As part of the deal to join the league, Purefoods was allowed to take some amateur players from the PABL and the national team

Philippines national basketball team

The men's national basketball team of the Philippines represents the Philippines in international basketball competitions. It is managed by its national basketball federation, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...

. Purefoods then drafted Alvin Patrimonio

Alvin Patrimonio

Alvin 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...

, Jojo Lastimosa

Jojo Lastimosa

Isabelo Lastimosa, Jr. , better known as Jojo Lastimosa and by his nickname "Jolas", is a former Filipino professional basketball player from Cagayan de Oro City who played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs, the Alaska Aces and the Pop Cola Panthers from 1988-2003...

, Jerry Codiñera

Jerry Codiñera

Jerry Codiñera is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994...

, Glenn Capacio, and Jack Tanuan. They also added Al Solis and Totoy Marquez from Shell

Shell Turbo Chargers

The Shell Turbo Chargers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team under the ownership of Pilipinas Shell Corporation. Shell has been a member of the PBA since 1985 until 2005 when the team filed for a leave of absence after the season. Shell sold its franchise to PBL team Welcoat Paints...

.

However, there was a surrounding controversy on the case of Patrimonio, as his PABL team Swift denied Patrimonio's release. However, before the All-Filipino Conference, the issue was settled and Patrimonio joined the team.

Purefoods also took Fernandez

Ramón Fernández

Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...

, Hubalde

Freddie Hubalde

Alfredo Hubalde , also known as Freddie Hubalde, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Hubalde played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before eventually moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...

, Israel

Padim Israel

Federico Israel, Jr. , better known as Padim Israel, is a former Filipino basketball player. He played college ball for the Ateneo de Manila University before eventually going on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...

, and Onchie dela Cruz from the Tanduay squad. David Thirdkill was hired as Purefoods' import for the Open Conference and Fernandez was the team's playing coach during this time.

In their first conference, Purefoods made a historic run to the Finals against the Norman Black

Norman Black

Norman Augustus Black is an American retired professional basketball player in the CBA, NBA, and PBA who has since settled in the Philippines. He is also a former head coach of the San Miguel Beermen, Mobiline Phone Pals, Pop Cola 800s, and Sta. Lucia Realtors...

-led San Miguel Beermen

San Miguel Beermen

The 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...

 in seven games.

In the next conference, Cris Calilan replaced Fernandez as head coach after the first round of the eliminations. They met crowd favorite Añejo Rhum

Barangay Ginebra Kings

The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...

 in the Finals. Purefoods lost the series 3-1 against a veteran and rugged team of playing coach Robert Jaworski

Robert Jaworski

Robert Salazar Jaworski , also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski, Robert Jaworski, Sr. or simply Jawo, is a former Philippine senator, basketball coach and Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and PBA basketball player.Known as The Big J and called The Living Legend...

. Controversy arose during the series as Fernandez was ordered to be benched by then-Purefoods chairman Rene Buhain amid rumors of game-fixing. This issue led to Fernandez's transfer to San Miguel Beer

San Miguel Beermen

The 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...

 for Abet Guidaben

Abet Guidaben

Alberto "Abet" Guidaben is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player. He was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983...

 late in the season. Lastimosa was named as the 1988 Rookie of the Year at the end of the season.

In 1989, Purefoods lost in six games to San Miguel in the All-Filipino Cup. An incident also happened during the 2nd round of the eliminations of that conference when Samboy Lim

Samboy Lim

Avelino B. Lim, Jr. , better known as Samboy Lim, is a former basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. As a shooting guard, the iconic Lim distinguished himself with Magic Johnson-like ball handling skills and Julius "Dr...

 nearly suffered a career-ending injury when he drove over Jojo Lastimosa causing him to fall off-balance and hit head first on the parquet floor. This happened on July 18, 1989, with Purefoods winning 125-115. There was a huge public outcry after that game with many fans decrying Lastimosa's actions as dirty.

1990-1994: Glory days

In the season ending 1990

1990 PBA season

The 1990 PBA season was the 16th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Season Highlights:*The PBA increased its membership from 6 teams to 8, with the entry of expansion teams, RFM/Cosmos Bottling, Inc. and Pepsi-Cola...

 Third Conference, Purefoods took on Alaska Air Force

Alaska 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...

 for the title. This conference featured two imports and Purefoods tapped the services of Daren Queenan

Daren Queenan

Daren Queenan is a retired American professional basketball player. He attended Norristown High School as a teenager but went virtually unrecruited by colleges to play basketball except for nearby Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania...

 and Rob Rose.

The Air Force took a 2-0 lead with a win away to clinch the best of five series. However, the team of legendary coach Baby Dalupan

Baby Dalupan

Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan is a Filipino former basketball coach and player. He is the son of University of the East founder Dr. Francisco T...

 led a stunning comeback to win the series 3-2, giving the franchise its first PBA title.

The championship was Dalupan's last but it made him the first coach in PBA history to win PBA championships in three different decades. The other coach who achieved this feat was Norman Black.

During the offseason, Purefoods traded Lastimosa to Alaska for Boy Cabahug and Al Solis to Sarsi for Jun Tan. They also signed Elmer Reyes.

In 1991

1991 PBA season

The 1991 PBA season was the 17th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Season Highlights:*The PBA Rookie draft, was aired on TV lived for the first time in league history....

, Patrimonio was offered a 5-year, 25 million peso deal by Pepsi Cola, which was matched by Purefoods. With the development, he became the highest paid player in the league. With this, Purefoods was able to beat Sarsi to win the 1991 All-Filipino Conference under head coach Eli Capacio.

Patrimonio won the 1991 Most Valuable Player, the first of a record-tying four MVPs he had won.

Purefoods failed to defend the crown in 1992

1992 PBA season

The 1992 PBA season was the 18th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable occurrences:*PBA Commissioner Rudy Salud, stepped down from his post, after four successful years of guiding the league at its highest level, PBA chairman Rey Marquez succeeded Atty.Salud as the new PBA...

, losing in seven games to San Miguel Beer.

In 1993

1993 PBA season

The 1993 PBA season was the 19th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable events:*The league moves to its new home, the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City.*The league unveils their new logo during the opening ceremonies.*Sta...

, Purefoods renamed their team as the Coney Island Ice Cream Stars, an ice cream brand introduced by the Ayala corporation. They drafted 4 rookies that year - Dwight Lago, Benny Cheng, Freddie Abuda, and Olsen Racela

Olsen Racela

, better known as , is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is also a part time analyst, assistant coach of the Petron Blaze Boosters, and the current head coach of the Philippines under-16 basketball team. He is considered the best point...

; and acquired veteran forward Abe King

Abe King

Abe King, Jr. was a Filipino basketball player who was part of the champion Philippine Basketball Association ballclub Toyota Tamaraws. He was the starting power center of 1976 MICAA Champion Crown Motors before his mother team, the Toyota Tamaraws called upon his services at the start of the...

 from the disbanded Presto team. The Stars won the 1993 All-Filipino Conference defeating San Miguel Beer, 4-2. Their head coach was Chot Reyes

Chot Reyes

Vincent P. Reyes , better known as Chot Reyes, is a Filipino basketball head coach of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...

, who achieved a milestone for winning the title in his first conference as coach.

Coney Island reverted back to Purefoods in the Commissioner's Cup. It was then called the Purefoods Oodles and was bannered by mainstays Alvin Patrimonio, Jerry Codiñera, and Dindo Pumaren. Glenn Capacio, Elmer Cabahug, Abe King, and Olsen Racela completed the supporting cast. For their reinforcement, they hired Ronnie Grandison who was able to take them straight to the finals. They were defeated by Swift

Pop Cola Panthers

The Pop Cola Panthers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team from 1990-2001 under the ownership of Cosmos Bottling Corporation, a subsidiary of RFM Corporation. Cosmos was sold to Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., then-owned by San Miguel Corporation in 2001 which also includes the...

 in six games for the crown of the said tournament.

Alvin Patrimonio won his second Most Valuable Player award after the season.

The team went back to the Coney Island moniker for the 1994

1994 PBA season

The 1994 PBA season was the 20th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Season Highlights:The San Miguel Beermen won the All-Filipino championship over Coney Island and represented the country in the 1994 Asian Games. Amateur standouts Marlou Aquino and Kenneth Duremdes join the RP-San...

 All-Filipino Conference and drafted 3 rookies - Rey Evangelista, Vince Hizon, and Peter Naron. The Stars also added another rookie in Richie Ticzon whom they acquired through a draft-day trade that sent veteran point guard Dindo Pumaren and Dwight Lago to Pepsi Mega. To add experience to the roster, Coney Island raded incoming sophomore Benny Cheng to Ginebra for veteran Manny Victorino and acquired 1992 Rookie of the Year Bong Ravena from San Miguel Beer in exchange for Kevin Ramas. The league gave an incentive to the champion of the said conference to have the honor of representing the country in the 1994 Asian Games

1994 Asian Games

The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack in...

 in Hiroshima

Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. But Coney Island lost in six games to San Miguel for the All-Filipino Cup title, thus forfeiting the opportunity. Nonetheless, when the Beermen line-up was decimated with several injuries to their key players, they had to reinforce with Purefoods' Patrimonio, Codiñera, and rookie Rey Evangelista. Johnny Abarrientos

Johnny Abarrientos

Johnny Abarrientos is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a many-time member of the Philippine National team, and was the 1996 PBA MVP, becoming the shortest player to win the league's highest individual award.He is known by many...

 of Alaska was also included in the team that placed fourth in the Asian Games.

In the Commissioner's Cup, with Kenny Redfield as import, Purefoods won the title in a hard-fought series against the formidable Alaska Milkmen. Patrimonio won the Best Player of the Conference award, becoming only the second player (after teammate Jerry Codiñera

Jerry Codiñera

Jerry Codiñera is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994...

 who won it previously in the All-Filipino Cup) in PBA history to win the citation. Their reinforcement, Ken Redfield took home the Best Import of the conference honors. It was also during this tournament that he was dubbed "Triple-Double Artist" by the media, as a testament to his all-around skills.

Patrimonio won his second consecutive MVP and third overall. Evangelista was a prime candidate to win the Rookie of the Year award but lost to Swift's Boybits Victoria. Another disappointment for Evangelista was that he was not included in the All-Defensive Team, contrary to what was expected by most, especially the Purefoods fans.

1995-2000: Ups and downs

In 1995

1995 PBA season

The 1995 PBA season was the 21st season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Season Highlights:*The PBA returned to the Araneta Coliseum, after a decade of absence, with the scheduled games on Friday being held at the Big Dome....

, Purefoods failed to enter the championship of the three conferences alloted, showing only two fourth place finishes in the All-Filipino and the Commissioner's Cup. It was the first time in the team's eight-year history that they failed to make it to the All-Filipino Finals. It was also the first time that they didn't make any finals appearance in a single season.

During the offseason, Purefoods retooled its lineup by drafting Rodney Santos

Rodney Santos

John Rodney Santos is a Filipino professional basketball player. He most recently played with the Coca-Cola Tigers. He is also known as "The Slasher" for his slashing ability going to the basket....

 and reacquiring former Purefoods players Dindo Pumaren and Jack Tanuan through trades conducted with Pepsi and Sta. Lucia

Sta. Lucia Realtors

The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta...

 respectively.

The TJ Hotdogs met Alaska in the finals of the All-Filipino Conference in 1996 PBA season

1996 PBA season

-Finals results:*PBA Governors Cup Finals: Alaska Milkmen def. Ginebra San Miguel , 4 games to 1.*Third place: Formula Shell -Finals results:*PBA Governors Cup Finals: (1) Alaska Milkmen (8-3) def. (4) Ginebra San Miguel (7-4), 4 games to 1.*Third place: Formula Shell -Finals results:*PBA...

 but was defeated in five games by the eventual grand slam

Grand Slam (PBA)

The Grand Slam in the Philippine Basketball Association refers to a PBA team who has won all three conferences in a single season. After the PBA reduced the number of conferences from three to two beginning in 2004, the term became quite obsolete to some...

 winning Milkmen.

In the Governor's Cup, Purefoods struggled as they fielded in several imports in hopes of reversing their misfortunes. After the season, Chot Reyes left the Purefoods team to become the head coach of the Sta. Lucia Realtors

Sta. Lucia Realtors

The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta...

.

In 1997 PBA season

1997 PBA season

The 1997 PBA season was the 23rd season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable occurrences:*The entry of Fil-Americans in the PBA, for the first time in league history, the top two picks of the Annual Rookie draft was born outside the Philippines, the 6-9 Andrew John Seigle, a discovery...

, rookie coach Eric Altamirano

Eric Altamirano

Eric Altamirano is a former Filipino basketball player. He is currently the head coach of the National University Bulldogs.-Early career:...

 took over as coach of the Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys. In his very first conference, Purefoods won the All-Filipino Cup defeating the Gordon's Gin Boars

Barangay Ginebra Kings

The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...

 in six games for their first title in three years.

After a sorry performance in the Commissioner's Cup, the newly-christened Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies lost in the finals of the Governor's Cup to Alaska, 4-1. Their import was the talented Mike Jones who lost in a battle for Best Import

Philippine Basketball Association Best Player of the Conference Award

The Philippine Basketball Association's Best Player of the Conference Award is given to the best local player at the end of each conference...

 honors.

Alvin Patrimonio won his fourth and final Most Valuable Player Award, tying former teammate and idol Ramon Fernandez for the most number of MVP awards won.

After getting booted out of the semi-finals of the 1998

1998 PBA season

The 1998 PBA season was the 24th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Season Highlights:*The PBA is in their toughest challenge for the year, with the formation of a new league called Metropolitan Basketball Association, backed by the giant network ABS-CBN, is perceived to be a threat...

 All-Filipino Cup, Altamirano left Purefoods to join the Mobiline Phone Pals. Chito Narvasa

Chito Narvasa

Andres Y. Narvasa, Jr., also known as Chito Narvasa, is a former Filipino basketball player and coach. He is the son of Andres Narvasa, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, and Janina Yuseco. Narvasa coached the Purefoods and Shell teams in the Philippine Basketball...

 became his replacement but failed to lead Purefoods to a finals appearance.


Purefoods struggled in the 1999 PBA season

1999 PBA season

The 1999 PBA season was the 25th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable occurrences:*The league transferred from the Cuneta Astrodome to the PhilSports Arena as their main playing venue....

 All-Filipino Cup despite acquiring Filipino-American Al Segova and a new Head Coach in Derrick Pumaren

Derrick Pumaren

Frederick S. Pumaren, better known as Derrick Pumaren, is a Filipino basketball coach.-Career:Derrick Pumaren was a member of the UE Red Warrior 1978 and 1979 Championship Teams, PBA Consultant, and a National Team Coach...

. During the Commissioner's Cup, Jerry Codiñera was traded to Mobiline for Andy Seigle

Andy Seigle

Andrew John Seigle is a retired Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a member of the Philippine national basketball team. He is the brother of Danny Seigle, also a basketball player in the same league...

. The trade ended the long-time partnership of Patrimonio and Codiñera, who was known as the "Defense Minister." Segova was later banished after he was proven to be a fake Filipino-American. Purefoods failed to get past the quarterfinals of the first two conferences. They were ousted by Alaska Milk in a 3 game sweep despite finishing first at the end of the elimination round with a 7-1 card and lost their last 4 games after winning 6 in a row (8-1 record after the quarterfinals) in the season ending Governor's Cup. Derrick "The Flight" Brown led all imports in scoring and rebounding but was edged out By San Miguel import Lamont Strothers in the balloting for best import honors.

In the 2000

2000 PBA season

The 2000 PBA season was the 26th of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable occurrences:*PBA's TV partner, Vintage Television was absorbed by Viva Entertainment.*Batang Red Bull Energizers entered the league as an expansion team....

  All-Filipino Cup, a forfeiture of games won by Tanduay during the semifinals series (for fielding fake Filipino-American Sonny Alvarado in Games 2 and 3 won by the Rhum Masters) set the stage for Boyet Fernandez

Boyet Fernandez

Teodorico "Boyet" Fernandez III is a retired Filipino professional basketball player. He was the last head coach of the Sta. Lucia Realtors before the team disbanded in 2010. He is currently an assistance coach of the Meralco Bolts....

' buzzer beating shot in over time of game 4. That shot catapulted the Hotdogs to the Finals, which they lost to Alaska.

Derrick Brown won Best Import honors after leading the Hotdogs to the Finals of the Governor's Cup, which they lost to the San Miguel Beermen. It was the second time that a Purefoods import won the said award. (Brown would go on to win a second one in 2002 in the same conference). Also, Patrimonio found his way back to the Mythical Five selection.

Under the San Miguel Corporation

Derrick Pumaren

Derrick Pumaren

Frederick S. Pumaren, better known as Derrick Pumaren, is a Filipino basketball coach.-Career:Derrick Pumaren was a member of the UE Red Warrior 1978 and 1979 Championship Teams, PBA Consultant, and a National Team Coach...

 left Purefoods after the 2000

2000 PBA season

The 2000 PBA season was the 26th of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable occurrences:*PBA's TV partner, Vintage Television was absorbed by Viva Entertainment.*Batang Red Bull Energizers entered the league as an expansion team....

 season and signed up with the Tanduay Rhum Masters

Tanduay Rhum Masters

The Tanduay Rhum Masters is a former Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association , Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League basketball team.-History:...

. Replacing him was the returning Eric Altamirano

Eric Altamirano

Eric Altamirano is a former Filipino basketball player. He is currently the head coach of the National University Bulldogs.-Early career:...

 for his second tour of duty with Purefoods.

A distraction affected the team off the court when the Ayala Group sold Purefoods-Hormel to food and beverage giant San Miguel Corporation

San Miguel Corporation

Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....

. The problem with this development was that SMC already had two PBA ballclubs in San Miguel and Ginebra, and it was not allowed by the league for a company to own three teams in the league. This meant that either the Ayala group had to retain their team under a new banner or for SMC to disband the team after the season. Eventually, the PBA Board of Governors adjusted the rule and allowed Purefoods to stay in the league.

The TJ Hotdogs lost to the Red Bull Thunder 2-3 in a best of 5 semi-finals series. Despite their unexpected good showing in the Commissioner's Cup, they struggled in the last conference of the season, and never made it past the elimination round.

Noy Castillo was named Most Improved Player of the 2001 season after leading the Hotdogs in scoring throughout the year.

Ryan Gregorio

Altamirano concentrated his duties with the National team in 2002 as an assistant coach. Taking over for a while was his assistant, Ryan Gregorio

Ryan Gregorio

Paul Ryan C. Gregorio is a Filipino professional basketball head coach of the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association. He began his PBA head coaching job with the Purefoods TJ Giants in 2002 on an acting capacity and won his first PBA Championship on the same year at the age of 29...

. Gregorio led Purefoods to a successful championship run in the Governor's Cup defeating Alaska in seven games after trailing 0-2.
It marked the second time they've beaten Alaska in a finals series despite dropping the first two games.

Kerby Raymundo

Kerby Raymundo

Kerby Mariano Raymundo is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...

, acquired from Red Bull prior to the start of the tournament, was the Finals MVP. Derrick Brown was the conference Best Import while Rey Evangelista was the Best Player of the Conference.

However, Purefoods became a mediocre team in the Commissioner's Cup and the All-Filipino Conference finishing dead last in the succeeding conferences of the season.

After the season, Ronnie Magsanoc

Ronnie Magsanoc

Ronald "Ronnie" Magsanoc is a former Filipino professional basketball point guard. He was the former assistant coach of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and a color commentator for the television coverage of the Philippine Basketball Association...

 won the Comeback Player of the Year Award and announced his retirement after he received the award. Gregorio and Coca-Cola Tigers

Coca-Cola Tigers

The Powerade Tigers is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2002 when the then-San Miguel Corporation-owned Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines bought the RFM-owned Cosmos Bottling Corporation. In 2006, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company under the Coca-Cola...

 mentor Chot Reyes

Chot Reyes

Vincent P. Reyes , better known as Chot Reyes, is a Filipino basketball head coach of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 was named co-winners of the Coach of the Year Award.

In 2003, Gregorio was named as the head coach of the team as Altamirano was reassigned to the traveling SMC All-Stars (composed of former PBA all-stars). Purefoods each failed to enter the quarterfinals of the three conferences. In the Reinforced Conference, they had former NBA protege Lenny Cooke

Lenny Cooke

Lenny Cooke is an American former high school and professional basketball player. He is known primarily for being an early entry candidate in the 2002 NBA Draft. He had averaged 25 points, 10 rebounds, two steals, and two blocks per game in his junior year of high school...

, but Cooke later suffered an injury, causing the Hotdogs not to qualify for the quarterfinals. It was the first season that Purefoods failed to make the 20 win mark with a dismal 9-27 win loss card (a franchise low).

Rebuilding

In 2002, they got Kerby Raymundo

Kerby Raymundo

Kerby Mariano Raymundo is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 from Red Bull as the new main man for the team. They also got a great sidekick for Raymundo, University of the East

University of the East

The University of the East is a private nonsectarian university located in University Belt Area, district of Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. The university was founded in 1946 as a coeducational institution...

 star and UAAP MVP James Yap

James Yap

James Carlos Yap Sr. is a Filipino professional basketball player for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 as the second overall pick in the 2004 PBA Draft

2004 PBA Draft

The 2004 Philippine Basketball Association Rookie Draft is an event which will allows teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. It was held on January 16, 2004 at the Glorietta Mall at Makati City.-Round 1:-Round 2:...

. Paul Artadi

Paul Artadi

Paul Anthony Dy Artadi is a professional Filipino basketball player for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association....

, Yap's teammate at UE and the PBL's Welcoat Paintasters, was chosen by the team in the second round. Then they acquired Peter June Simon

Peter June Simon

Peter June Simon is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association playing for the B-Meg Llamados. In the 2008 PBA All-Star Game, he was voted as the Most Valuable Player.-College:...

, a star player from the University of Mindanao

University of Mindanao

The ' is the largest private, non-sectarian university in Mindanao located in Davao City on the Southern Philippine island. Established in 1946, the University of Mindanao has ten branches spread over thirteen campuses in Southern Mindanao. It is currently an Autonomous Status per CEB Resolution...

 who excelled in the MBA and the PBL, and was drafted by the Realtors in 2001.

Patrimonio's retirement

During Patrimonio's birthday celebration on November 26, 2004 (Patrimonio's birthday was on November 17), he announced his retirement in an emotional speech, ending his illustrious 16 year career to concentrate his role as team manager.

His number was retired in December, becoming the first Purefoods player to have his jersey retired. Purefoods was the only team Patrimonio played for in the PBA.

The rebuilding process began for Purefoods despite a dismal showing in the 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference

2004 PBA Fiesta Conference

The 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference, or known as the 2004 Gran Matador Brandy-PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, was tournament held by the Philippine Basketball Association and the first ever edition of the PBA Fiesta Conference....

. In the 2004-05

2004-05 PBA season

The 2004-05 PBA season is the 30th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. Instead of the usual calendar year of February-December, the league changed its schedule to the current October-July format, while limiting the number of conferences from three to two...

 Philippine Cup, Purefoods was eliminated by the Shell Turbo Chargers

Shell Turbo Chargers

The Shell Turbo Chargers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team under the ownership of Pilipinas Shell Corporation. Shell has been a member of the PBA since 1985 until 2005 when the team filed for a leave of absence after the season. Shell sold its franchise to PBL team Welcoat Paints...

 in the quarterfinals. Same can be said in the 2005 Fiesta Conference, when Shell eliminated them in the same predicament.

Purefoods Chunkee Giants

Purefoods Chunkee Giants
Uniforms

Prior to the start of the 2005-06

2005-06 PBA season

-Final results:*Fiesta Conference Finals: Red Bull def. Purefoods , 4 games to 2**Finals MVP: Lordy Tugade *Third place: Air21 -Final results:*Fiesta Conference Finals: (3) Red Bull (9-7) def. (1) Purefoods (10-6), 4 games to 2**Finals MVP: Lordy Tugade (Red Bull)*Third place: Air21 -Final...

 Fiesta Conference, Purefoods replaced their TJ Hotdogs moniker with the Chunkee Giants. The Chunkee Giants was a reference to the company's new chunky corned beef

Corned beef

Corned beef is a type of salt-cured beef products present in many beef-eating cultures. The English term is used interchangeably in modernity to refer to three distinct types of cured beef:...

 product Purefoods Chunkee Corned Beef. Purefoods selected PBL MVP Jondan Salvador

Jondan Salvador

Jondan Salvador is a Filipino professional basketball who currently plays for the Barako Bull Energy PBA Team in the Philippine Basketball Association. He plays the Power Forward and Center positions. He was a former Mythical Five awardee with the St. Benilde Blazers during his NCAA years...

 with the fourth pick in the first round of the draft. To further strengthen its line-up, the team traded future draft picks to the Air21 Express to acquire Marc Pingris

Marc Pingris

Jean Marc Pingris, Jr. is a Filipino professional basketball player in the PBA for the B-Meg Llamados. He is a versatile 6-foot-5 forward-center that can post up and shoot mid-range jumpshots. He is half-French and half-Filipino...

 and Egay Billones

Egay Billones

Ernesto Billiones or better known as Egay Billiones is a Filipino Professional basketball player of the Asean Basketball League. He last played for the Philippine Patriots...

. They also signed veteran guard Roger Yap. They also hired Marquin Chandler

Marquin Chandler

Marquin Theo Jimmy Chandler is an American professional basketball forward.-Early life and college:Chandler was born in Berkeley, California, the oldest of three children, and graduated from Newark Memorial High School at Newark, California in 2000...

 as import for the and went on to record a 10-6 first place finish in the classification phase, earning them an outright semis berth.

The Giants beat the up and coming Air21 Express in six games of the semi-finals. They lost in the finals of the tournament to Red Bull in six games. But their runner-up finish was the best since winning the 2002

2002 PBA season

-Notable occurrences:*The Tanduay Rhum Masters left the league after three seasons. Their franchise was taken over by the FedEx Express.*Republic Flour Mills sold its subsidiary COSMOS Bottlers Corporation to food company giant San Miguel Corporation. The move also absorbed the Pop Cola Panthers,...

 Governor's Cup. Chandler won Best Import honors while Kerby Raymundo lost to Enrico Villanueva

Enrico Villanueva

Jose Enrico P. Villanueva , better known simply as Enrico Villanueva, and by the nicknames Raging Bull and E-Vill, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 for Best Player of the Conference honors.

In the 2006 PBA Philippine Cup, the Chunkee Giants finished with a 12-4 record and a first-place finish in the classification phase, earning them an outright semi-finals berth for the second consecutive time. However, on May 14, in a game against Red Bull Barako, Eugene Tejada suffered a freak injury, which resulted to his paralyzation. In the semifinals, Purefoods won the series in seven games after trailing the Alaska Aces 1-3, becoming only the second team since the 1991 Ginebra San Miguel

Barangay Ginebra Kings

The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...

 team to come back from a 1-3 deficit in a PBA best-of-seven series. In six games, the Chunkee Giants won the 2006 Philippine Cup, 4-2, over Red Bull. It was Purefoods' first title since the 2002 Governor's Cup, and the first All-Filipino Cup title since 1997. Marc Pingris was named as the Finals Most Valuable Player.

James Yap

James Yap

James Carlos Yap Sr. is a Filipino professional basketball player for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 became the second Purefoods player to win season MVP award

Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award

The 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....

 and was included in the Mythical Team. Kerby Raymundo and Roger Yap

Roger Yap

Roger Yap is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association....

 were also named to the mythical team

Philippine Basketball Association Mythical Team award

The Philippine Basketball Association Mythical Team is the award given to the best player in each of the five basketball positions: point guard, shooting guard , small forward, power forward and center. A Mythical Second Team was institutionalized in 1984.-Mythical Team Selections:-Mythical first...

In the succeeding 2006-07 season

2006-07 PBA season

The 2006–07 PBA season is the 32nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association . The season started September 28 in Guam and began its formal opening on October 1 at the Araneta Coliseum, and ended on July 20...

, Purefoods managed to end up with a 10-8 win-loss record. In a playoff game for the second outright quarterfinals berth, the Giants came-from-behind to beat Sta. Lucia to avoid going further down to the grueling wild-card phase.

In the best-of-five quarterfinals, the Chunkee Giants lost to the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals, 3-1. After Marc Pingris got injured in game 2, Purefoods lost the next three games, thus failing to repeat as champions of the Philippine Cup.

Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants

Purefoods has renamed its team to the Tender Juicy Giants for the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference

2007 PBA Fiesta Conference

-Barangay Ginebra-San Miguel series:-Talk 'N Text-Air21 series:-Red Bull-Talk 'N Text series:-Alaska-San Miguel series:-Third-place playoff:-Finals:Prior to Game 1, Sandwich performed "Laban kung Laban," the TV theme song of the PBA....

. However, the team paraded with a depleted line-up. Forward-centers Kerby Raymundo

Kerby Raymundo

Kerby Mariano Raymundo is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 and Marc Pingris

Marc Pingris

Jean Marc Pingris, Jr. is a Filipino professional basketball player in the PBA for the B-Meg Llamados. He is a versatile 6-foot-5 forward-center that can post up and shoot mid-range jumpshots. He is half-French and half-Filipino...

 were loaned to the national team and placed on injured list, respectively. James Yap

James Yap

James Carlos Yap Sr. is a Filipino professional basketball player for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 was also facing issues regarding his marital problems with wife Kris

Kris Aquino

Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino , commonly known as Kris Aquino, is a Filipino television and movie personality who gained prominence from her talk shows, game shows, and numerous endorsements. Known as the Queen of All Media and Philippines' Queen of Talk, she is the youngest daughter of...

 and being snubbed from the National Team. Although Marquin Chandler returned for a second tour of duty with Purefoods, the team had a badly depleted front line that saw them only Richard Yee

Richard Yee

Richard Yee is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Barako Bull Energy Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association.- References :...

 and Arnold Gamboa manning the slot. Although James Yap successfully removed the distractions affecting his game following the birth of his first son James Jr., the Giants decided to get the next big man available in the PBA to help the team. As a result, they acquired 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....

 from the San Miguel Beermen

San Miguel Beermen

The 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...

 through a three-team trade with the Red Bull Barako which also saw Enrico Villanueva

Enrico Villanueva

Jose Enrico P. Villanueva , better known simply as Enrico Villanueva, and by the nicknames Raging Bull and E-Vill, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 donning a Beermen jersey. Reserve Don Camaso

Don Camaso

Celedon Camaso better known as Don Camaso is a professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League currently playing as an import for the Satria Muda BritAma. He previously played for numerous teams in the Philippine Basketball Association, the most recent being Red Bull Barako...

 was the casualty of the trade as he was sent to Red Bull. Some PBA teams denounced the trade transaction because of the "restricted player" trade rule in which only top players could be traded for one another to avoid imbalance in the league. But the protests quickly subsided after the PBA approved the said trade after learning that Villanueva was removed from the restricted list and Adducul was finally allowed to play for the Giants.

Purefoods was able to escape early elimination after beating the Welcoat Dragons in the last elimination round game. "Big Game" James Yap scored 41 points to lead the Giants to the wildcard phase, only to be knocked out by the Coca-Cola Tigers

Coca-Cola Tigers

The Powerade Tigers is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2002 when the then-San Miguel Corporation-owned Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines bought the RFM-owned Cosmos Bottling Corporation. In 2006, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company under the Coca-Cola...

 where he scored 40 points, which equaled former PBA player Nelson Asaytono

Nelson Asaytono

Nelson Asaytono is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association, also known as "The Bull" for his monster dunks...

's record of scoring 40+ points in back-to-back games, but failed to deliver the win for the team. For his efforts, Yap was picked by Chot Reyes

Chot Reyes

Vincent P. Reyes , better known as Chot Reyes, is a Filipino basketball head coach of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 to be part of the national team to play for the FIBA Asia Championship 2007

FIBA Asia Championship 2007

The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Men is the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held in Tokushima, Japan from July 28 to August 5, 2007....

 in Tokushima, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 where the Philippines finished ninth out of the 16 teams.

With no picks in the 2007 PBA Draft

2007 PBA Draft

The 2007 Philippine Basketball Association Rookie Draft is an event, which will allow teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Market! Market! in Taguig City on August 19, 2007...

, the TJ Giants welcomed back Raymundo and Pingris to the team, while trading Paul Artadi

Paul Artadi

Paul Anthony Dy Artadi is a professional Filipino basketball player for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association....

 to the Air21 Express for virtually nothing after a feud with the coaches (Artadi ended up playing in Ginebra). The Giants then had a 7-0 start at the 2007-08 PBA Philippine Cup

2007-08 PBA Philippine Cup

The 2007-08 Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup or known as the 2007-08 Smart PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2007-08 PBA season. The tournament was formally opened on October 14, 2007 and ended on March 2, 2008...

 with Yap having a banner conference. Despite losing the Christmas Day game against the Barangay Ginebra Kings

Barangay Ginebra Kings

The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...

, the Giants clinched the semifinals berth and the #1 seed on their next game thanks to a win against the Tigers. In the semifinals, they were up against Red Bull, the winner over the Magnolia Beverage Masters

San Miguel Beermen

The 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...

 in the quarterfinals series. The Giants drew first blood in the semifinals by routing Red Bull but needed to win the 7th game to finally clinch their 12th AFC finals stint (the most by any team in history) against Sta. Lucia.

Purefoods Lost a controversial 7 game series with Yap serving a suspension in game 5 after the Giants had come back a 0-2 deficit to tie the series at 2-2. They managed to level the series at 3-3 thanks to a classic fourth quarter performance by James Yap, nailing 5 of 6 three point attempts and scoring 20 points in the fourth quarter. Game 7 was almost a carbon copy of game number 6. Purefoods struggled in the third quarter with key players in foul trouble, and in the end it was Sta. Lucia who made the crucial shots down the stretch and won the game 100-88.

Before the start of the succeeding Fiesta Conference, 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....

 was diagnosed with cancer and had to take a leave of absence. Lacking a starting center, Purefoods was forced to make a deal for Enrico Villanueva

Enrico Villanueva

Jose Enrico P. Villanueva , better known simply as Enrico Villanueva, and by the nicknames Raging Bull and E-Vill, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 and sacrifice Marc Pingris

Marc Pingris

Jean Marc Pingris, Jr. is a Filipino professional basketball player in the PBA for the B-Meg Llamados. He is a versatile 6-foot-5 forward-center that can post up and shoot mid-range jumpshots. He is half-French and half-Filipino...

, who went to the Magnolia Beverage Masters in a four-team, multi-player transaction. For their reinforcement, they tapped the services of 6'11" Darius Rice. Rice was a prolific scorer but was not able to lead the team to enough wins for the Giants to keep him. He was replaced by Moroccan Reda Rhalimi, who was decent enough on both ends of the floor, but was also unable to lead the Giants to an impressive finish. They ended up with a 7-11 win-loss card in the classification phase.

Notoriety

The knockout wildcard match-up against Talk 'N Text accentuated the frustrations that have marked the Giants' campaign. With the team trailing by 16 points halfway through the fourth, Jondan Salvador

Jondan Salvador

Jondan Salvador is a Filipino professional basketball who currently plays for the Barako Bull Energy PBA Team in the Philippine Basketball Association. He plays the Power Forward and Center positions. He was a former Mythical Five awardee with the St. Benilde Blazers during his NCAA years...

 got involved in an altercation against the Phone Pals' import Terrence Leather. After the import threw the ball at Salvador, James Yap retaliated with a kick, which in turn caused players from both benches to join the fray. With the situation almost resulting in a disastrous brawl, cooler heads eventually prevailed, penalties were given and the game came to an end---as well as the Giants' season.

The controversial blow-out loss at the Ynares center turned out to be the last game of Noy Castillo and Rey Evangelista as professional basketball players. Castillo retired while Evangelista joined the Giants' coaching staff. Evangelista played his entire career with the Purefoods franchise that drafted him second overall in 1994. He won four championships with Purefoods and was known as a solid defender and rebounder. Castillo, on the other hand, was dreaded for his clutch baskets and was a consistent marksman throughout his career. He won a championship with the team in 2006 PBA Philippine Cup.

Before the start of the 2008-2009 KFC PBA Philippine Cup, the TJ Giants and their fans once again got into trouble with the Singapore Slingers

Singapore Slingers

The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

 audience during an exhibition game. The Giants lost to the Slingers in that heated match, but ironically, they signed Slinger Al Vergara

Al Vergara

Al Vergara is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who last played for the Singapore Slingers...

 for a single conference contract in the 2009 Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference.

In the off-season, Purefoods overhauled its roster by bringing in rookies Beau Belga

Beau Belga

Beau Belga is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was the seventh overall draft pick by Purefoods in 2008 before being traded to Burger King. He played for the PCU Dolphins during his collegiate...

, Jonathan Fernandez

Jonathan Fernandez

Jonathan Fernandez is a Filipino professional basketball player. He is currently on the inactive list of the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association . He was drafted by Purefoods as the sixteenth pick overall in the 2008 PBA Draft.-References:...

, and Richard Alonzo

Richard Alonzo

Richard Hernando Alonzo, better known simply as Chad Alonzo, is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Barako Bull Energy Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association....

. They also acquired veterans Topex Robinson

Topex Robinson

Michael Christoper Robinson is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted forty-fourth overall by the Tanduay Rhum Masters.- Player Profile :Robinson is a solid and a defensive point guard...

 and Paolo Bugia

Paolo Bugia

Ramon Paolo V. Bugia is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who plays for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. He was drafted seventeenth overall by the Red Bull Barako in the 2005 PBA Draft.In his rookie year, He averaged 4.0 points per game and 2.6 rebounds...

 from Red Bull and Aaron Aban

Aaron Aban

Aaron Abril G. Aban , better known as Aaron Aban, is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association. Born in Cagayan de Oro City and went to Colegio de San Juan de Letran in college...

 from Alaska. These moves, however, were all futile attempts at establishing team chemistry as the team failed to excel at the classification phase, even after acquiring Rich Alvarez

Rich Alvarez

Richard D. "Rich" Alvarez is a Filipino professional basketball player and currently playing for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters of the Philippine Basketball Association. Alvarez was the first overall pick of 2004 PBA Draft by the Shell Turbo Chargers...

 in mid-conference and having Rommel Adducul back from cancer treatment.

Having to play in yet another wildcard phase, the Giants continued their struggle in the 2008-2009 Philippine Cup. During a timeout in a knockout game against Air21, James Yap and Purefoods assistant coach Koy Banal exchanged harsh words which caused a stir in the team's huddle. Moments later, Kerby Raymundo rushed to the other side of the court to confront Air21 fans. The Express went on to win the game, ending the Purefoods campaign.

The Long Road Back to Glory

To settle the issue between James Yap and Koy Banal, the team's officials called for an emergency meeting right after the loss to Air21. The whole team stayed up late to talk things over, and the two eventually reconciled.

Before the start of the 2009 Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference, the team made a move in a three-way trade with Ginebra and Burger King, they let go of the young players remaining in their roster---Beau Belga

Beau Belga

Beau Belga is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was the seventh overall draft pick by Purefoods in 2008 before being traded to Burger King. He played for the PCU Dolphins during his collegiate...

, Richard Alonzo

Richard Alonzo

Richard Hernando Alonzo, better known simply as Chad Alonzo, is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Barako Bull Energy Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association....

, and Chico Lanete

Chico Lanete

Chico Lanete , from Ormoc City, Philippines, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association. He grew up in Isabela, Basilan and then played for Southern City Colleges in Zamboanga City during college before moving to Lyceum of the...

. In return, they got grizzled veterans Don Allado

Don Allado

Don Carlos Allado is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association....

 and Niño Canaleta

Niño Canaleta

Rommel Niño Canaleta is a Filipino professional basketball player of Filipino-American descent. He currently plays for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association. A 6'5", 200-pound swingman, he is fondly called by nicknames like KG, The Big Ticket, and The Da Vinci of Dunk...

. They also signed free agent Al Vergara

Al Vergara

Al Vergara is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who last played for the Singapore Slingers...

 of the Singapore Slingers

Singapore Slingers

The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....

 for a one-conference contract.

With resident import Marquin Chandler still playing in Korea, the Giants brought in Brian Hamilton, who led them to an impressive 2-0 start but was eventually replaced by Jhamar Thorpe after a mediocre showing. Thorpe also turned out to be sub-par and was thus replaced by the original choice Chandler, who led the team to three straight victories upon his return, only to see it lose the next three.

Just before the All-Star break, the management continued to tinker with the team's roster. In another transaction involving the Gin Kings and the Whoppers, the Giants acquired veteran point guard Celino Cruz

Celino Cruz

Celino Cruz is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Powerade Tigers. He was drafted by the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals nineteenth overall in 2002....

 and gave up Aaron Aban

Aaron Aban

Aaron Abril G. Aban , better known as Aaron Aban, is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association. Born in Cagayan de Oro City and went to Colegio de San Juan de Letran in college...

. To make room for Cruz in its roster, the team released Al Vergara from his duties.

During the All-Star break, James Yap won the three-point shootout. Niño Canaleta, who won the Slam Dunk competition three times when he was with Air21, failed to get back the title. Kerby Raymundo

Kerby Raymundo

Kerby Mariano Raymundo is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 and James Yap

James Yap

James Carlos Yap Sr. is a Filipino professional basketball player for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 were key performers for the Powerade-Team Pilipinas in their three-game exhibition match with the PBA All-stars. Enrico Villanueva

Enrico Villanueva

Jose Enrico P. Villanueva , better known simply as Enrico Villanueva, and by the nicknames Raging Bull and E-Vill, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 and Peter June Simon

Peter June Simon

Peter June Simon is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association playing for the B-Meg Llamados. In the 2008 PBA All-Star Game, he was voted as the Most Valuable Player.-College:...

 played for the North and South All-Stars respectively.

With a 7-7 win-loss card, the Giants faced the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in a knockout wildcard duel. Even with Chandler fouling out in the fourth quarter, the Giants' local crew kept the game close, trailing by only three points, 97-100, with seven seconds left. Kerby Raymundo was fouled while shooting a desperation three-pointer that tied the game at 100-all, but he missed the potential game-winning free throw with 1.7 seconds left. In the extension period, Purefoods appeared to have sealed the victory with Roger Yap

Roger Yap

Roger Yap is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association....

 sinking two free throws to increase their lead to twelve, 114-102, with less than two minutes remaining. But Mark Cardona

Mark Cardona

Mark "Macmac" Cardona is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 and Ren-Ren Ritualo

Ren-Ren Ritualo

Florendo Ritualo, Jr. better known as Renren Ritualo is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Shopinas.com Clickers...

 made four consecutive triples for the Tropang Texters to force another overtime. The Giants, however resilient the Tropang Texters were, prevailed at the end behind the heroics of James Yap and Roger Yap. The victory earned Purefoods the last ticket to the quarterfinals against the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.

With tired players, Purefoods lost to the Elasto Painters in game 1 of the quarterfinals. In game 2, they came back strong, leading by as much as 24 points late in the third. Nonetheless, Rain or Shine did not readily gave up, shutting the Giants' offense down and eventually tying the game with 22 seconds to go. Jai Lewis missed the possible go-ahead free throw, giving the Giants a chance to score the winning basket with the shot clock turned off. Marquin Chandler drove to the basket, got fouled, and drained two free throws with 1.2 seconds left. Off the timeout, Rob Wainwright

Rob Wainwright (basketball player)

Robert Wainwright is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who last played for the Barako Bull Energy Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was directly hired by Sta...

 missed the jumper and the Giants tied the series.

Game 3 saw the Giants leading most of the second half, behind Peter June Simon's high scoring game. Import Marquin Chandler was benched after letting his emotions get the best of him in the first half. He never saw action again in the second half, where Rain or Shine kept the game close. This paved the way for TY Tang

Tyrone Tang

Tyrone Conrad U. Tang is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. He was the twelfth overall pick in the 2008 PBA Draft by the Welcoat Dragons. TY Tang was born on September 25, 1984 and stands at...

 to sink the go-ahead three-pointer with 31.2 seconds left. With the loss, the Giants were denied a slot in the semifinals and their long off-season began.

Looking Towards a Bright Future

After a dismal performance in the 34th PBA season, the Giants geared up for a promising 35th by figuring in big transactions in the off-season. First, they re-acquired the services of 2006 Finals MVP Marc Pingris

Marc Pingris

Jean Marc Pingris, Jr. is a Filipino professional basketball player in the PBA for the B-Meg Llamados. He is a versatile 6-foot-5 forward-center that can post up and shoot mid-range jumpshots. He is half-French and half-Filipino...

 by giving up future picks to Burger King. The Whoppers earlier acquired Pingris from San Miguel in the Arwind Santos trade. Within the next two days, Pingris was eventually shipped back to Purefoods on the said follow-up deal in exchage for a draft pick.

Another cause for optimism in the Purefoods organization is having the second overall pick of the 2009 PBA draft. Amid rumors of giving up marquee players to Burger King to get top prospect Japeth Aguilar

Japeth Aguilar

Japeth Paul C. Aguilar , better known as Japeth Aguilar born in Pampanga, Philippines, is a Filipino basketball player. He recently played for Smart Gilas, and will play for the Talk N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...

 first overall, the Giants eventually called the negotiations off and settled for no. 2 at the draft. Thus, Aguilar went to the Whoppers, while the Giants picked former De La Salle University Archer Rico Maierhofer

Rico Maierhofer

Paul Rico Maierhofer is a Filipino-Austrian professional basketball player who will play for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted 2nd overall by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants in 2009....

.

In an effort to solve the duplications in several positions, the Giants engaged in a multi-player deal with sister team Barangay Ginebra. Burger King was willing to act as the conduit for this intra-company exchange, and thus the player carousel began. The Gin Kings bulked up their frontline by acquiring Enrico Villanueva

Enrico Villanueva

Jose Enrico P. Villanueva , better known simply as Enrico Villanueva, and by the nicknames Raging Bull and E-Vill, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association...

, Paolo Bugia

Paolo Bugia

Ramon Paolo V. Bugia is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who plays for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. He was drafted seventeenth overall by the Red Bull Barako in the 2005 PBA Draft.In his rookie year, He averaged 4.0 points per game and 2.6 rebounds...

, and Rich Alvarez

Rich Alvarez

Richard D. "Rich" Alvarez is a Filipino professional basketball player and currently playing for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters of the Philippine Basketball Association. Alvarez was the first overall pick of 2004 PBA Draft by the Shell Turbo Chargers...

 from Purefoods. They also deepened their backcourt rotation by taking Celino Cruz

Celino Cruz

Celino Cruz is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Powerade Tigers. He was drafted by the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals nineteenth overall in 2002....

 from the Giants and Pocholo Villanueva

Pocholo Villanueva

Pocholo Iñigo Villanueva or better known as Cholo Villanueva is a former Filipino Professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He last played for the Burger King Whoppers. He was drafted thirteenth overall by the Air21 Express in the 2008 PBA Draft...

 from the Whoppers. The Giants got Rafi Reavis

Rafi Reavis

Rafael Pangilinan "Rafi" Reavis is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is well-known for his good shotblocking abilities...

, Paul Artadi

Paul Artadi

Paul Anthony Dy Artadi is a professional Filipino basketball player for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association....

, Chris Timberlake

Chris Timberlake

Chris Timberlake is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippines who currently plays for the Meralco Bolts...

. The Whoppers also landed rookie Orlando Daroya who was the Gin Kings' first round choice.

Early Struggle

Despite the roster build-up in the offseason, the Giants had a roller coaster ride in the first round of the Classification Phase of the 2009-2010 KFC PBA Philippine Cup. They struggled to win back-to-back games even with its balanced line-up and an impressive performance by the rookie Rico Maierhofer. They won the season opener (October 11) against Burger King, but lost some games in dismal fashion, including an upset by the Asi Taulava-less Coke Tigers just before the Halloween break. They ended the first round with a mediocre 5-4 record, capped by a win over Sta. Lucia in an out-of-town game.

Establishing Chemistry

The Giants, whom many people dubbed as one of the teams to beat for the said tournament, finally scored back-to-back wins on December 2 against the Coca Cola Tigers. During the same gameday, Purefoods-Hormel celebrated 10 years of partnership. The event saw the unveiling of TJ, the new team mascot, a halftime show for the kids, and the Giants wearing commemorative jerseys. Purefoods strung up two more wins against Brgy. Ginebra and Barako Bull to extend its winning streak to four.

Powerhouse San Miguel Beermen put an end to the Giants' streak in mid-December. As it was the second time the Beermeen dominated the Giants, and the league-leading Alaska Aces also defeated the team in the first round, doubts were raised whether Purefoods could really hold its own against the contenders. The team also lost to the Talk N' Text Tropang Texters just before the Christmas break, dampening its hopes of securing one of the two outright semifinal slots.

Post-Holiday Rampage

Purefoods bounced back from its consecutive losses by beating Burger King on Christmas Day. They followed it up with a no-bearing win against the guest team, Smart Gilas to start the New Year. Purefoods also swept the rest of its schedule, with the streak highlighted by a convincing win over the league-leading Alaska Aces on January 15. Because Alaska and San Miguel did well in the first round of the Eliminations, the Giants failed to steal an outright semifinal slot from the Aces, who needed to win their last scheduled game to avoid a tie breaker with Purefoods. The Giants ended the Classification Phase with a record of 12-6, third overall in the standings, which gave them an outright Quarterfinal slot. In the Quarterfinals, the Giants extended their win streak to six by winning the first two games of their series with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.

The Rain or Shine Scare

The Elasto Painters came back strong to win games 3 and 4 and force a do-or-die game 5. Purefoods had a hard time guarding outside snipers like Jeff Chan and Mike Hrabak in game 3. In game 4, the Giants rallied to overcome a 16-point 4th Quarter deficit, to snatch the lead with a minute to go. But Eddie Laure hit a well-defended three-pointer to put Rain or Shine back on top, and the Giants failed to score another point. The struggle continued through the first half of game 5, before the Giants eventually realized they are the better team, and put the series away for good.

Underdogs Prevail

After a near-death experience with the Elasto Painters, the Giants found themselves on a collision course with the second seed San Miguel Beermen for a best-of-seven Semifinal series. The Beermen took game 1 with ease, but the Giants adjusted well in game 2 to even the series. In game 3, the Beermen once again won by a huge margin, causing everyone to think that they had already taken control of the series. Little did they know that the Giants, led by Roger Yap's and James Yap's POW performances would win the next three games en route to their 13th All-Filipino finals appearance in franchise history.

Colorful Sweep

Sweeps are usually uneventful match-ups, with a superior team bullying the other into lopsided games. This was not the case in the Purefoods-Alaska series wherein Purefoods led by no more than 3 points in its first three wins. In game 2, a controversial call occurred when Kerby Raymundo got Joe DeVance to bite into his shot fake causing a slight contact with 1.7 seconds left and the game tied. Arguments were raised whether the contact was enough to merit a call, but the referees eventually decided on a foul and awarded Raymundo two free throws, the first of which he made; the second he intentionally missed. In game 3, Willie Miller of Alaska had a chance to steal the victory in the dying seconds, but missed a possible game-winner at the buzzer. With their tough defense and a deeper rotation, the Giants cruised to a convincing game 4 victory, sealing the series and claiming their 8th title. It was also their 5th All-Filipino title, tying the Crispa Redmanizers for most number of championships in that prestigious tournament.

Just before the game, James Yap was awarded the Best Player of the Conference plaque. Later that night, he also took home the Finals MVP award.

B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados

Purefoods TJ Giants will now be called as the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados starting 2010 Fiesta Conference. B-Meg Derby Ace is produced by San Miguel Foods Inc., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation.

B-Meg Llamados

B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados will now be called as the B-Meg Llamados starting 2011 PBA Governors Cup

2011 PBA Governors Cup

- Imports :The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the entire conference....

.

Getting Joe Devance

On June 1, B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados offered Air21 Express

Air21 Express

The Barako Bull Energy is a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002.Barako Bull is owned by Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the defunct Laguna Lakers of the Metropolitan Basketball Association...

 a 2-on-1 deal; it will be Jondan Salvador

Jondan Salvador

Jondan Salvador is a Filipino professional basketball who currently plays for the Barako Bull Energy PBA Team in the Philippine Basketball Association. He plays the Power Forward and Center positions. He was a former Mythical Five awardee with the St. Benilde Blazers during his NCAA years...

 and multi-titled slam dunk champion KG Canaleta for top 2007 PBA Draft

2007 PBA Draft

The 2007 Philippine Basketball Association Rookie Draft is an event, which will allow teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Market! Market! in Taguig City on August 19, 2007...

ee Joe Devance

Joe Devance

Joe Calvin Devance, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the B-Meg Llamados.-Welcoat Dragons:...

. Joe Devance, a former University of Texas-El Paso stalwart, was shipped by the Alaska Aces

Alaska 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...

 to the Air21 Express for Jay-R Reyes on May 28, 2011.

On June 3, 2011, PBA commissioner Salud approves Devance trade to B-Meg Llamados. After two days of studying the trade transaction, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) commissioner Atty. Chito Salud

Chito Salud

Angelico T. Salud, better known as Chito Salud is the eight and current commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the son of Rudy Salud, who was also a commissioner of the PBA from 1988 to 1992....

 approved the two-team, three-player deal. "Two big men in exchange for Devance? I think that's fair enough," Salud told GMA News. "But it took me two days before I finally made a decision because I wanted to carefully study the trade. In the end, I felt the trade is fair enough for both squads."

Change of direction: Tim Cone goes to B-Meg

Multititled PBA coach Tim Cone has decided to render another champion team, the B-Meg Llamados, his mentoring services.
Cone finally quelled endless speculations on his future plans after his abrupt departure from his longtime franchise Alaska, with 13 titles including a rare grandslam to his name.
“B-Meg is a great team and I am excited about the new challenge and the opportunity to bring my coaching skills to an entirely different level,” said Cone in a press release.
Cone, who will have championship caliber players like James Yap and Kerby Raymundo in tow, was also present in the Llamados practice Wednesday morning.
“I am eager to take on this new role and I look forward to working with James, Kerby and the rest of the team,” Cone also said. Cone will officially take over the reins from appointed acting coach Richard Del Rosario.
Del Rosario, who confirmed the news to INQUIRER.net, will slide back to being assistant coach.
B-Meg, like most of the teams, has started its practices in preparation for the 37th PBA All-Filipino Cup which will begin on October 2.
“Change of direction” was one of the reasons Cone cited when he decided to leave Alaska after 22 years with still two years in his contract.
“This is just simply a parting of ways. I would like to continue coaching and if there’s something out there I’d certainly go for it,” Cone said during the press conference last September 1.

37th Season, Tim Cone debuts

On October 5, 2011, Tim Cone made his debut as B-Meg's head coach against the Petron Blaze Boosters. They lost their first game in a score of 73-69. Since Tim Cone debuted, he influenced the B-Meg coaching staff to wear long-sleeve shirt and necktie.

Maierhofer traded

On November 16, the Philippine Basketball Association

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...

 commissioner Chito Salud

Chito Salud

Angelico T. Salud, better known as Chito Salud is the eight and current commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the son of Rudy Salud, who was also a commissioner of the PBA from 1988 to 1992....

 approved of a trade that sent Allein Maliksi and former Rookie of the Year Rico Maierhofer

Rico Maierhofer

Paul Rico Maierhofer is a Filipino-Austrian professional basketball player who will play for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted 2nd overall by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants in 2009....

 to Barangay Ginebra Kings

Barangay Ginebra Kings

The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...

, Jimbo Aquino and 2013 1st round pick(GIN) to Barako Bull Energy, and 2002 PBA

PBA

PBA may refer to:*Lead-Acid Battery *Palm Beach Atlantic University*Partial-birth abortion or intact dilation and extraction*Patrolmen's Benevolent Association*PB Air's ICAO code*Philippine Basketball Association...

 1st overall pick Yancy de Ocampo

Yancy de Ocampo

Yancy Rozal de Ocampo is a Filipino professional basketball player who will play for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. At 6'9", he is a good outside shooter and a low post threat. He is also among the PBL's Top 20 Players of All-time...

 + 2012 2nd round pick(GIN) to B-Meg Llamados.

Uniforms

Under the Corporation, despite the changing names of the franchise, the colors blue and white remained as the team colors. When the San Miguel Corporation took over, red was incorporated into the team colors. When the team became the B-Meg Llamados (Derby Ace Llamados for three conferences from 2010–11), the colors were red, black, yellow and white.

Depth Chart

{| style="text-align: center; background:#f10d0d; color:yellow"
!width="40"|Pos.
!width="165"|Starter
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Reserve
!width="165"|Inactive
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | C

Center (basketball)

The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...

| Kerby Raymundo

Kerby Raymundo

Kerby Mariano Raymundo is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...

  || Rafi Reavis

Rafi Reavis

Rafael Pangilinan "Rafi" Reavis is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is well-known for his good shotblocking abilities...

 || Yancy de Ocampo

Yancy de Ocampo

Yancy Rozal de Ocampo is a Filipino professional basketball player who will play for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. At 6'9", he is a good outside shooter and a low post threat. He is also among the PBL's Top 20 Players of All-time...

 ||style="background:white" | ||style="background:#white" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | PF

Power forward (basketball)

Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...

| Marc Pingris

Marc Pingris

Jean Marc Pingris, Jr. is a Filipino professional basketball player in the PBA for the B-Meg Llamados. He is a versatile 6-foot-5 forward-center that can post up and shoot mid-range jumpshots. He is half-French and half-Filipino...

 || John Ferriols

John Ferriols

Hubert John B. Ferriols , better known simply as John Ferriols, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association....

 || Jerwin Gaco

Jerwin Gaco

Jerwin Gaco is a Filipino professional basketball player in the in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the B-Meg Llamados....

 || style="background:white" | ||
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | SF

Small forward

The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...

| James Yap

James Yap

James Carlos Yap Sr. is a Filipino professional basketball player for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...

|| Joe Devance

Joe Devance

Joe Calvin Devance, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the B-Meg Llamados.-Welcoat Dragons:...

  ||style="background:white" | || style="background:white" | || style="background:white" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | SG

Shooting guard

The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

| Peter June Simon

Peter June Simon

Peter June Simon is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association playing for the B-Meg Llamados. In the 2008 PBA All-Star Game, he was voted as the Most Valuable Player.-College:...

 || Roger Yap

Roger Yap

Roger Yap is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association....

 || Val Acuña

Val Acuña

Hezy Val B. Acuña II is a Filipino professional basketball player in the PBA. He is currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados. He previously played for the Philippine Patriots in the ABL....

 || style="background:white" | || style="background:white" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | PG

Point guard

Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...

| Josh Urbiztondo

Josh Urbiztondo

Joshua Urbiztondo better known as Josh Urbiztondo is a Filipino–American professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. He plays the Point Guard position.In 2010, the Realtors were replaced by the Meralco Bolts...

 || Mark Barroca

Mark Barroca

Andy Mark C. Barroca is a professional Filipino basketball player who recently played for the national team Smart Gilas owned by Filipino businessman, Manuel V...

 || Jonas Villanueva

Jonas Villanueva

Jonas Villanueva is a Filipino professional basketball player currently on the inactive list of the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association due to an injury...

 || style="background:white" | || style="background:white" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
|}

Season-by-season records

Records from the 2010–11 PBA season:

Conf.	|Team name	| Elimination round	| Playoffs
	Finish	|W	|L	|PCT	|Stage	|Results
PHI 2010–11 PBA Philippine Cup -San Miguel vs. Air21:-B-Meg Derby Ace-Meralco series:-Barangay Ginebra-Alaska series:-Talk 'N Text-B-Meg Derby Ace series:-San Miguel-Barangay Ginebra series:-Finals:-Conference records:-Team:-Individual:-Conference:...	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	4th/10	7	7	.500	Quarterfinals Semifinals	B-Meg Derby Ace 2, Meralco Meralco Bolts The Meralco Bolts is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2010 when the Manila Electric Company bought the Sta...  0 Talk 'N Text 4, B-Meg Derby Ace 2
COM 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup -Air21-Alaska series:-Talk 'N Text-Air21 series:-Smart Gilas-Barangay Ginebra series:-Finals:- Imports :The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics...		7th/10	4	5	.444	Did not qualify
GOV 2011 PBA Governors Cup - Imports :The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the entire conference....	B-Meg Llamados	5th/9	4	4	.500	Semifinals	6th overall (5–8), 1–4 in semifinals
Total elimination round			15	16	2 semifinal appearances
Total playoffs			5	8	.385	|0 Finals appearances
Total 2010–11			20	24	.445	|0 championships
Total franchise			637	619	.507	|9 championships

*one-game playoffs
**team had the twice-to-beat advantage

PBA's 25th anniversary all-time team

• Jerry Codiñera
  Jerry Codiñera
  Jerry Codiñera is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994...
  
   - "The Defense Minister" played for Purefoods from 1988–1999; one of the top centers in the PBA during his stint with the team and was named Best Player of the Conference in 1994 and 1998
• Bernie Fabiosa
  Bernie Fabiosa
  Bernard "Tough Job" Fabiosa is a Filipino athlete who played basketball for the Crispa Redmanizers in the Philippine Basketball Association.-Career:Fabiosa was a member of the 1974 RP Youth Team and a graduate of the University of the East...
  
   - "The Sultan of Swipe" played for Purefoods in 1990.
• Ramon Fernandez
  Ramón Fernández
  Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...
  
   - "The Franchise" played for Purefoods for 2/3's of the 1988 as part of the purchase of the Tanduay franchise; led the team to the finals but was later traded to San Miguel and won the MVP honors
• Abet Guidaben
  Abet Guidaben
  Alberto "Abet" Guidaben is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player. He was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983...
  
   - played for Purefoods in 1988 after being acquired from San Miguel for Mon Fernandez
• Freddie Hubalde
  Freddie Hubalde
  Alfredo Hubalde , also known as Freddie Hubalde, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Hubalde played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before eventually moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
   - played for Purefoods in 1988 as part of the purchase of the Tanduay franchise but later moved to Shell in 1989.
• Jojo Lastimosa
  Jojo Lastimosa
  Isabelo Lastimosa, Jr. , better known as Jojo Lastimosa and by his nickname "Jolas", is a former Filipino professional basketball player from Cagayan de Oro City who played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs, the Alaska Aces and the Pop Cola Panthers from 1988-2003...
  
   - "The Helicopter" played for Purefoods from 1988-1990 before being traded to Alaska. Was named Rookie of the Year in 1988.
• Ronnie Magsanoc
  Ronnie Magsanoc
  Ronald "Ronnie" Magsanoc is a former Filipino professional basketball point guard. He was the former assistant coach of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and a color commentator for the television coverage of the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
   - "The Point Laureate" played for Purefoods from 2001–2002; member of the 2002 Governors Cup title squad and was named Most Improved Player that same season.
• Alvin Patrimonio
  Alvin Patrimonio
  Alvin 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...
  
   - "The Captain" played his entire career with the team (1988–2004) and was named the league's Most Valuable Player four times. Considered as the greatest player in franchise history.

Other Notable Players

• Paul Artadi
  Paul Artadi
  Paul Anthony Dy Artadi is a professional Filipino basketball player for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association....
  
  
• Aaron Aban
  Aaron Aban
  Aaron Abril G. Aban , better known as Aaron Aban, is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association. Born in Cagayan de Oro City and went to Colegio de San Juan de Letran in college...
  
  
• Topex Robinson
  Topex Robinson
  Michael Christoper Robinson is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted forty-fourth overall by the Tanduay Rhum Masters.- Player Profile :Robinson is a solid and a defensive point guard...
  
  
• Frechie Ang
• Alejo "Pongkee" Alolor
• Richard "Chad" Alonzo
  Richard Alonzo
  Richard Hernando Alonzo, better known simply as Chad Alonzo, is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Barako Bull Energy Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association....
  
  
• Richard "Rich" Alvarez
  Rich Alvarez
  Richard D. "Rich" Alvarez is a Filipino professional basketball player and currently playing for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters of the Philippine Basketball Association. Alvarez was the first overall pick of 2004 PBA Draft by the Shell Turbo Chargers...
  
  
• Nelson Asaytono
  Nelson Asaytono
  Nelson Asaytono is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association, also known as "The Bull" for his monster dunks...
  
   (The Bull)
• Gido Babilonia †
• Bonel Balingit
• Beau Belga
  Beau Belga
  Beau Belga is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was the seventh overall draft pick by Purefoods in 2008 before being traded to Burger King. He played for the PCU Dolphins during his collegiate...
  
  
• Ernesto "Egay" Billones
  Egay Billones
  Ernesto Billiones or better known as Egay Billiones is a Filipino Professional basketball player of the Asean Basketball League. He last played for the Philippine Patriots...
  
   (Billion Dollar Man)
• Cris Bolado (Jumbo)
• Ramon Paolo Bugia
  Paolo Bugia
  Ramon Paolo V. Bugia is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who plays for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. He was drafted seventeenth overall by the Red Bull Barako in the 2005 PBA Draft.In his rookie year, He averaged 4.0 points per game and 2.6 rebounds...
  
  
• Elmer "Boy" Cabahug
• Jessie Cabanayan
• Santiago "Sonny" Cabatu
• Brandon Cablay
  Brandon Cablay
  Brandon Lee Kaui Cablay is a Filipino- American professional basketball player currently playing for the Alaska Aces in the Philippine Basketball Association. He started his career in the PBA in 2003 as a member of the Alaska Aces. He won his first PBA championship in the 2003 PBA Invitational...
  
  
• Celedon "Don" Camaso
  Don Camaso
  Celedon Camaso better known as Don Camaso is a professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League currently playing as an import for the Satria Muda BritAma. He previously played for numerous teams in the Philippine Basketball Association, the most recent being Red Bull Barako...
  
  
• Glen Capacio
• Noy Castillo
  Noy Castillo
  Noy Castillo is a retired Filipino-American professional basketball player who played for the Shell Velocity and Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants in the Philippine Basketball Association.-Shell Velocity:...
  
   (The Golden Boy)
• Rysal Castro
• Benny Cheng
• Emilio "Nonoy" Chuatico
• Jerry Codiñera
  Jerry Codiñera
  Jerry Codiñera is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994...
  
   (The Defense Minister)
• Harmon Codiñera
• Arturo "Bai" Cristobal
• Celino Cruz
  Celino Cruz
  Celino Cruz is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Powerade Tigers. He was drafted by the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals nineteenth overall in 2002....
  
  
• Rommel Daep
• Tony Dela Cerna
• Ramon "Onchie" Dela Cruz (The Executioner)
• Gilbert Demape
• Ruben Dela Rosa
• Nani Demegillio
• Egay Echavez
• Rudy Enterina (Rudy E.)
• Jolly Escobar
• Rey Evangelista
• Bernard "Bernie" Fabiosa
  Bernie Fabiosa
  Bernard "Tough Job" Fabiosa is a Filipino athlete who played basketball for the Crispa Redmanizers in the Philippine Basketball Association.-Career:Fabiosa was a member of the 1974 RP Youth Team and a graduate of the University of the East...
  
   (The Sultan of Swipe)
• Edward Joseph "EJ" Feihl
• Teodorico "Boyet" Fernandez
  Boyet Fernandez
  Teodorico "Boyet" Fernandez III is a retired Filipino professional basketball player. He was the last head coach of the Sta. Lucia Realtors before the team disbanded in 2010. He is currently an assistance coach of the Meralco Bolts....
  
  
• Henry Fernandez
• Ramon Fernandez
  Ramón Fernández
  Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...
  
   (El Presidente / The Franchise)
• Arnold Gamboa
• Wilfredo "Willie" Generalao (The General)
• Joey Guanio
• Alberto "Abet" Guidaben
  Abet Guidaben
  Alberto "Abet" Guidaben is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player. He was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983...
  
  
• Vince Hizon (The Prince)
• Mike Hrabak
  Mike Hrabak
  Michael Allen Pasana "Mike" Hrabak , is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who most recently played for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. He was drafted second overall by Shell in 2001.-Player Profile:A 6-foot-7 forward, Hrabak is an excellent three...
  
  
• Alfredo "Freddie" Hubalde
  Freddie Hubalde
  Alfredo Hubalde , also known as Freddie Hubalde, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Hubalde played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before eventually moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
  
• Federico "Padim" Israel
  Padim Israel
  Federico Israel, Jr. , better known as Padim Israel, is a former Filipino basketball player. He played college ball for the Ateneo de Manila University before eventually going on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
  
• Pido Jarencio (The Fireman)
• Rob Johnson
• Abe King
  Abe King
  Abe King, Jr. was a Filipino basketball player who was part of the champion Philippine Basketball Association ballclub Toyota Tamaraws. He was the starting power center of 1976 MICAA Champion Crown Motors before his mother team, the Toyota Tamaraws called upon his services at the start of the...
  
   (The Chairman of the Boards)
• Dwight Lago
• Elmer Lago
• Chico Lanete
  Chico Lanete
  Chico Lanete , from Ormoc City, Philippines, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association. He grew up in Isabela, Basilan and then played for Southern City Colleges in Zamboanga City during college before moving to Lyceum of the...
  
  
• Jojo "Jolas" Lastimosa
  Jojo Lastimosa
  Isabelo Lastimosa, Jr. , better known as Jojo Lastimosa and by his nickname "Jolas", is a former Filipino professional basketball player from Cagayan de Oro City who played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs, the Alaska Aces and the Pop Cola Panthers from 1988-2003...
  
   (The Helicopter)
• Eddie Laure
  Eddie Laure
  Eddie B. Laure is a Filipino professional basketball player. He last played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Powerade Tigers. Known by many as The Dominator, he is a former MBA MVP...
  
  
• Francisco "Frankie" Lim
• Jojo Lim
• Zandro "Jun" Limpot Jr.
  Jun Limpot
  Zandro P. Limpot, Jr. , also known as "The Main Man" Jun Limpot, is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association.- Career :...
  
  
• Ronnie Magsanoc
  Ronnie Magsanoc
  Ronald "Ronnie" Magsanoc is a former Filipino professional basketball point guard. He was the former assistant coach of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and a color commentator for the television coverage of the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
   (The Point Laureate)
• Ronald Magtulis
• John Billy Mamaril
  Billy Mamaril
  John Billy Mamaril is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Barangay Ginebra Kings. He plays the forward and center positions...
  
  
• Totoy Marquez
• BJ Manalo
• Junel Mendiola
• Jose Cadel Mosqueda
• Peter Naron
• Alvin Vergara Patrimonio
  Alvin Patrimonio
  Alvin 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...
  
   (The Captain / Captain Lionheart)
• Ferdinand "Dindo" Pumaren (The Bullet)
• Bryant Punsalan
• Michael Christoper "Topex" Robinson
  Topex Robinson
  Michael Christoper Robinson is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted forty-fourth overall by the Tanduay Rhum Masters.- Player Profile :Robinson is a solid and a defensive point guard...
  
   (The Pitbull)
• Rodericko "Olsen" Racela
  Olsen Racela
  , better known as , is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is also a part time analyst, assistant coach of the Petron Blaze Boosters, and the current head coach of the Philippines under-16 basketball team. He is considered the best point...
  
   (Rah-Rah)
• Ferdinand "Bong" Ravena
• Zaldy Realubit
• Edmund Reyes
• Elmer Reyes
• Joey Santamaria
• John Rodney Santos
  Rodney Santos
  John Rodney Santos is a Filipino professional basketball player. He most recently played with the Coca-Cola Tigers. He is also known as "The Slasher" for his slashing ability going to the basket....
  
   (The Slasher)
• Genesis "Donking" Sasuman
• Alvarado Segova
• Andrew John "Andy" Seigle
  Andy Seigle
  Andrew John Seigle is a retired Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a member of the Philippine national basketball team. He is the brother of Danny Seigle, also a basketball player in the same league...
  
  
• Alfonso "Al" Solis
• Bong Solomon
• Ervin Sotto
  Ervin Sotto
  Ervin Sotto is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Alaska Aces in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was the seventh overall pick in the 2004 PBA Draft by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs...
  
  
• Jun Tan
• Ulysses Tanigue
• Edgar "Jack" Tanuan †
• Eugene Tejada
• Richie Ticzon
• Naning Valenciano
• Al Vergara
  Al Vergara
  Al Vergara is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who last played for the Singapore Slingers...
  
  
• Manny Victorino
• Jose Enrico Villanueva
  Enrico Villanueva
  Jose Enrico P. Villanueva , better known simply as Enrico Villanueva, and by the nicknames Raging Bull and E-Vill, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
   (The Raging Bull)
• Jose Bernardo "JB" Yango
• Rico Maierhofer

Imports

Harold Arcenaux Derrick Brown - BEST IMPORT AWARDEE Marquin Chandler

Marquin Chandler

Marquin Theo Jimmy Chandler is an American professional basketball forward.-Early life and college:Chandler was born in Berkeley, California, the oldest of three children, and graduated from Newark Memorial High School at Newark, California in 2000...

 - BEST IMPORT AWARDEE Lenny Cooke

Lenny Cooke

Lenny Cooke is an American former high school and professional basketball player. He is known primarily for being an early entry candidate in the 2002 NBA Draft. He had averaged 25 points, 10 rebounds, two steals, and two blocks per game in his junior year of high school...

 Eddie Elisma Jojo English Ronnie Grandison

Ronnie Grandison

Ron Calvin Grandison is a former basketball player, who attended University of California, Irvine and University of New Orleans...

 - BEST IMPORT AWARDEE (but under SWIFT in 1995) Brian Hamilton "Sugar" Ray Hall Richard Hollis

Richard Hollis

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 Dennis Hopson

Dennis Hopson

Dennis Hopson is a retired American professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach at Bowling Green State University...

 Byron Irvin

Byron Irvin

Byron Edward Irvin is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'5" and 190 lb shooting guard, he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1989 NBA Draft.Irvin is from Chicago IL. where he attended Percy Julian High School...

 Darryl Johnson

Darryl Johnson

For the American football player, see Daryl Johnson. For the baseball player, see Darrell Johnson.Darryl Damone Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'1" and 170 lb point guard.Johnson attended Michigan State University...

 Mike Fritzthadus Jones

Mike Fritzthadus Jones

Mike Fritzthadus Jones is an American former professional basketball player.Jones graduated from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama....

 Jessie King Kurk Lee

Kurk Lee

Kurk Lee is a retired American professional basketball player. He spent one season in the NBA, for the New Jersey Nets in 1990–91....

 Tharon Mayes

Tharon Mayes

Tharon Rex Mayes, born September 9, 1968 in New Haven, Connecticut, is a retired professional basketball player. He was listed at 6'3" and weighed 175 lbs. Mayes played collegiate ball with the Florida State University Seminoles...

 Bob McCann

Bob McCann

Robert Glen McCann was an American professional basketball player. He was listed as a power forward at 6'7" and 244–248 lbs. McCann died in July of 2011.McCann was born in Morristown, New Jersey...

 Marcus Melvin Lance Miller Perry Young Perry Moss

Perry Moss

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 Rodney Monroe

Rodney Monroe

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 Chris Morris

Chris Morris (basketball)

Christopher Vernard Morris is a retired American professional basketball player. In his 11 season NBA career, the 6' 8" small forward played for the New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz, and Phoenix Suns. He is a graduate of Atlanta's Douglass High School where his jersey has been retired and played for...

 Julius Nwosu

Julius Nwosu

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 Kelvin Price Darren Queenan Kenny Redfield - BEST IMPORT AWARDEE Reda Rhalimi

Reda Rhalimi

Reda Rhalimi is a Moroccan basketball player currently playing for Kyoto Hannaryz in the Japanese bj league. He also played for PAOK Thessaloniki, Cholet Basket and Makedonikos B.C....

 - 1st Morrocan import in the PBA Darius Rice Rob Rose Warren Rosegreen Walker Russell

Walker Russell

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 Dexter Shouse

Dexter Shouse

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 Clinton Smith

Clinton Smith

Clinton Smith is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. A forward, he went to college at Cleveland State University where he helped lead the 1985–86 team to the Sweet Sixteen...

 Carey Scurry

Carey Scurry

Carey Scurry is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward from Long Island University, Scurry played three seasons in the NBA as a member of the Utah Jazz and New York Knicks...

 Jay Taylor

Jay Taylor

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 Patrick Thompkins Ronnie Tompkins David Thirdkill

David Thirdkill

David Thirdkill is a retired American basketball player who was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 1st round of the 1982 NBA Draft. A small forward from the College of Southern Idaho and Bradley University, Thirdkill played in five NBA seasons from 1982 to 1987...

 Jamar Thorpe Cedric Toney Kenny Travis Jaime Walker Leon White

Leon White

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 Kennard Winchester

Kennard Winchester

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 David Wood

David Wood (basketball)

David Leroy Wood is a former American professional basketball player, most notably in the NBA.His NBA career spanned from 1988 until 1997...

 Reggie Butler Lorenzo Coleman Lorrenzo Wade

Lorrenzo Wade

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 Clif Brown Tony Washam Jr. Stefon Hannah Myron Allen

Myron Allen

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Coaches

• Ramon Fernandez
  Ramón Fernández
  Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...
  
   (1988)
• Cris Calilan (interim, 1988)
• Baby Dalupan
  Baby Dalupan
  Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan is a Filipino former basketball coach and player. He is the son of University of the East founder Dr. Francisco T...
  
   (1989–1990)
• Ely Capacio (1991–1992)
• Domingo Panganiban (1992)
• Chot Reyes
  Chot Reyes
  Vincent P. Reyes , better known as Chot Reyes, is a Filipino basketball head coach of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
   (1993–1996)
• Eric Altamirano
  Eric Altamirano
  Eric Altamirano is a former Filipino basketball player. He is currently the head coach of the National University Bulldogs.-Early career:...
  
   (1997), (2001)
• Chito Narvasa
  Chito Narvasa
  Andres Y. Narvasa, Jr., also known as Chito Narvasa, is a former Filipino basketball player and coach. He is the son of Andres Narvasa, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, and Janina Yuseco. Narvasa coached the Purefoods and Shell teams in the Philippine Basketball...
  
   (1998)
• Derrick Pumaren
  Derrick Pumaren
  Frederick S. Pumaren, better known as Derrick Pumaren, is a Filipino basketball coach.-Career:Derrick Pumaren was a member of the UE Red Warrior 1978 and 1979 Championship Teams, PBA Consultant, and a National Team Coach...
  
   (1999–2000)
• Ryan Gregorio
  Ryan Gregorio
  Paul Ryan C. Gregorio is a Filipino professional basketball head coach of the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association. He began his PBA head coaching job with the Purefoods TJ Giants in 2002 on an acting capacity and won his first PBA Championship on the same year at the age of 29...
  
   (interim, 2002), (2003–2010)
• Jorge Gallent
  Jorge Gallent
  Jorge Gallent is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association.-UAAP Days:...
  
   (2010–2011)
• Tim Cone
  Tim Cone
  Earl Timothy Cone, better known as Tim Cone, is an American head coach of B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is known for leading the Aces to 13 PBA titles in its franchise history while leading the 1996 Milkmen to a rare PBA Grandslam. He also once coached the Philippine...
  
  (2011–Present)

External links

• Purefoods TJ Giants Basketball Current News and Updates
• Newest Purefoods TJ Giants Fansite
• MYPBA.com thread: Purefoods' History and Trivia
• CREATIVEWORK4PUREFOODS: Purefoods' Official Fansite