1999 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season

1999 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs season
Head coach Derrick Pumaren
All-Filipino Cup results
Record 810
(.444)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 46
(.400)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
Governors Cup results
Record 85
(.615)
Place 4th
Playoff finish Semifinals

Stats @ PBA-Online.net
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs seasons
1998 2000

The 1999 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 12th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Jessie Cabanayan Acquired from Pop Cola
Rommel Daep Drafted Rookie; originally pick by San Miguel
Richard Yee Drafted Rookie

Occurrences

Seven games into the All-Filipino Cup eliminations, Purefoods' direct-hire recruit; Fil-Am Alvarado Segova debut in their game against Barangay Ginebra. [1] Segova didn't last long in the league and was soon deported after being found out to be a fake Filipino.

Jerry Codinera, one of the only two remaining originals of the Purefoods team was traded to Mobiline for Andy Seigle during the Commissioners Cup, ending an 11-year partnership with main man Alvin Patrimonio. Their tandem led the Hotdogs to 9 out of 11 trips to the All-Filipino finals. [2]

Henry Fernandez was traded to Pop Cola in exchange for Boyet Fernandez before the start of the Governor's Cup.

Summary

The Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs had former Pop Cola mentor Derek Pumaren as their new head coach at the start of the season, replacing Chito Narvasa. In the All-Filipino Cup, the Hotdogs finish the double-round eliminations with a 7-9 won-loss card and seeded at seventh, lost to 2nd seed Alaska Milkmen in the quarterfinal round.

In the Commissioner's Cup, Purefoods signed nigerian Julius Nwosu as their import. After the one-round eliminations, the Hotdogs were again seeded at seventh and this time lost to Formula Shell in the quarterfinals.

Purefoods brought in Derrick Brown as their import in the Governor's Cup. The Hotdogs were the top seeded team after the one-round eliminations with a 7-1 won-loss slate. They finally advances in the semifinal round by defeating 8th seeded Barangay Ginebra Kings. The Hotdogs were swept in three games by the Alaska Milkmen in their best-of-five semifinal series. The team settled for 4th place and went crownless for the second straight season.

Roster

Pos. No. Player School
F 1 United States Alvarado Segova University of Central Oklahoma
F 2 Philippines Richard Yee University of Santo Tomas
G 4 Philippines Jessie Cabanayan University of Baguio
F 5 Philippines Edmund Reyes University of Santo Tomas
G 6 Philippines Boyet Fernandez (A) University of San Agustin
F 7 Philippines Rey Evangelista University of Santo Tomas
G 8 Philippines Genesis Sasuman San Sebastian College
G 10 Philippines Dindo Pumaren De La Salle
C 11 Philippines Edward Joseph Feihl Adamson University
F 16 Philippines Alvin Patrimonio Mapua Tech
F 24 Philippines Rommel Daep San Sebastian College
C 52 Philippines Andy Seigle (A) University of New Orleans
F 12 Niger Julius Nwosu (C) Liberty University
G 32 United States Derrick Brown (G) Providence College
C 44 Philippines Jerry Codinera (T) University of the East
F 22 Philippines Henry Fernandez (T) University of Visayas
Position Name/s
Head coach:Philippines Derrick Pumaren
Assistants:Agustin Tiongco / Gelacio Abanilla
(T) - Traded, (C) - Commissioners Cup Import, (G) - Governors Cup Import, (A) - Acquired via trade, '

Team Manager: Teodoro Dimayuga

References

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