1987 PBA season

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Open Conference champions Tanduay Rhum Makers Number of teams 6 Season MVP Abet Guidaben		Start date 1987 Top draft pick Allan Caidic
Duration March 22, 1987 – December 13, 1987 Picked by Great Taste Coffee Makers Runners-up Great Taste Coffee Makers All-Filipino Conference champions Great Taste Coffee Makers Runners-up Hills Bros. Coffee Kings TV partner PBA on Vintage Sports (People's Television Network) People also search for 1986 PBA season, 1988 PBA season

The 1987 PBA season was the 13th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights

Manila Beer disbanded its franchise at the start of the season, reducing the league's membership to only 6 teams, their players were absorbed by the rest of the PBA ballclubs.

The PBA, in partnership with a newly formed league called International Basketball Association (IBA) of the United States for players 6-4 and below, staged a successful mini-tournament for one week, featuring the top PBA All-Filipino teams and the US (IBA) Selection.

Tanduay Rhum Makers, which won the Open Conference crown, were eliminated and finish last in the succeeding two conferences, announces that the team is headed for disbandment the following year, leaving only two founding members of the PBA.

The San Miguel Beermen, behind best import Bobby Parks, won the Reinforced Conference crown and their third PBA title since returning in the third conference of last year. SMB coach Norman Black won his first championship as a mentor and he became the third American to steer his team to a PBA title after Jerry Webber and Ron Jacobs.