2009–10 Air21 Express season

The 2009–10 Air21 Express season is the 8th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). In the Philippine Cup, they were known as Burger King Whoppers.

2009–10 Air21 Express season
Head coach	Yeng Guiao
Philippine Cup results
Record	6–12 (.333)
Place	7th (tied)
Playoff finish	Wildcards (by Coca Cola 118-112)
Fiesta Conference results
Record	4–14 (.222)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Wildcards (by Rain or Shine 92-89)
Stats @ PBA-Online.net
Air21 Express seasons

Key dates

• August 2: The 2009 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	1	Japeth Aguilar			Philippines	Ateneo, Western Kentucky
1	4	Chris Ross			United States	Marshall
1	7	Rogemar Menor			Philippines	San Beda

Roster

Air21 Express roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F/C 2 Mamaril, Billy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Bakersfield G 3 Billones, Egay 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Las Piñas G 6 Buenafe, Ronjay 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) EAC F 8 Rodriguez, Erick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Letran F 10 Alvarez, Rich 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Ateneo G 14 Ritualo, Renren 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) De La Salle F 15 Gonzales, Wesley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Ateneo G 19 Arboleda, Wynne 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) MLQU F 20 Najorda, Leo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) San Sebastian F 22 Matias, Ronnie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) UM F/C 30 Belga, Beau 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) PCU F/C 34 Sharma, Carlo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) De La Salle G 35 Williams, Ramsey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Hawaii F 44 Kramer, Doug 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ateneo	Head coach Yeng Guiao (UP Diliman) Assistant coach(es) Roehl Nadurata (UE) Johnny Tam Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=BK}}

Game Log

Eliminations

2010 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 October 11 Purefoods 80-93 Lanete (14) Quiñahan (10) Lanete, Quiñahan (4) Araneta Coliseum 0–1 2 October 16 Smart Gilas* 115-105 Buenafe (25) Belga (11) Buenafe (7) Araneta Coliseum 3 October 21 San Miguel 99-117 R. Yee (17) R. Yee (10) Billones (6) Cuneta Astrodome 0–2 4 October 24 Rain or Shine 91-89 Buenafe (22) Belga, R. Yee (10) Lanete (6) Gingoog, Misamis Oriental 1–2 5 October 30 Sta. Lucia 93-101 David (23) R. Yee (11) Buenafe, Lanete (4) Araneta Coliseum 1–3
November Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 6 November 6 Alaska 73-87 Buenafe (15) Quiñahan (9) Buenafe (5) Cuneta Astrodome 1–4 7 November 14 Barangay Ginebra 79-83 Matias (12) R. Yee (9) R. Yee (5) Tubod, Lanao del Norte 1–5 8 November 18 Coca Cola 106-97 M. Yee, Buenafe (19) Belga (10) Belga, Williams (4) Araneta Coliseum 2–5 9 November 20 Barako Bull 102-86 Buenafe (17) Quiñahan, M. Yee (7) Quiñahan (7) Araneta Coliseum 3–5 10 November 27 Talk 'N Text 105-118 David (24) Sharma (6) David (4) Ynares Center 3–6 11 November 29 San Miguel 85-100 R. Yee (14) Matias (8) Buenafe, Quiñahan (4) Ynares Sports Arena 3–7
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 12 December 6 Rain or Shine 101-99 M. Yee (21) Quiñahan (9) Lanete (5) Araneta Coliseum 4–7 13 December 11 Talk 'N Text 104-115 David (26) Quiñahan, M. Yee (7) Quiñahan, 2 others (4) Ynares Center 4–8 14 December 13 Coca Cola 94-106 David (23) Buenafe (7) Lanete, M. Yee (3) Araneta Coliseum 4–9 15 December 18 Barako Bull 102-99 R. Yee (21) Quiñahan (12) Billones (5) Araneta Coliseum 5–9 16 December 25 Purefoods 74-85 Belga (15) Belga, R. Yee (7) Lanete (6) Cuneta Astrodome 5–10
January Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 17 January 8 Sta. Lucia 79-83 Cabagnot (17) Cabagnot (9) Williams (4) Cuneta Astrodome 5–11 18 January 17 Barangay Ginebra 104-122 Belga (17) Quiñahan (7) Cabagnot (7) Araneta Coliseum 5–12 19 January 20 Alaska 87-80 Quiñahan (23) Quiñahan (10) Cabagnot (7) Cuneta Astrodome 6–12
2009–10 schedule

Playoffs

2010 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Wildcard Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 January 24 Coca Cola 112-118 Buenafe (27) R. Yee (12) Buenafe (5) Ynares Center 0–1
2009–10 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	15	3	.833	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	13	5	.722[lower-alpha 1]	2
3	Derby Ace Llamados	13	5	.722[lower-alpha 1]	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Alaska Aces	11	7	.611	4
5	Barangay Ginebra Kings	9	9	.500[lower-alpha 2]	6
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	9	.500[lower-alpha 2]	6	Advance to wildcard round
7	Coca-Cola Tigers	8	10	.444	7
8	Sta. Lucia Realtors	5	13	.278	10
9	Air21 Express	4	14	.222	11
10	Barako Energy Coffee Masters	3	15	.167	12

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. 2nd-seed playoff: San Miguel 88, Derby Ace 83
2. 5th-seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 115, Rain or Shine 88

Game Log

Transactions

Pre-season

Burger King Whoppers

Players Added Via Draft Japeth Aguilar Chris Ross Rogemar Menor Via Free Agency Chico Lanete (From Barangay Ginebra) Ronnie Matias (From Barako Bull) Richard Yee Via Trade Ronjay Buenafe (From Coca-Cola) Orlando Daroya (From Barangay Ginebra)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Marvin Cruz Via Trade Rogemar Menor (To Barako Bull) Chris Ross (To Coca-Cola) Arwind Santos (To San Miguel) Pocholo Villanueva (To Barangay Ginebra)

Philippine Cup

October 12, 2009	To Burger King 4 first round picks from Barako Bull (2010, 2012) and Talk 'N Text (2013 and 2014). Cash considerations [1]	To Barako Bull Orlando Daroya	To Talk 'N Text Japeth Aguilar

January 4, 2010	To Burger King Alex Cabagnot Wesley Gonzales	To Coca Cola Gary David Chico Lanete

Mid-season break

March 3, 2010	To Air21 Yancy de Ocampo Renren Ritualo	To Talk 'N Text JR Quiñahan Mark Yee Aaron Aban
March 8, 2010	To Air21 Rich Alvarez Doug Kramer first round pick (2010)	To Barangay Ginebra Yancy de Ocampo second round pick (2010)
March 8, 2010	To Air21 Mike Cortez	To San Miguel Alex Cabagnot

Fiesta Conference

June 12, 2010	To Air21 Billy Mamaril	To Barangay Ginebra Mike Cortez

Imports recruited

Team	Player	Debuted	Final
Air21 Express	Keena Young (1/4)	March 24, 2010	April 9, 2010
	Jason Forte (2/4)	April 14, 2010	April 18, 2010
	Reggie Larry (3/4)	May 1, 2010	May 28, 2010
	Leroy Hickerson (4/4)	June 4, 2010	July 4, 2010

References

1. "Burger King trades away controversial rookie Aguilar". GMA News Online.