# 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 | United States | West Hills |

## Philippine Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Aces | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Burger King Whoppers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 3 | 15 | .167 | 10 | |
| — | Smart Gilas (G) | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.5 | Guest team |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 2–0 San Miguel
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Purefoods 1–1 Barangay Ginebra; Purefoods 0, Barangay Ginebra 0; overall point differential: Purefoods +85, Barangay Ginebra +75
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Burger King 1–1, Coca-Cola; Burger King +10, Coca-Cola −10
* ↑ Smart Gilas's results do not count in the standings.

#### Game log
##### Eliminations

2010 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 16
Rain or Shine
85–76
Cardona (16)
Carey (11)
Alapag (9)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
October 21
Smart Gilas*
103–73
Cardona (16)
Peek (10)
Alapag (6)
Cuneta Astrodome
3
October 25
Sta. Lucia
100–83
Cardona (25)
Belasco (9)
Alapag (9)
Araneta Coliseum
2–0
4
October 28
San Miguel
90–100
Alapag (22)
Cardona, 3 others (5)
Alapag (5)
Araneta Coliseum
2–1 :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 8
Purefoods
102–108
Carey (20)
Y. de Ocampo, Peek (7)
Cardona, Alapag (5)
Araneta Coliseum
2–2
6
November 11
Coca Cola
103–94
Cardona (35)
Belasco (10)
Cardona (4)
Araneta Coliseum
3–2
7
November 13
Barako Bull
93–90
Alapag (25)
Peek (15)
Alapag, Cardona (5)
Ynares Center
4–2
8
November 20
Alaska
106–110
R. de Ocampo (16)
Carey (10)
R. de Ocampo, Castro (5)
Araneta Coliseum
4–3
9
November 25
Barangay Ginebra
87–72
Dillinger (18)
Dillinger (18)
Alapag (9)
Araneta Coliseum
5–3
10
November 27
Burger King
118–105
Cardona (40)
Cardona (11)
Cardona, 2 others (4)
Ynares Center
6–3 :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
December 2
Rain or Shine
93–95
Peek, Carey (14)
R. de Ocampo (11)
Alapag (5)
Araneta Coliseum
6–4
12
December 5
Coca Cola
107–104
Cardona (21)
Carey (14)
Cardona (8)
General Santos
7–4
13
December 11
Burger King
115–104
Cardona (32)
Carey (14)
Castro (10)
Ynares Center
8–4
14
December 16
Alaska
119–113 (OT)
Cardona (31)
Carey (14)
Castro (13)
Araneta Coliseum
8–5
15
December 19
Purefoods
101–98
Alapag (17)
Carey (10)
Carey, Castro (4)
Araneta Coliseum
9–5
16
December 23
Sta. Lucia
117–112
Cardona (34)
Peek (12)
Cardona, Castro (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
10–5 :
January
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
January 6
Barangay Ginebra
82–105
Alapag (17)
Carey (9)
Castro (6)
Araneta Coliseum
10–6
18
January 10
Barako Bull
97–99
Alapag (21)
R. de Ocampo, Carey (12)
Cardona (4)
Araneta Coliseum
10–7
19
January 16
San Miguel
93–91
Cardona (26)
Carey (10)
Alapag (4)
Zamboanga City
11–7 :
2009–10 schedule :

##### Playoffs

2010 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :
Quarterfinals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
January 29
Barangay Ginebra
107–92
Castro (20)
Carey (13)
Cardona (7)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
January 31
Barangay Ginebra
106–105
Castro (19)
R. de Ocampo (13)
R. de Ocampo (3)
Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
February 3
Barangay Ginebra
97–102
Cardona (18)
Peek, Carey (9)
Alapag (7)
Araneta Coliseum
2–1
4
February 5
Barangay Ginebra
20–27 (by forfeit)
n/a
n/a
n/a
Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
February 7
Barangay Ginebra
100–113
Araneta Coliseum
2–3 :
2009–10 schedule :

## Fiesta Conference
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 15 | 3 | .833 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Derby Ace Llamados | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 8 | 10 | .444 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 5 | 13 | .278 | 10 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Air21 Express | 4 | 14 | .222 | 11 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Energy Coffee Masters | 3 | 15 | .167 | 12 | |
* 1 2 Second seed playoff: San Miguel 88, Derby Ace 83
* 1 2 Fifth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 115, Rain or Shine 88

#### 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 Ocampo Renren Ritualo | To Talk 'N TextJR Quiñahan Mark Yee Aaron Aban |

### Fiesta Conference
#### Trades

| May 14, 2010 | To Sta. LuciaAli Peek Nic Belasco Pong Escobal Ogie Menor Yousif Aljamal | To Talk 'N TextRyan Reyes Kelly Williams Charles Waters | To Barako Energy CoffeeMark Isip 2010 1st round pick from Talk 'N Text |

#### Imports recruited

| Team | Player | Debuted | Final |
| Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | Shawn Daniels (1/1) | March 21, 2010 | August 6, 2010 |