2000 Alaska Milkmen season

2000   Alaska Milkmen season
Head coach	Tim Cone
General Manager	Joaqui Trillo
Owner	Wilfred Uytengsu
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	18–6 (75%)
Place	3rd seed
Playoff finish	Champions
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–7 (50%)
Place	4th seed
Playoff finish	Semis (lost to SMB)
Governors Cup results
Record	6–5 (54.5%)
Place	5th seed
Playoff finish	QF (lost to Purefoods)
Alaska Milkmen seasons
←  1999 2001  →

The 2000 Alaska Milkmen season was the 15th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It changed its name to Alaska Aces in the Governors' Cup.

Draft picks

Main article: 2000 PBA Draft

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Glen Peter Yap Via Free Agency Dino Aldeguer (Pick by Purefoods TJ Hotdogs in the rookie draft) Via Trade Bryan Gahol (From Shell Turbo Chargers in exchange for Brixter Encarnacion)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Braulio Lim (To Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) Via Trade Jojo Lastimosa (To Pop Cola Panthers) Roehl Gomez (To Pop Cola Panthers) Alaska acquired Brixter Encarnacion and Ruel Buenaventura from Pop Cola in a trade with Lastimosa and Gomez Buenaventura was shipped to newcomer Batang Red Bull for a future second round pick

Championship

The Alaska Milkmen won the All-Filipino Cup title with a 4-1 series win over the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs. This was the third All-Filipino crown for Alaska in the last five seasons and winning every two years, first in 1996 and then in 1998.

Main article: 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals

Roster

2000 Alaska Milkmen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 3 Glen Peter Yap 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson G 5 Gilbert Reyes 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Ateneo C 8 Don Allado 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) De La Salle G 9 Rodney Santos 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian G 11 Dino Aldeguer 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) De La Salle G 14 Johnny Abarrientos 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Far Eastern F 16 Bong Hawkins 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UPHSD C 17 Kevin Ramas 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Mapúa G/F 19 Kenneth Duremdes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson F 21 Bryan Gahol 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Philippines C 22 James Walkvist 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) C 32 Poch Juinio 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Philippines G/F 41 Joey Loyzaga 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Beda F/C 30 Marcus Liberty  (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Illinois F 2 Kirk King  (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Connecticut F 20 Sean Chambers  (G) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cal Poly

Head coach Tim Cone Assistant(s) Gilbert Reyes Dickie Bachmann Luigi Trillo Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (C) Commissioner's Cup import (G) Governor's Cup import Injured

Eliminations (Won games)

DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE	VENUE (Location)
February 25	Shell	67-64	Philsports Arena
March 12	Pop Cola	89-71	Araneta Coliseum
March 22	Purefoods	88-67	Philsports Arena
March 25	Shell	76-66	Ynares Center
March 31	Mobiline	91-76	Philsports Arena
April 2	Red Bull	91-73	Araneta Coliseum
April 8	Sta.Lucia	67-60 [1]	General Santos City
April 19	Brgy.Ginebra	81-75	Araneta Coliseum
April 30	Sta.Lucia	75-69	Araneta Coliseum
May 5	Pop Cola	81-71	Philsports Arena
July 2	Sunkist	90-82	Araneta Coliseum
July 8	Shell	99-98 OT	Ynares Center
July 16	Sta.Lucia	91-84 [2]	Araneta Coliseum
July 23	Mobiline	91-85	Araneta Coliseum
August 4	Red Bull	108-100	Philsports Arena
October 6	Tanduay	93-86	Philsports Arena
October 15	San Miguel	97-81	Araneta Coliseum
October 20	Pop Cola	101-86	Araneta Coliseum
October 28	Brgy.Ginebra	93-79 [3]	Dagupan City
November 12	Sta.Lucia	87-80	Araneta Coliseum

  All-Filipino Cup  Commissioner's Cup  Governor's Cup

References

1. "Alaska whips SLR". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
2. "Alaska leans on King to trample Sta.Lucia". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
3. "Alaska stops Ginebra". Philippine Daily Inquirer.