1997 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies season

1997 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies Magnolia Hotshots Eric Altamirano All-Filipino Cup 18 10 1st Champions (defeated Gordon's Gin 4–2) Commissioner's Cup 3 7 8th Eliminated Governors Cup 13 12 2nd Runner-up Simon Mossesgeld Purefoods Corporation 1996 1998 The 1997 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys in the All-Filipino Cup and Commissioner's Cup. Draft pick Round Pick Player College12 Freche Ang USLS All-Filipino Cup title The Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys won the All-Filipino Cup title at the expense of Gordon's Gin Boars. Coach Eric Altamirano, who replaces Chot Reyes at the start of the season, became the youngest coach to steer his team to a PBA crown. 1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals Runner-up finish In the Governors Cup, Purefoods advances into the championship series for the second time in the season by winning their best-of-five semifinal series against San Miguel Beermen, three games to two. Going up against the defending champion Alaska Milkmen in the finals, the Carne Norte Beefies won Game one, but lost the last four games to settled for a second place finish in the season-ending conference. 1997 PBA Governors Cup finals Occurrences On July 21, pre-season acquisition Cris Bolado was traded to Gordon's Gin in exchange for Edward Joseph Feihl, who hold out of his contract with the Boars, Feihl began playing for Purefoods in the Governors Cup.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zJgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6512%2C2408856 Purefoods, Gordon's resume talks Manila Standard Two imports by the same name of Mike Jones played for Purefoods in the season, the first one was a third round pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1988 NBA draft and who played in the Commissioners Cup, replacing their former import Ronnie Grandison, who return to the team he played with back in 1993 but couldn't lead the Cowboys to victories this time. The other Mike Jones was from Rutgers University, who played in the Governors Cup finals and he started out with the Beefies in their fourth outing in the Governors Cup after temporary import Eric Brown fill in for Jones in the first three games. Award Alvin Patrimonio won his fourth Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy, tying the record of Ramon Fernandez' four MVPs. Roster n Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies 1997 1 Bong Ravena GF 6 1 UE PHI 3 Elmer Lago GF 6 3 De La Salle PHI 5 Edmund Reyes F 6 3 UST PHI 7 Rey Evangelista F 6 3 UST PHI 8 Genesis Sasuman G 5 11 Letran PHI 10 Dindo Pumaren G 5 9 De La Salle PHI 11 Edward Joseph Feihl C 7 0 Adamson PHI 16 Alvin Patrimonio F 6 3 Mapua PHI 19 Freche Ang G 6 2 USLS PHI 23 Reuben Dela Rosa F 6 3 PHI 24 Cris Bolado C 6 7 National-U PHI 44 Jerry Codinera C 6 5 UE PHI 55 Sonny Cabatu C 6 5 PSBA PHI 88 Cadel Mosqueda F 6 4 Arellano PHI PHI Eric Altamirano PHI Louie Alas PHI Frankie Lim PHI Ryan Gregorio Transactions Trades Off seasonTo Alaska Rodney SantosBryant PunsalanTo Purefoods Cris BoladoTo Mobiline Glenn CapacioTo Purefoods Cadel MosquedaTo San Miguel Olsen RacelaTo Purefoods 1999 and 2000 draft picksJuly 21, 1997To Gordon's Gin Cris BoladoTo Purefoods E.J. Feihl Additions PlayerSignedFormer teamElmer LagoOff-seasonFormula ShellGenesis SasumanRookie Free agentSonny Cabatu April 1997Ginebra (1995) Recruited imports TournamentNameNumberPositionUniversity/CollegeDurationCommissioner's CupRonnie Grandison20ForwardUNO June 13–29Mike Jones45ForwardAuburn July 4–22Governors' CupEric Brown12Guard/forward September 20–28Mike Jones24Guard/forwardRutgers October 3 to December 14 References Category:Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots seasons Purefoods