Allan Caidic
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Alan Vito Flores Caidic is a retired professional basketball
player from the Philippines
and is currently an assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings
in the PBA
. He is considered by many to be the greatest shooter the country has ever produced, thus, earning the moniker the "Triggerman" .
He played college hoops at the University of the East
before joining the Philippine Basketball Association
in 1987, where he broke several Philippine and PBA all-time records—including the most points scored in a single game (79 points), the most three-point field goals made in a single game (17 triples; breaking his previous record of 15 triples), the most three-point field goals in a career (1,242 triples) and the most consecutive freethrows in a row (76). He has played with several PBA teams and won numerous championships. He played for the Philippine national basketball team including the 1998 Philippine Centennial Team
.
While in the league, he was considered one of the best three-point shooters in Asia. The vaunted Chinese national basketball team
recognized his ability by always reminding their players to be on the lookout for "Philippine No. 8", referring to Caidic's regular jersey number while playing for the National Team.
and the Mapua Cardinals
but was unsuccessful. He then tried out for the San Juan de Letran Knights
and was accepted. But after realizing that Letran does not have an engineering program, he left. He was later accepted in the University of the East
(UE) in 1981 and spent his first year on the bench. In a deciding game between the UE Warriors and the Far Eastern University Tamaraws
, Caidic missed two crucial free throws that handed the UAAP championship to the unbeaten Tamaraws.
In 1982, Caidic, at 19, bounced back by leading the University of the East Red Warriors to a comeback win against the University of the Philippines Maroons in the finals, scoring 30 points to capture the University Athletics Association of the Philippines
basketball championship and won the Most Valuable Player award.
In his final two years, Caidic along with Jerry Codiñera
led the Red Warriors to back-to-back championships in 1984-1985, the last University of the East basketball team ever to win a championship in the 20th Century. At the same time, he played for several teams in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League
while playing for the national team.
Meanwhile, outside UAAP, he played for several PABL teams including the CF Sharp, ESQ Marketing and the Magnolia Ice Cream/Lagerlite. He also played for commercial teams internationally, notably the Development Bank of Rizal (1983) that finished third in an invitational tournament in Malaysia and the Countryfair Hotdogs in the 1984 William Jones Cup tournament.
, Hector Calma
, Franz Pumaren, Elmer Reyes, Tonichi Yturri, Yves Dignadice, Ludovico Valenciano, Alfie Almario, Jun Tan, Benjie Gutierrez, Louis Brill, Peter Aguilar, Teodocio Alfarero, Jerry Codiñera
, with three American reinforcements Dennis Still, Jeff Moore
and hotshot Arthur "Chip" Engelland.
The team, coached by former Loyola Marymount coach Ron Jacobs, played internationally as the Northern Consolidated Cement and San Miguel Beer, winning the 1984 ABC Club Basketball Championship Cup and participated in the 1985 World Cup for Champion Clubs
at Girona
, Spain
.
In the 1985 Jones Cup, Caidic played in the San Miguel Beer-Philippines’ overtime victory against the USA, coached by the legendary Gene Keady
, in the finals. His shooting mentor, Arthur "Chip" Engelland, scored 43 points while Caidic scored 21, to lead the Filipinos in a 108-100 overtime victory to capture the Jones Cup title. Keady, later, told Ron Jacobs that he had the highest respect for two Filipino cagers whom he called 'Heckle and Jeckle' (referring to Allan Caidic and Samboy Lim).
gold medal and scored 22 points in an 82-72 win over China
in the finals. After winning the Asian Championship, the Philippines qualified for the 1986 FIBA World Championship
at Madrid
, Spain, but due to the political crisis in the country (that led to the 1986 Philippine People Power EDSA Revolution), the national team did not participate in the tournament.
Caidic is a four-time veteran of the Asian Games
as a player and shared this distinction with Alvin Patrimonio
, as the only PBA players to play in four Asian Games (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998). In 1986, he led an all-amateur national team to an Asian Games bronze medal, after a heart breaking controversial loss to South Korea in the semi-final. He went on to win another bronze medal and a silver in the Asian Games basketball tournaments and hold the distinction of being the only Filipino player to win the William Jones Cup championships twice, once as an amateur in 1985 and once as a professional in 1998.
In 1987, he was drafted first pick overall by the Great Taste Coffee Makers
and played alongside Ricardo Brown to lead the team to the PBA Open Conference finals (In Game 3, he equalled Brown's PBA all-time record for the most points scored by a Filipino in a single Finals game - 48 points) and later captured his first PBA-All Filipino Cup championship. In his rookie season, he earned the 1987 PBA Rookie of the Year award
and was named in the All-Star Mythical Five Selection, where he became the third first year-rookie player ever to be named in the Mythical Five Selection after Arnie Tuadles
(1979) and Ricardo Brown (1983). He also finished the season as the first rookie player ever to lead the league in scoring.
On November 2, 1989, Caidic scored 68 points and 15 three-point field goals made in a single game to lead Presto Tivoli
past the Alaska Air Force
in a high scoring overtime game 175-159. Both teams' combined points, at the time, was the most in the PBA history.
In 1990, he set the PBA all-time record for the most three-point field goals made in a single season (160 triples) and led Presto Tivoli to a championship title. He was named the 1990 PBA Most Valuable Player
and was selected to play for the first all-pro national team coached by Robert Jaworski
, bound for the Asian Games. In one of his Asian Games appearances, he led the national team's second half comeback win, 86-78, against Japan
with 34 points despite playing with a broken hand and held scoreless in the first half. The Philippines went on to win the silver medal after losing to China in the finals with Caidic and Samboy Lim
named in the mythical 5 selection.
On October 15, 1991, he broke the PBA all-time record for the most three-point field goals made in a career with 594 three-point conversions after scoring 9 triples in Tivoli's 125-142 loss to Pepsi.
One month later, on November 21, 1991, Caidic sets the PBA all-time records of the most points in a single game by a Filipino (79 points), the most points in a single half (53 points), the most points in a single quarter (37 points), the most three-point field goals made and attempts in a game (17/27 triples), the most three-point field goals made in a quarter (8 triples) and the most consecutive three-point field goals made in a single game (8 triples), to lead Presto Tivoli against Ginebra San Miguel
. His performance remains as one of the greatest individual performances in the PBA history. What makes it more remarkable is that while he was playing in the court, his wife Millote was giving birth to their first daughter. He came off the bench late in the first quarter and left the game in the middle of the fourth, in a game where he could have possibly scored 100 points or more.
In 1993, he moved to the San Miguel Beermen
franchise after his Presto ballclub was replaced by the Sta. Lucia Realtors
in the PBA. In his new team, he teamed with Samboy Lim, to form the league's deadliest scoring duo in the 1990s and led the Beermen to the 1993 All-Filipino Cup finals. He ended the season winning the PBA Governor's Cup
championship with San Miguel and earned the 1993 PBA All-Star Most Valuable Player award after leading his team (North All-Star) to victory, scoring 40 points (second highest points scored in a single All-Star game) and 9 triples (the most three-point field goals made in a single All-Star game). He became the first PBA player ever to win the MVP awards in the regular season and in the All-Star Game.
In 1994, San Miguel won the right to represent the country in the Asian Games after winning the PBA All-Filipino Cup conference title. In the Asian Games, the Beermen formed the core of the national team with some loan players (notably Alvin Patrimonio and Asia's best point guard Johnny Abarrientos
) from the other PBA franchises. The national team finished fourth but Caidic finished as the Asian Games basketball tournament leading scorer and was named in the all-tournament Mythical Five Selection.
In 1995, he became the eighth player to score 10,000 career points in the PBA history and the league's first player to score 1,000 career three-point field goals. He went on to win the PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference
after leading the San Miguel Beermen
to the finals. He finished the season as the league's leading point scorer with 20.9 points per game, the last guard ever to led the league in season-best points scoring average in the 20th Century.
On April 29, 1997, in a game between the Gordon's Gin
and the San Miguel Beermen
, Caidic suffered one of the most critical injuries that ever happened in the PBA's history. The incident took place when Caidic jumped for a rebound with his team mate Nelson Asaytono
but landed awkwardly and was half-conscious for a while (including vomiting) before he was removed from the court and taken to the hospital.
He made a successful recovery from that injury and in 1998, he was selected by Tim Cone
for the Philippine Centennial Team bound for the William Jones Cup (where he scored 25 points with six triples against South East Asian rival, Thailand) and the Asian Games. The team started their international campaign against China and a PBA All-Star Selection but had a dismal display in the PBA Centennial Cup
. They went to a tough United States
midwest tour and won the William Jones Cup in Taiwan
. In the Asian Games, the nationals easily won their group stage but lost in the semi-final and settled for third after beating Kazakhstan
in their final game.
after a sudden resignation of interim coach Rino Salazar.
In 2000, Caidic, as a playing coach, placed himself in the reserved unprotected player list for the Barangay Ginebra Kings
to protect other important players in the team. The expansion team Red Bull picked unprotected players from the dispersal draft. They also drafted Caidic, and got the rights to Caidic. To avoid leaving Ginebra and playing for the Red Bull team, Caidic announced his retirement and decided to hang up his jersey that year. His early retirement ended a long distinguished career that started in 1984 as an amateur guest player in the PBA. He also became the third PBA player after Ramon Fernandez
and Bogs Adornado
to be given the honor of retiring the jersey number by a PBA team and was the first by two PBA teams, the San Miguel Beermen and the Barangay Ginebra Kings. Both franchises retired his number 8 jersey in honor of his legacy in the PBA. In the same year, Caidic was named in the PBA 25 greatest players ever to play in the league's history after the PBA celebrated its 25th year as the first professional basketball league in Asia.
After his retirement, Caidic remained with Ginebra as a full time head coach and despite reaching the 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals, he piloted Ginebra to one of its worst season runs in its franchise history. Due to fans' uproar, management blinked and promoted him as Team Manager in 2004. He also served as the national team's assistant coach in 2002 and was an active participant of the San Miguel Corporation
All-Stars, a group composed of several former professional basketball players.
In May 2005, Caidic took part in the PBA's 30th Anniversary, leading Virgilio Dalupan
's Legends Team to victory, 96-92, in the PBA's Classic Greatest Game with an MVP performance, scoring 30 points (4 triples, 8 rebounds). He also led the PBA Legends Team to a two-game Australian Tour Series and earned himself the series Most Valuable Player award. He was then appointed Sports Ambassador to represent the Philippines in the 23rd South East Asian Games alongside some of the Philippines' greatest athletes (Efren Reyes
, Rafael Nepomuceno
) to promote the event throughout the country. Aside from being one of the country's Sports Ambassador, Caidic also served as San Miguel Corporation's Philippine Baseball
and Boxing
Project Director/Liaison Officer for the South East Asian Games. His teams brought 10 gold medals (1 from baseball and 9 from boxing) for the country.
On June 15, 2006, on his 43rd birthday, he fittingly released his autobiographical book, "My Life Allan Caidic, The Triggerman", one of the first sports biographies by a Filipino athlete. In November 2006, after a reshuffling between the then-four San Miguel Corporation teams, Caidic became the team manager of the Coca-Cola Tigers
. But he left in March 2007 to become the current assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings
.
In January 2007, Caidic joined with former national teammates Hector Calma and Samboy Lim, as well as former national team head coaches, current national team members and head coach Chot Reyes
in expressing their support to Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and for the lifting of suspension of the country from FIBA-sanctioned tournaments.
In 2008, he joined several PBA legends in a charity Tour of California but played a minor role due to personal commitments. Later that year, he led the PBA Legends to victory over the Manny Pacquiao
-led Philippine Army Basketball Team
to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the army.
In August 2009, he joined another PBA legends' tour in North America, and weeks later he led a PBA All-Star Selection (scoring five straight triples in the quarter) against Domonique Wilkins'-led NBA Generations.
On August 27, 2010, he scored an amazing 54 points during the 2010 NBA Asia Basketball Challenge held at Araneta Coliseum
, Cubao, Quezon City
. He also defeated the former NBA star Glen Rice
,7-5 in a special three-point shooting contest during one lull. Their team emerged victorious against the other, scoring 177-167. Former NBA stars Chris Webber
, Gary Payton
, Glen Rice
and Mitch Richmond
played during game.
Basketball
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player from the Philippines
Philippines
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and is currently an assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings
Barangay 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...
in the 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...
. He is considered by many to be the greatest shooter the country has ever produced, thus, earning the moniker the "Triggerman" .
He played college hoops at the University of the East
University of the East
The University of the East is a private nonsectarian university located in University Belt Area, district of Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. The university was founded in 1946 as a coeducational institution...
before joining the Philippine Basketball Association
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...
in 1987, where he broke several Philippine and PBA all-time records—including the most points scored in a single game (79 points), the most three-point field goals made in a single game (17 triples; breaking his previous record of 15 triples), the most three-point field goals in a career (1,242 triples) and the most consecutive freethrows in a row (76). He has played with several PBA teams and won numerous championships. He played for the Philippine national basketball team including the 1998 Philippine Centennial Team
Philippine Centennial Team
The Philippine Centennial Team was the nickname of the Philippine Basketball Association -backed national basketball team in 1998. The team consists of professional players in the country that includes national team veterans Allan Caidic and Alvin Patrimonio, both sharing the distinction of being...
.
While in the league, he was considered one of the best three-point shooters in Asia. The vaunted Chinese national basketball team
China national basketball team
The Chinese men's national basketball team is the basketball team representing China in international competitions. The governing body of Chinese basketball operations is the Basketball Association of China...
recognized his ability by always reminding their players to be on the lookout for "Philippine No. 8", referring to Caidic's regular jersey number while playing for the National Team.
College career
He started playing in the Inter Subdivision Leagues at Brookside in Cainta before trying out for college teams such as the Ateneo Blue EaglesAteneo Blue Eagles
The Ateneo Blue Eagles is the name of the collegiate men's varsity basketball team of the Ateneo de Manila University that plays in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, the premiere sports league in the country. The collegiate women's varsity basketball team is called the Lady...
and the Mapua Cardinals
Mapúa Cardinals
The Mapúa Cardinals is the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the Mapúa Institute of Technology.The Mapúa Cardinals holds the NCAA record for the most number of General Championships in the seniors division with a total of 20—the last of these championships was won in 1993...
but was unsuccessful. He then tried out for the San Juan de Letran Knights
Letran Knights
Letran Knights is the name of the varsity basketball team of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran. Letran College is a Roman Catholic institution and the oldest college in the Philippines....
and was accepted. But after realizing that Letran does not have an engineering program, he left. He was later accepted in the University of the East
University of the East
The University of the East is a private nonsectarian university located in University Belt Area, district of Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. The university was founded in 1946 as a coeducational institution...
(UE) in 1981 and spent his first year on the bench. In a deciding game between the UE Warriors and the Far Eastern University Tamaraws
Far Eastern University
Far Eastern University in the University Belt area, West Sampaloc, City of Manila, is a nonsectarian, private university in the Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance, FEU became a university in 1934 under the guidance of...
, Caidic missed two crucial free throws that handed the UAAP championship to the unbeaten Tamaraws.
In 1982, Caidic, at 19, bounced back by leading the University of the East Red Warriors to a comeback win against the University of the Philippines Maroons in the finals, scoring 30 points to capture the University Athletics Association of the Philippines
University Athletics Association of the Philippines
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines , established in 1938, is a sports association of eight universities in the Philippines. Each year, teams from these universities play in 15 sports.-History:In 1924, Dr...
basketball championship and won the Most Valuable Player award.
In his final two years, Caidic along with Jerry Codiñera
Jerry Codiñera
Jerry Codiñera is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994...
led the Red Warriors to back-to-back championships in 1984-1985, the last University of the East basketball team ever to win a championship in the 20th Century. At the same time, he played for several teams in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League
Philippine Basketball League
The Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...
while playing for the national team.
Meanwhile, outside UAAP, he played for several PABL teams including the CF Sharp, ESQ Marketing and the Magnolia Ice Cream/Lagerlite. He also played for commercial teams internationally, notably the Development Bank of Rizal (1983) that finished third in an invitational tournament in Malaysia and the Countryfair Hotdogs in the 1984 William Jones Cup tournament.
NCC
In 1984-1985, Caidic was part of Danding Cojuangco’s national basketball development program, which formed a team that represented the Philippines in international competitions. The main objective of the program is to win the 1986 Asian Basketball Confederation crown (now known as the FIBA Asia Cup) which was last won by the Philippines in 1973. The team was composed of selected amateur standout players notably Caidic, Samboy LimSamboy Lim
Avelino B. Lim, Jr. , better known as Samboy Lim, is a former basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. As a shooting guard, the iconic Lim distinguished himself with Magic Johnson-like ball handling skills and Julius "Dr...
, Hector Calma
Hector Calma
Hector Calma is a retired Filipino professional basketball player. At 5 feet and 6 inches, he played at the point guard position and was most notably associated with the San Miguel Beer team of the Philippine Basketball Association....
, Franz Pumaren, Elmer Reyes, Tonichi Yturri, Yves Dignadice, Ludovico Valenciano, Alfie Almario, Jun Tan, Benjie Gutierrez, Louis Brill, Peter Aguilar, Teodocio Alfarero, Jerry Codiñera
Jerry Codiñera
Jerry Codiñera is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994...
, with three American reinforcements Dennis Still, Jeff Moore
Jeff Moore
Jeff Moore may refer to:* Jeff Moore , former American professional basketball player* Jeff Moore , former American football running back in the National Football League...
and hotshot Arthur "Chip" Engelland.
The team, coached by former Loyola Marymount coach Ron Jacobs, played internationally as the Northern Consolidated Cement and San Miguel Beer, winning the 1984 ABC Club Basketball Championship Cup and participated in the 1985 World Cup for Champion Clubs
1985 Intercontinental Cup (basketball)
The 1985 Intercontinental basketball Cup took place at Barcelona and Girona. From FIBA European Championship participated Virtus Roma, CSP Limoges, Cibona, Barcelona...
at Girona
Girona
Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
, Spain
Spain
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.
In the 1985 Jones Cup, Caidic played in the San Miguel Beer-Philippines’ overtime victory against the USA, coached by the legendary Gene Keady
Gene Keady
Lloyd Eugene "Gene" Keady is a basketball coach. Currently an assistant coach at St. John's, he is most notable for being the head basketball coach at Purdue University for 25 years, from 1980 to 2005.-Kansas State :...
, in the finals. His shooting mentor, Arthur "Chip" Engelland, scored 43 points while Caidic scored 21, to lead the Filipinos in a 108-100 overtime victory to capture the Jones Cup title. Keady, later, told Ron Jacobs that he had the highest respect for two Filipino cagers whom he called 'Heckle and Jeckle' (referring to Allan Caidic and Samboy Lim).
National team
Under the NCC program, Caidic led the Philippines in capturing the 1985 South East Asian Games Gold Medal and in 1986, he led the last all-amateur national team to capture the FIBA Asia ChampionshipFIBA Asia Championship
The FIBA Asia Championship for Men is a tournament which takes place every two years between teams of the continent. This is the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and the Olympic basketball tournament...
gold medal and scored 22 points in an 82-72 win over China
China national basketball team
The Chinese men's national basketball team is the basketball team representing China in international competitions. The governing body of Chinese basketball operations is the Basketball Association of China...
in the finals. After winning the Asian Championship, the Philippines qualified for the 1986 FIBA World Championship
FIBA World Championship
The FIBA World Championship is an international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation , the sport's global governing body...
at Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain, but due to the political crisis in the country (that led to the 1986 Philippine People Power EDSA Revolution), the national team did not participate in the tournament.
Caidic is a four-time veteran of the Asian Games
Asian Games
The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...
as a player and shared this distinction with Alvin Patrimonio
Alvin Patrimonio
Alvin Vergara Patrimonio , nicknamed "The Captain" and "Captain Lionheart" is a retired Filipino professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager of his former team, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.Patrimonio holds several PBA records...
, as the only PBA players to play in four Asian Games (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998). In 1986, he led an all-amateur national team to an Asian Games bronze medal, after a heart breaking controversial loss to South Korea in the semi-final. He went on to win another bronze medal and a silver in the Asian Games basketball tournaments and hold the distinction of being the only Filipino player to win the William Jones Cup championships twice, once as an amateur in 1985 and once as a professional in 1998.
PBA career
In 1984-1985, he played in the PBA for the all-amateur guest NCC national team, preparing for the international season, and went on to win the 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference. In 1986, he returned to the PBA playing for the all-amateur Magnolia-Philippines preparing for the upcoming Asian Games tournament.In 1987, he was drafted first pick overall by the Great Taste Coffee Makers
Great Taste Coffee Makers
Great Taste Coffee was one of the Pioneer teams in the Philippine Basketball Association . The company was then known as the Consolidated Foods Corporation and their chief products included well known brands like Presto Ice Cream, N-Rich Coffee Cream, Jack & Jill Fun Snacks, Great Taste Coffee...
and played alongside Ricardo Brown to lead the team to the PBA Open Conference finals (In Game 3, he equalled Brown's PBA all-time record for the most points scored by a Filipino in a single Finals game - 48 points) and later captured his first PBA-All Filipino Cup championship. In his rookie season, he earned the 1987 PBA Rookie of the Year award
Philippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award
-List of awardees:...
and was named in the All-Star Mythical Five Selection, where he became the third first year-rookie player ever to be named in the Mythical Five Selection after Arnie Tuadles
Arnie Tuadles
Arnulfo "Arnie" Tuadles was a Filipino basketball player who once played for the fabled Philippine Basketball Association team Toyota Super Corollas. He began his career brightly as a stalwart in the MICAA, playing for the Manilabank Golden Bankers in the mid-70s before peddling his wares with the...
(1979) and Ricardo Brown (1983). He also finished the season as the first rookie player ever to lead the league in scoring.
On November 2, 1989, Caidic scored 68 points and 15 three-point field goals made in a single game to lead Presto Tivoli
Great Taste Coffee Makers
Great Taste Coffee was one of the Pioneer teams in the Philippine Basketball Association . The company was then known as the Consolidated Foods Corporation and their chief products included well known brands like Presto Ice Cream, N-Rich Coffee Cream, Jack & Jill Fun Snacks, Great Taste Coffee...
past the Alaska Air Force
Alaska 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...
in a high scoring overtime game 175-159. Both teams' combined points, at the time, was the most in the PBA history.
In 1990, he set the PBA all-time record for the most three-point field goals made in a single season (160 triples) and led Presto Tivoli to a championship title. He was named the 1990 PBA Most Valuable Player
Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award
The 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....
and was selected to play for the first all-pro national team coached by Robert Jaworski
Robert Jaworski
Robert Salazar Jaworski , also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski, Robert Jaworski, Sr. or simply Jawo, is a former Philippine senator, basketball coach and Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and PBA basketball player.Known as The Big J and called The Living Legend...
, bound for the Asian Games. In one of his Asian Games appearances, he led the national team's second half comeback win, 86-78, against Japan
Japan national basketball team
The Japanese national basketball team represents Japan in international basketball competitions. It is governed by the Japan Basketball Association . Japan is the second leading nation in qualifications to the Asian Basketball Championships...
with 34 points despite playing with a broken hand and held scoreless in the first half. The Philippines went on to win the silver medal after losing to China in the finals with Caidic and Samboy Lim
Samboy Lim
Avelino B. Lim, Jr. , better known as Samboy Lim, is a former basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. As a shooting guard, the iconic Lim distinguished himself with Magic Johnson-like ball handling skills and Julius "Dr...
named in the mythical 5 selection.
On October 15, 1991, he broke the PBA all-time record for the most three-point field goals made in a career with 594 three-point conversions after scoring 9 triples in Tivoli's 125-142 loss to Pepsi.
One month later, on November 21, 1991, Caidic sets the PBA all-time records of the most points in a single game by a Filipino (79 points), the most points in a single half (53 points), the most points in a single quarter (37 points), the most three-point field goals made and attempts in a game (17/27 triples), the most three-point field goals made in a quarter (8 triples) and the most consecutive three-point field goals made in a single game (8 triples), to lead Presto Tivoli against Ginebra San Miguel
Barangay 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...
. His performance remains as one of the greatest individual performances in the PBA history. What makes it more remarkable is that while he was playing in the court, his wife Millote was giving birth to their first daughter. He came off the bench late in the first quarter and left the game in the middle of the fourth, in a game where he could have possibly scored 100 points or more.
In 1993, he moved to the San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
franchise after his Presto ballclub was replaced by the Sta. Lucia Realtors
Sta. Lucia Realtors
The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta...
in the PBA. In his new team, he teamed with Samboy Lim, to form the league's deadliest scoring duo in the 1990s and led the Beermen to the 1993 All-Filipino Cup finals. He ended the season winning the PBA Governor's 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...
championship with San Miguel and earned the 1993 PBA All-Star Most Valuable Player award after leading his team (North All-Star) to victory, scoring 40 points (second highest points scored in a single All-Star game) and 9 triples (the most three-point field goals made in a single All-Star game). He became the first PBA player ever to win the MVP awards in the regular season and in the All-Star Game.
In 1994, San Miguel won the right to represent the country in the Asian Games after winning the PBA All-Filipino Cup conference title. In the Asian Games, the Beermen formed the core of the national team with some loan players (notably Alvin Patrimonio and Asia's best point guard Johnny Abarrientos
Johnny Abarrientos
Johnny 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...
) from the other PBA franchises. The national team finished fourth but Caidic finished as the Asian Games basketball tournament leading scorer and was named in the all-tournament Mythical Five Selection.
In 1995, he became the eighth player to score 10,000 career points in the PBA history and the league's first player to score 1,000 career three-point field goals. He went on to win the PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference
Philippine Basketball Association Best Player of the Conference Award
The Philippine Basketball Association's Best Player of the Conference Award is given to the best local player at the end of each conference...
after leading the San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
to the finals. He finished the season as the league's leading point scorer with 20.9 points per game, the last guard ever to led the league in season-best points scoring average in the 20th Century.
On April 29, 1997, in a game between the Gordon's Gin
Barangay 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...
and the San Miguel Beermen
San Miguel Beermen
The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
, Caidic suffered one of the most critical injuries that ever happened in the PBA's history. The incident took place when Caidic jumped for a rebound with his team mate Nelson Asaytono
Nelson Asaytono
Nelson Asaytono is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association, also known as "The Bull" for his monster dunks...
but landed awkwardly and was half-conscious for a while (including vomiting) before he was removed from the court and taken to the hospital.
He made a successful recovery from that injury and in 1998, he was selected by Tim Cone
Tim Cone
Earl 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...
for the Philippine Centennial Team bound for the William Jones Cup (where he scored 25 points with six triples against South East Asian rival, Thailand) and the Asian Games. The team started their international campaign against China and a PBA All-Star Selection but had a dismal display in the PBA Centennial Cup
1998 PBA Centennial Cup
-See also:* 1998 PBA season...
. They went to a tough United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
midwest tour and won the William Jones Cup in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. In the Asian Games, the nationals easily won their group stage but lost in the semi-final and settled for third after beating Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan national basketball team
The Kazakhstan national basketball team represents Kazakhstan in basketball international competitions. They belong to the FIBA Asia zone.Kazakhstan's best finish in international competition was 3rd in the 2002 Asian Games, beating the Philippines in the bronze medal game, and a fourth place...
in their final game.
Post-playing career
In 1999, he became the playing coach of 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...
after a sudden resignation of interim coach Rino Salazar.
In 2000, Caidic, as a playing coach, placed himself in the reserved unprotected player list for the Barangay Ginebra Kings
Barangay 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...
to protect other important players in the team. The expansion team Red Bull picked unprotected players from the dispersal draft. They also drafted Caidic, and got the rights to Caidic. To avoid leaving Ginebra and playing for the Red Bull team, Caidic announced his retirement and decided to hang up his jersey that year. His early retirement ended a long distinguished career that started in 1984 as an amateur guest player in the PBA. He also became the third PBA player after Ramon Fernandez
Ramón Fernández
Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...
and Bogs Adornado
Bogs Adornado
William "Bogs" Adornado is a former Filipino athlete who played basketball in both the amateur and professional ranks. He made his mark playing in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975 to 1987...
to be given the honor of retiring the jersey number by a PBA team and was the first by two PBA teams, the San Miguel Beermen and the Barangay Ginebra Kings. Both franchises retired his number 8 jersey in honor of his legacy in the PBA. In the same year, Caidic was named in the PBA 25 greatest players ever to play in the league's history after the PBA celebrated its 25th year as the first professional basketball league in Asia.
After his retirement, Caidic remained with Ginebra as a full time head coach and despite reaching the 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals, he piloted Ginebra to one of its worst season runs in its franchise history. Due to fans' uproar, management blinked and promoted him as Team Manager in 2004. He also served as the national team's assistant coach in 2002 and was an active participant of the San Miguel Corporation
San Miguel Corporation
Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....
All-Stars, a group composed of several former professional basketball players.
In May 2005, Caidic took part in the PBA's 30th Anniversary, leading Virgilio Dalupan
Baby Dalupan
Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan is a Filipino former basketball coach and player. He is the son of University of the East founder Dr. Francisco T...
's Legends Team to victory, 96-92, in the PBA's Classic Greatest Game with an MVP performance, scoring 30 points (4 triples, 8 rebounds). He also led the PBA Legends Team to a two-game Australian Tour Series and earned himself the series Most Valuable Player award. He was then appointed Sports Ambassador to represent the Philippines in the 23rd South East Asian Games alongside some of the Philippines' greatest athletes (Efren Reyes
Efren Reyes
Efren Manalang Reyes is a Filipino professional pool player and a two-time world champion. Reyes is considered by many to be the greatest all-around pool player in the history of the game. He is affectionately nicknamed "Bata" and "the Magician".-Early life:Reyes was born in Pampanga in 1954...
, Rafael Nepomuceno
Rafael Nepomuceno
Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno is a six-time World Bowling Champion Filipino bowler. He has won the World Cup of Bowling four times...
) to promote the event throughout the country. Aside from being one of the country's Sports Ambassador, Caidic also served as San Miguel Corporation's Philippine Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
and Boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
Project Director/Liaison Officer for the South East Asian Games. His teams brought 10 gold medals (1 from baseball and 9 from boxing) for the country.
On June 15, 2006, on his 43rd birthday, he fittingly released his autobiographical book, "My Life Allan Caidic, The Triggerman", one of the first sports biographies by a Filipino athlete. In November 2006, after a reshuffling between the then-four San Miguel Corporation teams, Caidic became the team manager of the Coca-Cola Tigers
Coca-Cola Tigers
The 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...
. But he left in March 2007 to become the current assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings
Barangay 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...
.
In January 2007, Caidic joined with former national teammates Hector Calma and Samboy Lim, as well as former national team head coaches, current national team members and head coach Chot Reyes
Chot Reyes
Vincent 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...
in expressing their support to Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and for the lifting of suspension of the country from FIBA-sanctioned tournaments.
In 2008, he joined several PBA legends in a charity Tour of California but played a minor role due to personal commitments. Later that year, he led the PBA Legends to victory over the Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...
-led Philippine Army Basketball Team
Philippine Army
The Philippine Army is the ground arm of the Armed Forces of the Philippines . Its official name in Tagalog is Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas. On July 23, 2010, President Benigno Aquino III appointed Maj. Gen...
to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the army.
In August 2009, he joined another PBA legends' tour in North America, and weeks later he led a PBA All-Star Selection (scoring five straight triples in the quarter) against Domonique Wilkins'-led NBA Generations.
On August 27, 2010, he scored an amazing 54 points during the 2010 NBA Asia Basketball Challenge held at Araneta Coliseum
Araneta Coliseum
The Smart Araneta Coliseum, known as The Big Dome is an indoor multi-purpose sports arena located in the Cubao area of Quezon City, Philippines...
, Cubao, Quezon City
Quezon City
Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...
. He also defeated the former NBA star Glen Rice
Glen Rice
Glen Anthony Rice is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. The 6'8" tall Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star guard/forward, ranking 11th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. As a player, Rice won an NCAA Men's Division...
,7-5 in a special three-point shooting contest during one lull. Their team emerged victorious against the other, scoring 177-167. Former NBA stars Chris Webber
Chris Webber
Mayce Edward Christopher "Chris" Webber, III , nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer, a former NBA Rookie of the Year, and a former #1 overall NBA Draftee...
, Gary Payton
Gary Payton
Gary Dwayne Payton is a former American professional basketball point guard. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals...
, Glen Rice
Glen Rice
Glen Anthony Rice is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. The 6'8" tall Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star guard/forward, ranking 11th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. As a player, Rice won an NCAA Men's Division...
and Mitch Richmond
Mitch Richmond
Mitchell James "Mitch" Richmond is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He played collegiately at Kansas State University. He was a 6-time NBA All-Star, a 5-time All-NBA Team member and a former NBA Rookie of the Year...
played during game.
Individual achievements
- PBA Hall of Fame (2009)
- PBA Top 25 Greatest Players of all time (2000)
- PBA Most Valuable Player 1990
- PBA Rookie of the Year 1987
- PBA Mythical First Team Selection in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1995
- PBA Mythical Second Team Selection in 1993 and 1994
- PBA Best Player of the Conference (1995 PBA Governor's Cup)
- PBA All-Star Games (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
- PBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1993)
- PBA All-Star Three-Points Shootout Challenge champion (individual event) 1991 and 1992
- PBA All-Star Three-Points Shootout Challenge champion (team event) 1991
- PBA Career Achievement Award 10,000 Points
- PBA Career Achievement Award 5,000 Points
- PBA Career Achievement Award 1,000 Three-Points
- PBA Career Achievement Award 500 Steals
Team achievements
- 1985 PBA 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...
Champions - 1987 PBA-IBA World Challenge Cup Finalists
- 1987 PBA Open Conference Finalists
- 1987 PBA All-Filipino Cup ConferencePBA Philippine CupThe 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...
Champions - 1990 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Champions
- 1993 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Finalists
- 1993 PBA Governor's Cup ConferencePBA Governor's CupThe 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...
Champions - 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Champions
- 1995 PBA Governor's Cup Conference Finalists
- 1998 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Finalists - Assistant Playing Coach
- 1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup ConferencePBA Commissioner's CupThe 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...
Finalists - Assistant Playing Coach - 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Finalists - Head Coach
- 2004 PBA Fiesta Cup ConferencePBA Fiesta ConferenceThe PBA Fiesta Conference was a former tournament held during a Philippine Basketball Association season. Each PBA team was allowed to hire a single foreign player, with maximum height limitations set by the league, to play for the said tournament.-History:...
Champions - Team Manager - 2005 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Champions - Team Manager
- 2008 PBA Fiesta Cup Conference Champions - Assistant Coach
Philippine Basketball Association all-time records
- Most points scored in a single game by a Filipino (79) - November 21, 1991
- Most points scored in a single half (53) - November 21, 1991
- Most points scored in a single quarter (37) - November 21, 1991
- Most points scored in a single finals game by a Filipino (48) - 1987 PBA Open Conference
- Most number of three-point field goals made in a single game (17) - November 21, 1991
- Most number of three-point field goals attempts in a single game (27) - November 21, 1991
- Most consecutive three-point shots made in a single game (8) - October 15, 1991
- Most number of three-point field goals made in a single quarter (9) - November 21, 1991
- Most number of three-point field goals made in a single All-Star game (9) - June 6, 1993
- Most consecutive free-throw shots made (76) - October 22, 1992 - May 11, 1993
- Most number of three-point shots made in a single season (160) - 1990 PBA Season
- Most number of three-point shots made in a career (1,242) - 1987-1999
- First Player to score 1000 career three-points field goal made in the PBA history - July 12, 1995
- Third highest points scored in a single game scored by a Filipino (68) - November 2, 1989
- Third highest points scored in a single quarter (27) - November 2, 1989
- Second highest points scored in a single All-Star game (40) - June 6, 1993
- Second highest number of three-point field goals made in a single game (15) - November 2, 1989
- Sixth highest points scored in a single game by a Filipino (59) - 1988
- Sixth highest points scored in a single game by a player (both locals/imports) (79) - - November 21, 1991
Individual achievements
- University Athletic Association of the Philippines College Basketball Most Valuable Player (1982, 1984, 1985)
- UAAP College Basketball Mythical Five Selection (1982, 1984, 1985, 1986)
- PABL Mythical Five Selection (1985, 1986)
- Philippine Basketball LeaguePhilippine Basketball LeagueThe Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...
Top 20 Greatest Players of all time (2003) - PBL Legacy Team: 12 All-time Best players in history (2000)
Team achievements
- 1982 UAAP-Manila College Basketball Champions
- 1982 UAAP National College Basketball third place
- 1983 UAAP-Manila College Basketball third place
- 1984 UAAP-Manila College Basketball Champions
- 1984 UAAP National College Basketball Champions
- 1985 UAAP-Manila College Basketball Champions
- 1985 UAAP National College Basketball Champions
- 1985 Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Basketball Champions
- 1985 Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL) Invitational Cup Finalists
- 1986 UAAP-Manila College Basketball Champions
- 1986 UAAP National College Basketball second place
- 1986 Philippine Amateur Basketball League Champions
College and Amateur basketball all-time records
- Career all-time PBL record leader for most number of three-point field goals made in a single game (15 triples) - 1986
- Career all-time UAAP record leader for most number of three-point field goals made in a single game (10 triples) - August 1985
- Career all-time National UAAP leader for most number of three-point field goals made in a single game (9 triples) - UAAP
- Second career all-time UAAP record leader for most points scored in a single finals game (48 points) - 1985
- Third career all-time UAAP record leader for most points scored in a single finals game (42 points) - 1985
International career highlights
Club and Country- 1982 ASEAN School Youth Basketball Championship champions
- 1983 Asian Invitational Basketball Tournament, third place
- 1984 William Jones CupWilliam Jones CupThe R. William Jones Cup is an international basketball tournament held annually in Taipei, Taiwan. It was named after Renato William Jones, a basketball promoter and one of the founders of the International Basketball Federation .The Jones Cup tournament started in 1977 and is held annually...
- 1984 FIBA Asia Champions CupFIBA Asia Champions CupThe FIBA Asia Champions Cup is the Asian club championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia, and takes place every year.-Summary:- Titles by team :- Titles by country :-References:*...
champions - 1985 Pesta Sukan Basketball Championship champions
- 1985 William Jones Cup champions
- 1985 World Clubs Championship, Group B fourth place
- 1985 South East Asian Games champions
- 1986 FIBA Asia Championship champions
- 1986 Guam Invitational Basketball Tournament champions
- Guam Tournament Most Valuable Player (1986)
- 1986 Asian Games1986 Asian GamesThe 10th Asian Games were held from September 20, 1986 to October 5, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea. The city was supposed to host the 1970 games, but it received security threats from neighboring North Korea, forcing it to give up hosting the games to previous 1966 host Bangkok, Thailand...
, third place (bronze medal) - 1990 Asian GamesBasketball at the 1990 Asian GamesBasketball was one of the many sports which was held at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China between 22 September and 7 October 1990. China won their 5th title in the men's tournament and Korea won their 2nd title in the women's tournament, in the fourth China-Korea finals showdown.-Medal...
, second place (silver medal)- Asian Games All-Star Mythical Five member (1990)
- 1991 ChinaChina national basketball teamThe Chinese men's national basketball team is the basketball team representing China in international competitions. The governing body of Chinese basketball operations is the Basketball Association of China...
-PBA All-StarsPhilippine Basketball Association All-Star WeekendThe Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Weekend is the annual gathering of the best players of the Philippine Basketball Association playing for various events such as the 3-point shootout, skills competition such as Obstacle and Trick-shot challenges, Rookies vs...
Goodwill Exhibition Series - 1994 Asian GamesBasketball at the 1994 Asian GamesBasketball was one of the many sports which was held at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan between 2 October and 16 October 1994. China defeated Korea in the men's final en route to their 4th title, while Korea edged host Japan to claim their 2nd title in the women's final.-Medal...
, fourth place- Asian Games Tournament top scorer (1994)
- Asian Games All-Star Mythical Five member (1994)
- 1998 PhilippinesPhilippine Centennial TeamThe Philippine Centennial Team was the nickname of the Philippine Basketball Association -backed national basketball team in 1998. The team consists of professional players in the country that includes national team veterans Allan Caidic and Alvin Patrimonio, both sharing the distinction of being...
-PBA All-StarsPhilippine Basketball Association All-Star WeekendThe Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Weekend is the annual gathering of the best players of the Philippine Basketball Association playing for various events such as the 3-point shootout, skills competition such as Obstacle and Trick-shot challenges, Rookies vs...
Selection Goodwill Series - 1998 PBA Centennial Cup1998 PBA Centennial Cup-See also:* 1998 PBA season...
- 1998 William Jones Cup champions
- 1998 Philippine Tour of the United States
- 1998 Asian GamesBasketball at the 1998 Asian GamesBasketball was one of the many sports which was held at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand between 8 December and 19 December 1998. China again swept all their assignments en route to their 5th title in the men's tournament, while Japan notched their 2nd title after thrashing China in the...
, third place (bronze medal) - 2002 Philippines-Chinese-TaipeiChinese Taipei national basketball teamThe Chinese Taipei national basketball team is the basketball team representing Taiwan in international competitions, organized and run by the CTBA...
Goodwill Series, Assistant Coach - 2002 Philippines-QatarQatar national basketball team- Qatar:Head coach: Kent Davison- References :...
Goodwill Series, Assistant Coach - 2002 Philippine-Euro Basketball Challenge (4-Nations Invitational Tournament), third place, Assistant Coach
- 2002 Asian Games2002 Asian GamesThe 2002 Asian Games, also known as XIV Asiad is a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan is the second city, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries...
, fourth place, Assistant Coach - 2006 Shell Rimula Brunei CupBrunei CupThe Brunei Cup is an annual basketball tournament held at Brunei. Originally held in 2001, with most of the teams coming from Overseas Filipino workers in Brunei, the tournament has since expanded to include several professional and national teams around Asia and Australia...
, Team Manager
Other achievements
- PBA All-Star Legends Shootout Challenge champion (2004)
- PBA Classic All-Star Greatest Game (2005)
- PBA Classic All-Star Greatest Game Most Valuable Player (2005)
- PBA Legends Tour of AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
(2005) - PBA Legends Tour of Australia Series Most Valuable Player (2005)
- 2005 Philippine South East Asian Games Sports Ambassador
- PBA NBA Asia Challenge Most Valuable Player (2010)
See also
- Philippine Basketball AssociationPhilippine Basketball AssociationThe 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...
- Philippine national basketball team
- Northern Consolidated Cement / San Miguel Beer
- 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...
- San Miguel BeermenSan Miguel BeermenThe Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
- Great Taste Coffee MakersGreat Taste Coffee MakersGreat Taste Coffee was one of the Pioneer teams in the Philippine Basketball Association . The company was then known as the Consolidated Foods Corporation and their chief products included well known brands like Presto Ice Cream, N-Rich Coffee Cream, Jack & Jill Fun Snacks, Great Taste Coffee...
/Presto Tivoli - Philippine Centennial TeamPhilippine Centennial TeamThe Philippine Centennial Team was the nickname of the Philippine Basketball Association -backed national basketball team in 1998. The team consists of professional players in the country that includes national team veterans Allan Caidic and Alvin Patrimonio, both sharing the distinction of being...
- History of Philippine Basketball
Publications and Articles
- Bocobo, Christian and Celis, Beth, Legends and Heroes of Philippine Basketball, (Philippines, 2004)
- Caidic, Allan, My Life: Allan Caidic The Triggerman, (Philippines, 2006)
- Dela Cruz, Juan, Book of Pinoy Facts and Records, (National Bookstore, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, 2004)
- King, Jenny, Great and Famous Filipinos, 2nd Edition, (Worldlink Books, Philippines, 2002)
- OFW Guardian, Mr. Inside and Mr. Out, Sport, OFW Guardian, http://www.ofwguardian.com/article.php/I29mrinside, (2006)
- Philippine Basketball Association, The First 25 Years, (Philippines, 2000)