1993 Shell Helix Oilers season

The 1993 Shell Helix Ultra season was the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Shell Rimula-X in the All-Filipino Cup.

1993 Shell Helix Ultra season
Head coachRino Salazar
All Filipino Cup results
Record2–8
(20%)
Place8th
Playoff finishN/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record11–12
(47.8%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Governor's Cup results
Record1–9
(10%)
Place8th
Playoff finishN/A
Shell Helix Ultra seasons

Draft picks
Round Pick Player College
2 10 Saturnino Garrido La Salle
3 Allan delos Reyes University of Visayas

Occurrences

Before the start of the season, Shell's main man Benjie Paras wanted out of his contract and signified his intentions to join his team's arch rival Ginebra San Miguel. The Shell management declined Ginebra's offer of two trade options. As it turn out, Paras skip the whole All-Filipino Cup tournament and the team suffered without their top center. The Turbo Chargers finish last by winning only two out of their 10 games in the eliminations.

After holding out for six months, Benjie Paras finally decided to signed up with Shell and played his first game in the second conference.

Forward Ricky Relosa was suspended for the rest of the conference during the Commissioner's Cup when on the July 25 Shell-Swift encounter, he punched Swift import Ronnie Thompkins on the nape which provoked Thompkins and he chase Relosa all the way to the Shell bench and a brawl ensued.

Notable dates

June 13: Seven-time best import Bobby Parks was back anew as Shell opened their title-retention bid with an 85-84 squeaker past Seven-Up. Benjie Paras canned two free throws that gave Shell an 85-82 cushion with time down to 12.6 seconds. [1]

June 18: Shell Helix romped to a 98-89 win over Ginebra as the dreaded trio of Parks, Paras and Magsanoc combined for 56 points. The Oilers starved off the Gins' late-game rally for their second win in the Commissioner's Cup. [2]

Roster
Shell Helix 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) UP Diliman
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
F 16 Philippines Delos Reyes, Allan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian
G 17 Philippines Loyzaga, Joey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda
G 21 Philippines Garrido, Saturnino 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian
C 25 & 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
C 41 Philippines Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) USJ–R
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

Short-term contracts
NAME # POS HT COLLEGE
Anthony Poblador 20 Center 6"6' De La Salle
Peter Aguilar 4 Center-Forward 6"6' Trinity
Onchie Dela Cruz 8 Guard 5"11' PCU

Additions
PlayerSignedFormer team
Abet GuidabenSeptember 19937-Up

Recruited imports
Name Tournament No. Pos. Ht. College Duration
Bobby Parks Commissioner's Cup 22 Forward 6"3' Memphis State June 13 to September 3
Mike Morrison Governors Cup 2 Guard-Forward 6"2' Loyola University Maryland September 28 to October 10
Calvin Talford Guard-Forward 6"2' ETSU October 15 to November 5

References
  1. "Salazar hits ref despite win". Manila Standard.
  2. "Deadly trio powers Shell past Ginebra". Manila Standard.
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