1993 Pepsi Mega Bottlers season

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1993 Pepsi Mega Bottlers season
Head coachDerrick Pumaren
General ManagerSteve Watson
Owner(s)Pepsi Philippines
All Filipino Cup results
Record3–7
(30%)
Place7th
Playoff finishN/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record3–8
(27.3%)
Place7th
Playoff finishN/A
Governors Cup results
Record11–11
(50%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Pepsi Mega Bottlers seasons
← 1992
1994 →

The 1993 Pepsi Mega Bottlers season was the fourth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as 7-Up Uncolas in the All-Filipino Cup and Commissioner's Cup.

Draft picks

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Round Pick Player
3 Gerardo Santiago
4 Gelacio Abanilla

Notable dates

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June 18: Seven-Up defeated Sta.Lucia, 101–99, for its first win in the Commissioners Cup after losing to Shell Helix in their first game. Ludovico Valenciano completed an assist by Kenny Redfield with a fraction of a second left.[1]

November 28: Pepsi Mega forge two playoffs among three teams for the right to face San Miguel Beermen for the Governors Cup finals with a come-from-behind 96–93 triumph over Purefoods. Kenny Redfield put together his 11th triple-double game of 48 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists.[2]

Occurrences

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The Mega Bottlers import Anthony Martin scored 40 points in his debut in the Governor's Cup, a 107–124 loss by Pepsi to Swift.[3] Martin fractured his thumb in practice and coach Derrick Pumaren was left with no choice but to shipped Martin home after just one game and recalled back Kenny Redfield, who was also their import in the Commissioner's Cup.

Roster

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1993 Pepsi Mega Bottlers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G/F 3 Philippines Lopez, Romeo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Angeles
G 7 Philippines Quilban, Eugene 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) San Sebastian
F 8 Philippines Jabar, Roberto 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Southwestern-U
G/F 9 Philippines Valenciano, Naning 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) USLS
F 14 Philippines Villanil, Larry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) USPF
F/C 15 Philippines Santamaria, Joey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle
F 17 Philippines Graves, Jeffrey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Angeles
C 25 Philippines Babilonia, Gido 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UST
F 27 Philippines Rivera, Django 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian
F/C 33 Philippines Pablo, Victor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern
F 50 Philippines Hatton, Nap 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian
G 58 Philippines Austria, Leo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Lyceum
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Transactions

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Trades

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Off-season
To Ginebra
Manny Victorino 		To 7-Up
Victor Pablo 2nd overall pick from Ginebra

Additions

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Player Signed Former team
Jeffrey Graves Off-season San Miguel
Romeo Lopez Off-season San Miguel
Django Rivera Off-season N/A
Joey Santamaria Off-season Purefoods
Larry Villanil Off-season Ginebra

Subtractions

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Player Signed New team
#32 Abet Guidaben September 1993 Shell

Recruited imports

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Name Tournament No. Pos. Ht. College Duration
Kenny Redfield Commissioner's Cup
Governors Cup 		35 Forward 6"5' Michigan State University June 13-July 27
October 3-December 10
Anthony Martin Governors Cup Center-Forward 6"5' University of Oklahoma September 28 (one game)

References

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  1. ^ "Deadly trio powers Shell past Ginebra". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "Pepsi storms into playoff, whips Purefoods". Manila Standard.
  3. ^ "Harris, Mayes shine as Swift, Purefoods win". Manila Standard.
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