1988 PBA season

The 1988 PBA season was the 14th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1988 PBA season
DurationMarch 20, 1988 – December 13, 1988
Number of teams6
TV partner(s)Vintage Sports (PTV)
Draft
Top draft pickEdgar Tanuan
Picked byPurefoods Hotdogs
Conferences
Open Conference championsSan Miguel Beermen
  Runners-upPurefoods Hotdogs
All-Filipino Conference championsAñejo Rum 65
  Runners-upPurefoods Hotdogs
Reinforced Conference championsSan Miguel Beermen
  Runners-upShell Rimula X
Awards
Season MVPRamon Fernandez
Seasons

Season highlights
  • The Tanduay Rhum Makers filed a leave on absence for the 1988 season on January 16, 1988, citing realignment of corporate objectives. [1] After Tanduay filed a leave, some remnants were absorbed, along with several amateur prospects by Purefoods Corporation, which joined the league after buying a franchise worth P300,000. [2]
  • PBA deputy commissioner Rudy Salud became the league's third commissioner. Under Salud's leadership, the PBA soared to greater heights, the Purefoods Hotdogs' entry, along with the never-say-die attitude of the league's most popular team Añejo Rum 65ers, contributed largely to a box-office success in gate attendance.
  • Amateur standout Alvin Patrimonio, who was a subject of a bitter tug-of-war between the PBA's newest team Purefoods Hotdogs and his mother ballclub in the PABL, corporate rival RFM-Swifts, finally made his PBA debut on June 30.
  • A blockbuster trade took place before the opening of the Third Conference as veterans Ramon Fernandez of Purefoods, who was bench in the All-Filipino title-series, and Abet Guidaben of San Miguel were traded to each other by their respective ballclubs. [3]
  • Ramon Fernandez won his fourth Most Valuable Player trophy as he continued his tradition of winning the prestigious award every two years starting in 1982.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team Muse
Alaska Milkmen Lydia de Vega
Ginebra San Miguel Monina Tan
Great Taste Instant Milk Alice Dixson
Purefoods Hotdogs Aiza Seguerra & Tweety de Leon
San Miguel Beermen Rowena Moran
Shell Helix

Champions

Individual awards

Cumulative standings
TeamGPWLPCT
San Miguel Beermen724626.639
Ginebra San Miguel / Añejo Rum 65ers704030.571
Purefoods Hotdogs593029.507
Alaska Milkmen643034.468
Great Taste Instant Milk / Presto Ice Cream602634.433
Shell Rimula-X Diesel Oilers451629.355
Philippine Team1239.250

References
  1. Tanduay takes PBA leave, Manila Standard, January 17, 1988
  2. Purefoods joins PBA, Manila Standard, January 16, 1988
  3. Fernandez, Guidaben swapped, Manila Standard
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