1997 Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys season

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1997 Purefoods Corned Beef season
Head coach Eric Altamirano
All-Filipino Cup results
Record 18–10
(.643)
Place 1st
Playoff finish Finals
Commissioner's Cup results
Record 3–7
(.300)
Place 8th
Playoff finish Eliminated
Governors Cup results
Record 13–12
(.520)
Place 2nd
Playoff finish Finals

Stats @ PBA-Online.net
Purefoods Corned Beef seasons
1996 1998

The 1997 Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies in the Governor's Cup.

Draft picks

PBA Draft
Lowell Briones 1st round pick; dealt to Mobiline
Freche Ang

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Freche Ang Drafted Rookie
Cris Bolado Acquired from Alaska when they trade Rodney Santos and Bryant Punsalan
Glenn Capacio Traded to Mobiline for Cadel Mosqueda
Elmer Lago Acquired from Shell
Cadel Mosqueda Acquired from Mobiline
Olsen Racela Shipped to San Miguel Beer for a pair of draft picks in 1999 and 2000
Genesis Sasuman Rookie free agent signed

Occurrences

  • 11-year veteran Santiago Cabatu was signed to temporarily replaced Reuben De la Rosa's spot in the lineup during the All-Filipino Cup.
  • On July 21, pre-season acquisition Cris Bolado was traded to Gordon's Gin in exchange for Edward Joseph Feihl, who hold out of his contract with the Boars, Feihl began playing for Purefoods in the Governors Cup. [1]

Awards

  • Alvin Patrimonio won his fourth Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy, tying the record of Ramon Fernandez' four MVPs.

Summary

The Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys won the All-Filipino Cup title at the expense of Gordon's Gin Boars. Coach Eric Altamirano, who replaces Chot Reyes at the start of the season, became the youngest coach to steer his team to a PBA crown.

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Purefoods former import Ronnie Grandison return to the team he played with back in 1993, but couldn't lead the Cowboys to victories in the Commissioner's Cup, Grandison was replaced by Mike Jones and the Cowboys were eliminated and placed last.

Another Mike Jones, this time from Rutgers University, played for Purefoods in the Governor's Cup, starting with the Beefies' fourth game after their temporary import Eric Brown fill in for Jones in the first three games. Purefoods advances into the championship series for the second time in the season, winning their best-of-five semifinals against San Miguel Beermen, 3 games to 2. In the finals series against the defending champion Alaska Milkmen, the Carne Norte Beefies won Game one but lost the last four games and settled for a runner-up finish.

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Roster

Pos. No. Player School
F 1 Philippines Bong Ravena UE
G 3 Philippines Elmer Lago De La Salle
F 5 Philippines Edmund Reyes UST
F 7 Philippines Rey Evangelista UST
G 8 Philippines Genesis Sasuman Letran
G 10 Philippines Dindo Pumaren De La Salle
C 11 Philippines EJ Feihl (A) Adamson
F 16 Philippines Alvin Patrimonio Mapua Tech
G 19 Philippines Freche Ang Saint La Salle
F 23 Philippines Reuben Dela Rosa Mapua Tech
C 44 Philippines Jerry Codinera UE
C 55 Philippines Sonny Cabatu PSBA
F 88 Philippines Cadel Mosqueda Arellano University
F 20 United States Ronnie Grandison (C) University of New Orleans
F 45 United States Mike Jones (C) Auburn University
G United States Eric Brown (G)
G 24 United States Mike Jones (G) Rutgers University
C 24 Philippines Cris Bolado (T) National University
Position Name/s
Head coach: Philippines Eric Altamirano
Assistants: Frankie Lim / Louie Alas / Ryan Gregorio
(C) - Commissioner's Cup Import, (G) - Governor's Cup Import, (T) - Traded, (A) - Acquired via trade '


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