2011–12 PBA season

37th PBA season February 2023 February 2023 2011–12 PBA season Pba 2011-12 logo.png October 2, 2011 – August 5, 2012 10 Sports5 (AKTV on IBC) AksyonTV International (International) 2011 PBA Draft JVee Casio Powerade Tigers Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Gary David (Powerade Tigers) Philippine Cup 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Powerade Tigers Commissioner's Cup 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup B-Meg Llamados Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Governors' Cup 2012 PBA Governors' Cup Rain or Shine Elasto Painters B-Meg Llamados 2010–11 PBA season 2010–11 2012–13 PBA season 2012–13 The 2011–12 PBA season was the 37th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season was formally opened on October 2, 2011GIN-ROS TIFF, HALL OF FAME INDUCTION USHER 37TH SEASON, PBA.ph, October 1, 2011 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, and finished on August 5, 2012. The season used three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference. The mid season Commissioner's Cup featured unlimited height limit for imports. The Governors' Cup became the third and final conference for this season. The first activity of the season was the 2011 PBA Draft held on August 28, 2011, at the Robinsons Place Manila in Ermita, Manila.PBA now accepting draft applicants ABS-CBNnews.com Board of governors Executive committee Chito Salud (Commissioner) Mamerto Mondragon (Chairman, representing Rain or Shine Elasto Painters) Jose Bayani Baylon (Vice-Chairman, representing Powerade Tigers) Robert Non (Treasurer, representing Barangay Ginebra Kings) Teams Team Company Governor Alternate Governor Air21 Express Airfrieght 2100, Inc. Lucia Jane Lina Alfredo Pilladolid Alaska Aces Alaska Milk Corporation Joaquin Trillo B-Meg Llamados San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. Rene Pardo Barako Bull Energy Energy Food and Drinks Inc. Manuel Alvarez Barangay Ginebra Kings Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. Bernie Marquez Robert Non Meralco Bolts Manila Electric Company Ramon Segismundo Betty Siy-Yap Petron Blaze Boosters Petron Corporation Roberto Huang Eliezer Capacio Powerade Tigers Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. Jose Bayani Baylon Kenneth Duremdes Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. Mamerto Mondragon Andrew Jao Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Smart Communications Manuel V. Pangilinan Patrick Gregorio / Victorino Vargas Pre-season events trades done on draft day 2011 PBA Draft Player movement Key transactions: Trades: Rain or Shine traded Doug Kramer and Josh Vanlandingham to Powerade for JR Quiñahan, Norman Gonzales and Powerade's 2013 and 2014 second round picks.Powerade acquires Kramer, Vanlandingham https://web.archive.org/web/20160312011912/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/powerade-acquires-kramer-vanlandingham March 12, 2016 , Reynaldo Belen, interaksyon.com, August 26, 2011 Barako Bull Energy, B-Meg Llamados, and Shopinas.com Clickers involved a three-way deal. Shopinas.com acquired Elmer Espiritu from Barako Bull and Brian Ilad from B-Meg, B-Meg received 5th pick overall Mark Barroca from Shopinas.com, and Barako Bull acquired Don Allado and future second round picks from B-Meg.B-MEG SNARES BARROCA IN 3-WAY DEAL, PBA.ph, September 6, 2011 Notable occurrences The PBA board approved the sale of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters team franchise from Photokina Marketing to the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the Air21 Express. The team will now be known as the Shopinas.com Clickers.Lina firm to be PBA’s first dot-com company https://web.archive.org/web/20110725013530/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/lina-firm-to-be-pbas-first-dot-com-company July 25, 2011 , Reynaldo Belen, interaksyon.com, July 20, 2011 The Air21 Express will be renamed as Barako Bull Energy starting this season. The name change occurred after the Lina Group bought 49 percent stake of Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of Photokina Marketing and the exclusive distributor of Red Bull Energy Drink products in the Philippines. The "Energy Boosters" moniker will be dropped and instead the team will be known as "Energy", since there will be a conflict in using the "Boosters" moniker with the Petron Blaze Boosters.Air 21 franchise renamed to Barako for next PBA season https://web.archive.org/web/20110901021932/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/air-21-franchise-renamed-to-barako-for-next-pba-season September 1, 2011 , Reynaldo Belen, interaksyon.com, August 23, 2011 The PBA board approved the 20% salary cap increase and the standardization of game bonuses on September 8. The player salary cap was increased from P350,000 to P420,000.PBA approves salary cap increase, sets standard bonus scheme https://web.archive.org/web/20120917093911/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-approves-salary-cap-increase-sets-standard-bonus-scheme September 17, 2012 , Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, September 8, 2011 The proposals were approved at the heels of an outburst by Alaska Aces owner Fred Uytengsu during the press conference announcing Tim Cone's resignation as head coach of Alaska. Uytengsu commented that the league is not a level playing field, with some teams paying their players more than the monthly amount set by the PBA.Uneven playing field: The PBA is a league of haves and have-nots https://web.archive.org/web/20110924161449/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/uneven-playing-field-the-pba-is-a-league-of-haves-and-have-nots September 24, 2011 , Reynaldo Belen and Jaemark Tordecilla, InterAKTV, September 5, 2011 Coaching changes Barako Bull Energy (formerly Air21 Express) hired Junel Baculi as head coach, who also was the head coach of the Barako Bull franchise that disbanded in 2010. Baculi will be replacing Bong Ramos, who will slide down as assistant coach. On August 26, the Barangay Ginebra Kings appointed assistant coach Siot Tanquincen as co-head coach of the team, together with Jong Uichico.Tanquingcen, Uichico to co-coach Ginebra next season https://web.archive.org/web/20110901021114/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/tanquingcen-uichico-to-co-coach-ginebra-next-season September 1, 2011 , by: Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, August 26, 2011 On September 1, Alaska Aces coach Tim Cone requested to be released from his contract, which is set to expire in 2013. Assistant Joel Banal will take over as head coach.https://archive.today/20120906151241/http://www.philstar.com/SportsArticle.aspx?articleId=722705&publicationSubCategoryId=200&keyword= It's official: Tim Cone leaves Alaska, By: Dino Maragay, The Philippine Star, September 1, 2011Cone ends 22-year partnership with Alaska, Banal is new coach, GMA News Online, September 1, 2011 Two weeks after resigning as head coach of the Alaska Aces, Tim Cone was appointed as the new head coach of the B-Meg Llamados.Tim Cone is B-MEG's new head coach, GMA News Online, September 14, 2011 Richard del Rosario, who was appointed as acting head coach in August Del Rosario chosen as new B-Meg coach; Gallent slides down as assistant https://web.archive.org/web/20110908010354/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/del-rosario-chosen-as-new-b-meg-coach-gallent-slides-down-as-assistant September 8, 2011 , by: Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, August 30, 2011 was demoted to assistant coach along with former B-meg head coach Jorge Gallent. Gallent later was reassigned as assistant coach of Petron Blaze. Opening ceremonies The season began on October 2 with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters defeating the Barangay Ginebra Kings, 94–93. The muses for the participating teams are as follows:Star-filled PBA Opening Ceremonies at Smart Araneta Coliseum https://web.archive.org/web/20150924071130/http://www.pep.ph/celeb/celeb/25902/star-filled-pba-opening-ceremonies-at-smart-araneta-coliseum September 24, 2015 , Kaye Estoista-Koo, Philippine Entertainment Portal, October 3, 2011 Team Muse Alaska Aces Bubbles Paraiso B-Meg Llamados Rhian Ramos Barako Bull Energy Helga Krapf Barangay Ginebra Kings Solenn Heussaff Meralco Bolts Diane Necio and Isabella Manjon Petron Blaze Boosters Helen Nicolette Henson, Martha Chloe McCully and Samantha Neville Powerade Tigers Maricar Reyes Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Michelle Gavagan Shopinas.com Clickers Iya Villania Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Venus Raj and Nora Aunor 2011–12 Philippine Cup 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup Notable events Elimination round Playoffs Quarterfinals Series y (1) B-Meg Llamados* 0–2 (8) Powerade Tigers 88–97 123–131 (2) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters* 1–0 (7) Barako Bull Energy 81–79 — |} 3 (3) Petron Blaze Boosters 2–0 (6) Meralco Bolts 91–84 80–64 — (4) Barangay Ginebra Kings 0–2 (5) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 105–112 91–106 — |} *Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while team #2 has to win twice. Semifinals 7 (2) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 4–3 (3) Petron Blaze Boosters 87–83 89–91 93–95 82–85 93–91 111–108 92–91 (5) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 3–4 (8) Powerade Tigers 114–97 113–121 99–104 110–95 108–110 112–98 98–107 |} Finals 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup finals 7 (2) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 4–1 (8) Powerade Tigers 116–100 102–96 133–126 97–100 110–101 — — |} Finals MVP: Larry Fonacier (Talk 'N Text) Best Player of the Conference: Gary David (Powerade) 2012 Blue vs. Green Dream Game Ateneo-La Salle rivalry #eee February 5, 2012 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City AKTV Blue Eagles Ateneo 104 La Salle Green Archers 117 Rosters Blue Rabeh Al-Hussaini Nonoy Baclao JC Intal Enrico Villanueva Doug Kramer LA Tenorio Eric Salamat Paolo Bugia Wesley Gonzales Larry Fonacier Rich Alvarez Magnum Membrere Japeth Aguilar Coach: Norman Black Green Mike Cortez Willy Wilson Ren-Ren Ritualo Joseph Yeo Tyrone Tang Jerwin Gaco Rico Maierhofer Carlo Sharma JVee Casio Ryan Araña Don Allado Mark Cardona Brian Ilad Coach: Franz Pumaren 2012 Commissioner's Cup 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup After the PBA Philippine Cup finals, the PBA is slated to return in the PBA Commissioner's Cup. This conference features imports for each team, with an unlimited height ceiling. Notable events After a dismal finish in the Philippine Cup, the Lina Group of Companies announced that the Shopinas.com Clickers will be renamed as the Air21 Express starting in the Commissioner's Cup. On February 2, Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines was rumored to sell its PBA team, the Powerade Tigers, to San Miguel Corporation, therefore allowing SMC to own and unprecedented 4 teams in the league. The rumors arose when it was revealed that certain factions in the Coca-Cola management have decided to sell the team. The next day, however, the trade rumors were debunked by Powerade manager JB Baylon. Due to being the Philippine national basketball team's naturalized player, Marcus Douthit's rights to be signed as an import (despite having naturalized Filipino status) were bidded on by the different PBA teams. The Air21 Express won the rights to sign Douthit after all the other teams passed. Douthit then agreed to play for Air21, with the rule that if he leaves Air21, he cannot play for any other team. Player movement Key transactions: Trades: On January 27, 2012, sister teams Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings, B-Meg Llamados and third team Barako Bull Energy completed a five – player blockbuster deal. In the deal, B-MEG received Gin Kings forward JC Intal and a 2012 2nd round pick from Barako Bull that originally belonged to Air 21, formerly Shopinas.com. Ginebra got Llamados forward Kerby Raymundo and Energy rookie Dylan Ababou. Barako Bull ended up with Gin Kings veteran swingman Ronald Tubid and rookie Reil Cervantes, as well as a second round draft pick in 2014 from Ginebra. This marks the second time that Barako Bull has traded its top draft picks. On the same day, Air21 completed a four-man trade with the Meralco Bolts. Air21 acquired Nelbert Omolon and Mark Isip from Meralco in exchange for Mark Canlas, Dennis Daa, and a 2012 first-round draft pick that belonged to Meralco originally. Coaching changes On January 11, after the Barangay Ginebra Kings lost their quarterfinal series against Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, coach Jong Uichico was revealed to have left Ginebra to join the Smart Gilas national basketball team coaches pool. Co-head coach Siot Tanquincen has become the sole head coach. On January 17, Uichico joined the Meralco Bolts as a team consultant. Elimination round Playoffs Quarterfinals 3 (3) B-Meg Llamados 2–1 (6) Meralco Bolts 81–103 95–85 86–76 (4) Alaska Aces 1–2 (5) Barako Bull Energy 90–103 99–92 85–106 |} Semifinals 5 (1) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 3–2 (5) Barako Bull Energy 77–84 123–98 81–85 108–90 101–90 (2) Barangay Ginebra Kings 1–3 (3) B-Meg Llamados 67–82 77–83 88–79 84–108 — |} Finals 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals 7 (1) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 3–4 (3) B-Meg Llamados 82–88 104–102 87–91 100–85 66–82 92–82 84–90 |} Finals MVP: James Yap (B-Meg) Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) Best Import of the Conference: Denzel Bowles (B-Meg) 2012 Governors' Cup 2012 PBA Governors' Cup Notable events thumb|right|150px|Robert Jaworski's retired jersey banner at the rafters of the Smart Araneta Coliseum during the retirement ceremonies. The Barangay Ginebra Kings announced the retirement of Robert Jaworski's #7 jersey. The ceremony was held on July 8 before the start of the semifinals game between Barangay Ginebra and Petron Blaze.Ginebra retires Robert Jaworksi's No. 7 jersey, Erwin Santiago, Philippine Entertainment Portal, June 29, 2012 In commemoration of the jersey retirement of Robert Jaworski, the Barangay Ginebra Kings wore their throwback 1985 Ginebra San Miguel white jerseys (with slight modifications, specifically the replacement of the La Tondeña "G" logo with the current GSM yellow logo), on their semifinal game against Petron Blaze. PBA referee Peter Balao was suspended until the end of the season after a miss call of a three-second violation during the knockout game between the Barako Bull Energy and the Powerade Tigers.PBA suspends referee, as Allado rips league after Barako's exit, GMA News Online, July 4, 2012 Following the loss of Barako Bull Energy against the Powerade Tigers in their knockout game, Don Allado of Barako Bull posted on his Twitter account his frustrations and mentioned that the PBA games are fixed. The Twitter posts were later deleted by Allado within a day and issued an apology to the league and the PBA officials.PBA: Game-fixing accusations come from sore losers – Salud, GMA News Online, July 4, 2012 PBA Commissioner Chito Salud called Allado to his office to explain his accusations. Allado was later fined Php 500,000; Php 300,000 will go the PBA players educational trust fund and Php 200,000 to a charitable institution of his choice. Allado is also banned for one conference from all PBA related activities.ALLADO FINED P.5M, SACKED FOR 1 CONFERENCE, PBA.ph, July 5, 2012After tweeting game-fixing charges, PBA player slapped with record-setting fine, Mark Zambrano, GMA News Online, July 5, 2012 The fine became the largest penalty for a player since Wynne Arboleda's fine after a violent altercation with a fan during their game against Smart Gilas in 2009.PBA: How does Allado's P500k fine stack up against the biggest PBA penalties?, Adrian Dy, GMA News Online, July 5, 2012 Player movement Key transactions: Trades: On April 20, 2012 Powerade Tigers and Petron Blaze Boosters completed a five – player deal that would send Celino Cruz and Marcio Lassiter to Petron while Powerade receiving reigning Rookie of the Year Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Rey Guevarra and Lordy Tugade. On May 1, 2012 Barako Bull Energy has agreed on a trade that would send veteran Dorian Pena to the Petron Blaze Boosters in exchange for Carlo Sharma and Celino Cruz. On May 5, 2012 Powerade Tigers traded Doug Kramer to the Barako Bull Energy for backup forward Jondan Salvador and a first round pick in the upcoming draft. On May 11, 2012 Alaska Aces has agreed to trade center Jay-R Reyes to the Meralco Bolts in exchange for power forward Gabby Espinas. The transaction also gave the Aces the right to switch draft picks with Bolts in the upcoming draft. On May 29, 2012, Air 21 Express traded starting point guard RJ Jazul to the Alaska Aces in exchange for backup guard Eric Salamat and a 2012 second – round pick. Coaching changes On April 16, 2012, coach Joel Banal of the Alaska Aces who was signed to a three-year deal, resigned from the team after losing the quarterfinal series against the Barako Bull Energy. Luigi Trillo, the son of Alaska team manager Joaqui Trillo, assistant coach of Alaska and former head coach of the PBA D-League Cebuana Lhuillier Gems, was appointed to replace Banal. Trillo also stated that he will reinstate the triangle offense in Alaska. Elimination round Semifinal round Finals 2012 PBA Governors' Cup finals 7 (1) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 4–3 (2) B-Meg Llamados 91–80 80–85 93–84 94–89 81–91 81–97 83–76 |} Finals MVP: Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine) Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) Best Import of the Conference: Jamelle Cornley (Rain or Shine) Individual awards Leo Awards PBA Leo Awards Most Valuable Player: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) Rookie of the Year: Paul Lee (Rain or Shine) First Mythical Team: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) Gary David (Powerade) Ranidel de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text) Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze) James Yap (B-Meg) Second Mythical Team: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text) Paul Lee (Rain or Shine) Sonny Thoss (Alaska) Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine) Kelly Williams (Talk 'N Text) All-Defensive Team: Marc Pingris (B-Meg) Doug Kramer (Barako Bull) Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze) Jireh Ibañes (Rain or Shine) Ryan Reyes (Talk 'N Text) Most Improved Player: Jeffrei Chan (Rain or Shine) Sportsmanship Award: JVee Casio (Powerade) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Scoring Champion: Gary David (Powerade) Coach of the Year: Yeng Guiao (Rain or Shine) Mr. Quality Minutes: Larry Fonacier (Talk 'N Text) Comeback Player of the Year: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) Executive of the Year: Raymund Yu and Terry Que (Rain or Shine) Defensive Player of the Year: Jireh Ibañes (Rain or Shine) All-Rookie Team Paul Lee (Rain or Shine) JVee Casio (Powerade) Marcio Lassiter (Petron Blaze) Dylan Ababou (Barangay Ginebra) James Sena (Air21) Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete A21 5 27 ALA 11 24 BAR 18 24 BGK 25 19 BMEG 38 23 MER 21 23 PBB 23 23 POW 22 27 ROS 31 22 TNT 40 22 Shopinas.com Clickers/Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barako Bull Energy Barangay Ginebra Kings B-Meg Llamados Meralco Bolts Petron Blaze Boosters Powerade Tigers Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters C C C SF SF SF F SF QF X Best finish before gold Champions silver Finalist green1 Semifinalist yellow1 Quarterfinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination rounds main WL percentage no no 1 none complete A21 5 27 ALA 10 22 BAR 14 18 Elimination round head-to-head record: Barako Bull 2–1 Powerade BGK 20 12 Elimination round head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 2–1 Barangay Ginebra BMEG 22 10 Elimination round head-to-head record: B-Meg 3–1 Talk 'N Text MER 16 16 PBB 17 15 POW 14 18 BAR ROS 20 12 BGK TNT 22 10 BMEG Shopinas.com Clickers/Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barako Bull Energy Barangay Ginebra Kings B-Meg Llamados Meralco Bolts Petron Blaze Boosters Powerade Tigers Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Playoffs main WL wins no no none complete A21 0 0 ALA 1 2 BAR 4 6 BGK 5 7 BMEG 16 13 MER 5 7 PBB 6 8 POW 8 9 ROS 11 10 TNT 18 12 Shopinas.com Clickers/Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barako Bull Energy Barangay Ginebra Kings B-Meg Llamados Meralco Bolts Petron Blaze Boosters Powerade Tigers Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters References External links PBA.ph 2011 PBA