Puneet Varma (Editor)

1983 PBA season

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
All-Filipino Conference champions
  
Crispa Redmanizers

Reinforced Filipino Conference champions
  
Crispa Redmanizers

Start date
  
1983

Season MVP
  
Abet Guidaben

Runners-up
  
Gilbey's Gin

Open Conference champions
  
Crispa Redmanizers

Number of teams
  
8

Duration
  
March 6, 1983 – December 1, 1983

Runners-up
  
Great Taste Coffee Makers

TV partner
  
PBA on Vintage Sports (Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation)

Similar
  
1985 PBA season, 1994 PBA season, 1998 PBA season, 2008–09 PBA season, 1990 PBA season

The 1983 PBA season was the 9th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Season highlights

  • The Crispa Redmanizers completed a three-conference sweep and won their second Grandslam after first doing the trick back in 1976, this time under new coach Tommy Manotoc.
  • On May 15, the PBA fans witnessed the "Black Superman" Billy Ray Bates played his first game for Crispa Redmanizers, Bates won the best import award in both Reinforced and Open Conferences, leading the Redmanizers to two championships and a grandslam.
  • A rising powerhouse Great Taste Coffee, with the entry of Fil-Am rookie Ricardo Brown, three-time MVP Bogs Adornado and import Norman Black in their lineup, led the Coffee Makers to their first-ever finals appearances after eight years.
  • The Toyota Super Corollas played their final season in the PBA after nine years of participation, the multi-titled ballclub announced its disbandment prior to the start of the 1984 PBA season.

    • Opening ceremonies

    The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

    Champions

  • All Filipino Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
  • Reinforced Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
  • Open Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
  • Team with best win-loss percentage: Crispa Redmanizers (46-16, .742)
  • Best Team of the Year: Crispa Redmanizers (5th & Final)

    • Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Abet Guidaben (Crispa)
  • Rookie of the Year: Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
  • Best Import-Reinforced/Open Conference: Billy Ray Bates (Crispa)
  • Most Improved Player: Terry Saldaña (Gilbey's Gin)
  • Mythical Five:
  • Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
  • Atoy Co (Crispa)
  • Abet Guidaben (Crispa)
  • Bogs Adornado (Great Taste)
  • Philip Cezar (Crispa)

    • Board of governors

  • Leopoldo Prieto (Commissioner)
  • Carlos Palanca III (La Tondena Incorporada - PBA President)
  • Jose Ibazeta Jr (San Miguel Corporation - PBA Vice President)
  • Nikki Coseteng (Gallerie Dominique - PBA Treasurer)
  • Walter Euyang V (Universal Textile Mills)
  • Johnny Jose (Elizalde and Co.)
  • Quirino Marquinez (Consolidated Food Corporation)
  • Joaquin Rodriguez (Delta Motors Corporation)
  • Tomas Manotoc (P. Floro and Sons)
  • Harold Hoffman (Canlubang Sugar Estate)
  • Pablito Bermudo (Sanyu Group of Companies)
  • Andres Sebastian (Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines)

    • References

    1983 PBA season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics