1997 Pop Cola Sizzlers season

1997 Pop Cola Sizzlers Derrick Pumaren (All-Filipino Cup) Arturo Valenzona (Commissioner's Cup) Norman Black (Governors' Cup) All-Filipino Cup 5 9 7th N/A Commissioner's Cup 4 6 7th N/A Governor's Cup 5 9 7th N/A RFM Corporation Elmer Yanga 1996 1998 The 1997 Pop Cola Sizzlers season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as the Pop Cola Bottlers in the All-Filipino and Commissioner's Cup. Draft picks RoundPickPlayerCollege12 Nic BelascoNotre Dame-Maryland210 Romulo MarataAdamson Notable dates February 22: Pop Cola stuns defending champion Alaska Milkmen, 96–88 in Lipa City, Batangas, for their first win in two starts. September 20: Vergel Meneses tallied a game-high 36 points, and import Byron Houston added 29 points with 19 rebounds as Pop Cola gave their new coach Norman Black his first win at the start of the Governor's Cup with a 108–92 victory over Purefoods in the out-of-town game in Tarlac State University Gym.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oo8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3797%2C2226889 Pop Cola blasts Purefoods Manila Standard Occurrences Starting the Commissioners Cup, coach Derrick Pumaren was replaced by Arturo Valenzona, whose last coaching job in the PBA was nine years ago. Valenzona chooses Alfrancis Chua as his assistant coach while Pumaren remain as a team consultant. After Pop Cola's failure to reach the semifinals for the fifth straight time, a player-coach trade took place between the two teams that didn't make past the eliminations in the Commissioner's Cup, the Bottlers acquired Norman Black from Mobiline as their head coach along with Elpidio Villamin and Peter Martin in exchange for guard Ato Agustin and their former coach Derrick Pumaren, who has now moved over to the Mobiline camp. Upon Norman Black's entry at Pop Cola, Alfrancis Chua was retain as assistant coach while Arturo Valenzona was relegated to team consultant.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bpVOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2852%2C1194619 Manotoc named Mobiline head coach Manila Standard Roster Pop Cola Sizzlers 1997 #CE1126 #FFFFFF #0038A8 #FFFFFF 3 Eugene Quilban G 5 7 San Sebastian PHI 4 Bonel Balingit C 6 9 Visayas PHI 9 Boybits Victoria G 5 11 San Beda PHI 10 Boyet Fernandez G 5 9 San Agustin PHI 11 Marcelino Morelos F 6 2 UE PHI 12 Romulo Marata G 5 11 Adamson PHI 13 Elpidio Villamin F 6 2 PHI 15 Dwight Lago F 6 2 De La Salle PHI 18 Vergel Meneses F 6 3 JRU PHI 21 Peter Martin basketball F 6 5 San Sebastian PHI 23 Ricardo Marata Ric-Ric Marata G 5 9 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 33 Nic Belasco C 6 6 Notre Dame College USA 35 Zaldy Realubit C 6 6 USJ-R PHI USA Norman Black PHI Alfrancis Chua PHI Arturo Valenzona Transactions Additions NameDeal InformationFormer team Eugene Quilban Acquired Mobiline late last year in a trade with Eric ReyesMobiline Jack Tanuan Acquired from Mobiline late last year in a trade with Alvin Teng Trades July 1997 To Mobiline#6 Ato Agustin To Pop ColaElpidio Villamin, Peter Martin October 27, 1997 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DqAVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5351%2C2811215 Duremdes debuts for Alaska against Sta.Lucia today Manila Standard To Alaska#19 Kenneth Duremdes, #14 Jack Tanuan To Pop ColaBoyet Fernandez, Dwight Lago Recruited imports TournamentNameNumberPositionUniversity/CollegeDurationCommissioner's CupNorris Coleman 8 ForwardKansas State June 13 to July 18Governors' CupByron Houston 8 GuardOklahoma State September 20 to November 16 References Pop Cola Category:Pop Cola Panthers seasons