1999 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season

The 1999 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 12th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1999 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season
Head coach	Derrick Pumaren
General Manager	Rene Pardo
Owner(s)	Purefoods Corporation
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	7–9 (43.8%)
Place	7th seed
Playoff finish	N/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	3–5 (37.5%)
Place	7th seed
Playoff finish	N/A
Governors Cup results
Record	8–5 (61.5%)
Place	1st seed
Playoff finish	Semis (lost to Alaska)
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs seasons
← 1998 2000 →

Draft pick

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College
1	5	Richard Yee	Philippines	UST

Direct hire

Player	Nationality	College
Alvarado Segova	United States	UCO

Occurrences

Rene Pardo was appointed as team manager,^[1] while former Pepsi and Sunkist coach Derrick Pumaren is the new head coach of the team beginning the league's 25th season, Pumaren replaces Chito Narvasa on the Purefoods bench. Pardo will stay as manager until 2005 to be the full-time governor of the team.

Seven games into the All-Filipino Cup eliminations, Purefoods' direct-hire recruit, Fil-American Alvarado Segova played his first game against Barangay Ginebra Kings.^[2] Segova didn't last long in the league and was soon deported after being found out to be a fake Filipino.

Roster

1999 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 1 Segova, Alvarado 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Central Oklahoma F 2 Yee, Richard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST G 4 Cabanayan, Jessie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Baguio F 5 Reyes, Edmund 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G 6 Fernandez, Boyet 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) San Agustin F 7 Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G 8 Sasuman, Genesis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Letran G 10 Pumaren, Dindo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle C 11 Feihl, Edward Joseph 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson F 16 Patrimonio, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa G 24 Daep, Rommel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian C 52 Seigle, Andy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) New Orleans

Head coach Derrick Pumaren Assistant coach(es) Gee Abanilla Agustin Tiongco Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Transactions

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Jesse Cabanayan	Off-season	Pop Cola
Rommel Daep	Off-season	N/A

Trades

July 1999 [3]	To Mobiline Jerry Codiñera	To Purefoods Andy Seigle
October 1999	To Pop Cola Henry Fernandez	To Purefoods Boyet Fernandez

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Number	Position	Nationality	University/College
Commissioner's Cup	Julius Nwosu	12	Center-Forward	Nigeria	Liberty University
Governors' Cup	Derrick Brown	32	Guard-Forward	United States	Providence College

References

1. Henson, Joaquin M. "Purefoods' special meaning for 'ET'". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
2. "New Fil-Am find helps Hotdogs rip Gins". Manila Standard.
3. "Codiñera to Mobiline, Andy Seigle to Purefoods". Manila Standard.