2003 PBA season
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The 2003 PBA Season was the 29th season of the Philippine Basketball Association
(PBA).
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
(PBA).
Notable occurrences
- The NBNNational Broadcasting NetworkPeople's Television is the flagship government television network owned by the Philippine Government through People's Television Network, Inc. . Its head office, studios and transmitter are located at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City .-History:The country's government...
/IBCIntercontinental Broadcasting CorporationIntercontinental Broadcasting Corporation is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and its transmitter is located at the Coca Cola plant,...
consortium took over the league's TV coverage after winning the TV rights over the league's longtime TV partner Vintage TelevisionVintage Television180px|rightVintage Television is a sports-oriented media company and became well known as the TV coverage partner of Philippine Basketball Association from 1982 to 1999...
in December 2002. - Noli EalaNoli EalaJose Emmanuel M. Eala, better known as Noli Eala, was the sixth commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association from 2003 to 2007. Before he became the commissioner of the league, he was a play-by-play commentator of Viva-Vintage Sports, which broadcasts the PBA Games, from the early 1990s...
became the league's sixth commissioner after Jun BernardinoJun BernardinoEmilio "Jun" Bernardino, Jr. was the fifth commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association . He was elected as commissioner of the league in the 1993 PBA season and retired in the 2002 PBA season...
retired at the end of the 2002 season. - The league reintroduced the Invitational Conference and the Reinforced ConferencePBA Reinforced ConferenceThe PBA Reinforced Conference was a tournament held during a Philippine Basketball Association season from 1985-1989, and again in 2003. The tournament usually allows team to hire one or two imports, although the 2003 edition rules that teams sign foreign players with a height-limit of 6-4...
. - The Crispa RedmanizersCrispa RedmanizersThe Crispa Redmanizers was a basketball team in the Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association , the Philippine Basketball Association and the Philippine Amateur Basketball League from the 1960s to the early 1990s.- Profile and history :...
and Toyota Tamaraws had a reunion game coinciding the league's All-Star Weekend2003 PBA All-Star WeekendThe 2003 PBA All-Star Weekend was the annual all-star weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association 's 2003 PBA season. The events were held from May 30 to June 1, 2003 at the Araneta Coliseum, Cubao, Quezon City.-2-Ball Challenge:...
. Toyota won, 65-61.
Champions
- All-Filipino Conference: Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
- Invitational Conference: Alaska AcesAlaska Aces (PBA)The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest...
- Reinforced Conference: Coca-Cola TigersCoca-Cola TigersThe Powerade Tigers is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2002 when the then-San Miguel Corporation-owned Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines bought the RFM-owned Cosmos Bottling Corporation. In 2006, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company under the Coca-Cola...
Individual awards
- Most Valuable PlayerPhilippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player awardThe Philippine Basketball Association awards the Most Valuable Player award at the end of the season. The winner is selected via votes from the press, players, coaches and top PBA officials....
: Asi TaulavaAsi TaulavaPauliasi M. Taulava also known as Asi Taulava is a American-born Filipino-Tongan professional basketball player playing in the Philippines for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association....
(Talk 'N Text) - Rookie of the YearPhilippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award-List of awardees:...
: Jimmy AlapagJimmy AlapagJim Olmedo Alapag , better known as Jimmy Alapag, is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
(Talk 'N Text) - Sportsmanship Award: Patrick Fran
- Most Improved Player: Rafi ReavisRafi ReavisRafael Pangilinan "Rafi" Reavis is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is well-known for his good shotblocking abilities...
(Coca-Cola) - Defensive Player of the Year: Rudy HatfieldRudy HatfieldRudolf Conse Hatfield II , better known as Rudy Hatfield, is a retired American-Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association....
(Coca-Cola) - Mythical Five
- Asi TaulavaAsi TaulavaPauliasi M. Taulava also known as Asi Taulava is a American-born Filipino-Tongan professional basketball player playing in the Philippines for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association....
(Talk 'N Text) - Jimmy AlapagJimmy AlapagJim Olmedo Alapag , better known as Jimmy Alapag, is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
(Talk 'N Text) - Jeffrey CariasoJeffrey CariasoJeffrey J. Cariaso is a retired Filipino professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the former starting off-guard for the Alaska Aces.-Alaska:...
(Coca-Cola) - Rudy HatfieldRudy HatfieldRudolf Conse Hatfield II , better known as Rudy Hatfield, is a retired American-Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association....
(Coca-Cola) - Dennis EspinoDennis EspinoDennis Espino is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who last played for the Powerade Tigers and is now serving them as team ambassador. He was drafted first overall by Sta...
(Sta. Lucia)
- Asi Taulava
- Mythical Second Team
- Johnny AbarrientosJohnny AbarrientosJohnny Abarrientos is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a many-time member of the Philippine National team, and was the 1996 PBA MVP, becoming the shortest player to win the league's highest individual award.He is known by many...
(Coca-Cola) - Harvey CareyHarvey CareyHarvey Carey is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is known for his defense and tenacious rebounding skills. Even though undersized at his position, he still manages to be effective...
(Talk 'N Text) - Marlou AquinoMarlou AquinoMarlou B. Aquino is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who last played for the Meralco Bolts. Known by his moniker The Skyscraper, he is also known, along with Dennis Espino, as one-half of the so-called Twin Towers of the disbanded Sta...
(Sta. Lucia) - John ArigoJohn ArigoJohn Hartley Ward Arigo , in Charleston, South Carolina, is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player for three teams in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted 5th overall by the Alaska Aces in January of 2001 while in his senior year of playing NCAA Division II...
(Alaska) - Don AlladoDon AlladoDon Carlos Allado is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association....
(Alaska)
- Johnny Abarrientos
- All Defensive Team
- Asi TaulavaAsi TaulavaPauliasi M. Taulava also known as Asi Taulava is a American-born Filipino-Tongan professional basketball player playing in the Philippines for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association....
(Talk 'N Text) - Rudy HatfieldRudy HatfieldRudolf Conse Hatfield II , better known as Rudy Hatfield, is a retired American-Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association....
(Coca-Cola) - Marlou AquinoMarlou AquinoMarlou B. Aquino is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who last played for the Meralco Bolts. Known by his moniker The Skyscraper, he is also known, along with Dennis Espino, as one-half of the so-called Twin Towers of the disbanded Sta...
(Sta. Lucia) - Patrick Fran (Talk 'N Text)
- Willie MillerWillie Miller (basketball player)Willie V. Miller, Jr. , better known simply as Willie Miller, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association....
(Red Bull)
- Asi Taulava
- Gawad Emerson Coseteng Lifetime Achievement Award: Leo PrietoLeo PrietoLeopoldo "Leo" L. Prieto was a Filipino sports executive who served as the first Commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association...
Awards given by PBA Press Corps
- Coach of the Year: Chot ReyesChot ReyesVincent P. Reyes , better known as Chot Reyes, is a Filipino basketball head coach of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
(Coca-Cola) - Mr. Quality Minutes: Renren Ritualo (Fedex)
- Referee of the Year: Ogie Bernarte
- Darling of the Media: Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text)