1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season

1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season
Head coach	Arturo Valenzona
Owner(s)	La Tondeña Incorporada
1st All Filipino Conference results Record 15–14 (.517) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals 2nd All Filipino Conference results Record 7–7 (.500) Place 6th Playoff finish N/A Invitational Conference results Record 3–9 (.250) Place 4th Playoff finish N/A Gilbey's Gin Tonics seasons 1983 1985

The 1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season was the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Robert Jaworski ^Acquired from defunct Toyota
Francis Arnaiz ^Acquired from defunct Toyota
Joey Marquez ^Acquired from Great Taste
Romulo Mamaril ^Acquired from Winston

Occurrences

In Early 1984, when the multi-titled popular ballclub Toyota Super Corollas started their disbandment procedures. Gilbey's Gin team owner and PBA president Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca apparently had already expressed his desire to enlist the services of Robert "the Big J" Jaworski. Toyota team manager Jack Rodriguez, however, said that all player contracts of the Super Corollas were sold by management to Beer Hausen, including the Big J. In a shocking revelation, league officials, led by PBA commissioner Mariano Yenko and his legal counsel Atty. Rodrigo Salud, bared that Jaworski's contract was not really acquired by Shareholdings Inc. the holding company of Beer Hausen and the one that bought the Toyota franchise, and that Big J was committed to play for Gilbey's Gin. Jaworski, along with three other Toyota players namely; Francis Arnaiz, Chito Loyzaga and Arnie Tuadles, refused to play for Beer Hausen. In an official statement, Gilbey's owner Carlos Palanca said they will be able to accommodate Francis Arnaiz, but have to drop Loyzaga and Tuadles, because the team already has a complete backcourt lineup. ^[1]

Finals stint

Gilbey's Gin placed runner-up to Crispa Redmanizers in the first of the two All-Filipino conferences of the year, losing 1-4 in the best-of-seven finals series.

Roster

Gilbey's Gin roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 1 / 10 Washam, Tony (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Virginia F 4 Jacutin, Marlowe (M) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 1954-07-12 University of Visayas F 5 Watson, Steve 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 1957-09-22 Ateneo de Manila G 6 Pasco, Conrado 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1959-10-17 FEU G 7 Jaworski, Robert 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1946-03-08 UE G 8 Arnaiz, Francis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1951-06-04 Ateneo de Manila C 10 Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 1956-11-30 Letran College G 11 Vargas, Gary 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1959-02-21 PSBA F 13 Saldaña, Antero 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1958-11-17 Letran (Jrs) C 14 Mamaril, Romulo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 1956-04-12 Mapua Tech G 15 Clarino, Alex 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1956-08-26 Lyceum F 17 Herrera, Joseph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 1957-05-05 Letran College F 20 Buhay, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1959-12-06 NCBA G 24 Generalao, Willie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 1956-08-29 University of Visayas G/F 66 Marquez, Joey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 1957-10-07 Angeles University	Head coach Arturo Valenzona Assistant coach(es) Guillermo Afable Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (M) Moved to Country Fair Injured

_{Team Manager: Adolf Ferrer}

References

1. Gilbey's Gin