2011–12 PBA season
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The 2011–12 PBA season is the 37th season of the Philippine Basketball Association
. The season was formally opened on October 2, 2011 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, and expected to finish around August 2012. The season uses three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup
, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference. The mid season Commissioner's Cup
will feature unlimited height limit for imports. The Governors Cup
will be the third and final conference for this season.
The first activity of the season is the 2011 PBA Draft
held on August 28, 2011 at the Robinson's Place Ermita in Manila
.
Trades:
, 94-93.
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...
. The season was formally opened on October 2, 2011 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, and expected to finish around August 2012. The season uses three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup
PBA Philippine Cup
The Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup is the award given at PBA's all-Filipino conference. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports. Prior to 2004-05 season, the tournament was then known as the PBA All-Filipino Cup...
, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference. The mid season Commissioner's Cup
PBA Commissioner's Cup
The PBA Commissioner's Cup is a tournament of a Philippine Basketball Association season. The tournament allows team to hire a single import with a height limit of 6-6. The event was usually held during the league's second conference from 1993-2002...
will feature unlimited height limit for imports. The Governors Cup
PBA Governor's Cup
The PBA Governors Cup is a tournament of a Philippine Basketball Association season. The tournament allows team to hire a single import with a height limit of 6-4. The event was usually held during the league's third conference from 1993-2002...
will be the third and final conference for this season.
The first activity of the season is the 2011 PBA Draft
2011 PBA Draft
The 2011 Philippine Basketball Association Rookie Draft is an event, which allows teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The event will be held at Robinson's Place Ermita in Manila on August 28, 2011...
held on August 28, 2011 at the Robinson's Place Ermita in Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
.
Player movement
Key transactions:Trades:
- Rain or Shine traded Doug KramerDoug KramerDouglas R. Kramer , better known as Doug Kramer, is a Filipino basketball player who will play for the Powerade Tigers in the Philippine Basketball Association.-Player Profile:...
and Josh VanlandinghamJosh VanlandinghamJoshua Vanlandingham also known as Josh Vanlandingham is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association and currently plays for the Powerade Tigers...
to Powerade for JR Quiñahan, Norman GonzalesNorman GonzalesNorman Gonzales is a Filipino professional basketball player. He is currently a free agent. He was drafted seventh overall by Mobiline in 2001.-Player profile:...
and Powerade's 2013 and 2014 second round picks. - Barako Bull Energy, B-Meg Llamados, and Shopinas.com ClickersShopinas.com ClickersThe Shopinas.com Clickers is a Philippine Basketball Association team that debuted on the 2011–12 PBA season.-Sale of the Barako Bull franchise:...
involved a three-way deal. Shopinas.com acquired Elmer EspirituElmer EspirituElmer Torres Espiritu is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Shopinas.com Clickers in the Philippine Basketball Association. He played five seasons for the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2005 to...
from Barako Bull and Brian IladBrian IladBrian Ilad is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Shopinas.com Clickers in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted 16th overall in 2011 by the B-Meg Llamados. He was traded to the Clickers for Mark Barroca-College career:Ilad played for the De La...
from B-Meg, B-Meg received 5th pick overall Mark BarrocaMark BarrocaAndy Mark C. Barroca is a professional Filipino basketball player who recently played for the national team Smart Gilas owned by Filipino businessman, Manuel V...
from Shopinas.com, and Barako Bull acquired Don AlladoDon AlladoDon Carlos Allado is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association....
and future second round picks from B-Meg.
Notable occurrences
- The PBA board approved the sale of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters team franchise from Photokina Marketing to the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the Air21 ExpressAir21 ExpressThe Barako Bull Energy is a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002.Barako Bull is owned by Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the defunct Laguna Lakers of the Metropolitan Basketball Association...
. The team will now be known as the Shopinas.com ClickersShopinas.com ClickersThe Shopinas.com Clickers is a Philippine Basketball Association team that debuted on the 2011–12 PBA season.-Sale of the Barako Bull franchise:...
. - The Air21 ExpressAir21 ExpressThe Barako Bull Energy is a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002.Barako Bull is owned by Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the defunct Laguna Lakers of the Metropolitan Basketball Association...
will be renamed as Barako Bull Energy starting this season. The name change occurred after the Lina Group bought 49 percent stake of Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of Photokina Marketing and the exclusive distributor of Red Bull Energy Drink products in the Philippines. The "Energy Boosters" monicker will be dropped and instead the team will be known as "Energy", since there will be a conflict in using the "Boosters" monicker with the Petron Blaze Boosters. - The PBA board approved the 20% salary cap increase and the standardization of game bonuses on September 8. The player salary cap was increased from P350,000 to P420,000. The proposals were approved at the heels of an outburst by Alaska Aces owner Fred Uytengsu during the press conference announcing Tim Cone's resignation as head coach of Alaska. Uytengsu commented that the league is not a level playing field, with some teams paying their players more than the monthly amount set by the PBA.
Coaching changes
- Barako Bull Energy (formerly Air21 Express) hired Junel Baculi as head coach, who also was the head coach of the Barako Bull franchise that disbanded in 2010. Baculi will be replacing Bong Ramos, who will slide down as assistant coach.
- On August 26, the Barangay Ginebra KingsBarangay Ginebra KingsThe Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...
appointed assistant coach Siot TanquincenSiot TanquincenBethune "Siot" Tanquingcen is a Filipino professional basketball assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association. Prior to his current role, he was former player for the UST Growling Tigers in the UAAP, the Sunkist Orange Juicers and the San Miguel Beermen in...
as co-head coach of the team, together with Jong UichicoJong UichicoJoseph Enrique Uichico, better known as Jong Uichico, is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association. Uichico is a former Philippines national basketball team Youth member and a former player and head coach of the La Salle...
. - On September 1, 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...
coach Tim ConeTim ConeEarl Timothy Cone, better known as Tim Cone, is an American head coach of B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is known for leading the Aces to 13 PBA titles in its franchise history while leading the 1996 Milkmen to a rare PBA Grandslam. He also once coached the Philippine...
requested to be released from his contract, which is set to expire in 2013. Assistant Joel BanalJoel BanalJoel Banal is a former Filipino professional basketball player, currently serving as head coach of Alaska Aces in the Philippine Basketball Association. Banal played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before venturing into professional basketball with the Great Taste Coffee...
will take over as head coach. - Two weeks after resigning as head coach of the Alaska Aces, Tim Cone was appointed as the new head coach of the B-Meg Llamados. Richard del Rosario, who was appointed as acting head coach in August was demoted to assistant coach along with former B-meg head coach Jorge GallentJorge GallentJorge Gallent is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association.-UAAP Days:...
. Gallent later was reassigned as assistant coach of Petron Blaze.
2011-12 Philippine Cup
The season began on October 2 with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters defeating the Barangay Ginebra KingsBarangay Ginebra Kings
The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation...
, 94-93.