2008–09 PBA season

34th PBA season February 2023 February 2023 2008–09 PBA season Pba2008-09.png October 4, 2008 – July 17, 2009 10 C/S9, Basketball TV 2008 PBA Draft Gabe Norwood Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Philippine Cup 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Alaska Aces Fiesta Conference 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference San Miguel Beermen Barangay Ginebra Kings 2007–08 PBA season 2007–08 2009–10 PBA season 2009–10 The 2008–09 PBA season was the 34th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season formally opened on October 4, 2008Williams named MVP; Reyes picked top rookie, The Philippine Star. Accessed August 14, 2008. and ended on July 17, 2009. This was the first time that the league will hold their opening ceremonies on a Saturday. The league started the season with the 2008-09 Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference, while capping off the season with the import-laiden 2009 Fiesta Conference. The first activity of the season was the 2008 PBA Draft last August 31 at the Market! Market! in Taguig. Pre-season events trades done on draft day 2008 PBA Draft Broadcast contracts The 2008-09 season would be the first season under the PBA's new broadcast contract with Solar Sports. Games would now air on their cable channel Basketball TV, and on the stations of the Radio Philippines Network (who curiously, were the first broadcaster of the PBA) after an intense bidding war between Solar and ABS-CBN Corporation.Zean Macamay Solar gets it http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-05-28&sec=7&aid=61130 People's Journal May 28, 2008 June 2, 2008 Team re-brandings The Welcoat Dragons became the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (their last team name in the Philippine Basketball League). The Magnolia Beverage Masters returned to their previous identity as the San Miguel Beermen. The Talk 'N Text Phone Pals became the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters. Major trades The Alaska Aces traded 6-foot-3 Veteran Forward Eddie Laure and 6-foot-1 Point Guard Solomon Mercado to Rain or Shine Elasto Painters for 6-foot-7 Forward Joe Devance. The Air21 Express traded 6-foot-4 Forward Mark Borboran to Alaska Aces in exchange for 6-foot-6 Forward/center J.R. Quiñahan. Opening ceremonies The season began on October 4 with the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters defeating the Coca Cola Tigers, 98-97. The muses for the participating teams are as follows:PBA opens its 34th season, GMANews.tv, October 4, 2008 Team Muse Air21 Express Karla Henry Alaska Aces Isabelle Daza Barangay Ginebra Kings Iwa Moto Coca-Cola Tigers Pokwang Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants Iya Villania Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Priscilla Meirelles Red Bull Barako Marianna del Rio San Miguel Beermen 5 SMB models Sta. Lucia Realtors Ariana Barouk Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Rufa Mae Quinto 2008-09 Philippine Cup 2008-09 PBA Philippine Cup Elimination round Playoffs Wildcard phase 1st round (6) San Miguel Beermen 99–89 (9) Coca-Cola Tigers (7) Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 82–94 (8) Air21 Express 2nd round (6) San Miguel Beermen 105–86 (8) Air21 Express Quarterfinals 3 (3) Barangay Ginebra Kings 1–2 (6) San Miguel Beermen 77–78 91–88 93–98 (4) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 0–2 (5) Sta. Lucia Realtors 84–101 85–92 — |} Semifinals 7 (1) Alaska Aces 4–2 (5) Sta. Lucia Realtors 92–76 94–87 65–76 88–93 74–81 87–83 — (2) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 4–2 (6) San Miguel Beermen 129–100 103–112 110–106 106–103 115–125 116–115 — |} Third place playoff (5) Sta. Lucia Realtors 99–97 (6) San Miguel Beermen Finals 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup finals 7 (1) Alaska Aces 3–4 (2) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 102–95 100–91 73–92 98–100 95–93 94–99 89–93 |} Finals MVP: Mark Cardona (Talk 'N Text) Best Player of the Conference: Willie Miller (Alaska Aces) Smart Gilas exhibition games Exhibition games were held prior to Games 4 and 6 of the Philippine Cup finals between the Smart Gilas (Philippines team that will compete in the FIBA Asia Championship 2011) coached by Rajko Toroman and previously eliminated teams from the Philippine Cup. The games also marked the appearance of the newly renamed Burger King Titans team formerly known as the Air21 Express. #eee February 4 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Smart Gilas 95 Burger King Titans 95 February 9 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Smart Gilas 81 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters |score2=84 2009 Fiesta Conference 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference Notable events Red Bull Barako changed their name to Barako Bull Energy Boosters. The former Air21 Express were renamed as the Burger King Titans. However, with the failure of several business deals that would have changed the franchise's upper management, the Titans renamed into the Burger King Whoppers by their seventh game into the conference, retaining their old management headed by the Lina family. The May 16 game between the Barangay Ginebra Kings and the Alaska Aces held at the Albay Astrodome in Legaspi was canceled when the playing court was judged as too slippery, with Ginebra leading 9–2, and 8:04 remaining in the first quarter. The game was stopped twice and the stoppages lasted two hours before the game was canceled. The game was restarted at the Araneta Coliseum on May 22.http://www.pba.ph/content/view/2633/2/ GINEBRA – ALASKA TIFF IN LEGAZPI HALTED May 17, 2009 May 26, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090607134953/http://www.pba.ph/content/view/2633/2/ June 7, 2009 dead Classification round Playoffs Wildcard phase Series y (3) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters* 1–0 (10) Barako Bull Energy Boosters 96–88 — (4) Burger King Whoppers* 1–0 (9) Alaska Aces 96–90 — (5) Sta. Lucia Realtors 94–88 (8) Coca-Cola Tigers (6) Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 126–123 2 (7) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters *Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team #1 only has to win once, while Team #2 has to win twice. Quarterfinals 3 (3) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2–1 (6) Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 96–87 82–84 93–89 (4) Burger King Whoppers 2–1 (5) Sta. Lucia Realtors 84–93 94–81 120–72 |} Semifinals 7 (1) San Miguel Beermen 4–2 (4) Burger King Whoppers 102–87 113–116 100–88 120–119 2 90–103 118–103 — (2) Barangay Ginebra Kings 4–2 (3) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 95–101 103–98 88–94 86–70 96–85 108–100 — |} Third place playoff (3) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 118–132 (4) Burger King Whoppers Finals 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference finals 7 (1) San Miguel Beermen 4–3 (2) Barangay Ginebra Kings 96–102 95–78 103–116 106–104 98–106 98–84 90–79 |} Finals MVP: Jonas Villanueva (San Miguel) Best Player of the Conference: Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Best Import of the Conference: Gabe Freeman (San Miguel Beermen) Philippines-Australia goodwill series An Australian team was invited to a two-game series between the national team, with the winner of a game being awarded P75,000 (about A$4,340).Powerade-Team Pilipinas off to a rousing debut, GMANews.tv April 3 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 SSC-R junior 93 Ateneo junior 88 #eee April 3 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Philippines Powerade-Team Pilipinas 87 AUS Motolite-Australia Great White Sharks 63 April 5 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 FEU women 65 UP women 61 #eee April 5 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S9 Philippines Powerade-Team Pilipinas 93 AUS Motolite-Australia Hoopdreamz 89 OT 2009 PBA All-Star Weekend 2009 PBA All-Star Weekend The 2009 PBA All-Star Weekend was held from April 22 to 26 at three different cities, particularly: Victorias, Negros Occidental (April 22), Panabo, Davao del Norte (April 24), and Quezon City (April 26). The winners were: Obstacle Challenge: Paul Artadi (Barangay Ginebra Kings) Three-point Shootout: James Yap (Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants) Slam Dunk Competition: David Noel (Barangay Ginebra Kings) All-Star Games #eee April 22 Victorias City Sports and Recreational Arena, Victorias, Negros Occidental C/S9 Powerade-Team Pilipinas 98 North All-Stars 80 28–23 24–25 25–10 25–22 Mick Pennisi 15 Jhamar Thorpe 16 #fff April 24 Panabo City Tourism, Cultural and Sports Center, Panabo, Davao del Norte C/S9 Powerade-Team Pilipinas |score1=103 South All-Stars 99 28–21 23–28 33–13 19–37 Jared Dillinger 12 Peter June Simon 19 #eee April 26 6:30 p.m. PBA All-Stars 97 24-23 22-23 25-25 26-18 89 Powerade-Team Pilipinas David Noel 18 Arwind Santos 18 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City 9,000+ C/S9 David Noel named the All-Star Game MVP. Awards Most Valuable Player: Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra) Rookie of the Year: Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine) First Mythical Team: Jayjay Helterbrand (Brgy. Ginebra) Mark Cardona (Talk 'N Text) Jay Washington (San Miguel) Arwind Santos (Burger King) Asi Taulava (Coca Cola) Second Mythical Team: Willie Miller (Alaska) Dondon Hontiveros (San Miguel) Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine) Jay-R Reyes (Rain or Shine) Kelly Williams (Sta. Lucia) All-Defensive Team: Arwind Santos (Burger King) Billy Mamaril (Brgy. Ginebra) Asi Taulava (Coca Cola) Wynne Arboleda (Burger King) Ronald Tubid (Brgy. Ginebra) Most Improved Player: Jonas Villanueva (San Miguel) Sportsmanship Award: Ryan Reyes (Sta. Lucia) Motolite Pangmatagalan Player of the Year: Willie Miller (Alaska) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Chot Reyes (Talk 'N Text) Mr. Quality Minutes: Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text) Comeback Player of the Year: Mike Cortez (San Miguel) Executive of the Year: Danding Cojuangco (San Miguel) Referee of the Year: Throngy Aldaba Player of the Week Order of Merit: Arwind Santos (Burger King) / Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text) All-Rookie Team Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine) Sol Mercado (Rain or Shine) Bonbon Custodio (San Miguel) Jared Dillinger (Talk 'N Text) Larry Rodriguez (Barako Bull) Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete A21 23 22 Burger King Whoppers/Titans/Air21 Express ALA 25 21 Alaska Aces BAR 7 26 Barako Bull Energy Boosters/Red Bull Barako BGK 27 22 Barangay Ginebra Kings COKE 13 21 Coca-Cola Tigers PF 17 20 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants ROS 23 22 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters SLR 24 21 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 36 25 San Miguel Beermen TNT 26 21 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters C C F F 3rd SF 3rd QF WC WC Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist blue1 Quarterfinalist yellow1 Wildcard phase Elimination/classification rounds main WL percentage no no 1 none complete A21 16 16 ALA 18 14 BAR 7 25 BGK 18 14 COKE 13 19 PF 15 17 ROS 18 14 SLR 17 15 SMB 20 12 TNT 18 14 Burger King Whoppers/Titans/Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barako Bull Energy Boosters/Red Bull Barako Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Sta. Lucia Realtors San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Playoffs main WL wins no no none complete A21 7 6 ALA 7 7 BAR 0 1 BGK 9 8 COKE 0 2 PF 2 3 ROS 5 8 SLR 7 6 SMB 16 13 TNT 8 7 Burger King Whoppers/Titans/Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barako Bull Energy Boosters/Red Bull Barako Barangay Ginebra Kings Coca-Cola Tigers Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Sta. Lucia Realtors San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters References External links PBA.ph https://web.archive.org/web/20170809140619/http://www.pba.ph/ August 9, 2017 PBA