1994 Shell Rimula X season

1994   Shell Rimula X season
Head coach	Rino Salazar Joe Lipa
General Manager	Vergel de Dios
Owner	Pilipinas Shell
All Filipino Cup results
Record	3–7 (30%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Eliminated
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	8–11 (42.1%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Governor's Cup results
Record	9–12 (42.9%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Shell Rimula X seasons
←  1993 1995  →

The 1994 Shell Rimula X season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	College
2	10	Enrico Gascon	FEU
2	12	Crizaldo Bade	San Sebastian
3	18	Eric Quiday	UPHSD

Occurrences

After a dismal performance by the team in the All-Filipino, coach Rino Salazar was replaced by former Shell mentor Joe Lipa beginning the Commissioner’s Cup. ^[1]

On July 31, Seven-time best import Bobby Parks was accused of deliberately throwing games after Shell lost to San Miguel in overtime by one point in their last outing in the eliminations of the Commissioners Cup. Shell’s loss to the Beermen eliminated Toñdena 65, who were hoping to gain a tie with San Miguel and a playoff for the last semifinals berth. Bobby Parks didn’t finish the whole conference for the first time in his eight PBA seasons. He was replaced by Jerome Lane starting the Commissioners Cup semifinal round.

In the Governor's Cup, Shell’s original choice Guy Taylor was unimpressive in their exhibition match against Pepsi Mega in Subic and was sent home in favor of Carl Ray Harris. ^[2]

Roster

1994 Shell Rimula X roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 5 Ronnie Magsanoc 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UP Diliman F 6 Joey Guanio 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UP Diliman G 8 Onchie Dela Cruz 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Philippine Christian G/F 9 Enrico Gascon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern F 10 Jojo Martin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) NCBA PG 11 Eric Altamirano 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UP Diliman C 14 Benjie Paras 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UP Diliman F 16 Allan Delos Reyes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian F 17 Terry Saldaña 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Letran F 19 Cris Bade 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian F 21 Paul Alvarez 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian F 22 Mulong Orillosa 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson G 23 Ric-Ric Marata 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Southwestern-U F/C 32 Jolly Escobar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE C 41 Abet Guidaben 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) USJ–R

Head coach Rino Salazar (All-Filipino Cup) Joe Lipa Assistant coach(es) Cris Calilan (All-Filipino Cup) Nemie Villegas Team manager Vergel de Dios Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Transactions

Trades

Off-season [3]	To Sta. Lucia Realtors Romeo Dela Rosa	To Shell Paul Alvarez

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Terry Saldaña	Off-season	Swift
Ric-Ric Marata	Off-season	Sta.Lucia
Joey Guanio	Off-season	Purefoods

Recruited imports

Name	Tournament	No.	Pos.	Ht.	College	Duration
Bobby Parks	Commissioner's Cup	22	Forward	6"3'	Memphis State	June 17 to July 31
Jerome Lane		35	Forward	6"4'	University of Pittsburgh	August 7-26
Carl Harris	Governors Cup	12	Guard	6"2'	Fresno State	September 27 to October 16
Mike Morrison		2	Guard-Forward	6"2'	Loyola College, Maryland	October 23 to November 6
Dell Demps		23	Guard-Forward	6"2'	University of the Pacific	November 8-11
Terrence Lewis		22	Guard	6"2'	Washington State	November 18 to December 2

References

1. "Parks-sparked Shell smothers San Miguel". Manila Standard.
2. "Thumbs up for Govs Cup Yanks". Manila Standard.
3. "Alvarez joins Shell". Manila Standard.