1983 Winston Kings season

The 1983 Winston Kings season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Manhattan Shirtmakers in the All-Filipino Conference and Sunkist Juice Lovers in the Reinforced Conference.

1983 Winston Kings season
Head coach	Nic Jorge Glenn McDonald Lauro Mumar
Owner(s)	Fortune Tobacco, Inc.
All-Filipino Conference results
Record	2–5 (.286)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	N/A
Reinforced Conference results
Record	6–9 (.400)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	N/A
Open Conference results
Record	5–9 (.357)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	N/A
Winston Kings seasons

Summary

The Sanyu Group of Companies, the league's newest member who took over from the defunct U-Tex Wranglers, carried its product line Manhattan Industries of New York and were called Manhattan Shirtmakers with the Hong Kong-based Manhattan Far East subsidizing the team's training expenses. Its line-up were composed of 10 veterans and two rookies and will be handled by coach Nic Jorge. Manhattan didn't qualify in the semifinal round of the All-Filipino Conference, placing seventh in their inaugural tournament. [1]

The ballclub was renamed Sunkist Juice Lovers in the Reinforced Filipino Conference. Coach Nic Jorge was replaced by former U-Tex import Glenn Mcdonald, who saw action for two games with Sunkist before returning to full-time coaching, he gave his spot to one-time CDCP import Ronald McCoy, who could only played one game and was replaced by Maurice Williams, a seventh-round draft pick by the Los Angeles Lakers. The Juice Lovers are tied with San Miguel with six wins and eight losses after the eliminations, they lost to the Beermen in a playoff game for the last quarterfinals berth.

Fortune Tobacco Corporation took over from the Sanyu Group starting the Open Conference and carried the name Winston Kings, now coached by basketball great Lauro Mumar. Winston started out with the returning Darryl Smith, who played for Great Taste back in 1979, and Eddie Roberson as their imports. After two games, both were replaced by former Gilbey's import Larry McNeill and Maurice Williams, who was recalled back after playing 12 games with Sunkist in the previous conference. Winston ended up last with five wins and nine losses with one of their victories best remembered for the scoring record made by Larry McNeill, hitting 88 points against Great Taste.

Scoring record

October 25: Larry McNeill set an all-time high for most points in the game by scoring 88 points in Winston' 167-163 overtime victory over Great Taste. The 88-point total output broke the previous record of 85 made by Lew Massey of Gilbey's a year before. [2]

Roster

All-Filipino & Reinforced Conference

Manhattan / Sunkist roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 6 Ortiz, Albert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) State U F/C 8 Banate, Noli 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) University of Mindanao F/C 10 Arce, Armando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) G 12 Martirez, Yoyong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) SWU F 13 Palijo, Romulo (AF) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) PSBA G 14 Distrito, Rudy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) UE G/F 15 Jaymalin, Woodrow (AF) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 157 lb (71 kg) PCU C 16 Mamaril, Romulo (A) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Mapua F 17 Valencia, Evalson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) WIT F 23 Ramas, Salvador 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Cebu Central College F 24 Yabut, Caesar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Mapua F 27 Cruz, Nilo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) C 33 Basco, Mario (AF) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 197 lb (89 kg) San Sebastian College G 34 Abelgas, Allan 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) San Jose-Recoletos G 40 Tan, Alex 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 150 lb (68 kg) UE G 20 McDonald, Glenn (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Long Beach State C 20 McCoy, Ronald (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Western Washington G/F 21 Williams, Maurice (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Southern California	Head coach Nic Jorge Glenn McDonald Assistant coach(es) Alfonso Rodriguez Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (AF) Played only in AFC (A) Acquired from Crispa Injured

Open Conference

Winston Kings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 6 Ortiz, Albert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) State U F/C 8 Banate, Noli 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) University of Mindanao F/C 10 Arce, Armando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) G 12 Martirez, Yoyong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) SWU G 14 Distrito, Rudy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) UE F 15 Segura, Rodolfo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Adamson University C 16 Mamaril, Romulo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Mapua F 17 Valencia, Evalson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) WIT F 23 Ramas, Salvador 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Cebu Central College F 24 Yabut, Caesar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Mapua F 27 Cruz, Nilo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) G 34 Abelgas, Allan 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 lb (64 kg) San Jose-Recoletos G 40 Tan, Alex 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 150 lb (68 kg) UE C 31 McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Marquette University C 24 & 28 Smith, Darryl (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Southern California F 00 Roberson, Eddie (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UNLV G/F 21 Williams, Maurice (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Southern California	Head coach Lauro Mumar Assistant coach(es) Alfonso Rodriguez Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

_{Team Manager: Pablito Bermundo}

References

1. "1983 PBA All-Filipino Conference Stats: Manhattan eliminates San Miguel Beer".
2. "1983 PBA Open Conference Stats: Winston Kings win in overtime over Great Taste".

External links

• McNeill's perfect night [e-mail]