1983 Winston Kings season

1983 Winston Kings season
Head coach	Nic Jorge Glenn McDonald Lauro Mumar
Owner(s)	Fortune Tobacco, Inc.
All-Filipino Conference results Record 2–5 (.286) Place 7th Playoff finish N/A Reinforced Conference results Record 6–9 (.400) Place 7th Playoff finish N/A Open Conference results Record 5–9 (.357) Place 8th Playoff finish N/A Winston Kings seasons 1984

The 1983 Winston Kings season was the first 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 Industries 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, to be handled by coach Nic Jorge. Manhattan didn't qualify in the semifinal round of the All-Filipino Conference, winning only twice in seven games to placed seventh in their inaugural tournament.

The ballclub was renamed Sunkist Juice Lovers in the Reinforced Filipino Conference, coach Nic Jorge was replaced by former U-Tex import Glenn Mcdonald, who saw action for two games with Sunkist before returning to full-time coaching, he gave his spot to one-time CDCP import Ronald McCoy, who could only played one game and was replaced by Maurice Williams, a seventh-round draft pick by the Los Angeles Lakers. The Juice Lovers finished with a 6-win, 8-loss card after the elimination round and were tied with San Miguel Beer, they lost to the Beermen in a playoff game for the last quarterfinals berth.

Fortune Tobacco Corporation took over from the Sanyu Group starting the Open Conference and carried the name Winston Kings, now coached by basketball great Lauro Mumar. Winston started out with the returning Darryl Smith, a former Great Taste import, and Ed Roberson, as their imports. After two games, both were replaced by former Gilbey's import Larry McNeill and Maurice Williams, who was recalled back after playing 12 games with Sunkist in the previous conference. Winston ended up last with 5 wins and 9 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. ^[1]

Roster

Sunkist Juice Lovers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 6 Ortiz, Albert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1959-11-06 State U F/C 8 Banate, Noli 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1959-07-30 University of Mindanao F/C 10 Arce, Armando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1956-10-06 G 12 Martirez, Yoyong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1947-09-09 SWU F 13 Palijo, Romulo (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1952-10-31 PSBA G 14 Distrito, Rudy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1958-05-17 UE G/F 15 Jaymalin, Woodrow (R) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 157 lb (71 kg) 1957-06-19 PCU C 16 Mamaril, Romulo (A) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1956-04-12 Mapua F 17 Valencia, Evalson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1957-01-02 WIT F 23 Ramas, Salvador 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1959-08-05 Cebu Central College F 24 Yabut, Caesar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1953-11-25 Mapua F 27 Cruz, Nilo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1953-11-25 C 33 Basco, Mario (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1954-01-18 San Sebastian College G 34 Abelgas, Allan 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 1959-06-30 San Jose-Recoletos G 40 Tan, Alex 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1954-09-20 UE G 20 McDonald, Glenn (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1952-03-21 Long Beach State C 20 McCoy, Ronald (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1956-07-06 Western Washington G/F 21 Williams, Maurice (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1956-02-12 Southern California	Head coach Nic Jorge Glenn McDonald [2] Assistant coach(es) Alfonso Rodriguez Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (A) Acquired from Crispa (R) Released after AFC Injured

Winston Kings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 6 Ortiz, Albert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1959-11-06 State U F/C 8 Banate, Noli 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1959-07-30 University of Mindanao F/C 10 Arce, Armando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1956-10-06 G 12 Martirez, Yoyong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1947-09-09 SWU G 14 Distrito, Rudy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1958-05-17 UE F 15 Segura, Rodolfo (*) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1952-04-17 Adamson University C 16 Mamaril, Romulo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1956-04-12 Mapua F 17 Valencia, Evalson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1957-01-02 WIT F 23 Ramas, Salvador 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1959-08-05 Cebu Central College F 24 Yabut, Caesar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1953-11-25 Mapua F 27 Cruz, Nilo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1953-11-25 G 34 Abelgas, Allan 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 1959-06-30 San Jose-Recoletos G 40 Tan, Alex 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1954-09-20 UE C 31 McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1951-01-31 Marquette University C 28 Smith, Darryl (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1957-04-07 Southern California F Roberson, Ed (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959-05-25 G/F 21 Williams, Maurice (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1956-02-12 Southern California	Head coach Lauro Mumar Assistant coach(es) Alfonso Rodriguez Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (*) Played 2 games (Open) Injured

_{Team Manager: Pablito Bermundo}

References

1. McNeill's perfect night remembered
2. Team rosters