2000 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season

The 2000 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College
1	3	Dino Aldeguer	Philippines	La Salle
2	12	Joel Co	Philippines
2	15	John Tigley	Canada

Transactions

Finals stint

Purefoods return to the PBA finals after two years of non-title playoff, During the All-Filipino Cup, the Tender Juicy Hotdogs got the benefit of playing in the championship when the league forfeited Tanduay Rhum's two wins over them during the Best-of-five semifinal series where Fil-Sham Sonny Alvarado was fielded in. With the series stands at 2-1 in their favor, Purefoods went on to win Game 4, 72-71 in overtime, on the heroics of guard Boyet Fernandez, to reach the All-Filipino finals against the Alaska Milkmen, after winning Game 1, the Tender Juicy Hotdogs lost the rest of the game in the series for a 1-4 defeat.

Behind best import Derrick Brown, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs were on their second trip to the finals during the Governors Cup, going up against the defending champions San Miguel Beermen, the Hotdogs fell behind 0-3 in the best-of-seven title series and lost anew in five games for another runner-up finish in the season.

Roster

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 4.0 !F 2 PHI ! Yee, Richard 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST 4.0 !F 3 PHI ! Lim, Braulio 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) East 1.5 !G 4 PHI ! Cabanayan, Jessie 7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) University of Baguio 1.5 !G 6 PHI ! Fernandez, Boyet 7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) San Agustin 4.0 !F 7 PHI ! Evangelista, Rey 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST 1.5 !G 10 PHI ! Pumaren, Dindo 7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle 6.0 !C 11 PHI ! Feihl, Edward Joseph 7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson 4.0 !F 16 PHI ! Patrimonio, Alvin 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua 1.5 !G 24 PHI ! Daep, Rommel 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian 1.5 !G 40 USA ! Castillo, Noy 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Citadel College 6.0 !C 52 USA ! Seigle, Andy 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) New Orleans 4.0 !F 12 NIG ! Nwosu, Julius (C) 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Liberty University 4.0 !F USA ! Stephens, Joe (C) 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Colorado 2.5 !G/F 32 USA ! Brown, Derrick (G) 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Providence College	Head coach Derrick Pumaren Assistant coach(es) Gee Abanilla Agustin Tiongco Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (C) Commissioner's Cup import (G) Governor's Cup import Injured

Elimination round

Games won

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

References