2001 PBA season

27th PBA season February 2023 February 2023 2001 PBA season Pba2001.jpg January 28 – December 16, 2001 10 Viva TV (IBC) 2001 PBA Draft Willie Miller Batang Red Bull Thunder Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel Beermen) All-Filipino Cup 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup San Miguel Beermen Barangay Ginebra Kings Commissioner's Cup 2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Batang Red Bull Thunder San Miguel Beermen Governors Cup 2001 PBA Governors Cup Sta. Lucia Realtors San Miguel Beermen 2000 PBA season 2000 2002 PBA season 2002 The 2001 PBA season was the 27th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee Emilio Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner) Ignatius Yenko (Chairman, representing Mobiline Phone Pals) Francisco Alejo III (Vice-Chairman, representing Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) Jose Ma. Concepcion III (Treasurer, representing Pop Cola Panthers) Teams Team Company Governor Alternate Governor Alaska Aces Alaska Milk Corporation Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Joaquin Trillo Barangay Ginebra Kings La Tondeña Distillers, Inc. Casiano Cabalan Jr. Ira Daniel Maniquis Mobiline Phone Pals Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Ignatius Yengko Deobrah Anne Tan Pop Cola Panthers Republic Flour Mills Corporation Jose Ma. Concepcion III Elmer Yanga Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Purefoods Corporation Francisco Alejo III Red Bull Thunder Energy Food and Drinks Inc. Salvador Cusipag, Jr. Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Manuel Encarnado San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Brewery, Inc. Alberto Villa-Abrille, Jr. Alberto Manlapit Shell Turbo Chargers Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation Reynaldo Gamboa Tanduay Rhum Masters Basic Holdings Corporation Lucio Tan Jr. David De Joya Notable occurrences Due to the aftermath of the Second EDSA Revolution, the uncertainty of opening a new PBA season became imminent were unsure if they will still continue in taking part of the league. Likewise, it was then not known who will be in charge of the PBA's main venue, the ULTRA and Viva TV TV network partner IBC. The league eventually opened its season at The ULTRA on January 28 and was aired on PTV. During the pre-season, Tanduay made soundwaves in the PBA when they dangled Danny Ildefonso of corporate rival San Miguel Beermen a whopping 16-year, 96 million peso offersheet. The league though, nullified the said deal since it was believed that the offersheet violated the team's salary cap.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RH42AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3500%2C37759759 Ildefonso deals floors PBA Philippine Daily Inquirer Danny Ildefonso of San Miguel became the third player to win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for two straight seasons, Ildefonso also sets a record by sweeping the season's Best Player of the Conference award, his unprecedented feat started in 2000 when he emerged as the award winner in the Commissioner's and Governors' Cups, his BPC wins surpassed the three apiece won by Vergel Meneses and Alvin Patrimonio. Purefoods' Alvin Patrimonio became the first player to suit up for 500 straight games Alaska import Sean Chambers hung up his number 20 jersey after 13 years in a highly emotional retirement ceremony. The corporate sale of Purefoods, including its PBA franchise, to San Miguel Corporation at the end of the year was eventually approved by the Board of Governors, the Hotdogs became the third team under the San Miguel corporate umbrella.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AX42AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2765%2C10464240 Pop transfer raises SMB teams to four Philippine Daily Inquirer Paul Asi Taulava and Eric Menk, two fil-foreign players, returned to their respective ballclubs, Taulava reunited with the Phone Pals around mid-year while Menk suited up for Tanduay a little later. In a stunning move in late December, Tanduay shipped Eric Menk, Dondon Hontiveros, Bonel Balingit and Chris Cantonjos to other teams as a prelude to Tanduay's subsequent sale of its franchise to FedEx, the delivery firm, for P 75 million.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AH42AAAAIBAJ&sjid=hCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3660%2C10146978 FedEx not paying fines of Tanduay Philippine Daily Inquirer Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Aces Vanessa Garcia Batang Red Bull Thunder Sandra Seifert and Josephine Bonizado Barangay Ginebra Kings Geneva Cruz Pop Cola Panthers Ruffa Mae Quinto Mobiline Phone Pals Patricia Javier Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Antoinette Taus San Miguel Beermen Phoemela Baranda Shell Turbo Chargers Pia Guanio Sta. Lucia Realtors Marielle Lopez and Jeremie Antiporda Tanduay Rhum Masters Janna Victoria 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Elimination round Playoffs Quarterfinals Series y (1) Shell Turbo Chargers* 1–1 (8) Mobiline Phone Pals 72–76 80–69 (2) San Miguel Beermen* 1–1 (7) Red Bull Thunder 73–85 84–82 (3) Pop Cola Panthers* 1–1 (6) Alaska Aces 71–78 74–65 (4) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs* 0–2 (5) Barangay Ginebra Kings 76–77 69–70 |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) Shell Turbo Chargers 2–3 (5) Barangay Ginebra Kings 78–90 72–74 113–87 78–67 66–75 (2) San Miguel Beermen 3–1 (3) Pop Cola Panthers 64–73 81–66 82–75 91–78 — |} Third place playoff (1) Shell Turbo Chargers 75–83 (3) Pop Cola Panthers Finals 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals 7 (2) San Miguel Beermen 4–2 (5) Barangay Ginebra Kings 81–75 89–72 80–82 64–80 98–95 95–75 — |} 2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup 2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup Elimination round Playoffs Quarterfinals Series y (1) San Miguel Beermen* 1–0 (8) Mobiline Phone Pals 81–71 — (2) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs* 1–0 (7) Tanduay Rhum Masters 82–74 — (3) Batang Red Bull Thunder* 1–0 (6) Barangay Ginebra Kings 82–70 — (4) Alaska Aces* 1–0 (5) Sta. Lucia Realtors 78–68 — |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) San Miguel Beermen 3–2 (4) Alaska Aces 66–75 78–71 80–74 91–96 83–71 (2) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 2–3 (3) Batang Red Bull Thunder 91–75 76–95 84–100 77–75 77–87 |} Third place playoff (2) Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 89–96 (4) Alaska Aces Finals 2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals 7 (1) San Miguel Beermen 2–4 (3) Batang Red Bull Thunder 78–80 86–92 100–91 88–72 77–79 69–75 — |} 2001 PBA Governors' Cup 2001 PBA Governors' Cup Elimination round Playoffs Quarterfinals Series y (1) Shell Turbo Chargers* 1–1 (8) Barangay Ginebra Kings 75–97 106–87 (2) Sta. Lucia Realtors* 1–0 (7) Batang Red Bull Thunder 97–93 — (3) Pop Cola Panthers* 1–0 (6) Alaska Aces 88–78 — (4) San Miguel Beermen* 1–0 (5) Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 77–63 — |}*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice. Semifinals 5 (1) Shell Turbo Chargers 0–3 (4) San Miguel Beermen 84–89 70–83 88–92 — — (2) Sta. Lucia Realtors 3–2 (3) Pop Cola Panthers 75–76 76–69 76–86 97–80 86–74 |} Third place playoff (1) Shell Turbo Chargers 96–87 (3) Pop Cola Panthers Finals 2001 PBA Governors' Cup finals 7 (2) Sta. Lucia Realtors 4–2 (4) San Miguel Beermen 86–80 78–86 83–74 73–106 85–71 75–72 — |} Awards Most Valuable Player: Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel) Rookie of the Year: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) Sportsmanship Award: Rey Evangelista (Purefoods) Most Improved Player: Noy Castillo (Purefoods) Defensive Player of the Year: Chris Jackson (Shell) Mythical Five Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel) Danny Seigle (San Miguel) Olsen Racela (San Miguel) Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia) Ali Peek (Alaska) Mythical Second Team Noy Castillo (Purefoods) Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska) Nic Belasco (San Miguel) Rudy Hatfield (Pop Cola) Davonn Harp (Red Bull) All Defensive Team Chris Jackson (Shell) Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia) Marlou Aquino (Sta. Lucia) Rey Evangelista (Purefoods) Patrick Fran (Mobiline/Talk 'N Text) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Yeng Guiao (Red Bull) Mr. Quality Minutes: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) Executive of the Year: Sonny Barios (PBA executive director) Referee of the Year: Ernie de Leon Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete SMB RB SLR ALA SHL PF BGK POP TNT TAN 23 23 25 27 28 23 22 23 24 27 43 27 25 26 25 24 14 23 18 24 Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Batang Red Bull Thunder Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Pop Cola Panthers San Miguel Beermen Shell Turbo Chargers Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters Mobiline/Talk 'N Text Phone Pals C C C 3rd 3rd SF F 3rd QF QF Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist yellow1 Quarterfinalist Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete SMB SHL PF RB ALA POP SLR BGK TNT TAN 18 18 17 19 19 17 19 17 18 18 23 13 20 16 17 19 13 23 16 20 Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Batang Red Bull Thunder Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Pop Cola Panthers San Miguel Beermen Shell Turbo Chargers Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters Mobiline/Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete SMB RB SLR BGK POP ALA SHL PF TNT TAN 5 5 8 8 9 6 3 6 6 9 20 14 5 10 8 5 1 1 2 3 Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Batang Red Bull Thunder Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Pop Cola Panthers San Miguel Beermen Shell Turbo Chargers Sta. Lucia Realtors Tanduay Rhum Masters Mobiline/Talk 'N Text Phone Pals References External links pba.inquirer.net Category:2001 PBA season Category:2001 in Philippine sports Category:2001 in Philippine basketball