1983 Gilbey's Gin Gimlets season

1983 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season
Head coach	Arturo Valenzona
Owner(s)	La Tondeña Incorporada
All Filipino Conference results Record 6–7 (.462) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Reinforced Conference results Record 15–13 (.536) Place 4th Playoff finish Semifinals Open Conference results Record 13–14 (.481) Place 4th Playoff finish Semifinals Gilbey's Gin Tonics seasons 1982 1984

The 1983 Gilbey's Gin Gimlets season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Gilbey's Gin Tonics in the Open Conference.

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Terry Saldaña ^Acquired from Toyota
Gary Vargas ^Acquired from defunct U-Tex Wranglers
Steve Watson ^Acquired from defunct U-Tex Wranglers
Dennis Roldan ^Rookie, the actor recruited by coach Valenzona to play for the team

Summary

Gilbey's Gin landed in the finals of the revived All-Filipino Conference, after a two-year absence of the league's most prestigious tournament, losing to powerhouse Crispa Redmanizers via three-game sweep in the best-of-five series.

The Gimlets were powered by their returning import, the high-scoring Lew Massey in the Reinforced Conference. Gilbey's had an even 7-7 won-loss slate in the eliminations and won all three of their quarterfinal matches. ^[1] In the semifinal round, the Gimlets create a triple tie with Crispa and Great Taste for the finals berth. The Redmanizers made it to the finals outright with a higher quotient while Gilbey's lost to Great Taste in a playoff match.

"Sweet Lew" was reinstated three games into the Open Conference, replacing Anthony Roberts after Gilbey's dropped their first two outings. ^[2] Massey team up with Jacky Dorsey as Gilbey's again figured in a finals playoff berth with all four semifinalist tied at 3 wins and 3 losses. The Gin Tonics fell short of advancing in the championship round, denied by Great Taste Coffee Makers for the second time in the season, they placed fourth in the second and third conferences.

Roster

Gilbey's Gin roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 6 Pasco, Conrado 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1959-10-17 Far Eastern F 7 Watson, Steve 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1957-09-22 Ateneo de Manila F 8 Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1954-07-12 University of Visayas F/C 10 Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1956-11-30 Letran College F 11 Vargas, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 162 lb (73 kg) 1959-02-21 PSBA G 12 Roldan, Dennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1960-12-08 Trinity College F/C 13 Saldaña, Antero 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1958-11-17 Letran (Jrs) G/F 15 Clariño, Alex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1956-08-26 Lyceum G 17 Herrera, Joseph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1957-05-05 Letran College F/C 18 Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1957-12-16 East F 20 Buhay, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 147 lb (67 kg) 1959-12-06 NCBA G 24 Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1958-08-29 University of Visayas G/F 23 Massey, Lew (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1956-02-16 University of North Carolina F 0 Roberts, Anthony (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1955-04-15 Oral Roberts University C 1 Dorsey, Jacky (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1954-12-18 University of Georgia	Head coach Arturo Valenzona Assistant coach(es) Guillermo Afable Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

_{Team Manager: Adolf Ferrer}

References

1. Gilbey's gobbles Toyota
2. Hello and Goodbye