2002 Barangay Ginebra Kings season

The 2002 Barangay Ginebra Kings season was the 24th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2002 Barangay Ginebra Kings season
Head coach	Cris Calilan Allan Caidic (All-Filipino Cup)
General Manager	Ira Maniquis
Owner(s)	Danding Cojuangco
Governor's Cup results
Record	3–8 (27.3%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	2–8 (20%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	3–6 (33.3%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Barangay Ginebra Kings seasons
← 2001 2003 →

Draft picks

Main article: 2002 PBA draft

Occurrences

Eric Menk was one of the 15 players chosen by national coach Jong Uichico to play for the Philippine men's basketball team in the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Ginebra head coach Allan Caidic was named among the national team's assistant coaches and taking over from the Ginebra bench to call the shots is assistant coach Cris Calilan.

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Gilbert Malabanan Chester Tolomia Via Trade Eric Menk (From Tanduay in exchange for 2 players and 2 future draft picks) James Walkvist (From Alaska Aces in June 2002)

Players Lost Via Trade Alex Crisano (To Talk 'N Text; part of the Menk deal which originally shipped him to Tanduay) Vergel Meneses (To FedEx Express in July 2002 in exchange for future draft picks, thus Ginebra regain the 2003 first round pick it traded to Tanduay for Eric Menk – in which FedEx inherited when it bought the franchise.) EJ Feihl (To Alaska Aces in June 2002)

Roster

2002 Barangay Ginebra Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 David, Bal 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UST G/F 3 Lago, Elmer (RA) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) De La Salle F/C 9 Limpot, Jun 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle G 13 Helterbrand, Jayjay 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Kentucky State C 14 Calpito, Aramis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Sebastian G 15 Naron, Edward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Visayas F 17 Tolomia, Chester 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UPHSD C 18 Ong, Wilmer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) USLS F 19 Malabanan, Gilbert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UPHSD C 22 Walkvist, James (A) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) C 30 Menk, Eric 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Lake Superior State C 31 Basco, Marlon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) F 33 Valera, Teodoro 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UST F 35 Piodo, Marlon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) USJ–R F 44 Magtulis, Ronald 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern G 47 Caguioa, Mark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Glendale CC (CA) F 10 Gee, Jarrod (G) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Illinois G/F 6 Wells, Bubba (G) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Austin Peay F 5 Ferguson, Desmond (G) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Detroit Mercy G 6 Green, Bryan (G) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Nevada F/C 21 Davis, Ben (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Arizona F 11 Mills, Silas (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Utah G/F 5 Spencer, Isaac (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Murray State F 2 Meneses, Vergel (T) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) José Rizal C 32 Feihl, Edward Joseph (T/*) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson

Head coach Allan Caidic Assistant coach(es) Bong Ramos George Ella Cris Calilan Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (G) Governor's Cup imports (C) Commissioner's Cup imports *(A) Acquired via trade (T) Traded (RA) Re-Acquired from TNT (*) Listed in the line-up Injured

Eliminations (Won games)

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue (Location)
March 2	Shell	80–72	Cuneta Astrodome
April 6	RP-Hapee	75–69	Philsports Arena [1]
April 14	Red Bull	98–90	Araneta Coliseum
June 21	RP-Selecta	85–81	Ynares Center
July 7	Talk 'N Text	74–63	Araneta Coliseum [2]
October 26	San Miguel	68–62	(Balanga, Bataan)
October 30	Sta.Lucia	74–70	Ynares Center [3]
November 17	FedEx	84–65	Araneta Coliseum

  Governor's Cup
  Commissioner's Cup
  All-Filipino Cup

References

1. "Ginebra surprises Hapee-RP". Manila Standard.
2. "Ginebra stuns Talk 'N Text". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
3. "Ginebra does another escape act vs Sta.Lucia". Philippine Daily Inquirer.