2006–07 PBA season

2006–07 PBA season
2006–07 PBA season
Duration	September 28, 2006 – July 20, 2007
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Local: ABC International: The Filipino Channel
Draft
Top draft pick	Kelly Williams
Picked by	Sta. Lucia Realtors
Conferences
Philippine Cup champions	Barangay Ginebra Kings
Runners-up	San Miguel Beermen
Fiesta Conference champions	Alaska Aces
Runners-up	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Awards
Season MVP	Willie Miller (Alaska)
Top scorer	Mark Caguioa (Ginebra)
Seasons
< 2005–06 2007–08  >

The 2006–07 PBA season was the 32nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season started September 28 in Guam and began its formal opening on October 1 at the Araneta Coliseum, and ended on July 20. The league started the season with the All-Filipino Conference, now known as the PBA Philippine Cup while the PBA Fiesta Conference, an import laced tournament, ended the season.

Philippine Basketball League team Welcoat Paintmasters became the tenth member of the league after acquiring the franchise from the defunct Shell Turbo Chargers. The Welcoat franchise has been renamed Welcoat Dragons

Opening ceremonies[]

The season began on October 1 with the Barangay Ginebra Kings defeating the expansion team Welcoat Dragons, 102-69 in the opener.

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
Air21 Express	Tanya Garcia
Alaska Aces	Gelli de Belen
Barangay Ginebra Kings	Angelica Panganiban
Coca-Cola Tigers
Purefoods Chunkee Giants	26K girls
Red Bull Barako	Milena Krahvicova
San Miguel Beermen	Valerie Concepcion
Sta. Lucia Realtors	Precious Lara Quigaman
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	Pauleen Luna
Welcoat Dragons	Bianca King

2006-07 Philippine Cup[]

Notable events[]

• On November 19, Red Bull's Enrico Villanueva and Coca-Cola's Joseph Yeo and had an altercation at the Araneta Coliseum parking lot after the Tigers' loss to Red Bull. After a meeting at Commissioner Noli Eala's office, Yeo and Villanueva mended their ways. Gavino, (of Coca-Cola) and (of Red Bull) gave their testimonies. Villanueva and Yeo previously had an altercation at the Ateneo-La Salle Dream Game, in which Villanueva played for Ateneo while Yeo played for La Salle.^[1]
• On November 30, Red Bull coach Yeng Guiao and Talk 'N Text team manager Frankie Lim featured in a shouting match as Asi Taulava of Talk 'N Text and Carlo Sharma of Red Bull figured in an altercation, in a game held at Tacloban City. Guiao and Lim were later ejected at the playing court.^[2] Guiao and Lim were later suspended for two games.
• The PBA board approved the passing of the "Restricted Trading List (RTL)," a list of one, later two, players that can't be traded for, unless the replacement is also in the RTL. Qualifications for inclusion in the RTL include statistical points, salaries, longevity and marketability of a player. The RTL is designed to prevent one-sided trades, or trades that will favor only one team.^[3]
• San Miguel Corporation (SMC) sold all of its shares of to the Coca-Cola Company for US$590 million. The fate of the Coca-Cola Tigers is in doubt but rumors say that SMC will transfer the Tigers into different subsidiary.^[4]
• Air21 Express traded Yancy de Ocampo and in exchange for , Mark Andaya and two first round picks in 2009 and 2010 to the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals.^[5]

Elimination round[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Barangay Ginebra Kings	13	5	.722[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	13	5	.722[a]	—
3	Red Bull Barako	11	7	.611	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	10	8	.556[b]	3
5	Purefoods Chunkee Giants	10	8	.556[b]	3
6	Sta. Lucia Realtors	10	8	.556[b]	3	Advance to wildcard round
7	Alaska Aces	8	10	.444	5
8	Air21 Express	7	11	.389	6
9	Coca-Cola Tigers	5	13	.278	8
10	Welcoat Dragons	3	15	.167	10

Wildcard round[]

Playoffs[]

	Quarterfinals (Best-of-5)					Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
						1	Barangay Ginebra	4
	4	Talk 'N Text	3			4	Talk 'N Text	2
	5	Purefoods	1								1	Barangay Ginebra	4
											2	San Miguel	2
						2	San Miguel	4
	3	Red Bull	3			3	Red Bull	3
	6	Sta. Lucia	1								Third place playoff
											4	Talk 'N Text	124
											3	Red Bull	111

Finals[]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Barangay Ginebra Kings	4–2	San Miguel Beermen	94–118	101–104	131–101	146–111	94–82	96–94	—

• Finals MVP: Jayjay Helterbrand (Brgy. Ginebra)
• Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa (Brgy. Ginebra)

2007 Fiesta Conference[]

Notable events[]

• The Purefoods Chunkee Giants changed their nickname to the "Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants," a combination of the Chunkee Giants and TJ Hotdogs nicknames they've had.
• Twelve out of fifteen players who were selected to the national team were pulled out from their mother teams to begin their training for the upcoming SEABA Championship 2007, a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Championship 2007. As a result, an apprenticeship draft was supposed to be held, but with players from the Philippine Basketball League and the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association not taking part, the teams were advised to activate players from their respective injured reserve lists.
• The playoffs of the conference were supposed to be shortened for the national team but since the players themselves wouldn't participate in the conference, the semifinals was re-extended from a best-of-five series to a best-of-seven series.
• The Coca-Cola Tigers and Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines were sold by the San Miguel Corporation to the Coca-Cola Company. The Atlanta-based company honored the existing contracts of the team, except for team manager Allan Caidic who voluntarily left the team.
• Former commissioner Jun Bernardino died as he suffered a heart attack; all teams were to wear black bands in the duration of the conference.^[6]
• The Sta. Lucia Realtors dealt Kenneth Duremdes, Alex Cabagnot and Ricky Calimag to the Coca-Cola Tigers in exchange for Dennis Miranda, and Coca-Cola’s second round draft pick next year.^[7]
• After negotiations at Ratchaburi, Thailand, Red Bull Barako traded Enrico Villanueva for Rommel Adducul of the San Miguel Beermen. Prior to this, Pennisi replaced Villanueva in Red Bull's restricted trade list in order for the trade to push through.^[8]
• The Purefoods Chunkee Giants then traded Don Camaso and a second-round pick in either the 2007 PBA Draft or the 2008 PBA Draft for Adducul.^[9] This was criticized by PBA insider Ronnie Nathanielsz saying the league was being used "as a business enterprise not to promote its products but to make money selling players" that would lessen the competitive balance between teams.^[10]

Elimination round[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Red Bull Barako	13	5	.722	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Alaska Aces	12	6	.667[a]	1
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	12	6	.667[a]	1	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	11	7	.611	2
5	Air21 Express	10	8	.556[b]	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	10	8	.556[b]	3	Advance to wildcard round
7	Coca-Cola Tigers	7	11	.389	6
8	Purefoods Chunkee Giants	6	12	.333	7
9	Sta. Lucia Realtors	5	13	.278	8
10	Welcoat Dragons	4	14	.222	9

Playoffs[]

Wildcard phase (One-game playoffs)										Quarterfinals (Best-of-3)					Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
										3	Brgy. Ginebra	1
										6	San Miguel	2
6	San Miguel	102													6	San Miguel	2
9	Sta. Lucia	85													2	Alaska	4
					6	San Miguel	102													2	Alaska	4
					7	Coca-Cola	101													4	Talk 'N Text	3
7	Coca-Cola	100													1	Red Bull	2
8	Purefoods	97													4	Talk 'N Text	4			Third place playoff
										4	Talk 'N Text	2								6	San Miguel	96
										5	Air21	1								1	Red Bull	103

Finals[]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Alaska Aces	4–3	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	113–85	113–120	87–95	86–82	104–107	121–110	99–96

• Finals MVP: Willie Miller
• Best Player of the Conference: Mark Cardona (Talk 'N Text)
• Best Import of the Conference: Rossel Ellis (Alaska)

2007 All-Star Weekend[]

The 2007 PBA All-Star Weekend was held at San Fernando City, La Union and Baguio. The winners were:

• Obstacle Challenge: Willie Miller (Alaska Aces)
• Shooting Stars Challenge: Jayjay Helterbrand, Dominic Uy and San Fernando City councilor Panding Nince
• Trick Shot Challenge: Dennis Miranda (Sta. Lucia Realtors)
• Three-point Shootout: Dondon Hontiveros (San Miguel Beermen)
• Slam Dunk Competition: Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express)
• Legends Shootout: Active players - Willie Miller (Alaska Aces), Dondon Hontiveros (San Miguel Beermen), Gary David (Air21 Express)

Rookie-Sophomore Blitz Game[]

Arwind Santos named the game's most valuable player.

All-Star Game[]

Jayjay Helterbrand and Willie Miller named the game's co-most valuable players.

Manila Invitational[]

As part of the warmups for the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship 2007, the PBA invited four national teams taking part in the Asian Championships for the first PBA-Smart Manila Invitational Championships.

Preliminary round[]

Pos	Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Lebanon	2	1	255	219	+36	Advance to Final
2	Philippines	2	1	254	239	+15
3	China	2	1	246	245	+1	Proceed to third-place playoff
4	Syria	0	3	233	285	−52

Final[]

Awards[]

• Most valuable player: Jimmy Alapag
• All-tournament team:
  • Jimmy Alapag
  • Michael Madanly
  • Fadi El Khatib
  • Kelly Williams
  • Joe Vogel

Awards[]

• Most Valuable Player: Willie Miller (Alaska)
• Rookie of the Year: Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia)
• First Mythical Team:
  • Gary David (Air21)
  • Willie Miller (Alaska)
  • Jay Washington (Talk 'N Text)
  • Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia)
  • Dorian Peña (San Miguel)
• Second Mythical Team:
  • Wynne Arboleda (Air21)
  • Mark Cardona (Talk 'N Text)
  • Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
  • Arwind Santos (Air21)
  • Yancy de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text)
• All-Defensive Team:
  • Nelbert Omolon (Sta. Lucia)
  • Arwind Santos (Air21)
  • Harvey Carey (Talk 'N Text)
  • Wynne Arboleda (Air21)
  • Gary David (Air21)
• Most Improved Player: Gary David (Air21)
• Sportsmanship Award: Gary David (Air21)
• Mr. Energy: Ronald Tubid (Brgy. Ginebra)

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps[]

• Coach of the Year: Jong Uichico (Barangay Ginebra)
• Mr. Quality Minutes: Chris Calaguio (San Miguel)
• Comeback Player of the Year: Gary David (Air21)
• Referee of the Year: Mario Montiel
• All-Rookie Team
  • LA Tenorio (San Miguel)
  • Jireh Ibañes (Welcoat)
  • Jay-R Reyes (Welcoat)
  • Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia)
  • Arwind Santos (Air21)

Cumulative standings[]

Overall standings[]

	Champion
	Second place
	Third place
	Semifinalist
	Quarterfinalist
	Wildcard qualifier
	Elimination round

Team	GP	W	L	PCT	Best finish
Barangay Ginebra Kings	52	34	18	0.654	Champion
Red Bull Barako	55	33	22	0.600	Third place
Alaska Aces	53	30	23	0.566	Champion
San Miguel Beermen	62	35	27	0.565	Runner-up
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	65	35	30	0.538	Runner-up
Air21 Express	44	22	22	0.500	Quarterfinalist
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	41	18	23	0.439	Quarterfinalist
Sta. Lucia Realtors	44	17	27	0.386	Quarterfinalist
Coca-Cola Tigers	41	14	27	0.341	Wildcard qualifier
Welcoat Dragons	36	7	29	0.194	Elimination round

Elimination rounds[]

Team	W	L	PCT
Barangay Ginebra Kings	25	11	0.694
Red Bull Barako	24	12	0.667
San Miguel Beermen	23	13	0.639
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	21	15	0.583
Alaska Aces	20	16	0.556
Air21 Express	17	19	0.472
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	16	20	0.444
Sta. Lucia Realtors	15	21	0.417
Coca-Cola Tigers	12	24	0.333
Welcoat Dragons	7	29	0.194

Playoffs[]

Includes one-game playoffs.

Team	W	L	PCT
Air21 Express	5	3	0.625
Alaska Aces	10	7	0.588
Barangay Ginebra Kings	9	7	0.563
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	14	15	0.483
Red Bull Barako	9	10	0.474
San Miguel Beermen	12	14	0.461
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	2	3	0.400
Coca-Cola Tigers	2	3	0.400
Sta. Lucia Realtors	2	3	0.400
Welcoat Dragons	0	0	0.000

Eala's resignation[]

League commissioner Noli Eala resigned on August 8, 2007 after being disbarred by the Supreme Court on charges infidelity.

References[]

External links[]

• PBA.ph