1986 PBA season

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Picked by Alaska Milkmen All-Filipino Conference champions Tanduay Rhum Makers Start date 1986 Top draft pick Rey Cuenco		Reinforced Conference champions Tanduay Rhum Makers Runners-up Ginebra San Miguel Number of teams 7 Season MVP Ramon Fernandez
Duration April 6, 1986 – December 11, 1986 Runners-up Great Taste Coffee Makers TV partner PBA on Vintage Sports (People's Television Network) Similar 1985 PBA season, 1994 PBA season, 1998 PBA season, 2008–09 PBA season, 1990 PBA season

The 1986 PBA season was the 12th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights

Due to the aftermath of the 1986 People Power Revolution, the uncertainty of opening a new PBA season became imminent after two teams that have connections with the Marcoses (Tanduay and Manila Beer) were unsure if they will still continue in taking part of the league. Likewise, it was still not known who will be in charge of the PBA's main venue, the ULTRA and its TV partner MBS-4.

PBA legal counsel Atty. Rudy Salud was appointed as deputy commissioner after Tommy Manotoc resigned.

The Alaska Milkmen became the newest team that joined the league while the Magnolia ballclub, one of the founding members of the PBA, took a temporary leave of absence. Magnolia makes its comeback in the Third Conference with a new lineup composed of 10 rookies, eight of which were former national players from the disbanded Northern Consolidated (NCC) team.

The board of governors approved an amendment to the PBA constitution that replaces the position of the PBA President into the Chairman of the Board of Governors.

Teams paraded two reinforcements each in the import-laden conferences, which led to a record-breaking success by the league on the last term of PBA chairman Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca.

The birth of the most bitter PBA rivalry since the Toyota-Crispa days - that between the Tanduay Rhum Makers and crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel - with both teams winning their first championship during the season.