1992 Ginebra San Miguel season

The 1992 Ginebra San Miguel season was the 14th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Off Season Transactions

• Traded Rudy Distrito and Rey Cuenco to Swift for Sonny Cabatu and Pido Jarencio
• Traded Leo Isaac to Pepsi for Tonichi Yturri
• Picks Emilio Chuatico as the 8th overall pick in the first round of the 1992 rookie draft
• Signed rookie free agent McDonald De Joya

Season Recap

• Ginebra brings back Jervis Cole, who led the team to a championship last season, for the first conference, after winning two of their first three games, suffered a five-game losing streak, wherein one game they played without Jervis Cole, who was suspended for the incident involving him and Presto's Onchie Dela Cruz, Ginebra got eliminated, finish last with a 3-win, 8-loss card.
• The team could go no higher in the All-Filipino, winning only three games in 10 outings, better than the 2-8 card of Presto and Alaska, the first time Ginebra got eliminated in two successive conferences since Big J became the team's playing coach.
• A balik-import return in the Third Conference, with 1988 Best Import Jamie Waller back with Ginebras, as they were allowed to have an import standing 6"4 as the handicapping rule for being eliminated twice, with the rest of the teams having a 6"1 import, Ginebra was 3-win, 1-loss when they lost in succession, during out-of-town games in Bacolod to Seven-Up, and Iloilo to Swift on October 10 where Tony Harris recorded 105 points in Swift' 151-147 win. Trouble started brewing on the Ginebra camp regarding import Jamie Waller's attitude, but rumors were quickly dispelled as Waller led Ginebra to the semifinals with back-to-back wins over Alaska, 118-115 on October 25 and Shell, 112-101 on October 27, when Shell import Kelvin Upshaw was kick out and banned by the PBA for failing a drug test, Waller went in his way and left to sympatize with Upshaw, Ginebra decided to bring in a replacement named Danny Jones, going into their much awaited encounter with the Tony Harris-led Swift, Jones debut with 59 points as Ginebra nip Swift, 146-145 despite Harris' 76 points, the Gins finished the eliminations with a 7-win, 4-loss card. Ginebra was ousted from the finals race in a controversy involving the two teams that played in the finals, Swift and Seven-Up in their December 1 game wherein Swift deliberately lose to Seven-Up, 156-154, in order to eliminate Ginebra, both teams were given hefty fines for their actions. Ginebra places third in the last conference of the 1992 season.

Roster

_{Coach by Robert Jaworski}

• R – Rookie
• I - Import

References

External links

• MYPBA.com Forums