2007–08 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants season

2007-08 Purefoods TJ Giants season
Head coach	Ryan Gregorio
Philippine Cup results Record 19–13 (.594) Place 2nd Playoff finish Runner-up (lost to Sta.Lucia) Fiesta Conference results Record 8–11 (.421) Place 9th Playoff finish Wildcard (lost to TNT) Stats @ PBA-Online.net Purefoods TJ Giants seasons

The 2007–08 Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants season was the 20th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 19: The 2007 PBA Draft took place at Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.

Draft picks

Roster

Purefoods TJ Giants roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Lanete, Chico 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Lyceum C 5 Salvador, Jondan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Saint Benilde F 7 Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G 8 Simon, Peter June 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mindanao F 9 Sanz, Robert 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) PCU C 10 Adducul, Rommel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) San Sebastian G 13 Yap, Roger 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) USJ-R C 14 Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Ateneo de Manila G 18 Yap, James 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UE F 20 Larong, Ardy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) USJ-R F 21 Raymundo, Kerby (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Letran G 24 Cablay, Brandon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Vanguard F 28 Yee, Richard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST G 40 Castillo, Noy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Citadel College C 23 Rice, Darius (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) University of Miami C 55 Rhalimi, Reda (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Saint Mary's	Head coach Ryan Gregorio Assistant coach(es) Koy Banal Ronnie Magsanoc Dayong Mendoza Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Philippine Cup

Team standings

#	2007-08 PBA Philippine Cup
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y-Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	12	6	.667	--
2	y-Sta. Lucia Realtors	12	6	.667	--
3	x-Alaska Aces	11	7	.611	1
4	x-Red Bull Barako	11	7	.611	1
5	x-Magnolia Beverage Masters	10	8	.556	2
6	w-Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	9	9	.500	3
7	w-Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	10	.444	4
8	w-Air21 Express	7	11	.389	5
9	w-Coca Cola Tigers	7	11	.389	5
10	e-Welcoat Dragons	3	15	.167	9

Legend:

• y-Qualified for semifinals
• x-Qualified for quarterfinals
• w-Qualified for the wildcard phase
• e-Eliminated

Game log

2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 October 17 Sta.Lucia 96-89 J. Yap (29) Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 October 20 Talk 'N Text 112-97 Raymundo (25) J. Yap (24) Dumaguete City 2–0 3 October 26 Magnolia 93-90 J. Yap (25) Araneta Coliseum 3–0
November Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 4 November 2 Welcoat 87-77 J. Yap (28) Cuneta Astrodome 4–0 5 November 4 Brgy.Ginebra 103-76 Simon (27) Cuneta Astrodome 5–0 6 November 9 Coca Cola 88-86 Raymundo (21) Ynares Center 6–0 7 November 14 Air21 100-81 Simon (22) Araneta Coliseum 7–0 8 November 17 Red Bull 74-87 J. Yap (23) Tacloban City 7–1 9 November 21 Alaska 87-86 J. Yap (23) Araneta Coliseum 8–1 10 November 25 Sta.Lucia 84-81 J. Yap (16) Araneta Coliseum 9–1 11 November 30 Magnolia 86-108 Lanete (19) Ynares Center 9–2
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 12 December 7 Talk 'N Text 98-101 J. Yap (25) Cuneta Astrodome 9–3 13 December 9 Welcoat 92-80 Raymundo (21) J. Yap (21) Cuneta Astrodome 10–3 14 December 15 Air21 114-92 J. Yap (25) Bacolod City 11–3 15 December 25 Brgy.Ginebra 98-100 J. Yap (20) Raymundo (20) Araneta Coliseum 11–4
January Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 16 January 6 Coca Cola 101-87 J. Yap (29) Araneta Coliseum 12–4 17 January 11 Alaska Araneta Coliseum 12–5 18 January 16 Red Bull 84-97 J. Yap (22) Cuneta Astrodome 12–6
2007–08 schedule

Transactions

Trades

March 27, 2008	To Magnolia Beverage Masters Marc Pingris	To Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants Enrico Villanueva [1]

References

1. "Shocking PBA trade". Basketball Exchange.