2002 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals season

2002 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals season
Head coach Bill Bayno
Paul Woolpert
Owner(s) Smart Communications
Governor's Cup results
Record 9–4
(.692)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 13–11
(.542)
Place 2nd
Playoff finish Finals
All-Filipino Cup results
Record 5–5
(.500)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
Stats @ PBA-Online.net
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals seasons

The 2002 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Height Position College
2 12 Christian Nicdao 6"5' C FEU
2 19 Celino Cruz 5"9' G FEU
4 28 Danilo Capobres 6"3' F Lyceum

Transactions

Players Added

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

 Players Lost

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

Occurrences

Center Asi Taulava and guard Patrick Fran played for Philippine-Selecta team while forward Celedon Camaso played for Philippine-Hapee during the Governor's Cup. Taulava was among the 15 players chosen to play for the national team, Fran and Camaso went back to their mother ballclub starting the Commissioner's Cup.

Talk 'N Text coach Bill Bayno was fined by the PBA for lambasting the league and its commissioner for being a San Miguel Corporation-run league. For two conferences, the former University of Las Vegas coach has caused quite a stir with accusations and comments that cost him over P250,000 in record fines.

Starting the All-Filipino Cup, Talk 'N Text has tapped another American coach Paul Woolpert to replace Bill Bayno, who abandoned the Phone Pals after a short but controversial stint in the league.

Finals stint

The Talk 'N Text Phone Pals reach the Commissioner's Cup finals opposite defending champion Batang Red Bull by winning over the Alaska Aces, three games to two, in their best-of-five semifinal series. The Phone Pals led in the finals series all throughout until the last two games which Red Bull won to successfully defended their Commissioner's Cup title.

Roster

Talk 'N Text Phone Pals roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 1 Ravena, Bong 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
G 2 Tangkay, Jercules (NA) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) South Western
G/F 3 Lago, Elmer (M) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) De La Salle
G 4 Evans, Kenny 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Francisco
G 6 Demape, Gilbert 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) CIT-University
G 8 Fran, Patrick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UST
F 13 Telan, Mark 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) De La Salle
F 19 Gonzales, Norman 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Beda College
F 20 Camaso, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Metro Manila Colleges
F 23 Alvarez, Paul (NA) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian
F 33 Pablo, Victor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Far Eastern
G 42 Belano, Donbel (A) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) University of Visayas
C 43 Crisano, Alex 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Brooklyn College
F/C 81 Cui, Gabby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Ateneo de Manila
C 88 Taulava, Asi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) BYU-Hawaii
G/F 24 Frahm, Richie (G) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Gonzaga University
F/C 40 Honeycutt, Jerald (G/C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Tulane University
G 5 Johnson, Danny (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Charleston
F Mickeal, Pete (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Cincinnati
G 9 Ejercito, Gherome (T) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Aric del Rosario
  • Philippines Ariel Vanguardia
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (G) Governor's Cup Import
    • (C) Commissioner's Cup Import
    • (A) Acquired via trade
    • (T) Traded
    • (M) Moved to Ginebra
    • (NA) Newly-acquired in the AFC
  • Injured

Elimination round

Games won

Date Opponent Score Top scorer Venue (Location)
February 22RP-Hapee95-62Ynares Center
February 28San Miguel82-81Richie Frahm (31 pts)Makati Coliseum
March 7Sta. Lucia98-96Jerald Honeycutt (24 pts)Makati Coliseum
March 16Brgy. Ginebra87-82Richie Frahm (22 pts)Cuneta Astrodome
March 23RP-Selecta83-76Ynares Center
March 31Shell93-86Jerald Honeycutt (33 pts)Araneta Coliseum [1]
April 6Alaska84-67Philsports Arena
April 9Red Bull98-90Cuneta Astrodome
April 20FedEx101-90Philsports Arena
June 16Shell89-72Jerald Honeycutt (29 pts)Araneta Coliseum [2]
June 22FedEx96-90Jerald Honeycutt (38 pts)Cuneta Astrodome
June 27Sta. Lucia83-71Jerald Honeycutt (30 pts)Cuneta Astrodome
July 14Purefoods109-92Danny Johnson (37 pts)Ynares Center
August 11Alaska80-76Araneta Coliseum
October 30FedEx69-64Ynares Center
November 9Purefoods78-75Asi Taulava (33 pts)Centennial Arena (Laoag City)
November 15Red Bull77-67Paul Alvarez (17 pts)Ynares Center
November 24Alaska73-66Araneta Coliseum
December 1Brgy. Ginebra86-65Paul Alvarez (23 pts)Araneta Coliseum [3]

  Governor's Cup
  Commissioner's Cup
  All-Filipino Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Talk 'N Text storms to 6th straight win". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. ↑ "Talk 'N Text trounces Shell". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. ↑ "Pals clobber Kings, reach quarterfinals". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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