1993 Pepsi Mega Bottlers season

1993   Pepsi Mega Bottlers season
Head coach	Derrick Pumaren
General Manager	Steve Watson
Owner(s)	Pepsi Philippines
All Filipino Cup results
Record	3–7 (30%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	N/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	3–8 (27.3%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	N/A
Governors Cup results
Record	11–11 (50%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Pepsi Mega Bottlers seasons
←  1992 1994  →

The 1993 Pepsi Mega Bottlers season was the fourth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as 7-Up Uncolas in the All-Filipino Cup and Commissioner's Cup.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player
3		Gerardo Santiago
4		Gelacio Abanilla

Notable dates

June 18: Seven-Up defeated Sta.Lucia, 101–99, for its first win in the Commissioners Cup after losing to Shell Helix in their first game. Ludovico Valenciano completed an assist by Kenny Redfield with a fraction of a second left. ^[1]

November 28: Pepsi Mega forge two playoffs among three teams for the right to face San Miguel Beermen for the Governors Cup finals with a come-from-behind 96–93 triumph over Purefoods. Kenny Redfield put together his 11th triple-double game of 48 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists. ^[2]

Occurrences

The Mega Bottlers import Anthony Martin scored 40 points in his debut in the Governor's Cup, a 107–124 loss by Pepsi to Swift. ^[3] Martin fractured his thumb in practice and coach Derrick Pumaren was left with no choice but to shipped Martin home after just one game and recalled back Kenny Redfield, who was also their import in the Commissioner's Cup.

Roster

1993 Pepsi Mega Bottlers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 3 Romeo Lopez 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Angeles G 7 Eugene Quilban 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) San Sebastian F 8 Roberto Jabar 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Southwestern-U G/F 9 Naning Valenciano 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) USLS F 14 Larry Villanil 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) USPF F/C 15 Joey Santamaria 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle F 17 Jeffrey Graves 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Angeles C 25 Gido Babilonia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UST F 27 Django Rivera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian F/C 33 Victor Pablo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern F 50 Nap Hatton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian G 58 Leo Austria 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Lyceum

Head coach Derrick Pumaren Assistant coach(es) Gabby Velasco Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Transactions

Trades

Off-season	To Ginebra Manny Victorino	To 7-Up Victor Pablo 2nd overall pick from Ginebra

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Jeffrey Graves	Off-season	San Miguel
Romeo Lopez	Off-season	San Miguel
Django Rivera	Off-season	N/A
Joey Santamaria	Off-season	Purefoods
Larry Villanil	Off-season	Ginebra

Subtractions

Player	Signed	New team
#32 Abet Guidaben	September 1993	Shell

Recruited imports

Name	Tournament	No.	Pos.	Ht.	College	Duration
Kenny Redfield	Commissioner's Cup Governors Cup	35	Forward	6"5'	Michigan State University	June 13-July 27 October 3-December 10
Anthony Martin	Governors Cup		Center-Forward	6"5'	University of Oklahoma	September 28 (one game)

References

1. "Deadly trio powers Shell past Ginebra". Manila Standard.
2. "Pepsi storms into playoff, whips Purefoods". Manila Standard.
3. "Harris, Mayes shine as Swift, Purefoods win". Manila Standard.