1997 Sta. Lucia Realtors season

1997 Sta. Lucia Realtors Chot Reyes Adonis Tierra All-Filipino Cup 13 10 3rd Semifinals Commissioner's Cup 8 11 4th Semifinals Governor's Cup 10 9 4th Semifinals Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation 1996 1998 The 1997 Sta. Lucia Realtors season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Draft picks Round Pick Player College13 Jason Webb De La Salle16 Gabby Cui Ateneo de Manila18 Angelo David FEU Notable dates July 22: Sta. Lucia advanced to the Commissioners Cup semifinals with a 100-92 overtime victory over Purefoods Cowboys. Kenny Redfield, the two-time best import who led Shell to the finals in the previous season, and playing with his fourth team with the Realtors, scored his 27th triple-double performance of 34 points, 18 rebounds and 12 assists. With the victory, Sta. Lucia were tied on top of the standings with three other teams, San Miguel, Shell and Gordon's Gin, with six wins and four losses.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ypgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5469%2C2215228 SLR wallops Purefoods, gains share of lead Manila Standard September 28: Import Sean Green carried the Realtors with his team-high 35 points as Sta. Lucia scored their third straight victory and a solo lead in the Governors Cup with a 111-90 rout off Pop Cola.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qo8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6429%2C3078283 Sizzling-hot Realtors continue roll Manila Standard Occurrences After a four-year coaching stint with the Purefoods ballclub, coach Chot Reyes accepted the offer of Sta. Lucia as their new head coach at the beginning of the season. During the Governors Cup, a few days after Sta. Lucia lost to Alaska by one point on October 28,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D6AVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6620%2C2915688 Alaska stuns SLR Manila Standard coach Chot Reyes resigned and gave up his position to assistant coach Adonis Tierra, who would handle the Realtors on an interim basis. It was reported that Reyes' temperament had lost him his job at Sta. Lucia, and the players' boycott against their coach led to his departure. Roster Sta. Lucia Realtors 1997 #006401 #FFFFFF #FF9900 #FFFFFF 1 Jason Webb basketball G 6 2 De La Salle PHI 3 Chris Jackson basketball F 6 4 San Bernardino Valley USA 5 Gilbert Reyes G 5 8 Ateneo PHI 9 Boy Cabahug GF 5 11 Visayas PHI 12 Jose Francisco basketball F 6 0 FEU PHI 14 Gerry Esplana G 6 0 FEU PHI 15 Expedito Falcasantos F 6 4 Cebu PHI 16 Dennis Espino C 6 6 UST PHI 38 Angelo David C 6 6 FEU PHI 57 Romeo Dela Rosa F 6 2 SWU PHI 72 Jun Limpot C 6 5 De La Salle PHI 81 Gabby Cui FC 6 4 Ateneo PHI PHI Chot Reyes (All-Filipino/Commissioner's Cup) PHI Adonis Tierra (Governors Cup) PHI Adonis Tierra (All-Filipino/Commissioner's Cup) PHI Ricardo Cui PHI Joshua Villapando PHI Buddy Encarnado Transactions Trades Off-seasonTo Alaska Boyet FernandezTo Sta. Lucia Gilbert Reyes, Jr Additions Player Signed Former team Boy Cabahug Off-season Mobiline Recruited imports TournamentNameNumberPositionUniversity/collegeDurationCommissioner's CupKenny Redfield 23 ForwardMichigan State June 15 to August 26Governors' CupSean Green 7 Guard-forwardIona College September 21 to December 5 References Sta. Lucia Category:Sta. Lucia Realtors seasons