1997 Mobiline Cellulars season
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| Head coach | Norman Black Tommy Manotoc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner(s) | Pilipino Telephone Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Mobiline Cellulars season on their 8th season in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Change its monicker and became known as Mobiline Phone Pals beginning the Governor's Cup.
Off-season transactions
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| Lowell Briones Originally pick by Purefoods but dealt to the Cellulars the following day |
| Glenn Capacio Acquired in a trade that sent Cadel Mosqueda to Purefoods |
| Jeffrey Cariaso Acquired in a trade that sent Dwight Lago to Alaska Milkmen |
| Tonyboy Espinosa Drafted Rookie |
| Patrick Fran Rookie free agent signed |
| Franz Pumaren Acquired from San Miguel Beermen |
| Eric Reyes Acquired from Sunkist Orange Bottlers late last year in a trade with Eugene Quilban |
| Andy Seigle Drafted Rookie, Number 1 overall pick |
| Alvin Teng Acquired from Sunkist Orange Bottlers late last year in a trade with Jack Tanuan |
Occurrences
Norman Black became the new head coach of the Mobiline Cellulars, replacing Yeng Guiao at the start of the season, coach Norman Black steered the team to a semifinal stint in the All-Filipino Cup after two years of being a doormat. After the Cellulars were eliminated in the Commissioner's Cup, Mobiline top honcho Choy Cojuangco and RFM chairman Joey Concepcion agreed on a player-coach trade during the first week of August, that brought Norman Black to Pop Cola and Bottlers' team consultant Derrick Pumaren to the Cellulars.
Mobiline also acquired Ato Agustin from Pop Cola in exchange for Elpidio Villamin and Peter Martin. At the start of the Governor's Cup, former Grandslam coach Tommy Manotoc has taken Norman Black's place at the Mobiline bench with Derrick Pumaren as his co-head coach. [1]
Roster
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