2000 Mobiline Phone Pals season

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2000   Mobiline Phone Pals season
Head coach Eric Altamirano (Until June 2, 2000) [1]
Louie Alas [2]
General ManagerDebbie Tan
Owner(s) Pilipino Telephone Corporation
All-Filipino results
Record510
(33.3%)
Place7th seed
Playoff finishQuarterfinals (lost to San Miguel)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record46
(40%)
Place6th seed
Playoff finishQuarterfinals (lost to Tanduay)
Governors' Cup results
Record97
(56.3%)
Place1st seed
Playoff finishSemifinals (lost to Purefoods TJ, 31)
Mobiline Phone Pals seasons
  1999
2001  

The 2000 Mobiline Phone Pals season was the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and fourth season under the banner Mobiline.

Contents

Draft picks

Transactions

Players Added

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

Players Lost

Via Expansion Draft

Via Trade

Occurrences

Midway through the All-Filipino Cup Finals, coach Eric Altamirano, along with assistants Ryan Gregorio and Frankie Lim, were sacked by Mobiline following a poor start. They were replaced by Louie Alas and assistants Aric del Rosario and Ariel Vanguardia.

Fil-Tongan Asi Taulava was ordered to be deported by the Bureau of Immigration for failure to provide sufficient evidence regarding his citizenship issue and his fate was decided on March 29. [4]

Roster

2000 Mobiline Phone Pals roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Bong Ravena 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
C 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Gido Babilonia 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UST
G 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Al Solis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
G 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Gherome Ejercito 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson
G/F 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Jose Francisco 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern
F 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Enrique Reyes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo
G 17 Flag of the Philippines.svg Patrick Fran 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UST
F 20 Flag of the Philippines.svg Don Camaso 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)Metro Manila Colleges
F 29 Flag of the Philippines.svg Josel Angeles 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Lyceum
F 33 Flag of the Philippines.svg Victor Pablo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Far Eastern
F/C 44 Flag of the Philippines.svg Jerry Codinera 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE
C 55 Flag of Tonga.svg Asi Taulava 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) BYU–Hawaii
F 25 Flag of the United States.svg Carlos Strong  (C)6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Boston University
F Flag of the United States.svg Milton Henderson  (C)6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) California
F 31 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Bernard  (G)6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fresno State
Head coach
Assistant(s)

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (C) Commissioner's Cup Import
  • (G) Governor's Cup Import
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured

Eliminations (Won games)

DATEOPPONENTSCOREVENUE (Location)
March 10Sta.Lucia94-62Philsports Arena
March 15Red Bull89-81Philsports Arena
March 19Pop Cola113-76Araneta Coliseum
April 7San Miguel79-64Philsports Arena
May 3Shell79-47 [5] Philsports Arena
June 23Sunkist85-76 [6] Philsports Arena
July 5Brgy.Ginebra83-80Philsports Arena
July 12Tanduay85-79 [7] Araneta Coliseum
July 16Red Bull83-77Araneta Coliseum
October 8San Miguel93-82Araneta Coliseum
October 14Pop Cola95-73Legaspi City
October 18Red BullYnares Center
October 22Purefoods89-84Araneta Coliseum
October 29Shell99-93Araneta Coliseum
November 10Tanduay95-86Philsports Arena
November 17Alaska83-76 [8] Ynares Center

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

References

  1. Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson. "Alas: I have to give up RP team stint to coach Mobiline". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  2. "Mobiline offers Alas P10-M pact". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  3. "Pablo gets P28.2m from Mobiline". Manila Standard.
  4. "Mobiline prepared to lose Asi". Manila Standard.
  5. "Mobiline routs Shell sans Asi". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  6. "Mobiline rips Sunkist". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  7. "Mobiline humbles Tanduay". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  8. "Phone Pals, top quarterfinalist". Philippine Daily Inquirer.