1992 Shell Rimula X season

The 1992 Shell Rimula-X season was the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1992 Shell Rimula X season
Head coachRino Salazar
First Conference results
Record17–7
(70.8%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
All-Filipino Conference results
Record5–13
(27.8%)
Place5th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Third Conference results
Record5–7
(41.7%)
Place7th
Playoff finishEliminated
Shell Rimula X seasons

Draft picks
Round Pick Player College
1 3 Jolly Escobar UE
2 14 Romulo Orillosa Adamson

Championship

Shell Rimula-X took home the First Conference crown with a 4–1 series win over San Miguel Beermen. Winning coach Rino Salazar won his first title as a coach and seven-time Best Import Bobby Parks delivered the second championship to the Shell franchise, winning it "officially" this time and victory was complete.

Main article: 1992 PBA First Conference Finals

Notable dates

April 21: Shell advances in the finals of the First Conference by scoring a 133-100 rout off San Miguel Beer in the last day of the semifinals, leaving the Beermen and the Alaska Milkmen in a playoff to dispute the other finals slot.

June 9: Shell Rimula-X roared to a 132-114 triumph over Presto Ice Cream in their first game in the All-Filipino Conference. [1]

June 18: Shell escaped with a 97-96 win over Purefoods in the battle of early leaders to take solo lead in the All-Filipino Conference with three wins without a loss. [2]

October 8: Import Steve Colter scored 50 points in leading Shell to a 114-98 win over San Miguel in his farewell game. Colter played five games and led the Turbo Chargers to two victories. The nine-year NBA veteran will be replaced by the comebacking Kelvin Upshaw, who played for Swift last season. [3]

Occurrences

During the Third Conference, Shell was one win away from a semifinals berth when import Kelvin Upshaw was found positive on a random drug test conducted and was banned by the PBA. [4] Upshaw was replaced by Jason Matthews in their last two games and Shell lost a chance to make it to the next round and were eliminated by San Miguel Beermen in the playoff game on November 8.

Roster
Shell Rimula X roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 5 Philippines Magsanoc, Ronnie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UP Diliman
G 9 Philippines Isaac, Leo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa
F 10 Philippines Martin, Jojo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) NCBA
G 11 Philippines Altamirano, Eric 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Philippines
F 12 Philippines Dela Rosa, Romeo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Southwestern-U
C 14 Philippines Paras, Benjie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UP Diliman
F/C 15 Philippines Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 17 Philippines Loyzaga, Joey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda
C 18 Philippines Cuenco, Rey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle Araneta
F 28 Philippines Orillosa, Mulong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson
C 32 Philippines Escobar, Jolly 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE
G 33 Philippines Tuadles, Calvin 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Southwestern-U
F 71 Philippines Marquez, Manuel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda
Head coach
  • Philippines Rino Salazar
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Manuel Pineda
  • Philippines Cris Calilan
Team manager
  • Philippines Charlie Favis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Transactions

Trades
Off season
To Pepsi
Leo Austria		 To Shell
Leo Isaac
Off-season
To Swift
Richard Bognot		 To Shell
Rey Cuenco

Swift own the rights to Rey Cuenco when they traded Sonny Cabatu to Ginebra. Likewise Pepsi own the rights to Leo Isaac when they traded Tonichi Yturri to Ginebra

Additions
PlayerSignedFormer team
Eric AltamiranoOff-seasonPepsi
Joey LoyzagaOff-seasonSwift

Recruited imports
Name Conference No. Pos. Ht. College Duration
Bobby Parks First Conference 22 Forward 6"3' Memphis State February 9 to May 5
Steve Colter Third Conference 20 Guard 6"2' New Mexico State September 20 to October 8
Kelvin Upshaw 7 Guard-Forward 6"2' University of Utah October 11-27
Jason Matthews Guard-Forward 6"2' University of Pittsburgh November 5-8

References
  1. "Life for Shell after Parks as Rimulas scuttle Presto". Manila Standard.
  2. "Shell stops Purefoods". Manila Standard.
  3. "Colter farewell lifts Shell past San Miguel". Manila Standard.
  4. "Shell import banned for using drugs". Manila Standard.
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