The 1997 Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies in the Governor's Cup.
The Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys won the All-Filipino Cup title at the expense of Gordon's Gin Boars. Coach Eric Altamirano, who replaces Chot Reyes at the start of the season, became the youngest coach to steer his team to a PBA crown.
In the Governors Cup, Purefoods advances into the championship series for the second time in the season by winning their best-of-five semifinal series against San Miguel Beermen, three games to two.
Going up against the defending champion Alaska Milkmen in the finals, the Carne Norte Beefies won Game one, but lost the last four games to settled for a second place finish in the season-ending conference.
On July 21, pre-season acquisition Cris Bolado was traded to Gordon's Gin in exchange for Edward Joseph Feihl, who hold out of his contract with the Boars, Feihl began playing for Purefoods in the Governors Cup. [1]
Two imports by the same name of Mike Jones played for Purefoods in the season, the first one was a third round pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1988 NBA draft and who played in the Commissioners Cup, replacing their former import Ronnie Grandison, who return to the team he played with back in 1993 but couldn't lead the Cowboys to victories this time.
The other Mike Jones was from Rutgers University, who played in the Governors Cup finals and he started out with the Beefies in their fourth outing in the Governors Cup after temporary import Eric Brown fill in for Jones in the first three games.
Awardedit
Alvin Patrimonio won his fourth Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy, tying the record of Ramon Fernandez' four MVPs.
1997, purefoods, carne, norte, beefies, season, 1997, purefoods, corned, beef, cowboys, season, 10th, season, franchise, philippine, basketball, association, team, known, purefoods, carne, norte, beefies, governor, head, coacheric, altamiranoowner, purefoods, . The 1997 Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association PBA The team was known as Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies in the Governor s Cup 1997 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies seasonHead coachEric AltamiranoOwner s Purefoods CorporationAll Filipino Cup resultsRecord18 10 64 3 Place1stPlayoff finishChampions defeated Gordon s Gin 4 2 Commissioner s Cup resultsRecord3 7 30 Place8thPlayoff finishEliminatedGovernors Cup resultsRecord13 12 52 Place2ndPlayoff finishRunner upPurefoods Carne Norte Beefies seasons 19961998 Contents 1 Draft pick 2 All Filipino Cup title 3 Runner up finish 4 Occurrences 5 Award 6 Roster 7 Transactions 7 1 Trades 7 2 Additions 7 3 Recruited imports 8 ReferencesDraft pick editRound Pick Player College1 2 Freche Ang USLSAll Filipino Cup title editThe Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys won the All Filipino Cup title at the expense of Gordon s Gin Boars Coach Eric Altamirano who replaces Chot Reyes at the start of the season became the youngest coach to steer his team to a PBA crown Main article 1997 PBA All Filipino Cup FinalsRunner up finish editIn the Governors Cup Purefoods advances into the championship series for the second time in the season by winning their best of five semifinal series against San Miguel Beermen three games to two Going up against the defending champion Alaska Milkmen in the finals the Carne Norte Beefies won Game one but lost the last four games to settled for a second place finish in the season ending conference Main article 1997 PBA Governors Cup FinalsOccurrences editOn July 21 pre season acquisition Cris Bolado was traded to Gordon s Gin in exchange for Edward Joseph Feihl who hold out of his contract with the Boars Feihl began playing for Purefoods in the Governors Cup 1 Two imports by the same name of Mike Jones played for Purefoods in the season the first one was a third round pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1988 NBA draft and who played in the Commissioners Cup replacing their former import Ronnie Grandison who return to the team he played with back in 1993 but couldn t lead the Cowboys to victories this time The other Mike Jones was from Rutgers University who played in the Governors Cup finals and he started out with the Beefies in their fourth outing in the Governors Cup after temporary import Eric Brown fill in for Jones in the first three games Award editAlvin Patrimonio won his fourth Most Valuable Player MVP trophy tying the record of Ramon Fernandez four MVPs Roster editPurefoods Carne Norte Beefies rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht Wt G F 1 nbsp Ravena Bong 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m UEG F 3 nbsp Lago Elmer 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m De La SalleF 5 nbsp Reyes Edmund 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m USTF 7 nbsp Evangelista Rey 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m USTG 8 nbsp Sasuman Genesis 5 ft 11 in 1 80 m LetranG 10 nbsp Pumaren Dindo 5 ft 9 in 1 75 m De La SalleC 11 nbsp Feihl Edward Joseph 7 ft 0 in 2 13 m AdamsonF 16 nbsp Patrimonio Alvin 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m MapuaG 19 nbsp Ang Freche 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m USLSF 23 nbsp Dela Rosa Reuben 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m C 24 nbsp Bolado Cris 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m National UC 44 nbsp Codinera Jerry 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m UEC 55 nbsp Cabatu Sonny 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m PSBAF 88 nbsp Mosqueda Cadel 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m Arellano Head coach nbsp Eric AltamiranoAssistant coach es nbsp Louie Alas nbsp Frankie Lim nbsp Ryan GregorioLegend C Team captain nbsp InjuredTransactions editTrades edit Off season To Alaska Rodney SantosBryant Punsalan To Purefoods Cris BoladoTo Mobiline Glenn Capacio To Purefoods Cadel MosquedaTo San Miguel Olsen Racela To Purefoods 1999 and 2000 draft picksJuly 21 1997 To Gordon s Gin Cris Bolado To Purefoods E J FeihlAdditions edit Player Signed Former teamElmer Lago Off season Formula ShellGenesis Sasuman Rookie Free agentSonny Cabatu April 1997 Ginebra 1995 Recruited imports edit Tournament Name Number Position University College DurationCommissioner s Cup Ronnie Grandison 20 Forward UNO June 13 29Mike Jones 45 Forward Auburn July 4 22Governors Cup Eric Brown 12 Guard forward September 20 28Mike Jones 24 Guard forward Rugters October 3 to December 14References edit Purefoods Gordon s resume talks Manila Standard Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies season amp oldid 1156890957, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
