| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 3, 1958 |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | San Beda Red Lions |
| Position | Small forward |
| Career history | |
| – | Presto |
| 1984–1985 | Northern Cement |
| 1987–1989 | San Miguel Beermen |
| 1990 | Pop Cola Panthers |
| 1991–1992 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| As player: | |
Elmer Reyes is a Filipino former professional basketball player. [1]
Pre-1980s, Reyes played for the San Beda Red Lions in the National Collegiate Athletic Association helping the team win two consecutive titles. [1]
Reyes played for the Presto in the now-defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association. [1]
He would be part of the Philippines national team which played as a club under the name Northern Cement. This includes the 1981 William Jones Cup in Taiwan which Northern Cement won. Northern Cement with Reyes also bagged the 1984 Asian Basketball Club Championship title earning them a berth in the 1985 FIBA Club World Cup. [1]
Reyes would be part of the team's guest team participation in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1984 to 1985. [1] They became the first locally-based guest team to win a title when they became the champions of the 1985 Reinforced Conference. [2]
Additionally Northern Cement competed under the club name "San Miguel" in the 1985 William Jones Cup which it also won. [1]
From 1987 to 1989, Reyes played for franchise PBA team, San Miguel Beermen helping them win six conference titles. In 1990, he moved to expansion team Pop Cola Panthers. Reyes would then move to Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs helping them win the 1991 All-Filipino Conference title. He would retire in 1992. [1]
Reyes would train with the Philippines national team as early as 1980 under the Northern Cement program of sports patron Danding Cojuangco. His debut would be in the 1981 SEA Games in Manila where the team clinched a gold. [1] [3]
As part of the under-18 youth team, Reyes would help the team win the 1982 ABC Under-18 Championship title, also at home. [1]
This was followed by SEA Games golds in the 1983 edition in Singapore and 1985 edition in Bangkok. The team won a title at the 1985 ABC Championship in Kuala Lumpur and consequentially a berth in the 1986 FIBA World Championship in Spain, although the team withdrew due to the People Power Revolution. Reyes last stint with the Philippines was in the 1986 Asian Games where the team bagged a bronze. [1]
His son Raphy Reyes is also a professional basketball player. [4]
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the second-oldest continuously operating professional basketball league in the world after North America's NBA.
Allan Vito Flores Caidic is a Filipino former professional basketball player, coach and executive who is currently serving as consultant for San Sebastian Stags. He is considered by many to be the greatest shooter the country has ever produced, thus, earning the moniker, "The Triggerman".
The Philippines men's national basketball team, commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas, is the basketball team representing the Philippines. The team is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.
Avelino "Samboy" Borromeo Lim Jr., nicknamed "The Skywalker", was a Filipino professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association and many-time national player in the 1980s and 1990s.
Earl Timothy Cone is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the Head Coach of the Philippine Mens Basketball Team. He is the most accomplished coach in PBA history with 25 titles including two Grand Slams, five Coach of the Year awards, and the winningest coach of the League, tallying more than a thousand games won.
Vincent "Chot" P. Reyes is a Filipino basketball coach who is the head coach for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He also served as the head coach for the Philippine national basketball team, where he led the team to a historic silver medal finish at the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship and its subsequent appearance at the 2014 FIBA World Cup; the country's first in 36 years. He also coached the team in the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
In the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), the Grand Slam is the achievement of winning all three conference championships (tournaments) in a single season. As of 2020, this has been accomplished five times by four teams and four coaches since the league's inception in 1975.
Joseph Enrique "Jong" Floro Uichico is a Filipino professional basketball coach who is currently serving as the head coach of NLEX Road Warriors in the Philippine Basketball Association. Uichico is a former Philippine national team Youth member and a former player and head coach of the La Salle Green Archers in the UAAP before replacing Ron Jacobs as SMB coach in 1999. Uichico was coach of the San Miguel Beermen from 1999–2006, leading the Beermen to six PBA championships.
The 1984 PBA season was the 10th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
The 1985 PBA season was the 11th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Isabelo "Jojo" Lastimosa Jr. is a Filipino professional basketball coach and former player. He is the team manager for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played in the PBA for the Purefoods Hotdogs, the Alaska Aces and the Pop Cola Panthers from 1988 to 2002. He was also a former member of the Philippines' national basketball team during the 1980s and 1990s. He also played for the University of San Jose–Recoletos in Cebu City. He had also a stint with the Ateneo de Manila. He is known by the nicknames "Jolas", "Mr. Clutch", "The 4th Quarter Man", and "PBA Jordan" for his deadly perimeter shooting.
The Northern Cement basketball team refers to the team that represented the national basketball program and training pool for the Philippines men's national basketball team from 1980 to 1986. The team was owned by businessman Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, Jr. through his company, Northern Cement Corporation (NCC).
Basketball is the most popular sport in the Philippines, played on both the amateur and professional levels.
Ronald Jacobs was an American basketball coach. Jacobs was head coach of the men's basketball team of Loyola Marymount University. After turning the program around in just one season, he was invited by Philippine businessman Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. to coach the Philippines men's national basketball team. Jacobs brought the Philippines back to prominence in basketball during the 1980s. He revolutionized the way basketball was played in the Philippines. He raised the level of technology in playing the game and turned every contest into a learning experience by showing how to win with science, hard work, team play and discipline.
Hector Calma is a Filipino former professional basketball player. At 5 feet and 8 inches, he played at the point guard position and was most notably associated with the San Miguel Beer team of the Philippine Basketball Association.
The 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Northern Cement basketball team and Manila Beer Brewmasters played for the 32nd championship contested by the league.
The 1985 Manila Beer Brewmasters season was the 2nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
The Purefoods Corporation had a basketball rivalry with the Republic Flour Mills (RFM) company in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) for most of the 1990s, where they competed not only in sports but also in products.
Alfredo Lorenzo Mendoza Jarencio is a Filipino basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is the head coach for the UST Growling Tigers of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). He also acts as the team manager for the NorthPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Teddy Alfarero was a Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association.
|  | |
