1999 San Miguel Beermen season

1999 San Miguel Beermen Jong Uichico All-Filipino Cup 8 9 5th seed QF (lost to Shell) Commissioner's Cup 13 7 4th seed Champions (def. Formula Shell 4-2) Governors Cup 14 4 3rd seed Champions (def. Alaska 4-2) San Miguel Corporation Nazario Avendaño 1998 2000 The 1999 San Miguel Beermen season was the 25th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Draft picks Round Pick Player Nationality College321 Rommel Daep SSC322 Victor Pambuan Ohlone College Direct hire PlayerNationalityCollegeDanny Seigle Wagner Occurrences The San Miguel team gave away its rights to four of their players namely Allan Caidic, Edward Naron, Elpidio Villamin and Siot Tanquingcen and shipped them to sister team Ginebra San Miguel. Assistant coach Jong Uichico takes over from Ron Jacobs as the new head coach of the San Miguel Beermen beginning the league's 25th season. Former Mobiline import Terquin Mott was acquired by San Miguel in the Commissioner's Cup. The Beermen agreed to give away their rights to Larry Robinson, their import in the Governors Cup for the past two seasons in exchange, Robinson will start playing for the Phone Pals in the Governors Cup. Notable dates March 14: Nelson Asaytono scored his team's last four points as San Miguel toppled Mobiline, 65-64, in a nail-biting duel and accomplished what seven other teams failed to do, giving the Phone Pals their first loss in the season after posting seven straight wins. The Beermen scored their fourth win in seven outings.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q5QVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2220%2C1594883 SMB stops Mobiline Manila Standard July 4: Terquin Mott's defensive intensity rubbed off on his fellow starters as the Beermen held the Gin Kings of Ginebra scoreless in a five-minute spell down the stretch and San Miguel notched its second straight win in the Commissioner's Cup with an 85-75 victory.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jmYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3348%2C497040 Mott anchors 4th quarter defense as San Miguel whips Ginebra Manila Standard Two championships The Beermen finally prevailed over the Alaska Milkmen, their two-time finals opponent last season, this time in the best-of-five semifinals in the Commissioner's Cup. San Miguel won the series by taking the deciding Game five, 84–73 on August 29. San Miguel battled Formula Shell for the Commissioners Cup trophy, the Beermen stopped the Zoom Masters' title run, who were looking for their third straight crown. The Beermen finally ended a five-year title-drought by winning their 12th championship in a 4–2 series win. Coach Jong Uichico won his first PBA title in only his second conference. 1999 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals Lamont Strothers returns as their import in the Governors Cup. The Beermen posted a 6–2 won-loss slate in the eliminations and seeded third. They easily made it to the best-of-five semifinal series against Tanduay Gold Rhum by ousting sixth seeded Sta.Lucia Realtors. The Beermen scored a 3–0 sweep over the Rhum Masters to advance into the finals against the Alaska Milkmen, which also scored a three-game sweep over Purefoods. The last championship of the 1990s features the two winningest ballclubs in the last 12 years and a match-up of two of the finest imports in recent years, Lamont Strothers and Sean Chambers. The Beermen were gunning for their 13th title and hoping to avenged their two finals losses to Alaska last season. San Miguel trailed 1–2 in the series after losing Games two and three. In a must-win situation, the Beermen won Game four, 76–65 on December 5. Five nights later, the Beermen controlled the game for most of the way and survived a late rally by Alaska to win, 74–68 in Game five. Needed only one more win to clinch their 13th league championship, the Beermen took Game six, 72–69 at the Big Dome on December 12 and won the series, four games to two. The finals victory by San Miguel tied them with the disbanded Crispa Redmanizers' record for most PBA titles. 1999 PBA Governors Cup finals Awards Danny Seigle won the season's Rookie of the Year honors Terquin Mott was named the Commissioner's Cup Best Import Lamont Strothers was named the Governors Cup Best Import. Roster San Miguel Beermen 1999 1 Boybits Victoria G 5 11 172 San Beda PHI 3 Nic Belasco F 6 6 210 Notre Dame College USA 5 Ronilo Padilla C 6 6 215 Cebu PHI 7 Michael Mustre G 6 0 180 Letran PHI 10 Danny Ildefonso C 6 6 210 National-U PHI 15 Dwight Lago GF 6 2 190 De La Salle PHI 17 Olsen Racela G 5 10 165 Ateneo PHI 18 Art Dela Cruz G 6 3 210 San Sebastian PHI 24 Cris Bolado C 6 7 260 National-U PHI 25 Freddie Abuda F 6 4 200 Cebu PHI 32 Rob Duat G 6 3 200 Menlo USA 42 Danny Seigle F 6 6 2005 Wagner USA *PHI Jong Uichico *PHI Jojo Villa *PHI Nazario Avendaño Transactions Trades July 10, 1999 To Pop Cola 800sCris Bolado To San Miguel BeermenBoybits Victoria August 1999 To Pop Cola 800sNelson Asaytono, William Antonio To San Miguel BeermenNic Belasco, Cris Bolado, Dwight Lago Additions PlayerSignedFormer teamRobert DuatOff-seasonCebu Gems (MBA) Recruited imports TournamentNameNumberPositionUniversity/CollegeCommissioner's CupTerquin Mott40ForwardCoppin StateGovernors' CupLamont Strothers6Forward-GuardChristopher Newport References Category:San Miguel Beermen seasons San