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2002 FedEx Express season
Head coachDerrick Pumaren
General ManagerLito Alvarez
Owner(s)Bert Lina
FedEx Philippines
Governors' Cup results
Record6–6
(50%)
Place5th seed
Playoff finishQF (lost to Alaska)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record7–5
(58.3%)
Place6th seed
Playoff finishQF (lost to Alaska)
All-Filipino Cup results
Record1–8
(11.1%)
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
FedEx Express seasons
2003 →

The 2002 FedEx Express season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

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Main article: 2002 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality College
1 1 Yancy De Ocampo  Philippines Saint Francis
1 8 Renren Ritaulo  Philippines La Salle Manila
4 27 John Victorio  Philippines UNLV
5 24 Jerome Barbosa  Philippines San Sebastian Recoletos
5 37 Edrick Ferrer  Philippines UP Diliman
6 39 Francis Aquino  Philippines
7 4 Paolo Malonzo  Philippines New Era

New team

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FEDEX-Airfreight 2100 buy out the Tanduay Rhum franchise before the 2002 PBA season started. Team Owner Bert Lina, emphasizing that his company is the biggest courier company in the world, aims to make a big splash in its initial season.[1] The newest ballclub absorbed four players from the defunct Tanduay and went for the biggest catch by choosing 6–8 Yancy De Ocampo from the multi-titled PBL ballclub Welcoat House Paints as the number one overall pick in the 2002 PBA draft. FedEx also took in De Ocampo's Welcoat teammate Renren Ritualo at eight overall. Coach Derrick Pumaren, who was the last coach of Tanduay Rhum Masters, will handle the coaching job for FedEx.

Occurrences

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Former Tanduay forward Bong Hawkins was among those absorbed by FedEx during the off-season, but a controversy sparked when Hawkins wanted to have the same terms of the salary he had with Tanduay while the FedEx management wanted to negotiate a new contract. Hawkins was later shipped to his former team Alaska.[2] The management pay him about Php 4.2 Million, even Hawkins was not playing for the FedEx in 2003.[3][4][5]

Roster

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2002 FedEx Express roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 3 Philippines Billones, Egay 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Centro Escolar Las Piñas
C 5 Philippines Babilonia, Gido 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UST
F 8 Philippines Meneses, Vergel (A) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) José Rizal
G 10 Philippines Pumaren, Dindo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
G 14 Philippines Ritualo, Renren 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle
F/C 18 Philippines De Ocampo, Yancy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Saint Francis of Assisi
G 19 Philippines Arboleda, Wynne 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) MLQU
F 21 United States Friedhof, David 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
F 23 Philippines Alvarez, Paul (M) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian
G 26 Philippines Simon, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Manila
F 31 Philippines Bernardo, Ryan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST
F 20 Philippines Capobres, Danny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lyceum
C 41 Philippines Realubit, Zaldy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) USJ–R
F/C 44 Philippines Codinera, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE
F/C United States Moore, Tim (G) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Houston
F 12 United States Rhodes, Rodrick (G) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) USC
F 2 United States Walker, Jermaine (G/C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Miami (FL)
G 21 United States Robinson, Jeremy (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
F/C 40 United States Pierre-Louis, Frantz (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Wagner
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (G) Governor's Cup import
  • (C) Commissioner's Cup import
  • (A) Acquired
    (M) Moved to TNT
  • Injured Injured

Eliminations (Won games)

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Date Opponent Score Venue (Location)
February 23 Shell 70–64 Cuneta Astrodome
March 1 Sta.Lucia 93–83 Caruncho Gym (Pasig) [6]
March 10 Alaska 83–69 Ynares Center
March 23 Brgy.Ginebra 79–78 Ynares Center
April 5 Purefoods 89–75 Ynares Center
April 11 RP-Hapee 75–71 Makati Coliseum
June 29 Shell 93–84 Cuneta Astrodome
July 13 RP-Selecta 94–87 Cuneta Astrodome [7]
July 25 Purefoods 85–76 Caruncho Gym (Pasig)
August 2 Sta.Lucia 92–90 Philsports Arena
August 6 Red Bull 92–90 Philsports Arena [8]
August 10 Brgy.Ginebra 107–91 Philsports Arena
November 23 Sta.Lucia 90–83 Cuneta Astrodome

  Governor's Cup
  Commissioner's Cup
  All-Filipino Cup

Transactions

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Trades

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July 2002 To FedEx Express
Vergel Meneses 		To Barangay Ginebra Kings
Future draft picks

Additions

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Player Signed Former team
Paul Alvarez Off-season MBA
Gido Babilonia Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Ryan Bernardo Free agent (Drafted by Mobiline/TNT in 2001)
Egay Billones Free agent (Drafted by Ginebra in 2000)
Danny Capobres (Pick by Talk 'N Text in the rookie draft)
Jerry Codiñera Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Biboy Simon MBA

Subtractions

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Player Signed New team
Paul Alvarez Mid-season Talk 'N Text Phone Pals

References

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  1. ^ "Lina group newest PBA member". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson (2002-01-23). "Hawkins may reunite with former Alaska teammates". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  3. ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson (2003-01-20). "To pay or not to pay Bong". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  4. ^ "FedEx must honor Hawkins pact". Philstar.com. 2003-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  5. ^ Henson, Joaquin M. (2003-08-17). "Hawkins not unreasonable". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  6. ^ "FedEx rips Sta.Lucia". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  7. ^ "FedEx upends Selecta-RP". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  8. ^ "Imports keys Express victory over Thunder". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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