The 2014–15 Kia Carnival season was the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Kia Sorento for the Philippine Cup.
Key dates June 9: Manny Pacquiao was officially named the head coach of Kia.Manny Pacquiao officially introduced as Team KIA's head coach in the PBA, Carlo Pamintuan, Yahoo Sports, June 9, 2014 July 18: The 2014 PBA Expansion Draft took place in Microtel Acropolis, in Libis, Quezon City.FLASH: Blackwater makes Danny Ildefonso the first pick of PBA dispersal draft, Snow Badua, spin.ph, July 18, 2014 August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft will take place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila. On the same day, Columbian Autocar Corporation president Gina Domingo announced that they took the moniker "Sorento", the name of their top-selling sports utility vehicle in the Philippines and United States.Kia finally settles on a moniker for PBA team – and it's neither Kamao nor Pride, Snow Badua, spin.ph, August 24, 2014 January 23: The team changed their moniker to Kia Carnival for the Commissioner's Cup.KIA changing moniker of PBA ballclub from Sorento to Carnival – seriously, by: Snow Badua, spin.ph, January 23, 2015
Expansion draft picks
Pick Player Pos. Nationality Previous team PBA years 2 F Barako Bull Energy 3 4 F Air21 Express 5 6 C/F Barako Bull Energy 4 8 G Barangay Ginebra San Miguel n/a 10 G Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 5 12 undrafted n/a 14 G GlobalPort Batang Pier 2 16 undrafted n/a 18 F Alaska Aces 17 20 G GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 22 G Air21 Express 1 24 F GlobalPort Batang Pier 8
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College 1 11 Manny Pacquiao G none NDDU 2 24 Kyle Pascual F/C NLEX (D-League) SBC 3 25 Rene Pacquiao F Hog's Breath Razorbacks SWU 3 28 Kenneth Ighalo F Cagayan Valley Rising Suns MIT 3 29 Paolo Taha G Boracay Rum Waves CSB 3 31 Jeremy Bartolo F none Cal State San Bernardino 3 32 Anthony Gavieres G/F none VCU 3 35 Richard Cole F/G none NU 3 36 Giorgio Umali G/F none SPU 3 37 Jonathan Banal G Wang's Basketball Couriers MIT 3 38 Michael Acuña G none Perpetual 3 39 Paolo Romero G/F Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants CSB 3 40 Francis Bercede G none USC
Roster
Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | October 19, 2014 | Blackwater | 80–66 | Revilla (23) | Thiele (9) | Lingganay (5) | Philippine Arena | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2 | October 25, 2014 | Ginebra | 55–87 | Lingganay (14) | Alvarez (6) | Cervantes (2) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3 | October 29, 2014 | Rain or Shine | 88–117 | Cervantes (18) | Cervantes (8) | Revilla (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | November 4, 2014 | GlobalPort | 79–84 | Thiele (18) | Thiele (8) | Lingganay (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–3 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5 | November 7, 2014 | Talk 'N Text | 62–85 | Dehesa (14) | Saldua (6) | Revilla (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–4 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 6 | November 11, 2014 | Alaska | 75–85 | Cervantes (18) | Webb (6) | Buensuceso (4) | Cuneta Astrodome | 1–5 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 7 | November 16, 2014 | Barako | 71–87 | Revilla (21) | Alvarez (8) | Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–6 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 8 | November 19, 2014 | San Miguel | 74–90 | Cervantes (16) | Buensuceso (9) | Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–7 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 9 | November 26, 2014 | Purefoods Star | 77–88 | Cervantes (14) | Raymundo (6) | Revilla (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–8
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 10 | December 3, 2014 | Meralco | 93–99 | Cervantes (18) | Alvarez (7) | Poligrates (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–9 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 11 | December 7, 2014 | NLEX | 80–88 | Cervantes (34) | Cervantes (7) | Buensuceso (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–10
Playoffs
Bracket
Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1 | January 27, 2015 | GlobalPort | 89–100 | Ramos (41) | Ramos (20) | Ramos (6) | Mall of Asia Arena | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2 | January 30, 2015 | Meralco | 80–90 | Ramos (34) | Ramos (21) | Buensuceso (4) | Cuneta Astrodome | 0–2
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | February 4, 2015 | San Miguel | 88–78 | Ramos (22) | Yee (9) | Revilla (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | February 8, 2015 | Barako | 79–84 | Ramos (34) | Ramos (20) | Poligrates (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–3 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5 | February 13, 2015 | Ginebra | 92–100 | Ramos (37) | Ramos (22) | Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | February 18, 2015 | Purefoods Star | 95–84 | Ramos (32) | Ramos (26) | Revilla (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–4 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 | February 25, 2015 | Talk 'N Text | 106–103 | Ramos (24) | Ramos (25) | Ramos (9) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–4 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 8 | February 28, 2015 | Blackwater | 104–115 | Ramos (49) | Ramos (14) | Revilla (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–5
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 | March 3, 2015 | Alaska | 103–89 | Ramos (36) | Ramos (33) | Buensuceso (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–5 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 10 | March 18, 2015 | NLEX | 86–102 | Ramos (41) | Ramos (23) | Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–6 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 11 | March 22, 2015 | Rain or Shine | 99–119 | Ramos (41) | Ramos (21) | Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–7
Playoffs
Bracket
Governors' Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | May 6, 2015 | San Miguel | 83–78 | N'Diaye (21) | Thiele (8) | Revilla (7) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2 | May 13, 2015 | Ginebra | 98–105 | Revilla (20) | N'Diaye (25) | Revilla (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | May 18, 2015 | NLEX | 85–82 | Revilla (15) | N'Diaye (8) | Revilla (5) | Ynares Sports Arena | 2–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 | May 26, 2015 | Blackwater | 83–76 | Chang (25) | N'Diaye (23) | Chang (4) | Cuneta Astrodome | 3–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5 | May 30, 2015 | Purefoods Star | 80–89 | Chang (17) | N'Diaye (18) | Revilla (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–2
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 6 | June 5, 2015 | Alaska | 63–101 | N'Diaye (18) | N'Diaye (7) | Pascual (2) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 | June 10, 2015 | Barako | 71–68 | Chang (15) | N'Diaye (14) | Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–3 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 8 | June 14, 2015 | GlobalPort | 94–102 | N'Diaye (29) | N'Diaye (13) | Bagatsing (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–4 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 9 | June 17, 2015 | Rain or Shine | 90–94 | N'Diaye (31) | N'Diaye (21) | Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–5 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 10 | June 19, 2015 | Talk 'N Text | 86–102 | Dehesa (19) | N'Diaye (13) | Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 | June 24, 2015 | Meralco | 88–85 | N'Diaye (24) | N'Diaye (19) | Revilla (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–6
Playoffs
Bracket
Transactions
Trades
Philippine Cup November 27, 2014Kia receives Eliud Poligrates, sends NLEX Rudy Lingganay, Adrian Dy, SLAM Philippines, November 28, 2014 To KiaEliud Poligrates To NLEXRudy Lingganay
Recruited imports Tournament Name Debuted Last game Record Commissioner's Cup Peter John Ramos January 27 (vs Kia) March 22 (vs Rain or Shine) 4–7 Governors' Cup Hamady N'Diaye May 6 June 24 5–6 Jet Chang* May 6 June 24 5–6 (* Asian import)
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