2012–13 GlobalPort Batang Pier season

The 2012–13 GlobalPort Batang Pier season was the franchise's first season in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team took over the Powerade Tigers after its sale to Sultan 900 Capital. Although it did not qualify for the Philippine or Commissioner's Cups, it was a quarterfinalist for the Governors' Cup.

2012–13 GlobalPort Batang Pier season
Head coach	Glenn Capacio September – December 2012 Junel Baculi January 2013 - present
Owner(s)	Sultan 900 Capital, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	1–13 (.071)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	2–12 (.143)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	4–5 (.444)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (defeated by Rain or Shine in one game)
GlobalPort Batang Pier seasons

Key dates

• July 30: Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, owner of the Powerade Tigers, sent a letter to the PBA Commissioner's office informing it that the franchise would be sold to Sultan 900 Capital (owned by businessman Mikee Romero) for PHP100 million, with an additional PHP10 million franchise-application fee to the PBA. Under league rules, the sale required approval by two-thirds of the PBA board of governors.[1][2][3] The board unanimously approved the purchase at a special board meeting August 17, and the team's name changed to GlobalPort Batang Pier.[4][5]
• August 17: After the sale's approval, coach Bo Perasol asked to be released from his contract[6] and Glenn Capacio was appointed interim coach.[7]
• August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place at Robinson's Midtown Mall in Manila.
• January 3: Junel Baculi was appointed head coach, with Glenn Capacio assistant coach.[8]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	9	Vic Manuel	F	Philippines	PSBA
1	10	Jason Deutchman	F/C	United States	San Diego State
2	4	A. J. Mandani	G	Canada	Missouri S&T
3	6	Mark Acosta	F/C	Philippines	Mapúa
4	3	Jan Colina	F	Philippines	Adamson
5	1	V. J. Serios	F	Philippines	State

Roster

GlobalPort Batang Pier roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 0 Mandani, AJ (R) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Missouri S&T PG 3 Mercado, Solomon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Biola University PG 4 Lingganay, Rudy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UE F/C 5 Salvador, Jondan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) CSB F 7 Alonzo, Chad 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Adamson G 11 Miller, Willie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Letran G/F 12 Hayes, Marvin (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) JRU G/F 14 Yee, Mark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) SSC-R Cavite PF 15 Faundo, Bryan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Letran F 16 Belencion, Jaypee (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 176 lb (80 kg) Letran F 18 Washington, Jay 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Eckerd SG 20 David, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Lyceum G 21 Buensuceso, JR (R) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) BYU-Hawaii F/C 23 Nabong, Kelly (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Santa Rosa JC C 26 Taha, Yousef 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) North Lake College C 43 Crisano, Alex 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Brooklyn College	Head coach Junel Baculi (Mapúa) Assistant coach(es) Glenn Capacio (FEU) Johnedel Cardel (De La Salle) Ricky Dandan (UP Diliman) Rommel Adducul (SSC-R) Louie Gonzales Team manager Benedict Manalo Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

Philippine Cup

Standings

{{2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=GP}}

Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 September 30 Barangay Ginebra 90–110 Miller (26) Deutchman (6) Miller (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1 Boxscore 2 October 7 Air21 81–88 Miller (22) Salvador (8) Mandani (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–2 Boxscore 3 October 12 Talk 'N Text 103–108 Miller (22) Miller, Salvador (7) Miller (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–3 Boxscore 4 October 17 Meralco 105–104 Miller (33) Miller (11) Mandani, Salvador (4) Mall of Asia Arena 1–3 Boxscore 5 October 20 Rain or Shine 83–94 Deutchman (18) Miller (11) Mandani (6) Ynares Center 1–4 Boxscore 6 October 26 Petron Blaze 98–110 Manuel (23) Manuel (10) Miller (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–5 Boxscore 7 October 31 San Mig Coffee 78–82 Miller (19) Miller, Manuel (10) Miller (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–6 Boxscore
November Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 8 November 4 Barako Bull 95–94 Yee (20) Yee (7) Miller (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–7 Boxscore 9 November 9 Barangay Ginebra 79–81 David (27) Deutchman (10) Vergara (9) Cuneta Astrodome 1–8 Boxscore 10 November 18 Petron Blaze 81–110 Guevarra (14) Hussaini, Salvador (6) David, Hussaini, Antonio, Miller (2) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–9 Boxscore 11 November 23 Meralco 92–101 David (33) Salvador (16) Miller (14) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–10 Boxscore
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 12 December 1 Alaska 95–101 Miller (22) Salvador (10) Miller (6) Dipolog City 1–11 Boxscore 13 December 5 Air21 92–113 Hussaini (20) Manuel (9) Miller (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–12 Boxscore 14 December 7 San Mig Coffee 96–107 David (22) Deutchman, Salvador, Miller (8) Miller (7) Mall of Asia Arena 1–13 Boxscore
2012–13 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	11	3	.786	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	5	.643	2
3	Petron Blaze Boosters	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	San Mig Coffee Mixers	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3
5	Meralco Bolts	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
6	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Air21 Express	6	8	.429	5
9	Barako Bull Energy Cola	5	9	.357	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	2	12	.143	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
2. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

Game log

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
February Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 February 8 Petron Blaze 94–92 David (28) Williams (15) Mercado (11) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 boxscore 2 February 10 Barako Bull 88–98 (OT) Aguilar (23) Williams (27) Mercado (16) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1 boxscore 3 February 15 Barangay Ginebra 89–80 Williams (23) Williams (23) Mercado (13) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1 boxscore 4 February 20 Talk 'N Text 79–99 Williams, David (19) Williams (15) Mercado (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–2 boxscore 5 February 24 Meralco 89–90 David (27) Williams (13) Mercado (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–3 boxscore
March Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 6 March 2 San Mig Coffee 84–91 David (27) Williams (23) Mercado (6) Naga, Camarines Sur 2–4 boxscore 7 March 8 Rain or Shine 95–103 David (23) Aguilar, Williams (10) Mercado (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–5 boxscore 8 March 10 Air21 94–106 Sharpe (24) Sharpe (9) Mercado (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–6 boxscore 9 March 17 Alaska Smart Araneta Coliseum
2012–13 schedule

Governors' Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Petron Blaze Boosters	8	1	.889	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Mig Coffee Mixers	6	3	.667	2
3	Meralco Bolts	5	4	.556[lower-alpha 1]	3
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	4	.556[lower-alpha 1]	3
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barako Bull Energy	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Alaska Aces	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	5
9	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	5
10	Air21 Express	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine
2. Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99
3. Head-to-head quotient: Talk 'N Text 1.05, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Air21 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 110–102 Talk 'N Text

Transactions

Pre-season

August 20, 2012[9][10]	To GlobalPort Val Acuña 2012 1st round pick (Vic Manuel)	To B-Meg Sean Anthony

August 31, 2012[11]	To GlobalPort Willie Miller 2014 1st-round pick	To Barangay Ginebra JV Casio

Commissioner's Cup

January 31, 2013[12]	To GlobalPort Japeth Aguilar	To Talk 'N Text Rabeh Al-Hussaini

January 31, 2013[12]	To GlobalPort Sol Mercado Kelly Nabong JP Belencion Yousif Aljamal	To Meralco Rey Guevarra Vic Manuel Josh Vanlandingham 2015 1st-round pick

June 10, 2013[13]	To GlobalPort 2013 1st round pick (from Barangay Ginebra via Talk 'N Text and Barako Bull) Yousef Taha	To Barangay Ginebra Japeth Aguilar

June 10, 2013[13]	To GlobalPort Jay Washington	To Petron Blaze Jason Deutchman 2016 and 2017 2nd-round picks

Governors' Cup

October 11, 2013[14]	To GlobalPort Chris Ross Chris Timberlake 2016 and 2017 2nd-round picks	To Meralco Gary David AJ Mandani

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Justin Williams	February 8 (vs. Petron)	March 8 (vs. Rain or Shine)	2–5
	Walter Sharpe	March 10 (vs. Air21)	March 17 (vs. Alaska)	0–2
	Sylvester Morgan	March 23 (vs. Air21)	April 14 (vs. Barako Bull)	0–5
Governors' Cup	Markeith Cummings	August 14 (vs. Air21)	September 26 (vs. Rain or Shine)	4–6

References

1. PBA: Powerade franchise sold to Mikee Romero-owned Sultan 900 Inc., GMA News Online, July 30, 2012
2. Goodbye Tigers: Coca-Cola sells Powerade PBA franchise to Mikee Romero Archived 2012-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, July 30, 2012
3. Mikee takes over Powerade, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, July 31, 2012
4. GlobalPort officially accepted as newest member of the PBA Archived 2012-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 17, 2012
5. PBA: Sale of Powerade Tigers franchise to Romero group approved, GMA News Online, August 17, 2012
6. Perasol confirms release from live contract, thanks Powerade, GlobalPort Archived 2012-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 17, 2012
7. Capacio appointed interim coach of GlobalPort Batang Pier Archived 2012-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 17, 2012
8. Junel Baculi to coach GlobalPort, Glenn Capacio stays as top assistant Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 3, 2013
9. BOOSTERS GROW STRONGER, PBA.ph, August 19, 2012
10. Vic Manuel to make up for loss of Sean Anthony, says Mikee Romero Archived 2012-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 19, 2012
11. Alaska nabs Casio, Hontiveros, Ginebra gets Tenorio, GlobalPort gets Miller in monster 5-team deal Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, August 31, 2012
12. PBA approves Sol Mercado to GlobalPort, Japeth Aguilar for Rabeh Al-Hussaini trades Archived 2013-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 31, 2013
13. GlobalPort deals Japeth Aguilar to Ginebra, acquires Jay Washington from Petron, Carlo Pamintuan, GMA News Online, June 11, 2013
14. Gary David, Chris Ross switch places as PBA approves Meralco-GlobalPort trade Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, October 11, 2013