2009–10 Air21 Express season explained

Team:	Barako Bull Energy
Team2:	Air21 Express
Pbayear:	2009–10
Coach:	Yeng Guiao
1C-Name:	Philippine Cup
1C-Wins:	6
1C-Losses:	12
1C-Place:	7th (tied)
1C-Playoffs:	Wildcards (by Coca Cola 118–112)
2C-Name:	Fiesta Conference
2C-Wins:	4
2C-Losses:	14
2C-Place:	9th
2C-Playoffs:	Wildcards (by Rain or Shine 92–89)
Pol Team:	1
Prevseason:	2008–09
Nextseason:	2010–11

The 2009–10 Air21 Express season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). In the Philippine Cup, they were known as Burger King Whoppers.

Key dates

• August 2: The 2009 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

Draft picks

See main article: 2009 PBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	1	Japeth Aguilar	6'9"	Power forward/center		Ateneo, Western Kentucky
1	4	Chris Ross	6'1"	Point guard		Marshall
1	7	Rogemar Menor	6'2"	Shooting guard		San Beda

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Game log

Eliminations

|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1| October 11| Purefoods| 80–93| Lanete (14)| Quiñahan (10)| Lanete, Quiñahan (4)| Araneta Coliseum| 0–1|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2| October 16| Smart Gilas*| 115–105| Buenafe (25)| Belga (11)| Buenafe (7)| Araneta Coliseum| |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3| October 21| San Miguel| 99–117| R. Yee (17)| R. Yee (10)| Billones (6)| Cuneta Astrodome| 0–2|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 4| October 24| Rain or Shine| 91–89| Buenafe (22)| Belga, R. Yee (10)| Lanete (6)| Gingoog, Misamis Oriental| 1–2|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5| October 30| Sta. Lucia| 93–101| David (23)| R. Yee (11)| Buenafe, Lanete (4)| Araneta Coliseum| 1–3|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 6| November 6| Alaska| 73–87| Buenafe (15)| Quiñahan (9)| Buenafe (5)| Cuneta Astrodome| 1–4|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 7| November 14| Barangay Ginebra| 79–83| Matias (12)| R. Yee (9)| R. Yee (5)| Tubod, Lanao del Norte| 1–5|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8| November 18| Coca Cola| 106–97| M. Yee, Buenafe (19)| Belga (10)| Belga, Williams (4)| Araneta Coliseum| 2–5|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9| November 20| Barako Bull| 102–86| Buenafe (17)| Quiñahan, M. Yee (7)| Quiñahan (7)| Araneta Coliseum| 3–5|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 10| November 27| Talk 'N Text| 105–118| David (24)| Sharma (6)| David (4)| Ynares Center| 3–6|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 11| November 29| San Miguel| 85–100| R. Yee (14)| Matias (8)| Buenafe, Quiñahan (4)| Ynares Sports Arena| 3–7|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12| December 6| Rain or Shine| 101–99| M. Yee (21)| Quiñahan (9)| Lanete (5)| Araneta Coliseum| 4–7|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 13| December 11| Talk 'N Text| 104–115| David (26)| Quiñahan, M. Yee (7)| Quiñahan, 2 others (4)| Ynares Center| 4–8|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 14| December 13| Coca Cola| 94–106| David (23)| Buenafe (7)| Lanete, M. Yee (3)| Araneta Coliseum| 4–9|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15| December 18| Barako Bull| 102–99| R. Yee (21)| Quiñahan (12)| Billones (5)| Araneta Coliseum| 5–9|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 16| December 25| Purefoods| 74–85| Belga (15)| Belga, R. Yee (7)| Lanete (6)| Cuneta Astrodome| 5–10|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 17| January 8| Sta. Lucia| 79–83| Cabagnot (17)| Cabagnot (9)| Williams (4)| Cuneta Astrodome| 5–11|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 18| January 17| Barangay Ginebra| 104–122| Belga (17)| Quiñahan (7)| Cabagnot (7)| Araneta Coliseum| 5–12|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 19| January 20| Alaska| 87–80| Quiñahan (23)| Quiñahan (10)| Cabagnot (7)| Cuneta Astrodome| 6–12

Playoffs

|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1| January 24| Coca Cola| 112–118| Buenafe (27)| R. Yee (12)| Buenafe (5)| Ynares Center| 0–1

Fiesta Conference

Eliminations

Game log

Transactions

Pre-season

Burger King Whoppers

Players Added Via Draft Japeth Aguilar Chris Ross Rogemar Menor Via Free Agency Chico Lanete (From Barangay Ginebra) Ronnie Matias (From Barako Bull) Richard Yee Via Trade Ronjay Buenafe (From Coca-Cola) Orlando Daroya (From Barangay Ginebra)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Marvin Cruz Via Trade Rogemar Menor (To Barako Bull) Chris Ross (To Coca-Cola) Arwind Santos (To San Miguel) Pocholo Villanueva (To Barangay Ginebra)

Mid-season break

March 3, 2010	To Air21 Yancy de Ocampo Renren Ritualo	To Talk 'N Text JR Quiñahan Mark Yee Aaron Aban
March 8, 2010	To Air21 Rich Alvarez Doug Kramer first round pick (2010)	To Barangay Ginebra Yancy de Ocampo second round pick (2010)
March 8, 2010	To Air21 Mike Cortez	To San Miguel Alex Cabagnot

Fiesta Conference

Imports recruited

Team	Player	Debuted	Final
	Keena Young (1/4)	March 24, 2010	April 9, 2010
	Jason Forte (2/4)	April 14, 2010	April 18, 2010
	Reggie Larry (3/4)	May 1, 2010	May 28, 2010
	Leroy Hickerson (4/4)	June 4, 2010	July 4, 2010

Notes and References

1. News: Burger King trades away controversial rookie Aguilar. GMA News Online.