2024–25 TNT Tropang Giga season

Basketball team season

2024–25 TNT Tropang Giga season
Head coach	Chot Reyes
General Manager	Jojo Lastimosa Yvette Ruiz (assistant)
Owner(s)	Smart Communications (an MVP group subsidiary)
Governors' Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
Philippine Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	TBD
TNT Tropang Giga seasons
← 2023–24

The 2024–25 TNT Tropang Giga season is the 34rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

July 14: The PBA season 49 draft was held at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
3	31	Jared Brown	G	USA	Ateneo
4	41	Mark Neil Cruz	C/F	Philippines	CEU

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
F/C	0	Eboña, Barkley	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1996–11–29	Far Eastern
G	6	Nambatac, Rey	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)		1994–01–27	Letran
C	7	Erram, Poy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1989–07–07	Ateneo
F	8	Oftana, Calvin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	1996–01–03	San Beda
F	9	Varilla, Paul	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)		1993–08–10	UE
G	10	Reyes, Ryan (IN)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1983–08–10	Cal State Fullerton
F	12	Khobuntin, Glenn	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1991–09–07	National-U
G	13	Heruela, Brian	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1989–04–13	Cebu
G/F	16	Pogoy, Roger (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1992–06–16	Far Eastern
G	17	Castro, Jayson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986–06–30	Philippine Christian
F/C	21	Williams, Kelly	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1982–02–07	Oakland
F	24	Hollis-Jefferson, Rondae (I)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	1995–01–03	Arizona
G	26	Vosotros, Almond	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1990–01–26	De La Salle
F/C	32	Galinato, Henry	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	245 lb (111 kg)		Philippines
G	35	Aurin, Kim	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)		UPHSD
F/C	45	Ganuelas-Rosser, Brandon (IN)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1994–06–29	UC Riverside
G/F	50	Payawal, CJ (R)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1997–01–01	UE
G	53	Exciminiano, Chris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–11–17	Far Eastern

Head coach

Chot Reyes

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Jojo Lastimosa
Yvette Ruiz (assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie
(3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team

Injured

Roster

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Group A Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Meralco Bolts	1	0	1.000	—	Qualify to quarterfinals
2	Converge FiberXers	0	0	—	0.5
3	NorthPort Batang Pier	0	0	—	0.5
4	Terrafirma Dyip	0	0	—	0.5
5	TNT Tropang Giga	0	0	—	0.5
6	Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots	0	1	.000	1

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 4th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient; 4) coin toss^[2]

Game log

2024 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total:

August

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
1	August 20	NorthPort	Smart Araneta Coliseum
2	August 22	Meralco	Smart Araneta Coliseum
3	August 27	Converge	Smart Araneta Coliseum
4	August 29	Magnolia	Ninoy Aquino Stadium

September

Game	Date	Opponent	Location Attendance
5	September 5	Terrafirma	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
6	September 8	Converge	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
7	September 12	Meralco	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
8	September 17	Magnolia	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
9	September 19	Terrafirma	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
10	September 22	NorthPort	Smart Araneta Coliseum

Transactions

Free agency

Signings

Player	Date signed	Contract amount	Contract length	Former team	Ref.
Chris Exciminiano	July 18, 2024	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	TNT Triple Giga (PBA 3x3)	^[3]
Almond Vosotros	July 18, 2024	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	TNT Triple Giga (PBA 3x3)	^[3]

Trades

Pre-season

July
July 2, 2024^[4]	To TNT Rey Nambatac	To Blackwater Kib Montalbo Jewel Ponferada 2028 TNT second-round pick

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record	Ref.
Governors' Cup	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson				^[5]

References

^ "Baltazar is the Chosen One -- the top pick of Draft Class 2024". PBA.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012.
^ Bacnis, Justine (July 18, 2024). "TNT reintegrates ex-3×3 stars Vosotros, Exciminiano ahead of Govs' Cup". Tiebreakertimes.com.ph. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ Ramos, Gerry (July 2, 2024). "Rey Nambatac finally at TNT as revised trade gets PBA approval". Spin.ph. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
^ Terrado, Reuben (August 14, 2024). "RHJ return to TNT official for PBA Season 49 Governors' Cup". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 14, 2024.

TNT Tropang Giga

Founded in 1990
Owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of PLDT
Formerly the Pepsi Hotshots, Mobiline Phone Pals and Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

Franchise