1983 Winston Kings season

1983 Winston Kings Nic JorgeGlenn McDonaldLauro Mumar All-Filipino Conference 2 5 7th N/A Reinforced Conference 6 9 7th N/A Open Conference 5 9 8th N/A Sanyu GroupFortune Tobacco, Inc. 1984 The 1983 Winston Kings season was the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Manhattan Shirtmakers in the All-Filipino Conference and Sunkist Juice Lovers in the Reinforced Conference. Summary The Sanyu Group of Companies, the league's newest member who took over from the defunct U-Tex Wranglers, carried its product line Manhattan Shirts of New York and were called Manhattan Shirtmakers with the Hong Kong-based Manhattan Far East subsidizing the team's training expenses. Its line-up were composed of 10 veterans and two rookies and will be handled by coach Nic Jorge. The team did not qualify in the semifinal round of the All-Filipino Conference, placing seventh in their inaugural tournament. https://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2013/04/1983-pba-all-filipino-conference.html 1983 PBA All-Filipino Conference Stats: Manhattan eliminates San Miguel Beer 2 April 2013 The team was renamed Sunkist Juice Lovers in the Second Conference. Coach Nic Jorge was replaced by former U-Tex import Glenn McDonald, who saw action for two games before resuming to full-time coaching. McDonald he gave his spot to one-time CDCP import Ronald McCoy, who only played one game and was replaced by Maurice Williams, a seventh-round draft pick by the Los Angeles Lakers. The Juice Lovers were tied with San Miguel with six wins and eight losses after the eliminations. They lost to the Beermen in a playoff game for the last quarterfinals berth. Fortune Tobacco Corporation took over from the Sanyu Group in the Open Conference and carried the name Winston Kings, now coached by basketball great Lauro Mumar. The Kings started out with the returning Darryl Smith, who played for Great Taste back in 1979, and Eddie Roberson as their imports. After two games, both were replaced by former Gilbey's Gin import Larry McNeill and Maurice Williams, who was called back after playing 12 games with Sunkist in the previous conference. Winston ended up last with five wins and nine losses with one of their victories best remembered for the scoring record made by Larry McNeill, hitting 88 points against Great Taste. Scoring record October 25: Larry McNeill set an all-time high for most points in the game by scoring 88 points in Winston' 167-163 overtime victory over Great Taste. The 88-point total output broke the previous record of 85 made by Lew Massey of Gilbey's a year before. https://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2016/03/pba-boxscores-october-november-1983.html 1983 PBA Open Conference Stats: Winston Kings win in overtime over Great Taste 9 March 2016 Won-loss records vs Opponents Team Win Loss 1st (All-Filipino) 2nd (Reinforced) 3rd (Open) Crispa 0 5 0-1 0-2 0-2 Galerie Dominique 2 3 0-1 2-0 0-2 Gilbey’s Gin 3 2 0-1 1-1 2-0 Great Taste 1 4 0-1 0-2 1-1 San Miguel 3 3 1-0 2-1 0-2 Tanduay 2 3 1-0 0-2 1-1 Toyota 2 3 0-1 1-1 1-1Total 13 23 2-5 6-9 5-9 Roster All-Filipino & Reinforced Conference n Manhattan / Sunkist #0000ff #ffffff #f47b34 #000000 6 Albert Ortiz G 6 0 170 UP PHI 8 Noli Banate FC 6 5 180 Mindanao PHI 10 Armando Arce basketball FC 6 3 180 PHI 12 Yoyong Martirez G 5 8 160 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 13 Romulo Palijo F 6 0 190 PSBA PHI AF 14 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 165 UE PHI 15 Woodrow Jaymalin GF 5 10 157 Philippine Christian University PHI AF 16 Romulo Mamaril C 6 6 165 Mapua PHI A 17 Evalson Valencia F 6 1 175 WIT PHI 23 Salvador Ramas F 6 1 180 Cebu PHI 24 Caesar Yabut F 6 2 170 Mapua PHI 27 Nilo Cruz basketball F 6 2 170 PHI 33 Mario Basco C 6 4 197 San Sebastian PHI AF 34 Allan Abelgas G 5 9 140 USJ-R PHI 40 Alex Tan basketball G 6 1 150 UE PHI 20 Glenn McDonald basketball G 6 6 190 Long Beach State USA I 20 Ronald McCoy C 6 5 200 Western Washington USA I 21 Maurice Williams basketball, born 1956 GF 6 5 185 Southern California USA I PHI Nic Jorge USA Glenn McDonald PHI Alfonso Rodriguez (I) Import (AF) Played only in AFC (A) Acquired from Crispa Open Conference n Winston Kings #CE2029 #ffffff #CE2029 #ffffd5 6 Albert Ortiz G 6 0 170 UP PHI 8 Noli Banate FC 6 5 180 Mindanao PHI 10 Armando Arce basketball FC 6 3 180 PHI 12 Yoyong Martirez G 5 8 160 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 14 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 165 UE PHI 15 Rodolfo Segura F 6 2 155 Adamson PHI 16 Romulo Mamaril C 6 6 165 Mapua PHI 17 Evalson Valencia F 6 1 175 WIT PHI 23 Salvador Ramas F 6 1 180 University of Cebu PHI 24 Caesar Yabut F 6 2 170 Mapua PHI 27 Nilo Cruz basketball F 6 2 170 PHI 34 Allan Abelgas G 5 9 140 USJ-R PHI 40 Alex Tan basketball G 6 1 150 UE PHI 31 Larry McNeill C 6 9 195 Marquette USA I 24 & 28 Darryl Smith basketball C 6 8 210 Southern California USA I 00 Eddie Roberson basketball F 6 8 215 UNLV USA I 21 Maurice Williams basketball, born 1956 GF 6 5 185 Southern California USA I PHI Lauro Mumar PHI Alfonso Rodriguez (I) Import Team Manager: Pablito Bermundo References External links McNeill's perfect night remembered@Spin.ph Winston