2010–11 Petron Blaze Boosters season

2010-11 Petron Blaze Boosters season
Head coach	Ato Agustin
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
Philippine Cup results Record 11–3 (.786) Place 2nd Playoff finish Runner-up (def. by Talk 'N Text, 2-4) Commissioner's Cup results Record 2–7 (.222) Place 10th Playoff finish Did not qualify Governors Cup results Record 8–5 (.615) Place 5th Playoff finish Champions (def. Talk 'N Text, 4-3) Stats @ PBA-Online.net Petron Blaze Boosters seasons 2009-10 2011–12

The 2010–11 Petron Blaze Boosters season is the 36th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as the San Miguel Beermen for the duration of the Philippine and Commissioner's Cups.

Key dates

• August 29, 2010: The 2010 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
• March 2011: San Miguel Corporation (SMC) announced that the franchise shall be playing under the name Petron Blaze Boosters, beginning the 2011 PBA Governors Cup.^[1] SMC had acquired majority control of Petron Corporation in December 2010.^[2]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
no draft picks

Roster

Petron Blaze Boosters roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Hubalde, Paolo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UE G 2 Miranda, Dennis 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) FEU G/F 3 Tugade, Lordy  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) NU PG 5 Cabagnot, Alex 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Hawaii-Hilo G/F 6 Guevarra, Rey (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Letran F 7 Baclao, Nonoy (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ateneo F/C 10 Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) NU C 11 Al-Hussaini, Rabeh (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ateneo SG 18 Yeo, Joseph  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) De La Salle F 23 Washington, Jay  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Eckerd SG 24 Duncil, Jojo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 172 lb (78 kg) UST F 29 Santos, Arwind 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) FEU	Head coach Ato Agustin (Lyceum) Assistant coach(es) Gee Abanilla (De La Salle) Pido Jarencio (UST) Freddie Abuda (UC) Biboy Ravanes (UC) Olsen Racela (Ateneo) Bobby Parks (Memphis) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2010–11 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=SMB}}

Finals

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched outright semifinals,  x  – clinched quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y-Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	1	.889	—
2	y-Smart Gilas	7	2	.777	1
3	x-Barangay Ginebra Kings	5	4	.556	3	+12
4	x-Air21 Express	5	4	.556	3	−4
5	x-Alaska Aces	5	4	.556	3	−8
6	x-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	5	.444	4	+1
7	e-B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	4	5	.444	4	−1
8	e-Meralco Bolts	3	6	.333	5
9	e-Powerade Tigers	2	7	.222	6	+8
10	e-San Miguel Beermen	2	7	.222	6	−8

Governors Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched semifinals,  e  – eliminated

2011 PBA Governors' Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y-Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	6	2	.750	—
2	y-Petron Blaze Boosters	5	3	.625	1	+10
3	y-Alaska Aces	5	3	.625	1	+5
4	y-Barangay Ginebra Kings	5	3	.625	1	−15
5	y-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	4	4	.500	2	+11
6	y-B-Meg Llamados	4	4	.500	2	0
7	e-Powerade Tigers	4	4	.500	2	−11
8	e-Meralco Bolts	3	5	.375	3
9	e-Air21 Express	0	8	.000	6

Semifinals

Standings

 z  – clinched outright finals,  e  – eliminated

2011 PBA Governors' Cup semifinals
#	Team	Cumulative				SF		Tie*
		W	L	PCT	GB	W	L
1	z-Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	9	4	.692	-	3	2
2	z-Petron Blaze Boosters	8	5	.615	1	3	2	+13
3	e-Alaska Aces	8	5	.615	1	3	2	+6
4	e-Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	5	.615	1	3	2	−19
5	e-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	7	.462	3	2	3
6	e-B-Meg Llamados	5	8	.385	4	1	4

^* Point differential on games among tied teams, and if still tied, overall point differential.

Finals

Transactions

Pre-season

Trades

September 3, 2010[3]	To San Miguel Paul Artadi (from B-Meg Derby Ace)	To Air21 2014 1st round pick (from B-Meg Derby Ace)	To B-Meg Derby Ace Jonas Villanueva (from San Miguel) 2013 2nd round pick(from Air21)

Philippine Cup

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Vaughn Canta	October 2010	undrafted rookie

Trades

December 14, 2010[4]	To San Miguel Sunday Salvacion	To Barako Bull Lordy Tugade Vaughn Canta

Commissioner's Cup

Conditional dispersal draft

Player	Signed	Former team
Lordy Tugade	February 9, 2011[5][6]	Barako Bull*

Trades

March 2, 2011[7][8]	To San Miguel Nonoy Baclao Rabeh Al-Hussaini Rey Guevarra	To Air21 Danny Seigle Dondon Hontiveros Dorian Peña Paul Artadi

Imports recruited

Team	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Ira Brown	February 25 (vs. Air21)	March 4 (vs. Meralco)	1-1
	David Young	March 9 (vs. Alaska)	April 6 (vs. Rain or Shine)	1-6
Governors Cup	Mike Taylor	June 12 (vs. Meralco)	June 12 (vs. Meralco)	0-1
	Jeremy Wise	June 17 (vs. Air21)	July 15 (vs. Powerade)	4-2
	Anthony Grundy	July 24 (vs. Alaska)	August 21 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	6-5

References

1. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/215417/sports/from-smb-to-petron-beermen-to-carry-new-name-in-3rd-conference
2. http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/16/sanmiguel-petron-idUSSGE6BF00F20101216
3. SMB, B-MEG SWAP COURT GENERALS; MAMARIL BACK WITH THE KINGS, PBA.ph, September 3, 2010.
4. PBA commish Salud approves Marlou trade to Barako, Sunday to SMB, by Rey Joble, December 14, 2010
5. Dispersal Draft: SMB picks Tugade, B-Meg Derby Ace taps Escobal, GMA News Online, February 7, 2011
6. DISPERSAL DRAFT Tugade, Escobal get new lease on PBA life, by June Navarro, Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 9, 2011
7. Trade approved: SMB gets wish of securing Air21's top rookies, Rey Joble, GMA News Online, March 2, 2011
8. NEW 4-FOR-3 SMB-AIR21 DEAL APPROVED, PBA.ph, March 2, 2011