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1993 Sta. Lucia Realtors season

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1993 Sta. Lucia Realtors season
Head coachNat Canson
Owner(s)Zipporah Realty
All Filipino Cup results
Record9–13
(40.9%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Commissioner's Cup results
Record1–10
(9.1%)
Place8th
Playoff finishEliminated
Governor's Cup results
Record13–9
(59.1%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Sta. Lucia Realtors seasons
1994 →

The 1993 Sta. Lucia Realtors season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Round Pick Player College
1 1 Zandro Limpot La Salle
3 17 Max Delantes University of Visayas

New team

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The Sta. Lucia Realtors, a Realty firm who had a basketball team that won two titles in the Philippine Basketball League (PBL), formalized its entry to the pro league by taking over the defunct Presto franchise. The new ballclub absorbed five players from Presto namely Gerry Esplana, Bong Hawkins, Peter Jao, Vergel Meneses and Zaldy Realubit. The Realtors got the biggest catch in the amateur draft, choosing multi-titled national team player Zandro "Jun" Limpot from De La Salle in the UAAP and Magnolia in the PBL as the number one overall pick. They also acquired another national team member Boyet Fernandez, who played for the ballclub in the amateurs but was originally picked by Swift in the annual draft.

Notable dates

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February 28: Sta. Lucia defeated the Benjie Paras-less Shell Turbo Chargers in a rousing debut, 112-91, in the opening game of the season at the newly built Cuneta Astrodome.

March 7: The Realtors scored its third victory without a loss by upsetting the highly favored San Miguel Beermen, 88-80.

March 12: Sta.Lucia remained unbeaten in the All-Filipino Cup with their fourth win against 7-Up, winning by one point, 95-94. [1]

November 9: The Realtors outlasted the San Miguel Beermen, 135-129, in a triple-overtime for their second straight win in the Governors Cup semifinals. Sta.Lucia rookie Jun Limpot played a total of 60 minutes.

November 14: Sta. Lucia completed their first round semifinal assignment by winning over Purefoods for the first time in the season, 123-116. [2]

November 21: The Realtors clinch the win-five incentive and a playoff for the second finals berth by repeating over Purefoods, 120-117.

Award

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Top draft pick Zandro Limpot was honored as the season's Rookie of the year.

Roster

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1993 Sta. Lucia Realtors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G/F 8 Philippines Jao, Peter 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) USJ–R
C 9 & 72 Philippines Limpot, Jun 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle
G 11 Philippines Fernandez, Boyet 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) San Agustin
G 14 Philippines Esplana, Gerry 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Far Eastern
C 15 Philippines Demigillo, Hernani 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Sebastian
G/F 17 Philippines Macaraya, Edgar 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Sebastian
G/F 22 Philippines Cui, Ricky 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Lyceum
G 23 Philippines Marata, Ric-Ric 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Southwestern-U
G 27 Philippines Teves, Melchor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian
F 30 Philippines Alvarez, Paul 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian
C 41 Philippines Tanuan, Jack 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Far Eastern
F 50 Philippines Delantes, Maximo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Visayas
F 62 Philippines De Guzman, Alejandro 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern
F/C 93 Philippines Banares, Vilmer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Joshua Villapando
  • Philippines Adonis Tierra
Team manager
  • Philippines Buddy Encarnado

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Transactions

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Trades

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June 1993
To Swift
#18 Vergel Meneses, #35 Zaldy Realubit
To Sta. Lucia
Andy De Guzman, Jack Tanuan, Ric-Ric Marata
June 1993
To Alaska
#12 Bong Hawkins
To Sta. Lucia
Paul Alvarez

Additions

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Player Signed Former team
Vilmer Banares June 1993 Swift
Hernani Demigillo June 1993 Alaska

Subtractions

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Player Signed New team
#13 Peter Aguilar June 1993 Shell
#20 Rudy Enterina October 1993 Ginebra

Recruited imports

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Name Tournament No. Pos. Ht. College Duration
Mike McGee Commissioner's Cup 4 Center-Forward 6"5' University of Michigan June 13-29
Nikita Wilson 30 & 34 Center-Forward 6"4' Louisiana State University July 2-30
Terrance Bailey Governors Cup 11 Forward-Guard 6”1’ Wagner College September 26 (one game)
Lambert Shell 42 Guard-Forward 6"2' University of Bridgeport October 1 to December 10

References

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  1. ^ "Sta.Lucia outlasts 7-Up". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "So far, yet so near". Manila Standard.