23-686: The YCO Shine Masters were a Philippine Basketball League (then known as the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL) team that played for three conferences through the 1986 and 1987 seasons, winning two PABL titles. The ballclub was owned by the Elizalde Group of Companies, which also owned its predecessor team, the YCO Painters and the original Tanduay franchise in the PBA. The Shine Masters became
46-568: A tribute to Filipino sports heroes. That tribute got minor citation from the PSA Annual Awards in 2015 . He criticized Chot Reyes and the SBP for mishandling the team in 2023 FIBA World Cup . Beside of being a former boxing play-by-play commentator, he also a contributor to Philippine boxing. Trinidad was the son of sports columnist Recah Trinidad and Fe Lacsamana. He is also related to former PBA superstar Mark Caguioa . On
69-490: Is San Mig Coffee, with SMC also owning 3 PBA teams). The PBL is also one of the leagues where the PBA gets their players. Even quite a few successful PBL teams transferred to the PBA (although a system of promotion and relegation is not practiced in the Philippines), such as Purefoods , Sta. Lucia , Red Bull , and Welcoat . Chino Trinidad Manolo " Chino " Lacsamana Trinidad (July 23, 1967 – July 13, 2024)
92-423: The 1st SMC-sponsored Invitationals with ESQ Marketing winning its third straight title against a strong Lagerlite crew. With the tremendous success of the tournament, San Miguel again agreed to be the sole sponsor of the second PABL conference that year, won by Army Jungle Fighters, dubbed as the "Challenge to Champions", Sixteen teams saw action. The cast included 12 commercial teams and 4 collegiate squads especially
115-641: The NCAA and UAAP champions, San Sebastian College and University of the East . In the 1990s, the league was renamed as the Philippine Basketball League under Andy Jao, who would later return to the broadcasting panel of the PBA coverage on Vintage Sports. Jao's replacement, Charlie Favis later adopted a new theme, calling the PBL as the "faster league". Yeng Guiao replaced Favis, when Guiao left
138-700: The PBA D-League, namely Pharex, Agri Nurture-FCA, Cafe France and Cobra Energy Drink. PBL Commissioner Nolan Bernardino said he had already been informed of the matter and that he respected the transferring teams' decisions. This resulted in the PBL being disbanded. Beginning the 2007 season, the PBL games were seen on Basketball TV (a channel of the Solar family of cable networks) after several years of being shown on UHF television station Studio 23 . Games were televised every Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 5-9 pm Philippine time plus rebroadcasts on BTV in
161-477: The PBL and 6 from Liga Pilipinas . M.Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-Cebu Ninos became the 1st (and last) TOP champions by defeating Misamis Oriental Meteors , 3–2. After the tournament, merger talks between the 2 leagues went sour and were put off for good. The Philippine Basketball Association then announced that they would organize instead the " PBA Developmental League ", or the PBA D-League, on their own after merger talks between PBL and Liga Pilipinas failed. In 2011,
184-706: The PBL and the Liga Pilipinas , a joint tournament was held in June 2010. The agreement was made as dry-run of a proposed "Developmental League", which was initiated by the Philippine Basketball Association , just like NBA 's D-League . The tournament was to be named "Tournament of the Philippines". Tournament of the Philippines started June 9, 2010, and used the Liga Pilipinas ' home-and-away leg format with 9 teams involved, 3 from
207-467: The PBL's board of governors named Nolan Bernardino, son of former PBA commissioner Emilio "Jun" Bernardino, as the new PBL commissioner, while Sports Vision, the company behind the success of Shakey's V-League , was named as the group that would handle PBL's day-to-day operations. However, the league experienced great difficulty finding six teams for the 2011 opening tournament when four of the teams that had earlier confirmed their participation jumped ship to
230-754: The Shine Masters would meet RFM-Swift Hotdogs twice for the championship, losing the first time when the Hotdogs benefited for getting top players like Jojo Lastimosa and Nelson Asaytono from eliminated teams. YCO gained a measure of revenge over RFM-Swift's the following conference via 3-0 sweep. The team was disbanded ahead of the Tanduay team, brought about by the financial difficulties of its corporate parent. Afterwards, Patrimonio and teammate Glenn Capacio moved to RFM-Swift. Philippine Basketball League The Philippine Basketball League (PBL)
253-603: The coaching ranks. The league gained early success with the dominance of the Tanduay Rhum Masters , the arrival of Eric Menk and Asi Taulava , and the holding PBL games at the air-conditioned Makati Coliseum. In 2000, former Vintage Sports commentator Chino Trinidad replaced Guiao, when the commissioner resigned to coach Red Bull in the Philippine Basketball Association , the country's premier professional basketball league. The PBL's popularity grew, inviting commercial teams bannered by single collegiate teams, and
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#1732798596183276-532: The early-1980s. During the inaugural PABL tournament, 37 teams divided into four divisions from collegiate and commercial ranks participated in the tournament that was played in the historic Rizal Memorial Coliseum . De La Salle University emerged champion in the league's dry-run. Towards the end of 1983, 16 teams founded the PABL and the league held its first official tourney, the Founder's Cup. Arellano University
299-577: The first commercial team of Alvin Patrimonio . He appeared in a TV commercial endorsing the YCO Paint Product in 1986. The Shine Masters formed a strong line-up in their three conference appearance. YCO won the 1986 PABL Third Conference Crown, known as Filipino Cup, at the expense of ESQ-Sta.Lucia Realty. Alvin Patrimonio was voted Conference MVP. Other players in that maiden lineup were Ato Agustin and Andy De Guzman. The following year,
322-415: The games were usually put on airtime slots. With ABS-CBN, the league initially forged a deal in 2003 as a blocktimer, then in 2004 renewed ties to make ABS-CBN Sports its official TV producer/coverer and Studio 23 its official carrying station of the games. DZSR Sports Radio 918 kHz , a government station, had been airing the PBL games on radio since the start of the PABL back in the mid-1980s. In 2002,
345-543: The league also gained a stable broadcast partner in Studio 23 (now S+A ). In 2007, PBL broke away from Studio 23 and signed an agreement with cable channel Basketball TV to broadcast the games. Chino Trinidad announced in March 2010 that he would be retiring as commissioner of the PBL and said he would be focusing his career as correspondent of GMA Network . Eventually, Trinidad left GMA in 2023. Through an agreement between
368-470: The league opened its official website, myPBL.com, powered by E-Highway. In 2007, the website transferred to a new address at PhilippineBasketballLeague.org with the alternate address, PBL.org.ph. These sites are now defunct. The Philippine Basketball Association , the premier basketball league in the country, has a special relationship with the PBL; several teams in the PBL are owned by companies also having PBA teams (such as San Miguel Corporation 's PBL team
391-521: The wee hours of the morning. RPN also had a delayed telecast of Tuesday's second game, but this was moved to IBC-13 on Saturdays, until the season-ending 2008 Lipovitan Amino Sports Cup. The coverage eventually returned to RPN named as C/S 9. The telecast of the games were live but the other games were delayed subject to prior coverage of the games until 2010. Prior to BTV, previous broadcasters included ABS-CBN , People's Television Network , Silverstar Sports, Solar Sports and Vintage Television , as
414-664: Was a Filipino sports journalist and executive who formerly served as a play-by-play commentator in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) coverage by Vintage Television . Trinidad started in Balitang Bayan Numero Uno ' s Sports Ngayon segment from 1991 to 1998 in DZRH . He started a sideline reporter from 1993 to 1995, on Vintage Television's PBA coverage. He later worked as a play-by-play commentator not only on basketball games, but also on boxing games, like Blow-by-Blow . His notable play-by-play game
437-628: Was a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines . The league was composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars. The PBL was formed on May 6, 1983, a brainchild of San Miguel Corporation chairman Danding Cojuangco , under its original name the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL). It was the successor of the defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA), which folded during
460-698: Was also a founding member of Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas (SBP). He was one of the personalities who pushed for the rights of SBP as the Philippine basketball federation and fight against the failures of its predecessor, the Basketball Association of the Philippines . He was later a candidate in the positions like basketball commissioner of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines in 2014, and Chairman of Games and Amusement Board (GAB). He
483-665: Was later appointed as Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup consultant. In May 2024, Trinidad was appointed the commissioner of its first professional pool league in the Philippines, the Sharks Billiards Association. He was also an adviser of the Pilipinas Super League . After resigning in GMA, Trinidad focused on his founded cable TV channel named Pilipinas HD . In 2014, he led "Pagpupugay",
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#1732798596183506-589: Was the champion of the tournament. During their second year in 1984, three PABL tournaments were held: the Ambassador's Cup won by Development Bank of Rizal, the President's Cup and the Invitationals, the two latter won by ESQ Marketing. In 1985, the PABL scored a big breakthrough. Faced with an economic crisis, the league was able to get the sponsorship of San Miguel Corporation . Eighteen teams joined
529-511: Was the do-or-die upset of Barangay Ginebra against Mobiline Phone Pals in 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup quarterfinals. He also worked as a sports reporter on GMA News . In 2007, he served as a play-by-play in RPN 's coverage of 2007 FIBA Asia Championship . He also served as the commissioner of Philippine Basketball League starting in 2000, replacing Yeng Guiao , his notable color commentator partner in PBA coverages. He resigned in 2010. He
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