Draft pick
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Richard Yee |  Philippines | UST |
Direct hire
| Player | Nationality | College |
|---|---|---|
| Alvarado Segova |  United States | UCO |
| 1999 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Derrick Pumaren |
| General Manager | Rene Pardo |
| Owner(s) | Purefoods Corporation |
| All-Filipino Cup results | |
| Record | 7–9 (43.8%) |
| Place | 7th seed |
| Playoff finish | N/A |
| Commissioner's Cup results | |
| Record | 3–5 (37.5%) |
| Place | 7th seed |
| Playoff finish | N/A |
| Governors Cup results | |
| Record | 8–5 (61.5%) |
| Place | 1st seed |
| Playoff finish | Semis (lost to Alaska) |
| Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs seasons | |
The 1999 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 12th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Richard Yee | Philippines | UST |
| Player | Nationality | College |
|---|---|---|
| Alvarado Segova | United States | UCO |
Rene Pardo was appointed as team manager, [1] while former Pepsi and Sunkist coach Derrick Pumaren is the new head coach of the team beginning the league's 25th season, Pumaren replaces Chito Narvasa on the Purefoods bench. Pardo will stay as manager until 2005 to be the full-time governor of the team.
Seven games into the All-Filipino Cup eliminations, Purefoods' direct-hire recruit, Fil-American Alvarado Segova played his first game against Barangay Ginebra Kings. [2] Segova didn't last long in the league and was soon deported after being found out to be a fake Filipino.
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| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Jesse Cabanayan | Off-season | Pop Cola |
| Rommel Daep | Off-season | N/A |
| July 1999 [3] | To Mobiline Jerry Codiñera | To Purefoods Andy Seigle |
| October 1999 | To Pop Cola Henry Fernandez | To Purefoods Boyet Fernandez |
| Tournament | Name | Number | Position | Nationality | University/College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commissioner's Cup | Julius Nwosu | 12 | Center-Forward |  Nigeria | Liberty University |
| Governors' Cup | Derrick Brown | 32 | Guard-Forward | United States | Providence College |
The Pop Cola Panthers were a professional basketball team that played in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1990-2001. The franchise was owned by RFM Corporation. In 2001, when RFM Corporation sold its entire stake in Cosmos Bottling Corporation to Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI), the PBA franchise was included in the transaction. Upon ownership by CCBPI, the PBA franchise renamed the Coca-Cola Tigers beginning the 2002 PBA season and was considered as an expansion team.
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