1992 Shell Rimula X season

1992 Shell Rimula X Rino Salazar First Conference 17 7 1st Champions All-Filipino Conference 5 13 5th Semifinals Third Conference 5 7 7th Eliminated Pilipinas Shell Charlie Favis 1991 1993 The 1992 Shell Rimula X season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Draft picks Round Pick Player College 1 3 Jolly Escobar UE 2 14 Romulo Orillosa Adamson Championship Shell Rimula-X took home the First Conference crown with a 4–1 series win over San Miguel Beermen. Winning coach Rino Salazar won his first title as a coach and seven-time Best Import Bobby Parks delivered the second championship to the Shell franchise, winning it "officially" this time and victory was complete. 1992 PBA First Conference finals Notable dates April 21: Shell advances in the finals of the First Conference by scoring a 133-100 rout off San Miguel Beer in the last day of the semifinals, leaving the Beermen and the Alaska Milkmen in a playoff to dispute the other finals slot. June 9: Shell Rimula-X roared to a 132-114 triumph over Presto Ice Cream in their first game in the All-Filipino Conference. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=towmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3172%2C1681331 Life for Shell after Parks as Rimulas scuttle Presto Manila Standard June 18: Shell escaped with a 97-96 win over Purefoods in the battle of early leaders to take solo lead in the All-Filipino Conference with three wins without a loss. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c7wjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2827%2C3209397 Shell stops Purefoods Manila Standard October 8: Import Steve Colter scored 50 points in leading Shell to a 114-98 win over San Miguel in his farewell game. Colter played five games and led the Turbo Chargers to two victories. The nine-year NBA veteran will be replaced by the comebacking Kelvin Upshaw, who played for Swift last season. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RZMmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4935%2C1469892 Colter farewell lifts Shell past San Miguel Manila Standard Occurrences During the Third Conference, Shell was one win away from a semifinals berth when import Kelvin Upshaw was found positive on a random drug test conducted and was banned by the PBA. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0Vs0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=WQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4653%2C181975 Shell import banned for using drugs Manila Standard Upshaw was replaced by Jason Matthews in their last two games and Shell lost a chance to make it to the next round and were eliminated by San Miguel Beermen in the playoff game on November 8. Roster Shell Rimula X 1992 #000000 #FFD500 #FFD500 #FFFFFF 5 Ronnie Magsanoc G 5 9 UP Diliman PHI 9 Leo Isaac G 6 1 Mapua PHI 10 Jojo Martin F 6 3 NCBA PHI 11 Eric Altamirano G 5 11 UP PHI 12 Romeo Dela Rosa F 6 2 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 14 Benjie Paras C 6 5 UP Diliman PHI 15 Ricky Relosa FC 6 3 Mapua PHI 17 Joey Loyzaga G 6 0 San Beda PHI 18 Rey Cuenco C 6 4 De La Salle Araneta PHI 28 Mulong Orillosa F 6 2 Adamson PHI 32 Jolly Escobar C 6 5 UE PHI 33 Calvin Tuadles G 5 11 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 71 Manuel Marquez F 6 2 San Beda PHI PHI Rino Salazar PHI Manuel Pineda PHI Cris Calilan PHI Charlie Favis Transactions Trades Off season To PepsiLeo Austria To ShellLeo Isaac Off-season To SwiftRichard Bognot To ShellRey Cuenco Swift own the rights to Rey Cuenco when they traded Sonny Cabatu to Ginebra. Likewise Pepsi own the rights to Leo Isaac when they traded Tonichi Yturri to Ginebra Additions Player Signed Former team Eric Altamirano Off-season Pepsi Joey Loyzaga Off-season Swift Recruited imports NameConferenceNo.Pos.Ht.CollegeDuration Bobby ParksFirst Conference 22 Forward 6"3' Memphis State February 9 to May 5 Steve Colter Third Conference 20 Guard 6"2' New Mexico State September 20 to October 8 Kelvin Upshaw 7 Guard-Forward 6"2' University of Utah October 11-27 Jason Matthews Guard-Forward 6"2' University of Pittsburgh November 5-8 References Category:Shell Turbo Chargers seasons Shell