2000 Pop Cola Panthers season

2000   Pop Cola Panthers season
Head coach	Chot Reyes
General Manager	Elmer Yanga
Owner	RFM Corporation
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	6–9 (40%)
Place	6th seed
Playoff finish	QF (lost to Alaska)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–6 (40%)
Place	7th seed
Playoff finish	QF (lost to Sta.Lucia)
Governor's Cup results
Record	2–7 (22.2%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Pop Cola Panthers seasons
←  1999 2001  →

The 2000 Pop Cola Panthers season was the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Pop Cola 800s in the All-Filipino Cup and Sunkist Orange Juicers in the Commissioner's Cup.

Draft picks

Main article: 2000 PBA Draft

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Mark Steven Victoria Via Free Agency Wynne Arboleda (From the MBA) Estong Ballesteros (From the MBA) Billy Reyes Via Trade Jojo Lastimosa (From Alaska) Roehl Gomez (From Alaska)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Marcelino Morelos Jasper Ocampo Via Trade Ruel Buenaventura (To Red Bull; originally traded to Alaska) Brixter Encarnacion (To Shell; originally traded to Alaska) Zaldy Realubit (To Tanduay during the Governor's Cup for two second round draft picks)

Occurrences

Coach Chot Reyes, whose last coaching stint in the PBA was with Sta. Lucia in 1997, was named the new Pop Cola head coach at the start of the season, he replaces Norman Black, who has moved over to Sta.Lucia Realtors. The Pop Cola coaching staff was completed with the hiring of assistant coaches Binky Favis and former MBA mentor Biboy Ravanes. The team's original choice as Reyes' deputy, Aric del Rosario, choose to concentrate on other fields. ^[1] Chot's brother Mike was also added as video coordinator assistant coach. ^[2]

Roster

2000 Pop Cola Panthers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 2 Ali Peek 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Saint Mary's G 4 Wynne Arboleda 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) MLQU G 5 Roehl Gomez 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu F 6 Noli Locsin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle G Billy Reyes 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UST G 10 Jon Ordonio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Master's F 11 Nelson Asaytono 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Manila F 16 Estong Ballesteros 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST F 19 Marc Victoria 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern F 22 Henry Fernandez 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Visayas G 33 Jojo Lastimosa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) USJ–R G 34 William Antonio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Chaminade C 35 Zaldy Realubit  (M) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) USJ–R F 30 Carl Thomas  (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) College of Charleston G 3 Harold Ellis  (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Morehouse G/F 7 Sean Green  (G) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Iona F 32 Cedric McCullough  (G) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Northern Iowa G Bryatt Vann  (G) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Oklahoma

Head coach Chot Reyes Assistant(s) Binky Favis Biboy Ravanes Mike Reyes Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (C) Commissioner's Cup import (G) Governor's Cup import *(M) Moved to Tanduay Injured

Eliminations (Won games)

DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE	VENUE (Location)
March 3	Brgy.Ginebra	58-56	Philsports Arena
March 8	Purefoods	76-75 [3]	Araneta Coliseum
April 5	Tanduay	63-55 [4]	Philsports Arena
April 12	Purefoods	88-79	Philsports Arena
April 15	Red Bull	87-72	San Fernando, Pampanga
April 23	Mobiline	77-75	Araneta Coliseum
July 7	Tanduay	85-84	Philsports Arena
July 14	Purefoods	94-92	Philsports Arena
July 19	Shell	86-77	Philsports Arena
July 22	Red Bull	90-83 [5]	Ynares Center
October 1	Shell	97-78 [6]	Ynares Center
October 11	Purefoods	92-84	Philsports Arena

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

References

1. "Pop takes Chot". Manila Standard.
2. Henson, Joaquin M. (April 26, 2000). "Pop Cola's new look". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
3. "Pop Cola edges Purefoods". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
4. "Pop shocks Tanduay". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
5. "Sunkist continues rise". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
6. "Pop Cola trims Shell". Philippine Daily Inquirer.