2008–09 Burger King Whoppers season

2008-09 Burger King Whoppers season

Head coach

Bo Perasol (Philippine Cup)
Yeng Guiao (Fiesta Conference)

Philippine Cup results
Record	8–10 (.444)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	2nd Wildcard round (lost to SMB)
Fiesta Conference results
Record	8–6 (.571)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals (lost to SMB, 4–2)
Stats @ PBA-Online.net
Burger King Whoppers seasons
2007–08	2009–10

The 2008–09 Burger King Whoppers season is the 7th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team were previously known as Air21 Express in the Philippine Cup.

Key dates

August 30: The 2008 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
September 1: The free agency period started.

Draft picks

Main article: 2008 PBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	6	Mark Borboran	6'6	SG/SF	Philippines	East
2	13	Pocholo Villanueva	6'3	PG/SG	Philippines	De La Salle

Roster

Burger King Whoppers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight	From
1.0 !PG	3	PHI !	Billones, Egay	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Las Piñas
1.0 !PG	6	PHI !	Cruz, Marvin	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	UP Diliman
3.0 !SF	8	PHI !	Rodriguez, Erick	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Letran
2.0 !SG	9	PHI !	Villanueva, Pocholo	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	De La Salle
3.0 !SF	17	PHI !	Aban, Aaron	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Letran
1.0 !PG	19	PHI !	Arboleda, Wynne (C)	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	MLQU
2.0 !SG	20	PHI !	David, Gary	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Lyceum
3.0 !SF	28	PHI !	Yee, Mark	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	SSC-R Cavite
3.0 !SF	29	PHI !	Santos, Arwind	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	FEU
6.0 !C	30	PHI !	Belga, Beau	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	PCU
6.0 !C	34	PHI !	Sharma, Carlo	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	De La Salle
4.5 !PF	48	PHI !	Quiñahan, J.R.	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	UV

Head coach

Yeng Guiao (UP Diliman)

Assistant coach(es)

Junel Baculi (Mapúa)
Roehl Nadurata
Johnny Tam

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Beau Belga
PF	Shawn Daniels
SF	Arwind Santos
SG	Gary David
PG	Wynne Arboleda

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

#	2008-09 PBA Philippine Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y-Alaska Aces	12	6	.667	--
2	y-Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	11	7	.611	1	+1
3	x-Barangay Ginebra Kings	10	8	.556	2	+16
4	x-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	10	8	.556	2	-3
5	x-Sta. Lucia Realtors	10	8	.556	2	-13
6	w-San Miguel Beermen	9	9	.500	3
7	w-Purefoods TJ Giants	8	10	.444	4	+11
8	w-Air21 Express	8	10	.444	4	-11
9	w-Coca-Cola Tigers	7	11	.389	5
10	e-Red Bull Barako	5	13	.278	7

Legend:

y-Qualified for semifinals
x-Qualified for quarterfinals
w-Qualified for the wildcard phase
e-Eliminated

Game log

2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October

November

December

2008–09 schedule

Playoffs

Game Log

2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup playoff game log

Wildcard

2008–09 schedule

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FGM	Field-goal made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	FG%	Field-goal percentage
3PM	3-point field-goal made	3PA	3-point field-goal attempts	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage
FTM	Free-throw made	FTA	Free-throw attempts	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	TOT	Turnovers per game	PPG	Points per game

Player Stats as of November 29, 2008. 10:00 p.m. PHI Time

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Arboleda, Wynne !Wynne Arboleda	12	28.8	.368	.343	.696	4.1	4.7	1.7	0.1	11.6
Billiones, Egay !Egay Billones	11	12.1	.390	.316	.571	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.0	6.0
Canaleta, Niño !Niño Canaleta	12	22.4	.333	.243	.895	3.8	1.4	0.3	0.4	7.0
Cruz, Marvin !Marvin Cruz	12	11.5	.343	.100	.842	1.2	2.8	0.7	0.0	3.4
David, Gary !Gary David	12	32.3	.393	.250	.773	4.5	2.1	0.8	0.1	18.2
De Ocampo, Ranidel !Ranidel De Ocampo	12	36.3	.455	.381	.630	10.5	3.5	1.2	0.4	12.9
Intal, JC !J.C. Intal	10	13.2	.393	.210	0.308	3.0	1.6	0.8	0.3	5.2
Kramer, Doug !Doug Kramer	11	18.4	.459	.250	.769	5.4	0.8	0.2	0.6	6.1
Quiñahan, J.R. !J.R. Quiñahan	12	22.6	.575	.000	0.529	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.3	8.4
Santos, Arwind !Arwind Santos	11	33.6	.444	.320	.771	8.9	0.9	1.4	1.7	17.9
Santa Maria, Adonis !Adonis Santa Maria	8	7.8	.600	.667	.500	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	2.1
Se, Homer !Homer Se	7	22.1	.514	.100	.611	5.4	1.3	1.1	1.0	12.3
Villanueva, Cholo !Pocholo Villanueva	7	5.3	.182	.000	.000	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.5

Fiesta Conference

Eliminations

Standings

#	2009 PBA Fiesta Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie	PO
1	z-San Miguel Beermen	11	3	.786	–-
2	z-Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	6	.571	3	−7
3	y-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	6	.571	3	+15
4	y-Burger King Whoppers	8	6	.571	3	−8
5	x-Sta. Lucia Realtors	7	7	.500	4	+7
6	x-Purefoods TJ Giants	7	7	.500	4	+3
7	x-Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500	4	−10
8	x-Coca-Cola Tigers	6	8	.429	5	NA*
9	w-Alaska Aces	6	8	.429	5	NA*
10	w-Barako Bull Energy Boosters	2	12	.143	9

NA* = teams tied for 8th and 9th would have to play an extra game regardless of the results of their classification round games.

Key:

z- Qualified for the semifinals
y- Qualified for the wildcard phase with the twice to beat advantage
x- Qualified for the knockout wildcard phase
w- Qualified for the wildcard phase with the twice to win disadvantage

Game log

2008–09 PBA Fiesta Conference game log

February

March

April

May

2008–09 schedule

Statistics

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and records

Records

Note: Air21 Express/Burger King Whoppers Records Only

Record	Stat	Holder	Date/s
Most points in one game	36	Gary David vs. San Miguel Beermen	November 5, 2008
Most points in one half	30	Gary David vs. San Miguel Beermen	November 5, 2008
Most points in one quarter	19	Gary David vs. San Miguel Beermen	November 5, 2008
Most rebounds in one game	17	J.R. Quiñahan vs. Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	October 9, 2008
Most assists in one game	10	Wynne Arboleda vs. Coca-Cola Tigers	November 15, 2008
Most blocks in one game	6	J.R. Quiñahan vs. Brgy. Ginebra Kings	December 5, 2008
Most steals in one game	5	Wynne Arboleda vs. Purefoods TJ Giants	November 29, 2008
Most minutes played in one game	44	Arwind Santos vs. Purefoods TJ Giants	October 31, 2008

Transactions

Trades

Traded	to	For
Mark Borboran	Alaska Aces	J.R. Quiñahan
Ranidel de Ocampo	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	Don Allado and 2011 First Round Pick
2010 and 2011 First Round Pick	Red Bull Barako	Cyrus Baguio
Don Allado and Nino Canaleta	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	Beau Belga and Richard Alonzo ^[1]
JC Intal, Doug Kramer, Chico Lanete	Barangay Ginebra Kings	2012 and 2013 First Round Pick

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Adonis Santa Maria	October	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

Subtractions

Player	Signed	New team
Ervin Sotto	October	Alaska Aces

References

↑ Air21 prepares for PBA future, seals three-team trade deal, GMA News Online

Barako Bull Energy

Formerly the FedEx Express, Burger King Whoppers, Air21 Express and Barako Bull Energy. Founded in 2002 Disbanded in 2016 Owned by the Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Lina Group of Companies

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons

Administration	Owner: Bert Lina

Coaches	Pumaren Garcia Lipa Ramos Perasol Guiao Baculi Ramos Tanquingcen Banal

Runner-up finishes (1)	2008 Fiesta Conference

Seasons (14)	2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Culture And Lore	"The Postman" Vergel ticks back the clock "The Rain Man" "Mr. Pure Energy" "Spiderman"

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