2003 Barangay Ginebra Kings season

2003 Barangay Ginebra Kings season
Head coach	Allan Caidic
All-Filipino Cup results Record 6–15 (.286) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Mabuhay Cup results Record 2–2 (.500) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Reinforced Conference results Record 8–8 (.500) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Stats @ PBA-Online.net Barangay Ginebra Kings seasons 2002

The 2003 Barangay Ginebra Kings season was the 25th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	College
1	2	Rommel Adducul	6"6'	C	San Sebastian
2	11	Sunday Salvacion	6"3'	F	St.Benilde
3	22	Rob Johnson	6"0'	G	Bellevue

Notes

All-Filipino Cup: After winning their first two games of the season against Purefoods, 84-76 on February 26, and Sta.Lucia, 89-82 on March 1 in Baguio City, the Gin Kings would lose three straight matches before defeating Talk 'N Text, 122-117 in double overtime on March 21, with Eric Menk scoring a personal high 45 points while TNT rookie Jimmy Alapag hitting 40 points. ^[1] That game was forfeited and ordered replayed upon protest by the Phone Pals as Barangay Ginebra failed to free itself from a three-game slide. ^[2]

Reinforced Conference: Import Ricky Price played nine games and the Gin Kings had a 4-2 won-loss record before losing their last three outings and dropped to four wins and five losses. ^[3] Barangay Ginebra officials decided to replace Price in favor of Rosell Ellis, who was Coca Cola's import last season. Ellis led the Kings to a 95-90 victory over Talk 'N Text in his first game on October 15. ^[4]

Roster

Barangay Ginebra Kings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 David, Bal 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UST G/F 3 Lago, Elmer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) De La Salle F/C 9 Limpot, Jun 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle C 10 Adducul, Rommel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) San Sebastian C 14 Calpito, Aramis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Sebastian F 16 Ballesteros, Estong 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST F 17 Tolomia, Chester 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UPHSD F 19 Malabanan, Gilbert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UPHSD F Sanders, Jeffrey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) G 25 Johnson, Rob 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Bellevue University F/C 30 Menk, Eric 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Lake Superior C 43 Crisano, Alex 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Brooklyn College G 47 Caguioa, Mark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Glendale F 80 Salvacion, Sunday 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Saint Benilde G 88 Dimaunahan, Aries 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UST F 6 Price, Ricky (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) G 26 Ellis, Rosell (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) McNeese State	Head coach Allan Caidic Assistant coach(es) Binky Favis George Ella Juno Sauler Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (I) Import Injured

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Rommel Adducul [5] Sunday Salvacion Rob Johnson Via Free Agency Ernesto Ballesteros (From Coca Cola Tigers) Alex Crisano (From Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) Aries Dimaunahan (Drafted by Ginebra last season) [6] Jeffrey Sanders (Formerly of MBA)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Jayjay Helterbrand (Released; couldn't agree on a pay cut) Ronald Magtulis (To Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) Wilmer Ong (To Sta. Lucia Realtors)

References

1. Phone Pals to protest Kings' double OT win
2. Gins try to bounce back
3. Unforgiving Coca-Cola Tigers drub Gin Kings
4. Ellis stars as Kings spoil Banal return
5. Adducul tops 'em all
6. Aris hits pay dirt, signs up with Brgy.Ginebra