1999 Mobiline Phone Pals season

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1999   Mobiline Phone Pals season
Head coach Eric Altamirano
Owner(s) Pilipino Telephone Corporation
All-Filipino results
Record117
(61.1%)
Place1st seed
Playoff finishQuarterfinals (lost to Ginebra)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record36
(33.3%)
Place8th seed
Playoff finishQuarterfinals (lost to Alaska)
Governors' Cup results
Record46
(40%)
Place7th seed
Playoff finishQuarterfinals (lost to Tanduay)
Mobiline Phone Pals seasons
  1998
2000  

The 1999 Mobiline Phone Pals season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege
14 Bryan Gahol Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines UP
211Renato AlforqueFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines UV

Direct hire

PlayerNationalityCollege
Asi Taulava Tonga BYU Hawaii

Summary

Rookie Fil-Tongan 6-10 Paul Asi Taulava debut with a near triple-double of 32 points, 20 rebounds and 8 assists as Mobiline rout comebacking Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters, 90-64, in the opening of the league's 25th season on February 7. The Phone Pals had their best start in franchise history by winning their first seven games. [1] Mobiline finish on top of the standings in the All-Filipino Cup with an 11-5 won-loss slate and seeded number one with a twice-to-beat advantage against Barangay Ginebra Kings in the quarterfinal round. The Phone Pals were upset and lost two straight in which the last one was a heartbreaking 81-82 defeat on Bal David' winning shot at the buzzer.

Last season's Governors Cup best import Silas Mills return to the Phone Pals in the Commissioner's Cup. Mobiline lost their first two games before picking up their win against Shell, 78-74 in Sta.Cruz, Laguna on July 7. [2] The Phone Pals were three wins and five losses and seeded 8th and last in the quarterfinal round, they lost to top-seeded Alaska Milkmen.

Reinforced by former San Miguel import Larry Robinson in the Governors Cup, the Phone Pals had a similar three wins in eight elimination round assignments, they forced a sudden-death playoff with 2nd seeded Tanduay Rhum Masters before losing, 75-84 on November 17.

Occurrences

In Mobiline's first game on July 11 following the Andy Seigle-Jerry Codinera trade, rookie Asi Taulava played listless in scoring only six points and was fined for his below-par showing in a 74-103 loss to Sta.Lucia. [3]

Roster

PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 3 Flag of the Philippines.svg Espinosa, Tonyboy 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) De La Salle
G 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Solis, Al 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
G/F 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Francisco, Jose 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern
G 11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Mendoza, Anastacio 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Far Eastern
G 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Capacio, Glenn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern
F 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Reyes, Enrique 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo
G 17 Flag of the Philippines.svg Fran, Patrick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UST
F 21 Flag of the Philippines.svg Gahol, Bryan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sonoma State
F 22 Flag of the Philippines.svg Cariaso, Jeffrey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Philippines
F 29 Flag of the Philippines.svg Angeles, Josel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Lyceum
F/C 44 Flag of the Philippines.svg Codinera, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE
C 55 Flag of Tonga.svg Taulava, Asi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) BYU–Hawaii
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Team Manager: Nick de la Paz

Transactions

Trades

Off-seasonTo Barangay Ginebra
Merwin Castelo
To Mobiline
Anastacio Mendoza Drafted by Ginebra, 2nd overall pick
July 1999 [4] To Purefoods
Andy Seigle
To Mobiline
Jerry Codiñera

Recruited imports

TournamentNameNumberPositionUniversity/College
Commissioner's Cup Silas Mills 1 Forward Utah State
Governors' Cup Larry Robinson 20 Guard-Forward Centenary

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References

  1. "Mobiline gets big scare". Manila Standard.
  2. "Mobiline finally ekes out win by edging Shell". Manila Standard.
  3. "Sta.Lucia routs Mobiline". Manila Standard.
  4. "Codiñera to Mobiline, Andy Seigle to Purefoods". Manila Standard.