2006–07 PBA season

32nd PBA season February 2023 February 2023 2006–07 PBA season Pba2006-07.png September 28, 2006 – July 20, 2007 10 Local: ABCInternational: The Filipino Channel 2006 PBA Draft Kelly Williams Sta. Lucia Realtors Willie Miller (Alaska Aces) Philippine Cup 2006–07 PBA Philippine Cup Barangay Ginebra Kings San Miguel Beermen Fiesta Conference 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Alaska Aces Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 2005–06 PBA season 2005–06 2007–08 PBA season 2007–08 The 2006–07 PBA season was the 32nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season started September 28 in Guam and began its formal opening on October 1 at the Araneta Coliseum, and ended on July 20. The league started the season with the All-Filipino Conference, now known as the PBA Philippine Cup while the PBA Fiesta Conference, an import laced tournament, ended the season. Philippine Basketball League team Welcoat Paintmasters became the tenth member of the league after acquiring the franchise from the defunct Shell Turbo Chargers. The Welcoat franchise has been renamed Welcoat Dragons Opening ceremonies The season began on October 1 with the Barangay Ginebra Kings defeating the expansion team Welcoat Dragons, 102–69 in the opener. The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Air21 Express Tanya Garcia Alaska Aces Gelli de Belen Barangay Ginebra Kings Angelica Panganiban Coca-Cola Tigers Purefoods Chunkee Giants 26K girls Red Bull Barako Milena Krahvicova San Miguel Beermen Valerie Concepcion Sta. Lucia Realtors Precious Lara Quigaman Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Pauleen Luna Welcoat Dragons Bianca King 2006–07 Philippine Cup 2006–07 PBA Philippine Cup ABC Development Corporation Notable events On November 19, Red Bull's Enrico Villanueva and Coca-Cola's Joseph Yeo and Mike Gavino had an altercation at the Araneta Coliseum parking lot after the Tigers' loss to Red Bull. After a meeting at Commissioner Noli Eala's office, Yeo and Villanueva mended their ways. Gavino, Allan Salansang (of Coca-Cola) and Manny Ramos (of Red Bull) gave their testimonies. Villanueva and Yeo previously had an altercation at the Ateneo-La Salle Dream Game, in which Villanueva played for Ateneo while Yeo played for La Salle.Villanueva, Yeo talk things over, settle feud. Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star. Published Wednesday, November 22, 2006, accessed December 2, 2006. On November 30, Red Bull coach Yeng Guiao and Talk 'N Text team manager Frankie Lim featured in a shouting match as Asi Taulava of Talk 'N Text and Carlo Sharma of Red Bull figured in an altercation, in a game held at Tacloban City. Guiao and Lim were later ejected at the playing court.Villar Joey December 1, 2006 Warriors book second seat in Final Four https://www.philstar.com/sports/2006/08/25/354510/warriors-book-second-seat-final-four August 7, 2023 Philstar.com Guiao and Lim were later suspended for two games. The PBA board approved the passing of the "Restricted Trading List (RTL)," a list of one, later two, players that can't be traded for, unless the replacement is also in the RTL. Qualifications for inclusion in the RTL include statistical points, salaries, longevity and marketability of a player. The RTL is designed to prevent one-sided trades, or trades that will favor only one team.PBA shuts door on one-sided trade deals https://web.archive.org/web/20070103164100/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/sports/view_article.php?article_id=39961 January 3, 2007 by Musong Castillo. The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Published December 24, 2006, accessed January 3, 2007. San Miguel Corporation (SMC) sold all of its shares of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines to the Coca-Cola Company for US$590 million. The fate of the Coca-Cola Tigers is in doubt but rumors say that SMC will transfer the Tigers into different subsidiary.Villar Joey Beltran Nelson December 31, 2006 SMC sells share in Coke; disbandment looms https://www.philstar.com/sports/2006/12/31/377571/smc-sells-share-coke-disbandment-looms August 7, 2023 Philstar.com Air21 Express traded Yancy de Ocampo and Leo Avenido in exchange for Abby Santos, Mark Andaya and two first-round picks in 2009 and 2010 to the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals.December 28, 2006 Yancy returns to Talk n Text in trade deal https://www.philstar.com/sports/2006/12/28/377096/yancy-returns-talk-n-text-trade-deal August 7, 2023 Philstar.com Elimination round Elimination round Wildcard round Wildcard cumulative Wildcard phase Playoffs Bracket Quarterfinals 5 (3) Red Bull Barako 3–1 (6) Sta. Lucia Realtors 89–96 100–98 114–96 105–90 — (4) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 3–2 (5) Purefoods Chunkee Giants 84–87 110–92 102–78 115–96 — |} Semifinals 7 (1) Barangay Ginebra Kings 4–2 (4) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 100–115 99–96 109–100 103–110 105–108 89–98 — (2) San Miguel Beermen 4–3 (3) Red Bull Barako 99–83 84–103 88–74 84–97 82–94 78–87 — |} Third place playoff (3) Red Bull Barako 111–67 (4) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Finals 2006–07 PBA Philippine Cup finals 7 (1) Barangay Ginebra Kings 4–2 (2) San Miguel Beermen 94–118 101–104 131–101 146–111 94–82 96–94 — Finals MVP: Jayjay Helterbrand (Brgy. Ginebra) Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa (Brgy. Ginebra) 2007 Fiesta Conference 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference PBA on ABC Notable events The Purefoods Chunkee Giants changed their nickname to the "Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants," a combination of the Chunkee Giants and TJ Hotdogs nicknames they've had. Twelve out of fifteen players who were selected to the national team were pulled out from their mother teams to begin their training for the upcoming SEABA Championship 2007, a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Championship 2007. As a result, an apprenticeship draft was supposed to be held, but with players from the Philippine Basketball League and the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association not taking part, the teams were advised to activate players from their respective injured reserve lists. The playoffs of the conference were supposed to be shortened for the national team but since the players themselves wouldn't participate in the conference, the semifinals was re-extended from a best-of-five series to a best-of-seven series. The Coca-Cola Tigers and Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines were sold by the San Miguel Corporation to the Coca-Cola Company. The Atlanta-based company honored the existing contracts of the team, except for team manager Allan Caidic who voluntarily left the team. Former commissioner Jun Bernardino died as he suffered a heart attack; all teams were to wear black bands in the duration of the conference.March 24, 2007 PBA IN MOURNING: "KUME" JUN B, 59 Longest-serving commissioner in fatal heart attack https://www.pba.ph/content/view/1488/59/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070328223225/http://www.pba.ph/content/view/1488/59/ March 28, 2007 August 7, 2023 www.pba.ph The Sta. Lucia Realtors dealt Kenneth Duremdes, Alex Cabagnot and Ricky Calimag to the Coca-Cola Tigers in exchange for Dennis Miranda, Manny Ramos and Coca-Cola's second round draft pick next year.http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/sports/view_article.php?article_id=58950 Realtors ship Duremdes, Cabagnot to Tigers April 5, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20110709161035/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/sports/view_article.php?article_id=58950 July 9, 2011 dead After negotiations at Ratchaburi, Thailand, Red Bull Barako traded Enrico Villanueva for Rommel Adducul of the San Miguel Beermen. Prior to this, Pennisi replaced Villanueva in Red Bull's restricted trade list in order for the trade to push through.VILLANUEVA—ADDUCUL SWAP SEALED PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20070529101108/http://pba.ph/ May 29, 2007 The Purefoods Chunkee Giants then traded Don Camaso and a second-round pick in either the 2007 PBA Draft or the 2008 PBA Draft for Adducul.WITH ELLIS BACK, ACES EYE OUTRIGHT SEMIS PLAYOFF; DO-OR-DIE FOR WELCOAT; Adducul goes to Purefoods which seeks outright wildcard slot along with SLR PBA.ph This was criticized by PBA insider Ronnie Nathanielsz saying the league was being used "as a business enterprise not to promote its products but to make money selling players" that would lessen the competitive balance between teams.Competitive balance? by Ronnie Nathanielsz at the Manila Standard Today Elimination round Playoffs Wildcard phase 1st round (6) San Miguel Beermen 102–85 (9) Sta. Lucia Realtors (7) Coca-Cola Tigers 100–97 (8) Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 2nd round (6) San Miguel Beermen 102–101 (7) Coca-Cola Tigers Quarterfinals 3 (3) Barangay Ginebra Kings 1–2 (6) San Miguel Beermen 113–87 89–111 114–117 (4) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 2–1 (5) Air21 Express 102–121 108–92 114–112 |} Semifinals 7 (1) Red Bull Barako 2–4 (4) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 107–101 103–107 98–105 111–104 111–112 110–122 — (2) Alaska Aces 4–2 (6) San Miguel Beermen 100–99 93–68 81–91 93–87 108–126 113–109 2 — |} Third place playoff (1) Red Bull Barako 103–96 (6) San Miguel Beermen Finals 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference finals 7 (2) Alaska Aces 4–3 (4) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 113–85 113–120 87–95 86–82 104–107 121–110 99–96 |} Finals MVP: Willie Miller Best Player of the Conference: Mark Cardona (Talk 'N Text) Best Import of the Conference: Rossel Ellis (Alaska) 2007 All-Star Weekend 2007 PBA All-Star Weekend The 2007 PBA All-Star Weekend was held at San Fernando City, La Union and Baguio. The winners were: Obstacle Challenge: Willie Miller (Alaska Aces) Shooting Stars Challenge: Jayjay Helterbrand, Dominic Uy and San Fernando City councilor Panding Nince Trick Shot Challenge: Dennis Miranda (Sta. Lucia Realtors) Three-point Shootout: Dondon Hontiveros (San Miguel Beermen) Slam Dunk Competition: Niño Canaleta (Air21 Express) Legends Shootout: Active players - Willie Miller (Alaska Aces), Dondon Hontiveros (San Miguel Beermen), Gary David (Air21 Express) Rookie–Sophomore Blitz Game April 26 Rookies | score1 = 122 107 Sophomores Pacoy Ortega Gym, San Fernando, La Union ABC Arwind Santos named the game's most valuable player. All-Star Game April 29 South All-Stars 142 145 | team2 = North All-Stars University of Baguio Gym, Baguio ABC Jayjay Helterbrand and Willie Miller named the game's co-most valuable players. Manila Invitational As part of the warmups for the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship 2007, the PBA invited four national teams taking part in the Asian Championships for the first PBA-Smart Manila Invitational Championships. Preliminary round main WL wins no yes points complete PBA.ph LIB 2 1 255 219 LIB PHI 2 1 254 239 PHI CHN 2 1 246 245 CHN SYR 0 3 233 285 SYR 1980 F F 3rd 3rd Q before green1 Advance to Final yellow1 Proceed to third place playoff July 12 The Arena, San Juan City Prelims CHN 98 SYR 1980 94 July 12 The Arena, San Juan City Prelims PHI 88 LIB 83 July 13 #eee Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Prelims SYR 1980 60 LIB 95 July 13 #eee Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Prelims PHI 74 CHN 77 July 14 The Arena, San Juan City Prelims CHN 71 LIB 77 July 14 The Arena, San Juan City Prelims PHI 92 SYR 1980 79 Third place playoff #eee July 15 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City 3rd place SYR 1980 90 CHN 85 Final July 15 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Final LIB 81 PHI 87 #fee Awards Most valuable player: PHI Jimmy Alapag All-tournament team: PHI Jimmy Alapag SYR 1980 Michael Madanly LIB Fadi El Khatib PHI Kelly Williams LIB Joe Vogel Awards Most Valuable Player: Willie Miller (Alaska) Rookie of the Year: Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia) First Mythical Team: Gary David (Air21) Willie Miller (Alaska) Jay Washington (Talk 'N Text) Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia) Dorian Peña (San Miguel) Second Mythical Team: Wynne Arboleda (Air21) Mark Cardona (Talk 'N Text) Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel) Arwind Santos (Air21) Yancy de Ocampo (Talk 'N Text) All-Defensive Team: Nelbert Omolon (Sta. Lucia) Arwind Santos (Air21) Harvey Carey (Talk 'N Text) Wynne Arboleda (Air21) Gary David (Air21) Most Improved Player: Gary David (Air21) Sportsmanship Award: Gary David (Air21) Mr. Energy: Ronald Tubid (Brgy. Ginebra) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Jong Uichico (Barangay Ginebra) Mr. Quality Minutes: Chris Calaguio (San Miguel) Comeback Player of the Year: Gary David (Air21) Referee of the Year: Mario Montiel All-Rookie Team LA Tenorio (San Miguel) Jireh Ibañes (Welcoat) Jay-R Reyes (Welcoat) Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia) Arwind Santos (Air21) Cumulative standings Overall standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete A21 22 22 ALA 30 23 BGK 34 18 COKE 14 27 PF 18 24 RBB 33 22 SLR 18 28 SMB 35 27 TNT 36 27 WEL 7 29 Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers Purefoods Chunkee/Tender Juicy Giants Red Bull Barako San Miguel Beermen Sta. Lucia Realtors Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Welcoat Dragons C 3rd C F F QF QF QF WC X Best finish gold Champions silver Finalist #cc9966 Third place blue1 Quarterfinalist yellow1 Wildcard phase red1 Elimination round Elimination rounds main WL percentage no no 1 none complete A21 17 19 ALA 20 16 BGK 25 11 COKE 12 24 PF 16 20 RBB 24 12 SLR 15 21 SMB 23 13 TNT 21 15 WEL 7 29 Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers Purefoods Chunkee/Tender Juicy Giants Red Bull Barako Sta. Lucia Realtors San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Welcoat Dragons Playoffs main WL wins no no none complete A21 5 3 ALA 10 7 BGK 9 7 COKE 2 3 PF 2 4 RBB 9 10 SLR 3 7 SMB 12 14 TNT 15 12 WEL 0 0 Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers Purefoods Chunkee/Tender Juicy Giants Red Bull Barako Sta. Lucia Realtors San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Welcoat Dragons Eala's resignation League commissioner Noli Eala resigned on August 8, 2007, after being disbarred by the Supreme Court on charges infidelity. References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ August 9, 2017 PBA