2000 Mobiline Phone Pals season

The 2000 Mobiline Phone Pals season was the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and fourth season under the banner Mobiline.

2000 Mobiline Phone Pals season
Head coachEric Altamirano (Until June 2, 2000)[1]
Louie Alas[2]
Owner(s)Pilipino Telephone Corporation
All-Filipino results
Record5–10
(33.3%)
Place7th seed
Playoff finishQuarterfinals (lost to San Miguel)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record4–6
(40%)
Place6th seed
Playoff finishQuarterfinals (lost to Tanduay)
Governors' Cup results
Record9–7
(56.3%)
Place1st seed
Playoff finishSemifinals (lost to Purefoods TJ, 3–1)
Mobiline Phone Pals seasons

Draft picks
Main article: 2000 PBA Draft

Transactions
Players Added

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

 Players Lost

Via Expansion Draft

Via Trade

Occurrences

Midway through the All-Filipino Cup Finals, coach Eric Altamirano, along with assistants Ryan Gregorio and Frankie Lim, were sacked by Mobiline following a poor start. They were replaced by Louie Alas and assistants Aric del Rosario and Ariel Vanguardia.

Fil-Tongan Paul Asi Taulava was ordered to be deported by the Bureau of Immigration for failure to provide sufficient evidence regarding his citizenship issue and his fate was decided on March 29. [4]

Roster
Mobiline Phone Pals roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 1 Philippines Ravena, Bong 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
C 5 Philippines Babilonia, Gido 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UST
G 8 Philippines Solis, Al 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
G 9 Philippines Ejercito, Gherome 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson
G/F 12 Philippines Francisco, Jose 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern
F 14 Philippines Reyes, Enrique 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo
G 17 Philippines Fran, Patrick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UST
F 20 Philippines Camaso, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Metro Manila Colleges
F 29 Philippines Angeles, Josel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Lyceum
F 33 Philippines Pablo, Victor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Far Eastern
F/C 44 Philippines Codinera, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE
C 55 Tonga Taulava, Asi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) BYU–Hawaii
F 25 United States Strong, Carlos (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Boston University
F United States Henderson, Milton (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) California
F 31 United States Bernard, Todd (G) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fresno State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (C) Commissioner's Cup Import
    • (G) Governor's Cup Import
  • Injured Injured

Eliminations (Won games)
DATE OPPONENT SCORE VENUE (Location)
March 10 Sta.Lucia 94-62 Philsports Arena
March 15 Red Bull 89-81 Philsports Arena
March 19 Pop Cola 113-76 Araneta Coliseum
April 7 San Miguel 79-64 Philsports Arena
May 3 Shell 79-47 [5] Philsports Arena
June 23 Sunkist 85-76 [6] Philsports Arena
July 5 Brgy.Ginebra 83-80 Philsports Arena
July 12 Tanduay 85-79 [7] Araneta Coliseum
July 16 Red Bull 83-77 Araneta Coliseum
October 8 San Miguel 93-82 Araneta Coliseum
October 14 Pop Cola 95-73 Legaspi City
October 18 Red Bull Ynares Center
October 22 Purefoods 89-84 Araneta Coliseum
October 29 Shell 99-93 Araneta Coliseum
November 10 Tanduay 95-86 Philsports Arena
November 17 Alaska 83-76 [8] Ynares Center

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

References
  1. Beltran, Joey Villar, Nelson. "Alas: I have to give up RP team stint to coach Mobiline". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Mobiline offers Alas P10-M pact". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  3. "Pablo gets P28.2m from Mobiline". Manila Standard.
  4. "Mobiline prepared to lose Asi". Manila Standard.
  5. "Mobiline routs Shell sans Asi". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  6. "Mobiline rips Sunkist". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  7. "Mobiline humbles Tanduay". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  8. "Phone Pals, top quarterfinalist". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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