2007–08 Barangay Ginebra Kings season

2007–08 Barangay Ginebra Kings season
Head coach	Jong Uichico
General Manager	Samboy Lim
Owner(s)	Ginebra San Miguel, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	8–11 (42.1%)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Wildcard (lost to Air21)
Fiesta Conference results
Record	20–11 (64.5%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Finals (def.Air21, 4–3)
Barangay Ginebra Kings seasons

The 2007–08 Barangay Ginebra Kings season was the 29th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 19: The 2007 PBA Draft took place at Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

Draft picks

Main article: 2007 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	Macky Escalona	5'11"	Point guard	Philippines	Ateneo

Roster

2007–08 Barangay Ginebra Kings roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From C 2 Billy Mamaril 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Bakersfield C 4 Rafi Reavis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Coppin State G 5 Macky Escalona 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Ateneo F 9 Rodney Santos 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) San Sebastian G 10 Junthy Valenzuela 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) SCSIT G 13 Jayjay Helterbrand 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Kentucky State G 16 Paul Artadi 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) UE G 22 Chris Pacana 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Saint Francis of Assisi F 27 Willy Wilson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) De La Salle C 30 Eric Menk 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Lake Superior State F 33 Victor Pablo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Far Eastern C 43 Alex Crisano 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Brooklyn G 47 Mark Caguioa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Glendale CC (CA) G 71 Ronald Tubid 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) UE G 80 Sunday Salvacion 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. Benilde C 0 Rahshon Turner (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fairleigh Dickinson C 52 Ernest Brown (I) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Indian Hills CC C 44 Chris Alexander (I) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Iowa State	Head coach Jong Uichico (De La Salle) Assistant coach(es) Art dela Cruz (San Sebastian) Juno Sauler (De La Salle) Allan Caidic (UE) Team manager Samboy Lim (Letran) Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (I) Import Injured

Philippine Cup

Game log

2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 19 Red Bull 102–95 Macapagal (21) Cuneta Astrodome 1–0 2 October 24 Talk 'N Text 102–111 Tubid (22) Araneta Coliseum 1–1 3 October 27 Welcoat 64–82 Mamaril (17) Roxas City 1–2 4 October 31 Alaska 92–103 OT Helterbrand (18) Cuneta Astrodome 1–3
November Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 4 Purefoods 76–103 Tubid (11) Cuneta Astrodome 1–4 6 November 10 Sta.Lucia 103–90 Helterbrand (24) General Santos 2–4 7 November 16 Air21 95–102 Helterbrand (22) Cuneta Astrodome 2–5 8 November 18 Magnolia 90–101 Menk (22) Araneta Coliseum 2–6 9 November 24 Coca Cola 110–102 Caguioa (35) Araneta Coliseum 3–6 10 November 28 Welcoat 94–87 Caguioa (21) Araneta Coliseum 4–6
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 11 December 1 Alaska 82–87 Caguioa (28) Lucena City 4–7 12 December 7 Air21 108–103 Menk (19) Cuneta Astrodome 5–7 13 December 9 Sta.Lucia 78–79 Helterbrand (19) Cuneta Astrodome 5–8 14 December 16 Magnolia 115–100 Helterbrand (34), Tubid (27) Araneta Coliseum 6–8 15 December 21 Coca Cola 82–84 Salvacion (19) Cuneta Astrodome 6–9 16 December 25 Purefoods 100–98 Salvacion (21), Menk (21) Araneta Coliseum 7–9
January Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 January 4 Red Bull 115–110 Cuneta Astrodome 8–9 18 January 13 Talk 'N Text 87–104 Araneta Coliseum 8–10
2007–08 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Game log

2008 PBA Fiesta Conference game log
March Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 March 30 Red Bull 83–89 Araneta Coliseum 0–1
April Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 April 6 Alaska 89–102 Caguioa (25) Ynares Center 0–2 3 April 12 Sta.Lucia 97–101 Brown (24) Tacloban City 0–3 4 April 18 Coca Cola 81–82 Caguioa (30) Araneta Coliseum 0–4 5 April 20 Magnolia 92–95 Araneta Coliseum 0–5
May Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 May 2 Purefoods 102–99 Alexander (27) Araneta Coliseum 1–5 7 May 7 Air21 88–97 Araneta Coliseum 1–6 8 May 11 Talk 'N Text 95–105 Caguioa (24) Araneta Coliseum 1–7 9 May 18 Welcoat 105–70 Araneta Coliseum 2–7 10 May 24 Air21 97–92 Caguioa (39) Zamboanga City 3–7 11 May 28 Magnolia 87–76 Helterbrand (23) Alexander (29) Araneta Coliseum 4–7
June Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 12 June 1 Red Bull 82–86 Alexander (27) Araneta Coliseum 4–8 13 June 6 Sta.Lucia 112–104 Alexander (35) Helterbrand (31) Cuneta Astrodome 5–8 14 June 11 Purefoods 89–81 Tubid (21) Araneta Coliseum 6–8 15 June 15 Coca Cola 91–84 Helterbrand (27) Araneta Coliseum 7–8 16 June 29 Talk 'N Text 100–89 Helterbrand (30) Araneta Coliseum 8–8
July Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 July 4 Welcoat 111–96 Caguioa (26) Araneta Coliseum 9–8 18 July 6 Alaska 97–90 Helterbrand (20) Cuneta Astrodome 10–8
2007–08 schedule

_{Note: Last playing date on July 6 was originally scheduled on June 22}

Transactions

Trades

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Willy Wilson	March 25, 2008	Magnolia Beverage Masters
Junthy Valenzuela	April 16, 2008	Red Bull Barako
Chris Pacana	March, 2008
Victor Pablo	March, 2008

Subtractions

Player	Traded	New team
Mark Macapagal	March 25, 2008	Coca Cola Tigers
Michael Holper	March, 2008
Gilbert Lao	March, 2008
JR Aquino	March, 2008