2003 Alaska Aces season

2003 Alaska Aces season
Head coach	Tim Cone
All-Filipino Cup results Record 14–13 (.519) Place 3rd Playoff finish Semifinals Invitational Cup results Record 11–1 (.917) Place 1st Playoff finish Finals Reinforced Conference results Record 6–11 (.353) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Stats @ PBA-Online.net Alaska Aces seasons 2002

The 2003 Alaska Aces season was the 18th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	College
1	1	Mike Cortez	6"0'	G	La Salle
1	5	Brandon Cablay	6"0'	G	Vanguard
2	20	Leo Bat-Og	6"4'	F
3	29	Stephen Padilla	5"11'	G	Visayas

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Mike Cortez [1] Brandon Cablay [2] Stephen Padilla Via Free Agency Alvin Castro (From San Miguel Beermen) Richard Del Rosario (From Sta. Lucia Realtors) Via Trade Don Camaso (From Talk 'N Text; traded their 10th pick to TNT) Eugene Tejada (Drafted by Sta.Lucia; the Aces traded their pick Leo Bat-Og in exchange)

Players Lost Via Retirement Jojo Lastimosa Via Free Agency Rodney Santos (To Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) Via Trade Kenneth Duremdes (To Sta. Lucia Realtors; exchange for two draft picks) [3]

Occurrences

During the Invitational Cup, guard Jon Ordonio was placed on the reserve list upon orders by the management, Ordonio was one of the five foreign-breed players whom the senate recommended for deportation upon investigation on the so-called Fil-Shams.

Championship

The Alaska Aces won the Invitational Championship for their 11th PBA title, defeating the Coca Cola Tigers, 2-1 in their best-of-three finals series, the Aces were the sixth entry among PBA teams qualified to play in the second conference Invitationals that featured guest foreign teams, Alaska was on a 9-game winning streak going into Game 1 of the title series.

Roster

Alaska Aces roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 3 Tejada, Eugene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Chabot College F 5 Duat, Robert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo College G 7 Ordonio, Jon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Master's College C 8 Allado, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) De La Salle G 9 Padilla, Stephen 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) University of Visayas C 10 Del Rosario, Richard 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle G 11 Cortez, Mike 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle G 13 Castro, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle F 20 Camaso, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Metro Manila College G 24 Cablay, Brandon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Vanguard University F 31 Arigo, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Tampa C 32 Feihl, Edward Joseph 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson F 34 Peek, Ali 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) St.Mary's F 41 Noble, Miguel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Utica College G Carrawell, Chris (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Duke University G 22 Fontaine, Isaac (I) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Washington State	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Richard Bachmann Gilbert Reyes Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (I) Import Injured

References

1. Alaska: P8.7-M deal to Cortez
2. Cone renews Aces contract
3. Aces drop Duremdes, pick Cortez 1st