1996 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season

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The 1996 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft Picks

First Round

• Rodney Santos (2nd pick overall, acquired pick for Pepsi for Boy Cabahug)
• Reuben Dela Rosa (3rd pick overall, acquired from Shell for Peter Naron)

Second Round

• Richard Del Rosario (acquired for Vince Hizon, Ginebra's first pick in the second round in 1995 and 1996 were traded in exchange)
• Leonard Reyes (a second round pick acquired from Pepsi)
• Patrick Fran

Key Date

• April 30 at the Araneta Coliseum, Purefoods defeated Ginebra, 93-85 in a clash between two teams who have won all three of their games in the first round of semis, a record crowd-attendance with more than 16,000 fans troop to the Big Dome.

Season Recap

• All-Filipino Cup, 8-win, 6-loss record at the end of the two-round eliminations, won six straight games in the semis for a return trip to the All-Filipino finals, lost to Alaska, 4-1 in the championship. Hired the controversial former Swift import Ronnie Thompkins, as their reinforcement in the Commissioners Cup, Thompkins debut in Purefoods uniform by scoring 34 points in a 108-87 victory over San Miguel Beer, Purefoods and Sunkist battle in a playoff for the last semifinals slot, the Hotdogs won, 89-76. Thompkins tested positive on drug used, he saw action for the last time in Purefoods' 84-101 loss to Sta.Lucia at the start of the semifinals, his replacement, Derrick Gervin, was also found out positive on drug test conducted by the PBA, import woes continue to hunt the Purefoods, now known as Corned Beef Cowboys during the Governors Cup, the team change imports five times, Dennis Hopson, Mark Hill, Jojo English, Anthony Tolbert and Kennard Winchester, but still bowed out in the final four race.

Roster

Pos. No. Player School G 12 Glen Capacio FEU G 10 Dindo Pumaren De La Salle C 44 Jerry Codinera UE F 7 Rey Evangelista UST F 9 Rodney Santos (R) San Sebastian F 10 Joselito Martin NCBA F 23 Reuben Dela Rosa (R) Mapua F 16 Alvin Patrimonio Mapua G 17 Olsen Racela Ateneo G 1 Bong Ravena UE F 5 Edmund Reyes UST C 15 Bryant Punzalan FEU F 00 Ronnie Thompkins (I) Georgetown F Derrick Gervin (I) G Dennis Hopson (I) G Mark Hill (I) G 42 Jojo English (I) G Anthony Tolbert (I) G 41 Kennard Winchester (I) Averett College Position Name/s Head coach:  Chot Reyes (I) - Import, (R) - Rookie, '