The 2010âÂÂ11 PBA season was the 36th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. It started on October 3, 2010 and ended on August 21, 2011. The season marked the return of the original three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference. The import-laden Commissioner's Cup returned as the second tournament, while the Governors' Cup also returned, serving as the third conference which also served as an import-laden tournament.
The first activity of the season is the 2010 PBA Draft held on August 29 at the Market! Market! in Taguig.
Pre-season events
Player movement
Key transactions:<br /> Trades:
Signing:
Rule changes
The PBA board approved the rule changes for implementation starting this season:
Notable occurrences
Opening ceremonies
The season began on October 3 with the Meralco Bolts defeating the Barangay Ginebra Kings, 73âÂÂ72.
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
2010âÂÂ11 Philippine Cup
Transactions
Player movement
Key transactions:<br /> Trades:
Notable events
- Asi Taulava of Meralco, Solomon Mercado of Rain or Shine and Kelly Williams of Talk 'N Text were loaned to Smart Gilas for the duration of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
- PBA Commissioner Chito Salud proposed a "Developmental League" patterned after the NBA D-League after the merger of Liga Pilipinas and the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) fell out. The D-League proposal was eventually approved by the board of governors on January 25 and it is set to be launch on March.
- The board of governors approve the request of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters for a leave of absence for this season's Commissioner's Cup. The Smart Gilas Philippine basketball team will temporarily take over its place. All of the players of the Barako Bull will be put in a dispersal draft and will return to their mother team after the conference ends.
Elimination round
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
Finals
2011 Commissioner's Cup
Notable events
- The conditional dispersal draft of the Barako Bull players was held in the PBA office in Libis, Quezon City on February 7. Out of the 14 players, only Lordy Tugade and Escobal were drafted by San Miguel and B-Meg Derby Ace respectively.
- The Board of Governors approved Solar Entertainment's proposal to change its broadcast television partner from RPN to ABS-CBN's Studio 23 for the remainder of its contract with the league, beginning with the 2011 Commissioner's Cup.
- The PBA D-League will start on March 12 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. The league will be composed of 14 teams, with three teams (Powerade-UP, Metro Pacific, Maynilad) having affiliation with existing PBA teams. Four teams (Cobra Energy Drink, Agri-Nature Inc./FCA, Pharex, and Cafe France) that supposed to be part of the revival of the dormant Philippine Basketball League filed for application in the PBA D-League, hours after the PBL held its press conference regarding its revival.
- The sale of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters' franchise to Phoenix Petroleum did not push through after they failed to get the required number of votes (seven out of ten) from the PBA Board of Governors. Due to this development, Barako Bull's leave of absence was extended up to the end of the Governors' Cup.
Player movement
Key transactions:<br /> Trades:
- On January 20, Rain or Shine, Meralco and Air21 were involved in a three-way trade. Rain or Shine was able to get Ronjay Buenafe, Ronnie Matias, the 2011 and 2013 1st-round picks from Air21 and Beau Belga from Meralco. Meralco will now have Solomon Mercado and Paolo Bugia from Rain or Shine and Erick Rodriguez of Air21. Air21 will now have Jay-R Reyes from Rain or Shine, Reed Juntilla from Meralco and the 2011 and 2013 second-round picks from Meralco.
- On January 28, Air21 traded J.R. Quiñahan to Powerade in exchange for the team's 2014 1st-round pick. The said trade was revised by Commissioner Chito Salud on January 31 and Air21 will instead get Powerade's 2012 second round and 2013 first round picks.
- Alaska traded Reynel Hugnatan to Meralco in exchange for Hans Thiele and Paolo Bugia.
- On March 2, Commissioner Chito Salud approves the trade between Air21 and San Miguel. Air21 traded top rookie picks Nonoy Baclao, Rabeh Al-Hussaini, and Rey Guevarra in exchange for Danny Seigle, Dondon Hontiveros, Dorian Peña and Paul Artadi. The proposed trade was disapproved by Commissioner Salud when San Miguel initially offered Danny Seigle, Mick Pennisi, Joseph Yeo and a 2011 first-round pick in exchange for the three Air21 rookies.
Signing:
- Meralco signs Marlou Aquino and will assume his Barako Bull contract until the end of the Commissioner's Cup.
- Smart Gilas has listed Borgie Hermida in their line-up for the Commissioner's Cup and will return to Barako Bull after the tournament. However, Barako Bull announced that they will not play for the remainder of the season. Eventually, Hermida was released from Gilas.
- San Miguel Beermen has added Paolo Hubalde to their roster for the Commissioner's Cup and will return to Barako Bull after the tournament. However, Barako Bull announced that they will not play for the remainder of the season.
Coaching changes
Elimination round
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
2011 PBA All-Star Weekend
The 2011 PBA All-Star Weekend were held from May 20 to 22 at the Boracay Convention Center, Malay, Aklan. The winners were:
Rookie-Sophomore Blitz Game
All-Star Game
2011 Governors' Cup
Player movement
Key transactions:<br /> Trades:
Notable occurrences
- San Miguel Corporation announced that they will rename the San Miguel Beermen as the Petron Blaze Boosters.
- B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados shorten their name into B-Meg Llamados.
- Two elimination round games were held at the Al Shabab Al Arabi Sports Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from June 30 to July 1 featuring B-Meg, Talk 'N Text and Barangay Ginebra. B-Meg won against Talk 'N Text, 111âÂÂ105, then Talk 'N Text beat Barangay Ginebra the next day, 123âÂÂ113.
- Players of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters got stranded in Dubai after their two-game stint. The travel agency in charge reportedly cancelled their plane tickets to Manila after the non-payment of the organizers.
- PBA announced that TV5 will become the provide their TV coverage for the next five years. This was made by Commissioner Chito Salud on July 8, 2011, during the PBA Board of Governors meeting. TV5 guaranteed the league P700 million in cash, P150 million for marketing and promotions, and P115 million worth of ad spots up to 2016. TV5 will also be handling the radio coverage of the PBA as well.
- Barako Bull has sold their franchise to Linaheim Corp. following approval of the sale by the PBA Board of Governors on July 8, 2011, thus making the PBA to have 10 teams next season.
Elimination round
Semifinal round
Finals
Smart Ultimate All-Star Weekend
The Smart Ultimate All-Star Weekend was held from July 23âÂÂ24 at the newly renamed Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The all star weekend featured the Smart All-Stars, with Kobe Bryant as its playing coach challenging the PBA All-Stars, with Chot Reyes as the head coach and the Smart Gilas Philippine national basketball team. The event was organized by Smart Communications and the MVP Sports Foundation, headed by Manuel V. Pangilinan, team owner of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the Meralco Bolts in the PBA.
Rosters
Note: Due to the then ongoing NBA lockout, the Smart All-Stars cannot affiliate themselves with the NBA or their teams. The list below indicates the NBA teams where the player is associated before the lockout began.
Smart All-Stars:
PBA All-Stars:
Results
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player race
This how the MVP award was determined:
List
Awards given by the PBA Press Corps
Cumulative standings
Elimination rounds
Playoffs
Notes
References
External links