2000 PBA season
2000 PBA season | |
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2000 PBA season | |
Duration | February 20, 2000 – December 20, 2000 |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | Viva TV (IBC) |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Paolo Mendoza |
Picked by | Sta. Lucia Realtors |
Conferences | |
All-Filipino Cup champions | Alaska Milkmen |
Commissioner's Cup champions | San Miguel Beermen |
Governors Cup champions | San Miguel Beermen |
Awards | |
Season MVP | Danny Ildefonso |
Seasons | |
The 2000 PBA season was the 26th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Board of governors
Executive committee
- Emilio Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner)
- Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Chairman, Alaska Milkmen)
- Ignatius Yenko(Vice-Chairman, Mobiline Phone Pals)
- Alberto Villa-Abrille, Jr. (Treasurer, San Miguel Beermen)
Teams
Team | Company | Governor | Alternate Governor |
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Alaska Milkmen | Alaska Milk Corporation | Wilfred Steven Uytengsu | Joaquin Trillo |
Barangay Ginebra Kings | La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. | Casiano Cabalan Jr. | Ira Daniel Maniquis |
Batang Red Bull Energizers | Photokina Marketing Corporation | George Chua | George Balagtas |
Mobiline Phone Pals | Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company | Ignatius Yengko | Deobrah Anne Tan |
Pop Cola Sizzlers | Republic Flour Mills Corporation | Elmer Yanga | Philip Prieto |
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | Purefoods Corporation | Francisco Alejo III | |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation | Manuel Encarnado | |
San Miguel Beermen | San Miguel Brewery, Inc. | Alberto Villa-Abrille, Jr. | |
Shell Turbo Chargers | Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation | Reynaldo Gamboa | |
Tanduay Rhum Masters | Basic Holdings Corporation | Lucio Tan Jr. | David De Joya |
Notable occurrences
- PBA's TV partner, Vintage Television was absorbed by Viva Entertainment.
- Batang Red Bull Energizers entered the league as an expansion team.
- The league celebrated their silver anniversary on April 9, 2000 with the awarding of the PBA's 25 greatest players.[1]
- The league forfeited Batang Red Bull's wins when 18-year-old Kerby Raymundo was found to have deficient academic credentials. He would later return to the team in 2001.
- It was the year when a crackdown of alleged fake Fil-foreign cagers led to deportations of Asi Taulava and Sonny Alvarado. Eric Menk, Danny Seigle and Chris Jackson were among those suspended by the PBA.
- The Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) revoked the Filipino citizenship of Tanduay's Sonny Alvarado as it uncovered that the player used fraudulent papers; consequently, the BID ordered Alvarado's deportation.
- Alvarado's deportation affected the season's All-Filipino Cup semifinal round after PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino forfeited two of Tanduay's semifinal wins (Games 2 and 3) against Purefoods, since Alvarado played on those games (he didn't play on the first game). With the forfeitures, the series would have resumed on Game 4 with Purefoods leading the series 2–1; however, Tanduay secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) that prevented the league from staging Game 4 of their series. This has been the first time a PBA game has been suspended via a court order.
Opening ceremonies
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
Team | Muse |
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Alaska Milkmen | Children of Alaska players |
Batang Red Bull Energizers | Lindsay Custodio and Assunta De Rossi |
Barangay Ginebra Kings | Ana Roces |
Pop Cola 800s | Cris Villonco |
Mobiline Phone Pals | Mary Jean Maycon |
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | Antoinette Taus |
San Miguel Beermen | Bianca Zobel |
Shell Velocity | Miriam Quiambao |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | 2000 Binibining Pilipinas candidates |
Tanduay Rhum Masters | Bernadette Allyson |
Champions
- All-Filipino Cup: Alaska Milkmen
- Commissioner's Cup: San Miguel Beermen
- Governor's Cup: San Miguel Beermen
- Team with best win-loss percentage: San Miguel Beermen (40–18, .690)
- Best Team of the Year: San Miguel Beermen (6th)
ABC-PBA All-Star Game
As celebration to the league's twenty-fifth anniversary, the league and the Asian Basketball Confederation (now FIBA Asia) held the ABC-PBA All-Star Game.[2] Controversy ensued when ABC team member Rommel Adducul (who was also playing for the Manila Metrostars of the Metropolitan Basketball Association) had to be late due to his commitments with the Metrostars. Adducul earlier played against the Pasig-Rizal Pirates, a few kilometers away from the ABC-PBA All-Star venue.[3]
August 6, 2000 at the PhilSports Arena
PBA All-Stars | ABC All-Stars |
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101 | 81 |
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player: Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
- Rookie of the Year: Davonn Harp (Red Bull)
- Sportsmanship Award: Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
- Most Improved Player: Mark Telan (Shell)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
- Mythical Five
- Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
- Danny Seigle (San Miguel)
- Olsen Racela (San Miguel)
- Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
- Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska)
- Mythical Second Team
- Dindo Pumaren (Purefoods)
- Jeffrey Cariaso (Tanduay)
- Bong Hawkins (Alaska)
- Rudy Hatfield (Tanduay)
- Marlou Aquino (Sta. Lucia)
- All Defensive Team
- Chris Jackson (Shell)
- Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
- Rey Evangelista (Purefoods)
- Jeffrey Cariaso (Tanduay)
- Dindo Pumaren (Purefoods)
Awards given by the PBA Press Corps
- Coach of the Year: Jong Uichico (San Miguel)
- Mr. Quality Minutes: Boybits Victoria (San Miguel)
- Executive of the Year: Buddy Encarnado (Sta. Lucia)
- Comeback Player of the Year: Ato Agustin (Red Bull)
- Referee of the Year: Ernie de Leon
Cumulative standings
Champion | |
Runner-up | |
Semifinalist | |
Quarterfinalist | |
Eliminations |
Team | GP | W | L | PCT | Best finish |
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San Miguel Beermen | 58 | 40 | 18 | .690 | Champion |
Alaska Milkmen | 49 | 31 | 18 | .633 | Champion |
Tanduay Rhum Masters | 46 | 28 | 18 | .608 | Semifinalist |
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | 55 | 27 | 28 | .490 | Runner-up |
Sta. Lucia Realtors | 45 | 22 | 23 | .489 | Runner-up |
Mobiline Phone Pals | 41 | 18 | 23 | .433 | Semifinalist |
Batang Red Bull Energizers | 38 | 16 | 22 | .421 | Semifinalist |
Barangay Ginebra Kings | 37 | 15 | 22 | .405 | Quarterfinalist |
Pop Cola 800s | 34 | 12 | 22 | .352 | Quarterfinalist |
Shell Velocity | 33 | 9 | 24 | .272 | Eliminations |
References
- ↑ PBA Celebrates 25th year, Philippine Daily Inquirer
- ↑ PBA's finest battle Asia's best, Philippine Daily Inquirer
- ↑ PBA stars rip ABC 5, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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