2008–09 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season explained

Team:	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Pbayear:	2008–09
Coach:	Caloy Garcia
1C-Name:	Philippine Cup
1C-Wins:	10
1C-Losses:	8
1C-Place:	4th
1C-Playoffs:	Quarterfinals (by Sta. Lucia 2–3)
2C-Name:	Fiesta Conference
2C-Wins:	8
2C-Losses:	6
2C-Place:	3rd
2C-Playoffs:	Semifinals (by Ginebra 2–4)
Pol Team:	10
Prevseason:	2007–08
Nextseason:	2009–10

The 2008–09 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the third season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

The team's notable move was drafting their future star Gabe Norwood of George Mason University.^[1] The team also drafted La Salle point guard TY Tang. They also traded the last year's first pick Joe Devance to Alaska Aces for Sol Mercado and Eddie Laure.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The team reached the semifinals for the first time in franchise history in 2009 Fiesta Conference, but lost to Ginebra.^{[5] [6]}

Key dates

• August 31: The 2008 PBA draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

Draft picks

See main article: 2008 PBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	1	Gabe Norwood	6 ft. 5 in.	Shooting guarrd		George Mason
2	12	Tyrone Tang	5 ft. 7 in.	Point guard		De La Salle

Results

Philippine Cup

Quarterfinals: (4) Rain or Shine vs (5) Sta. Lucia

In their first playoff appearance since joining the league in 2006, the Elasto Painters were overwhelmed in Game 1 by the defending champions, who played with the comebacking Ryan Reyes who just came from injury. Fracas involving Rain or Shine's Gabe Norwood and Solomon Mercado at the end of the first game caused Norwood to be suspended in Game 2, and Mercado on Game 3 if it happens. The short-handed Elasto Painters wound up short in Game 2 as they were eliminated.

Fiesta Conference

Results

• Results above and to the left of the gray boxes are first round games; those below and to the right are second round games.

Wildcard phase

Note: Rain or Shine and Burger King possessed the twice to beat advantage but it was not used as their opponents failed to win to extend the series into a deciding game.

Third place playoff

Transactions

Trades

2008 post-draft

To Rain or Shine----Sol Mercado, Eddie Laure, future picks

To Alaska----Joe Devance

Imports recruited

Player	Debuted	Last game	Record
Charles Clark	March 1	March 7	1 - 1
Jai Lewis	March 12	July 1	13 - 9

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maglinte . Lemuel P. . Norwood, de la Peña nag-ilog sa No.1 Draft Pick sa PBA . 2024-07-13 . Philstar.com.
2. Web site: Villar . Joey . Beltran . Nelson . Rain or Shine trades Devance . 2024-07-13 . Philstar.com.
3. Web site: Devance ace up Cone's sleeve . 2024-07-13 . Philstar.com.
4. Web site: Cadayona . Russell . Devance ipinamigay ng Rain Or Shine sa Alaska . 2024-07-13 . Philstar.com.
5. Web site: Henson . Joaquin M. . Will it rain or shine for Painters? . 2024-07-13 . Philstar.com.
6. Web site: Villar . Joey . Beltran . Nelson . Ginebra stops 'Rain', levels series . 2024-07-13 . Philstar.com.