	Nico Elorde (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–5
10	February 21	Kia	W 108–91	Anthony, Nabong (21)	Kelly Nabong (13)	Nico Elorde (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–5

March: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	March 2	Phoenix	L 100–104	Terrence Romeo (20)	Yousef Taha (13)	Stanley Pringle (10)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–6

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals			Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel	106

8	TNT	93
			1	San Miguel	4
(best-of-3)
			4	Barangay Ginebra	1
4	Barangay Ginebra	2

5	Rain or Shine	0
						1	San Miguel	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						2	Magnolia	1
2	Magnolia	86

7	GlobalPort	79
			2	Magnolia	4
(best-of-3)
			6	NLEX	2
3	Alaska	0

6	NLEX	2

Game log

2018 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1

Quarterfinals: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 6	Magnolia	L 79–86	Stanley Pringle (31)	Pringle, Taha (10)	Terrence Romeo (6)	Mall of Asia Arena	0–1

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	TNT KaTropa	8	3	.727^[a]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636	2
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545^[b]	3
7	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545^[b]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364^[c]	5
10	Phoenix Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[c]	5
11	NLEX Road Warriors	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 5–6

April: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	April 22	TNT	L 114–128	Sean Anthony (34)	Malcolm White (12)	Stanley Pringle (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–1
2	April 27	Meralco	W 86–85	Malcolm White (27)	Malcolm White (17)	four players (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–1

May: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	May 2	Blackwater	W 117–106	Sean Anthony (29)	Sean Anthony (13)	Sean Anthony (8)	Ynares Center	2–1
4	May 12	Magnolia	L 87–92	Sean Anthony (20)	Malcolm White (14)	Nico Elorde (5)	Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena	2–2
5	May 16	NLEX	W 116–94	Sean Anthony (21)	Malcolm White (14)	Stanley Pringle (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–2
6	May 20	Rain or Shine	L 90–96	Malcolm White (21)	Sean Anthony (14)	Nico Elorde (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–3
All-Star Break

June: 2–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	June 2	Alaska	L 103–109	Malcolm White (27)	Anthony, White (8)	Elorde, Pringle (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–4
8	June 13	San Miguel	W 98–94	Malcolm White (25)	Malcolm White (10)	Stanley Pringle (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	4–4
9	June 20	Phoenix	L 108–135	Malcolm White (24)	Anthony, Pringle (7)	Nabong, Pringle (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–5
10	June 22	Columbian	W 133–115	Stanley Pringle (50)	Sean Anthony (17)	Anthony, Pringle (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–5

July: 0–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
11	July 6	Barangay Ginebra	L 98–116	Malcolm White (19)	Malcolm White (9)	Stanley Pringle (7)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–6

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Rain or Shine	113	103

8	GlobalPort	114	97
				1	Rain or Shine	1
(best-of-3)
				5	Barangay Ginebra	3
4	Meralco		0

5	Barangay Ginebra		2
							5	Barangay Ginebra	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							6	San Miguel	2
2	Alaska		89

7	Magnolia		78
				2	Alaska	1
(best-of-3)
				6	San Miguel	3
3	TNT		0

6	San Miguel		2

Game log

2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 1–1

Quarterfinals: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	July 10	Rain or Shine	W 114–113	Malcolm White (28)	Malcolm White (16)	Stanley Pringle (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	July 12	Rain or Shine	L 97–103	Stanley Pringle (23)	Malcolm White (10)	Stanley Pringle (8)	Mall of Asia Arena	1–1

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	Phoenix Fuel Masters	8	3	.727^[a]	1
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	1
4	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	8	3	.727^[a]	1
5	Blackwater Elite	7	4	.636	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	San Miguel Beermen	6	5	.545	3
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455^[b]	4
8	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[b]	4
9	TNT KaTropa	4	7	.364	5
10	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3	8	.273	6
11	NorthPort Batang Pier	2	9	.182	7
12	Columbian Dyip	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 2–9

August: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 19	NLEX	L 107–123	Rashad Woods (42)	Tautuaa, Woods (12)	Rashad Woods (8)	Ynares Center	0–1
2	August 26	Phoenix	L 107–123	Rashad Woods (42)	Espinas, Tautuaa (8)	Nico Elorde (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–2

September: 0–4

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	September 1	Magnolia	L 87–104	Rashad Woods (25)	Joseph Gabayni (9)	Moala Tautuaa (6)	Ynares Center	0–3
4	September 5	Barangay Ginebra	L 98–104	Stanley Pringle (34)	Rashad Woods (11)	Stanley Pringle (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–4
5	September 19	Blackwater	L 111–113	Rashad Woods (31)	Rashad Woods (17)	Sean Anthony (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–5
6	September 30	TNT	L 102–104	Rashad Woods (19)	Moala Tautuaa (14)	Stanley Pringle (9)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	0–6

October: 2–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	October 6	Columbian	W 118–101	Pringle, Tautuaa (26)	Tautuaa, Woods (10)	Stanley Pringle (7)	Ynares Center	1–6
8	October 12	Meralco	W 99–94	Sean Anthony (26)	Pringle, Tautuaa (8)	Anthony, Pringle (3)	Mall of Asia Arena	2–6
9	October 17	Rain or Shine	L 98–120	Rashad Woods (30)	Sean Anthony (15)	Stanley Pringle (12)	Cuneta Astrodome	2–7
10	October 24	San Miguel	L 107–114	Sean Anthony (24)	Rashad Woods (15)	Stanley Pringle (5)	Cuneta Astrodome	2–8
11	October 28	Alaska	L 85–95	Rashad Woods (33)	Rashad Woods (13)	Nico Elorde (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–9

Transactions

Trades

Preseason

October
October 29, 2017^[3]	To GlobalPort Draft rights to Lervin Flores Draft rights to Joseph Gabayni Draft rights to Julian Sargent	To Magnolia Draft rights to Robert Herndon Draft rights to Gian Abrigo

Philippine Cup

April
April 3, 2018^[4]	To GlobalPort Mo Tautuaa 2020 1st Round Pick 2021 2nd Round Pick	To TNT Terrence Romeo Yousef Taha

Commissioner's Cup

June
June 19, 2018^[5]	To GlobalPort Paolo Taha	To Ginebra Julian Sargent
June 21, 2018^[6]	To GlobalPort Gabby Espinas 2020 second round draft pick	To San Miguel Kelly Nabong

Rookie Signings

Player	Number	Position	Date signed	Contract	School/club team
Lervin Flores^[7]	26	Forward/center	November 14	2 years
Julian Sargent^[7]		Guard		2 years	DLSU
Joseph Gabayni^[7]	28	Forward/center		1 year

Free agency

Addition

Player	Number	Position	Contract	Date signed	Former Team
Nico Elorde^[7]	9	PG	1 year	—	Kia Picanto
Yousef Taha^[8]	0	C	2 years	November 29, 2017	—
Kelly Nabong^[9]	23	F/C	2 years	—	Meralco Bolts

Subtraction

Player	Number	Position	Reason left	New Team
Mike Cortez^[7]	11	Guard	Waived	Blackwater Elite
Billy Mamaril^[7]	2	Center	Waived	San Miguel Beermen
Rico Maierhofer^[7]	1	Forward	Waived	Tanduay Alab Pilipinas

Recruited imports

Conference	Name	Country	Number	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Malcolm White		5	April 22 (vs. TNT)	July 12 (vs. Rain or Shine)	6–7
Governors' Cup	Rashad Woods		4	August 19 (vs. NLEX)	October 28 (vs. Alaska)	2–9

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Stanley Pringle	Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week	June 19, 2018	^[10]

References

^ San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
^ GlobalPort sends Herndon, Cahilig to Star for Flores, Sargent, Gabayni in trade of rookies, spin.ph, October 29, 2017.
^ "GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
^ Leongson, Randolph B. (2018-06-19). "Ginebra makes another move, trades Paolo Taha to GlobalPort for Julian Sargent | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
^ Ramos, Gerry (2018-06-21). "GlobalPort sends Kelly Nabong to San Miguel in trade for Gabby Espinas, future draft pick | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "GlobalPort signs rookies Flores, Gabayni, Sargent, free-agent Elorde; cuts Cortez, Mamaril". spin.ph. Gerry Ramos. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
^ Ramos, Gerry (November 29, 2017). "Globalport welcomes back Yousef Taha, signs big man to two-year deal". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ Ramos, Gerry (December 1, 2017). "GlobalPort takes a gamble on enigmatic free agent Kelly Nabong". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "Pringle named Player of the Week". PBA.ph. June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.

[table_hth_MAG0.36588149348548-2] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia

[table_hth_BGSM0.36588149348548-3] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95

[table_hth_GP0.36588149348548-4] Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.17931387674963-6] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT

[table_hth_BGSM0.17931387674963-7] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92

[table_hth_COL0.17931387674963-8] Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

[table_hth_ALA0.92074786588584-9] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982

[table_hth_MER0.92074786588584-10] Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

[1] San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017

[PBAquotient-5] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".

[11] GlobalPort sends Herndon, Cahilig to Star for Flores, Sargent, Gabayni in trade of rookies, spin.ph, October 29, 2017.

[12] "GlobalPort sends Romeo to TNT KaTropa". ABS-CBN News. April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.

[13] Leongson, Randolph B. (2018-06-19). "Ginebra makes another move, trades Paolo Taha to GlobalPort for Julian Sargent | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-06-21.

[14] Ramos, Gerry (2018-06-21). "GlobalPort sends Kelly Nabong to San Miguel in trade for Gabby Espinas, future draft pick | SPIN.PH". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 2018-06-21.

[Flores-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "GlobalPort signs rookies Flores, Gabayni, Sargent, free-agent Elorde; cuts Cortez, Mamaril". spin.ph. Gerry Ramos. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.

[16] Ramos, Gerry (November 29, 2017). "Globalport welcomes back Yousef Taha, signs big man to two-year deal". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[17] Ramos, Gerry (December 1, 2017). "GlobalPort takes a gamble on enigmatic free agent Kelly Nabong". Spin.ph. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[18] "Pringle named Player of the Week". PBA.ph. June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.

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