2001 PBA season explained

2001 PBA season
Year:	2001
Duration:	January 28 – December 16, 2001
No Of Teams:	10
Tv:	Viva TV (IBC)
Draft:	2001 PBA Draft
Top Pick:	Willie Miller
Picked By:	Batang Red Bull Thunder
Mvp:	Danny Ildefonso
Conf1:	All-Filipino Cup
Conf1 Link:	2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Conf1 Champ:	San Miguel Beermen
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Barangay Ginebra Kings
Conf2:	Commissioner's Cup
Conf2 Link:	2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Conf2 Champ:	Batang Red Bull Thunder
Conf2 Runner-Up:	San Miguel Beermen
Conf3:	Governors Cup
Conf3 Link:	2001 PBA Governors Cup
Conf3 Champ:	Sta. Lucia Realtors
Conf3 Runner-Up:	San Miguel Beermen
Prevseason Link:	2000 PBA season
Prevseason Year:	2000
Nextseason Link:	2002 PBA season
Nextseason Year:	2002

The 2001 PBA season was the 27th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Board of governors

Executive committee

• Emilio Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner)
• Ignatius Yenko (Chairman, representing Mobiline Phone Pals)
• Francisco Alejo III (Vice-Chairman, representing Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
• Jose Ma. Concepcion III (Treasurer, representing Pop Cola Panthers)

Teams

Team	Company	Governor	Alternate Governor
			Joaquin Trillo
		Casiano Cabalan Jr.	Ira Daniel Maniquis
		Ignatius Yengko	Deobrah Anne Tan
		Jose Ma. Concepcion III	Elmer Yanga
		Francisco Alejo III
	Energy Food and Drinks Inc.	Salvador Cusipag, Jr.
	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation	Manuel Encarnado
		Alberto Villa-Abrille, Jr.	Alberto Manlapit
	Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation	Reynaldo Gamboa
	Basic Holdings Corporation		David De Joya

Notable occurrences

• During the pre-season, Tanduay made soundwaves in the PBA when they dangled Danny Ildefonso of corporate rival San Miguel Beermen a whopping 16-year, 96 million peso offersheet. The league though, nullified the said deal since it was believed that the offersheet violated the team's salary cap.^[1]
• Danny Ildefonso of San Miguel became the third player to win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for two straight seasons, Ildefonso also sets a record by sweeping the season's Best Player of the Conference award, his unprecedented feat started in 2000 when he emerged as the award winner in the Commissioner's and Governors' Cups, his BPC wins surpassed the three apiece won by Vergel Meneses and Alvin Patrimonio.
• Purefoods' Alvin Patrimonio became the first player to suit up for 500 straight games
• Alaska import Sean Chambers hung up his number 20 jersey after 13 years in a highly emotional retirement ceremony.
• The corporate sale of Purefoods, including its PBA franchise, to San Miguel Corporation at the end of the year was eventually approved by the Board of Governors, the Hotdogs became the third team under the San Miguel corporate umbrella.^[2]
• Paul Asi Taulava and Eric Menk, two fil-foreign players, returned to their respective ballclubs, Taulava reunited with the Phone Pals around mid-year while Menk suited up for Tanduay a little later.
• In a stunning move in late December, Tanduay shipped Eric Menk, Dondon Hontiveros, Bonel Balingit and Chris Cantonjos to other teams as a prelude to Tanduay's subsequent sale of its franchise to FedEx, the delivery firm, for P 75 million.^[3]

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

style= width="45%"	Team	style= width="55%"	Muse
Alaska Aces	Vanessa Garcia
Batang Red Bull Thunder	Sandra Seifert and Josephine Bonizado
Barangay Ginebra Kings	Geneva Cruz
Pop Cola Panthers	Ruffa Mae Quinto
Mobiline Phone Pals	Patricia Javier
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
San Miguel Beermen	Phoemela Baranda
Shell Turbo Chargers	Pia Guanio
Sta. Lucia Realtors	Marielle Lopez and Jeremie Antiporda
Tanduay Rhum Masters	Janna Victoria

2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup

See main article: 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup.

Finals

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2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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Finals

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2001 PBA Governors' Cup

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Finals

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Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
• Rookie of the Year: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra)
• Sportsmanship Award: Rey Evangelista (Purefoods)
• Most Improved Player: Noy Castillo (Purefoods)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Chris Jackson (Shell)
• Mythical Five
  • Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
  • Danny Seigle (San Miguel)
  • Olsen Racela (San Miguel)
  • Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia)
  • Ali Peek (Alaska)
• Mythical Second Team
  • Noy Castillo (Purefoods)
  • Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska)
  • Nic Belasco (San Miguel)
  • Rudy Hatfield (Pop Cola)
  • Davonn Harp (Red Bull)
• All Defensive Team
  • Chris Jackson (Shell)
  • Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia)
  • Marlou Aquino (Sta. Lucia)
  • Rey Evangelista (Purefoods)
  • Patrick Fran (Mobiline/Talk 'N Text)

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

• Coach of the Year: Yeng Guiao (Red Bull)
• Mr. Quality Minutes: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra)
• Executive of the Year: Sonny Barios (PBA executive director)
• Referee of the Year: Ernie de Leon

Cumulative standings

width=10px bgcolor="gold"		Champion
width=10px bgcolor="ffff99"		Runner-up
width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Semifinalist
width=10px bgcolor="#ccccff"		Quarterfinalist
width=10px bgcolor="#fa8072"		Eliminations

Team	GP	W	L	PCT	Best finish
	70	43	27	.614	Champion
	51	28	23	.549	Champion
	49	25	24	.510	Champion
	46	23	23	.500	Semifinalist
	51	25	26	.490	Semifinalist
	45	22	23	.489	Semifinalist
	52	25	27	.480	Runner-up
	51	24	27	.470	Semifinalist
	41	18	23	.433	Quarterfinalist
	38	14	24	.368	Quarterfinalist

External links

• pba.inquirer.net

Notes and References

1. News: Ildefonso deals floors PBA. Philippine Daily Inquirer.
2. News: Pop transfer raises SMB teams to four. Philippine Daily Inquirer.
3. News: FedEx not paying fines of Tanduay. Philippine Daily Inquirer.