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    2000 Mobiline Phone Pals season

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    2000 Mobiline Phone Pals season
    Head coachEric Altamirano (Until June 2, 2000)[1]
    Louie Alas[2]
    General ManagerDebbie Tan
    Owner(s)Pilipino Telephone Corporation
    All-Filipino results
    Record5–10
    (33.3%)
    Place7th seed
    Playoff finishQuarterfinals (lost to San Miguel)
    Commissioner's Cup results
    Record4–6
    (40%)
    Place6th seed
    Playoff finishQuarterfinals (lost to Tanduay)
    Governors' Cup results
    Record9–7
    (56.3%)
    Place1st seed
    Playoff finishSemifinals (lost to Purefoods TJ, 3–1)
    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.

    Draft picks

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    Main article: 2000 PBA Draft

    Transactions

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    Players Added

    Via Free Agency

    • Celedon Camaso (From the Manila Metrostars of the MBA)
    • Gherome Ejercito (From the San Juan Knights of the MBA)
    • Gido Babilonia (From the MBA)
    • Bong Ravena (From the MBA; signed in March 2000)

    Via Trade

    • Victor Pablo (From Shell for newly acquired Mark Telan) [3]
    		 Players Lost

    Via Expansion Draft

    • Glenn Capacio (Taken by Red Bull)

    Via Trade

    • Jeffrey Cariaso (To Tanduay for Mark Telan and a future first round pick)
    • Bryan Gahol (To Shell; part of Telan-Pablo deal)

    Occurrences

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    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

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    2000 Mobiline Phone Pals roster
    Players Coaches
    Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
    G 1 Philippines Ravena, Bong 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
    C 5 Philippines Babilonia, Gido 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UST
    G 8 Philippines Solis, Al 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
    G 9 Philippines Ejercito, Gherome 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson
    G/F 12 Philippines Francisco, Jose 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern
    F 14 Philippines Reyes, Enrique 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo
    G 17 Philippines Fran, Patrick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UST
    F 20 Philippines Camaso, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Metro Manila Colleges
    F 29 Philippines Angeles, Josel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Lyceum
    F 33 Philippines Pablo, Victor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Far Eastern
    F/C 44 Philippines Codinera, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE
    C 55 Tonga Taulava, Asi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) BYU–Hawaii
    F 25 United States Strong, Carlos (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Boston University
    F United States Henderson, Milton (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) California
    F 31 United States Bernard, Todd (G) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fresno State
    Head coach
    • Philippines Eric Altamirano (All-Filipino Cup)
    • Philippines Louie Alas (Commissioner's/Governors Cup)
    Assistant coach(es)
    • Philippines Louie Alas (All-Filipino Cup)
    • Philippines Frankie Lim (All-Filipino Cup)
    • Philippines Ryan Gregorio (All-Filipino Cup)
    • Philippines Aric del Rosario (Commissioner's/Governors Cup)
    • Philippines Ariel Vanguardia (Commissioner's/Governors Cup)
    • Philippines Bong Go
    Legend
    • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
    • (FA) Free agent
    • (S) Suspended
    • (C) Commissioner's Cup Import
    • (G) Governor's Cup Import
    • Injured Injured

    Eliminations (Won games)

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    DATE OPPONENT SCORE VENUE (Location)
    March 10 Sta.Lucia 94-62 Philsports Arena
    March 15 Red Bull 89-81 Philsports Arena
    March 19 Pop Cola 113-76 Araneta Coliseum
    April 7 San Miguel 79-64 Philsports Arena
    May 3 Shell 79-47 [5] Philsports Arena
    June 23 Sunkist 85-76 [6] Philsports Arena
    July 5 Brgy.Ginebra 83-80 Philsports Arena
    July 12 Tanduay 85-79 [7] Araneta Coliseum
    July 16 Red Bull 83-77 Araneta Coliseum
    October 8 San Miguel 93-82 Araneta Coliseum
    October 14 Pop Cola 95-73 Legaspi City
    October 18 Red Bull Ynares Center
    October 22 Purefoods 89-84 Araneta Coliseum
    October 29 Shell 99-93 Araneta Coliseum
    November 10 Tanduay 95-86 Philsports Arena
    November 17 Alaska 83-76 [8] Ynares Center

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

    References

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    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.
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