1996 Mobiline Cellulars season

1996 Mobiline Cellulars season
Head coach Yeng Guiao
Owner(s) Pilipino Telephone Corporation
All Filipino Cup results
Record 4–10
(.286)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 1–9
(.100)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
Governors Cup results
Record 2–9
(.182)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
Mobiline Cellulars seasons

The 1996 Mobiline Cellulars season was the 7th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was formerly known as Pepsi Mega in the All-Filipino Cup.

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Richard Del Rosario Drafted rookie, originally pick by Purefoods
Peter Martin Drafted rookie
Kevin Ramas Shipped to Alaska to acquire their 1st round pick
Alfonso Solis Acquired from Sunkist
Edgar Tanuan Acquired from Purefoods in a trade with Dindo Pumaren
Elpidio Villamin Acquired from Sunkist in a trade with Alvin Teng

Occurrences

The first month of the year during the off-season, Pepsi Mega tendered an offer sheet to Sunkist's Al Solis for three years amounting to P9.36 million. RFM through Team Manager Elmer Yanga said the club was not honoring the offer sheet of Pepsi since Al Solis signed a new contract with the Juicers in the middle of 1995. The PBA on the other hand considers Pepsi's offer sheet legal than the supposed "contract or agreement" signed by Solis with Sunkist binding. Upon consultation with their lawyers, RFM announced in the press conference they are suing Solis because he signed the offer sheet of Pepsi without informing the management which RFM claimed was done in bad faith. [1]

Pepsi Mega's franchise was transferred to Lapanday Group of Companies (PILTEL) owned by the family of Luis "Moro" Lorenzo, it is said that the company was also owned by the Cojuangco family. The team was renamed Mobiline Cellulars beginning the Commissioner's Cup. [2]

Notable dates

February 20: Rookie Peter Martin sink two free throws with 13.4 seconds left as Pepsi rallies and send Ginebra San Miguel into a record-tying 18-game losing streak in a 98-94 win, spoiling the debut of highly touted Ginebra rookie Marlou Aquino. [3]

June 18: The Cellulars leaned on a big fourth quarter surge to defeat defending champion Sunkist, 89-83, for their first and only win in the Commissioner's Cup. [4]

October 8: Mobiline scored its first victory in the Governors Cup with a 127-92 rout over Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys, import Derrick Canada posted a triple-double of 38 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. [5]

Roster

Pos. No. Player School
F 2 Philippines Dwight Lago De La Salle
G 3 Philippines Romeo Lopez Angeles University
G 7 Philippines Eugene Quilban San Sebastian
G 8 Philippines Al Solis University of Visayas
G 9 Philippines Elmer Cabahug University of Visayas
F 10 Philippines Richard Del Rosario De La Salle
F 13 Philippines Elpidio Villamin
F 15 Philippines Bobby Jose UST
F 19 Philippines Joey Santamaria De La Salle
F 21 Philippines Peter Martin San Sebastian
C 41 Philippines Edgar Tanuan FEU
F 88 Philippines Cadel Mosqueda Arellano University
F 24 United States Ronnie Coleman (C) University of Southern California
F 5 United States Derrick Canada (G) West Point University
PositionName/s
Head coach:Philippines Yeng Guiao
Assistants:Roehl Nadurata / Bong Go
Commissioners Cup import - (C), Governors Cup import - (G)'

Team Manager: Dindo Raymundo

References

  1. ↑ "RFM slaps P10-M suit vs Solis, Pepsi". Manila Standard.
  2. ↑ "Pepsi transfers PBA franchise to Mobiline". Manila Standard.
  3. ↑ "A night of surprises". Manila Standard.
  4. ↑ "Mobiline wins". Manila Standard.
  5. ↑ "Mobiline whips Purefoods". Manila Standard.
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