2000 PBA season
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The 2000 PBA season was the 26th of the Philippine Basketball Association
(PBA).
) held the ABC-PBA All-Star Game. Controversy ensued when ABC team member Rommel Adducul
(who was also playing for the Manila Metrostars
of the Metropolitan Basketball Association
) had to be late due to his commitments with the Metrostars. Adducul earlier played against the Pasig-Rizal Pirates, a few kilometers away from the ABC-PBA All-Star venue.
August 6, 2000 at the PhilSports Arena
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
(PBA).
Notable occurrences
- PBA's TV partner, Vintage TelevisionVintage Television180px|rightVintage Television is a sports-oriented media company and became well known as the TV coverage partner of Philippine Basketball Association from 1982 to 1999...
was absorbed by Viva EntertainmentVIVA EntertainmentVIVA Entertainment, Inc., also known as Viva Entertainment Group is a Philippine entertainment company. Its history started in 1981 when Vicente "Vic" del Rosario, Jr. founded Viva Films.-Divisions:*Viva Productions, Inc...
. - Batang Red Bull Energizers entered the league as an expansion team.
- The league celebrated their silver anniversary on April 9, 2000 with the awarding of the PBA's 25 greatest playersPBA's 25th Anniversary All-Time TeamThe Philippine Basketball Association’s 25 greatest players were named at the league’s silver anniversary in 2000. -See also:* Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award...
. - The league forfeited Batang Red Bull's wins when 18 year old Kerby RaymundoKerby RaymundoKerby Mariano Raymundo is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...
was found to have deficient academic credentials. He would later return to the team in 2001. - It was the year when a crackdown of alleged fake Fil-foreign cagers led to deportations of Asi TaulavaAsi TaulavaPauliasi M. Taulava also known as Asi Taulava is a American-born Filipino-Tongan professional basketball player playing in the Philippines for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association....
and Sonny Alvarado. Eric MenkEric MenkEric Conrad Menk is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...
, Danny SeigleDanny SeigleDaniel Charles Seigle is a Filipino American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barako Bull Energy. A 6'6", 205-lb. swingman, he is fondly called Dynamite Danny and Danny S. by many...
and Chris Jackson were among those suspended by the PBA. - The Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) revoked the Filipino citizenship of TanduayTanduay Rhum MastersThe Tanduay Rhum Masters is a former Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association , Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League basketball team.-History:...
's Sonny Alvarado as it uncovered that the player used fraudulent papers; consequently, the BID ordered Alvarado's deportation. - Alvarado's deportation affected the season's All-Filipino Cup2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup-8th-seed playoff:Mobiline had a better quotient on their games among Shell and Barangay Ginebra hence they were awarded with the #7 seed.-Quarterfinals:Note: The Purefoods-Sta...
semifinal round after PBA commissioner Jun BernardinoJun BernardinoEmilio "Jun" Bernardino, Jr. was the fifth commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association . He was elected as commissioner of the league in the 1993 PBA season and retired in the 2002 PBA season...
forfeited two of Tanduay's semifinal wins (Games 2 and 3) against Purefoods, since Alvarado played on those games (he didn't play on the first game). With the forfeitures, the series would have resumed on Game 4 with Purefoods leading the series 2–1; however, Tanduay secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) that prevented the league from staging Game 4 of their series. This has been the first time a PBA game has been suspended via a court order.
Champions
- All-Filipino Cup2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup-8th-seed playoff:Mobiline had a better quotient on their games among Shell and Barangay Ginebra hence they were awarded with the #7 seed.-Quarterfinals:Note: The Purefoods-Sta...
: Alaska MilkmenAlaska Aces (PBA)The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest... - Commissioner's Cup: San Miguel BeermenSan Miguel BeermenThe Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
- Governor's Cup: San Miguel BeermenSan Miguel BeermenThe Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
- Team with best win-loss percentage: San Miguel (40–18, .690)
ABC-PBA All-Star Game
As celebration to the league's twenty-fifth anniversary, the league and the Asian Basketball Confederation (now FIBA AsiaFIBA Asia
FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations.-National teams:East AsiaGulfMiddle AsiaSoutheast AsiaWest Asia-Top ten FIBA Asia teams:...
) held the ABC-PBA All-Star Game. Controversy ensued when ABC team member Rommel Adducul
Rommel Adducul
Romel Adducul is a professional basketball player from the Philippines who currently plays in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Powerade Tigers....
(who was also playing for the Manila Metrostars
Manila Metrostars
The Manila Metrostars was a former professional basketball team in the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association from 1998-2001. The team was the 1999 MBA National Champions and holds the MBA record of winning 22 consecutive games during the said season. The team was merged with the Batangas...
of the Metropolitan Basketball Association
Metropolitan Basketball Association
The Metropolitan Basketball Association or Metroball was a professional basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1998.The MBA overtook the Philippine Basketball Association's plans on regionalization when the league adopted a home-and-away format where teams, instead of representing...
) had to be late due to his commitments with the Metrostars. Adducul earlier played against the Pasig-Rizal Pirates, a few kilometers away from the ABC-PBA All-Star venue.
August 6, 2000 at the PhilSports Arena
PhilSports Arena
The Philippine Institute of Sports Arena or PhilSports Arena is an indoor sporting arena located inside the PhilSports Complex in Pasig, Philippines. It was formerly known as the University of Life Training and Recreational Arena or the ULTRA. The arena and its surrounding sports complex are...
- PBA All-Stars 101, ABC All-Stars 81
Individual awards
- Most Valuable PlayerPhilippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player awardThe Philippine Basketball Association awards the Most Valuable Player award at the end of the season. The winner is selected via votes from the press, players, coaches and top PBA officials....
: Danny IldefonsoDanny IldefonsoDanilo Ildefonso is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association. Nicknamed Danny I and The Demolition Man, Ildefonso is a two-time PBA Most Valuable Player in 2000 and 2001...
(San Miguel) - Rookie of the YearPhilippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award-List of awardees:...
: Davonn Harp (Red Bull) - Sportsmanship Award: Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
- Most Improved Player: Mark Telan (Shell)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
- Mythical Five
- Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
- Danny SeigleDanny SeigleDaniel Charles Seigle is a Filipino American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barako Bull Energy. A 6'6", 205-lb. swingman, he is fondly called Dynamite Danny and Danny S. by many...
(San Miguel) - Olsen Racela (San Miguel)
- Alvin PatrimonioAlvin PatrimonioAlvin Vergara Patrimonio , nicknamed "The Captain" and "Captain Lionheart" is a retired Filipino professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager of his former team, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.Patrimonio holds several PBA records...
(Purefoods) - Kenneth DuremdesKenneth DuremdesKenneth Duremdes is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Powerade Tigers...
(Alaska)
- Mythical Second Team
- Dindo Pumaren (Purefoods)
- Jeffrey Cariaso (Tanduay)
- Bong Hawkins (Alaska)
- Rudy Hatfield (Tanduay)
- Marlou Aquino (Sta. Lucia)
- All Defensive Team
- Chris Jackson (Shell)
- Freddie Abuda (San Miguel)
- Rey Evangelista (Purefoods)
- Jeffrey Cariaso (Tanduay)
- Dindo Pumaren (Purefoods)
Awards given by the PBA Press Corps
- Coach of the Year: Jong Uichico (San Miguel)
- Mr. Quality Minutes: Boybits Victoria (San Miguel)
- Executive of the Year: Buddy Encarnado (Sta. Lucia)
- Comeback Player of the Year: Ato Agustin (Red Bull)
- Referee of the Year: Ernie de Leon