2002 Barangay Ginebra Kings season

2002 Barangay Ginebra Kings season
Head coach	Cris Calilan Allan Caidic
Governor's Cup results Record 3–8 (.273) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Commissioner's Cup results Record 2–8 (.200) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A All-Filipino Cup results Record 3–6 (.333) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Stats @ PBA-Online.net Barangay Ginebra Kings seasons 2001 2003

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

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	College
1	9	Chester Tolomia	6"2'	F	UPHSD
2	16	Gilbert Malabanan	6"4'	F	UPHSD
3	26	Aries Dimaunahan	6"0'	G	UST

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, taking over from the Ginebra bench to call the shots is assistant coach Cris Calilan.

Forward Vergel Meneses was traded to FedEx Express in the middle of the year 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.

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) EJ Feihl (To Alaska Aces in June 2002)

Roster

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 College G 15 Naron, Edward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) University of Visayas F 17 Tolomia, Chester 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UPHSD C 18 Ong, Wilmer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Saint La Salle 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 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) San Jose-Recoletos 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 F 10 Gee, Jarrod (G) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Illinois G/F 6 Wells, Bubba (G) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Austin Peay F Ferguson, Desmond (G) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Detroit G Green, Bryan (G) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Nevada-Reno F/C 21 Davis, Ben (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Arizona F Mills, Silas (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of 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) Jose Rizal University C Feihl, Edward Joseph (T/*) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson	Head coach Cris Calilan Allan Caidic Assistant coach(es) Bong Ramos George Ella Legend (C) Team captain (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

Elimination round

Games won

Date	Opponent	Score	Top scorer	Venue (Location)
March 2	Shell	80-72		Cuneta Astrodome
April 6	RP-Hapee	75-69	Brian Green (21 pts)	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	Ben Davis (25 pts)	Araneta Coliseum [2]
October 26	San Miguel	68-62		(Balanga, Bataan)
October 30	Sta.Lucia	74-70	Mark Caguioa (26 pts)	Ynares Center [3]
November 17	FedEx	84-65	Jun Limpot (28 pts)	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