1993 Alaska Milkmen season

1993 Alaska Milkmen season
Head coach	Tim Cone
All Filipino Cup results Record 4–6 (.400) Place 6th Playoff finish N/A Commissioner's Cup results Record 10–9 (.526) Place 5th Playoff finish Semifinals Governors Cup results Record 4–6 (.400) Place 6th Playoff finish N/A Alaska Milkmen seasons 1992 1994

The 1993 Alaska Milkmen season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	College
1	3	Johnny Abarrientos	5"8'	Guard	FEU
1	6	Johnedel Cardel	6"0'	Forward	La Salle
1	8	Richard Bachmann	6"5'	Center-Forward	La Salle
2		Felix Duhig	5"11'	Guard	CIT

Summary

Alaska lost their first game of the season to Swift, 103-113 on March 2, but got impressive showing from promising rookies; Johnny Abarrientos and Johnedel Cardel. The Milkmen had an even 4-4 won-loss card when they lost their last two games to Sta.Lucia, 101-116 on April 2, and were ousted by Swift in the All-Filipino Cup, 103-115 on April 11. ^[1]

In the Commissioner's Cup, the Milkmen acquired Rene Hawkins from Sta.Lucia when they finally give up on Paul Alvarez, who hasn't signed a contract nor joined the Milkmen's practice sessions, by trading him to the Realtors. Alaska acquired another new player in Dondon Ampalayo of Ginebra just before the end of the eliminations, the Milkmen traded Bobby Jose in return. Going into the last day of the semifinal round on August 22, the Milkmen were locked in a four-way race, along with Shell, San Miguel and Purefoods, with all teams carrying a 10-8 card, in a playoff for the second finals berth. Alaska lost to Purefoods Oodles, 80-105, in their do-or-die game.

Resident import Sean Chambers played 3 games for Alaska in the Governor's Cup, leading the Milkmen to an opening day win against Ginebra, 102-98 on September 26, ^[2] the Milkmen lost their next two games and Chambers, hurting on his foot, temporarily given his spot to his recommendee Rodney Fuller, who was below six feet and was replace by Rodney Monroe after four games. Monroe played one game in Alaska's 87-91 loss to Purefoods in Iloilo City on October 23, and a contract dispute led to Monroe leaving. Sean Chambers was back from the injured list and scored a career-high 63 points upon his return, leading Alaska to a 130-117 win over Ginebra San Miguel on October 26, the Milkmen failed to advance in the semifinal round, losing to Swift, 97-100 on November 2.

Roster

ROSTER	#	POS	HT	COLLEGE
Johnny Abarrientos	14	Guard	5"8'	Far Eastern University
Dondon Ampalayo ^Acquired from Ginebra	54	Forward	6"3'	University of San Jose Recoletos
Joselo Angeles	29	Forward	6"3'	Lyceum of the Philippines
Alejandro Araneta	50	Center	6"6'	Ateneo de Manila
Richard Bachmann	32	Center-Forward	6"5'	De La Salle University
Johnedel Cardel	9	Forward	6"0'	De La Salle University
Raymund Fran	13	Center-Forward	6"3'	University of Santo Tomas
Fernando Garcia	10	Forward	6"2'	Adamson University
Rodesendo Gomez	7	Guard	6"0'	Cebu Central Colleges
Rene Hawkins ^Acquired from Sta.Lucia	16	Forward	6"3'	Perpetual Help College of Rizal
Jojo Lastimosa	6	Guard-Forward	6"0'	University of San Jose-Recoletos
Gilbert Reyes, Jr	5	Guard	5"8'	Ateneo de Manila
Alenogenes Sasan	12	Guard-Forward	5"11'	Cebu Central Colleges
Stevenson Solomon	34	Center-Forward	6"4'	San Sebastian College
Kenny Battle ^Commissioner's Cup import	3	Forward-Center	6"5'	University of Illinois
Sean Chambers ^Governor's Cup import	20	Forward	6"1'	California Polytechnic State University
Rodney Fuller ^Governor's Cup import	15	Guard-Forward	6"2'	California State University
Rodney Monroe ^Governor's Cup import		Guard	6"2'	North Carolina State
Hernani Demegillo ^Moved to Sta.Lucia	42	Center-Forward	6"5'	San Sebastian College
Roberto Jose ^Traded to Ginebra	8	Forward	6"3'	University of Santo Tomas

_{Assistant coaches: Joel Banal / Aric Del Rosario Team Manager: Joaquin Trillo}

References

1. Swift boots out Alaska
2. Alaska nips Gins