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1997 Pop Cola Sizzlers season

Field	Value
PBAyear	1997
team	Pop Cola Sizzlers
coach	Derrick Pumaren
(All-Filipino Cup)
Arturo Valenzona
(Commissioner's Cup)
Norman Black
(Governors' Cup)
1c-name	All-Filipino Cup
1c-wins	5
1c-losses	9
1c-place	7th
1c-playoffs	N/A
2c-name	Commissioner's Cup
2c-wins	4
2c-losses	6
2c-place	7th
2c-playoffs	N/A
3c-name	Governor's Cup
3c-wins	5
3c-losses	9
3c-place	7th
3c-playoffs	N/A
owners	RFM Corporation
manager	Elmer Yanga
prevseason	1996
nextseason	1998

Draft picks

Pop Cola Bottlers	border=2}}" width="10%"	Round	Pop Cola Bottlers	border=2}}" width="10%"	Pick	Pop Cola Bottlers	border=2}}" width="20%"	Player	Pop Cola Bottlers	border=2}}" width="20%"	College
1	2	Nic Belasco	Notre Dame-Maryland
2	10	Romulo Marata	Adamson

Notable dates

February 22: Pop Cola stuns defending champion Alaska Milkmen, 96–88 in Lipa City, Batangas, for their first win in two starts.

September 20: Vergel Meneses tallied a game-high 36 points, and import Byron Houston added 29 points with 19 rebounds as Pop Cola gave their new coach Norman Black his first win at the start of the Governor's Cup with a 108–92 victory over Purefoods in the out-of-town game in Tarlac State University Gym.

Occurrences

Starting the Commissioners Cup, coach Derrick Pumaren was replaced by Arturo Valenzona, whose last coaching job in the PBA was nine years ago. Valenzona chooses Alfrancis Chua as his assistant coach while Pumaren remain as a team consultant.

After Pop Cola's failure to reach the semifinals for the fifth straight time, a player-coach trade took place between the two teams that didn't make past the eliminations in the Commissioner's Cup, the Bottlers acquired Norman Black from Mobiline as their head coach along with Elpidio Villamin and Peter Martin in exchange for guard Ato Agustin and their former coach Derrick Pumaren, who has now moved over to the Mobiline camp. Upon Norman Black's entry at Pop Cola, Alfrancis Chua was retain as assistant coach while Arturo Valenzona was relegated to team consultant.

Roster

Transactions

Additions

Name	Deal Information	Former team
Eugene Quilban	Acquired Mobiline late last year in a trade with Eric Reyes	Mobiline
Jack Tanuan	Acquired from Mobiline late last year in a trade with Alvin Teng

Trades

October 27, 1997	To Alaska#19 Kenneth Duremdes, #14 Jack Tanuan	To Pop ColaBoyet Fernandez, Dwight Lago

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Number	Position	University/College	Duration
Commissioner's Cup	Norris Coleman	8	Forward	Kansas State	June 13 to July 18
Governors' Cup	Byron Houston	8	Guard	Oklahoma State	September 20 to November 16

References

"Pop Cola blasts Purefoods". Manila Standard.
"Manotoc named Mobiline head coach". Manila Standard.
"Duremdes debuts for Alaska against Sta.Lucia today". Manila Standard.

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