2002 San Miguel Beermen season

The 2002 San Miguel Beermen season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft pick

Transactions

National team

Four members of the San Miguel Beermen namely; Danny Seigle, Olsen Racela, two-time MVP Danny Ildefonso and newly acquired Dondon Hontiveros from the defunct Tanduay ballclub were chosen to comprised the 15-man lineup of the Philippine national team that will participate in the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea in October, tasks to handle the nationals is San Miguel head coach Jong Uichico, assistant coach Siot Tanquingcen takes over the coaching chores of the beermen on an interim basis. During the Governor's Cup, Danny Seigle, Olsen Racela and Dondon Hontiveros played for Philippine team-Selecta while Danny Ildefonso played for Philippine team-Hapee Toothpaste.

Occurrences

The July 11 game between San Miguel and Red Bull at the Cuneta Astrodome, won by the Thunder, 78-73, saw a bench-clearing incident in which 13 players of San Miguel and 11 from Red Bull were fined P10,000 by the Commissioner's office, the melee started during the third quarter when beermen import Art Long threw a punch on Red Bull import Tony Lang, who retaliated with a shove, both imports were thrown out, and when Lang was ushered out, he confronted the SMB import upon entering the locker room but was stopped by a female security officer, both teams got hold off the incident and emptied their benches.

Danny Seigle never played a single game for the beermen in the season after his stint with the national training pool when he suffered a torn right Achilles tendon.

Roster

San Miguel Beermen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 1.5 !G 1 PHI ! Victoria, Emmanuel style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) – San Beda College 4.0 !F 2 PHI ! Gahol, Bryan (A) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) – State U 4.0 !F 3 USA ! Belasco, Nic style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) – Notre Dame College 6.0 !C 4 USA ! Peña, Dorian style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) – Coppin State 6.0 !C 5 PHI ! Padilla, Ronilo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – University of Visayas 4.0 !F 7 PHI ! Mustre, Michael style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Letran College 5.5 !F/C 10 PHI ! Ildefonso, Danny style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) – National University 4.0 !F 15 PHI ! Lago, Dwight style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – De La Salle 1.5 !G 17 PHI ! Racela, Olsen style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) – Ateneo de Manila 1.5 !G 21 PHI ! Mente, Joey style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) – Lyceum 5.5 !F/C 22 PHI ! Gamboa, Arnold style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) – FEU 1.5 !G 31 PHI ! Castro, Alvin style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – De La Salle 1.5 !G 34 PHI ! Hontiveros, Dondon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – University of Cebu 5.5 !F/C 44 PHI ! Carmona, June style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) – UPHSD 1.5 !G 6 / 42 USA ! Strothers, Lamont (G) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Christopher Newport 4.0 !F 40 USA ! Bennett, Mario (G) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) – Arizona State 5.5 !F/C 26 USA ! Hill, Keith (G) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) – Shippensburg 6.0 !C 30 USA ! Tate, Jermaine (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) – University of Cincinnati 2.5 !G/F 23 USA ! Flint, Damon (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – University of Cincinnati 2.5 !G/F USA ! Seals, Shea (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – University of Tulsa 5.5 !F/C 00 USA ! Long, Art (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) – University of Cincinnati 4.0 !F USA ! Mott, Terquin (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) – Coppin State 4.0 !F 32 USA ! Duat, Robert (T) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) – Menlo College	Head coach Siot Tanquingcen Jong Uichico Assistant coach(es) Arturo dela Cruz Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (G) - Governor's Cup import (C) - Commissioner's Cup import (A) - Acquired via trade (T) - Traded Injured

Games won (Elims)

References