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1999 Barangay Ginebra Kings season
1999 Barangay Ginebra Kings season
Head coach	Rino Salazar ; Allan Caidic (Governors' Cup)
General Manager	Casiano Cabalan, Jr
Owner(s)	La Tondeña Distillers, Inc.
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	10–13 ; (43.5%)
Place	8th seed
Playoff finish	Semis (lost to Shell)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–6 ; (40%)
Place	6th seed
Playoff finish	QF (lost to Sta.Lucia)
Governors Cup results
Record	1–8 ; (11.1%)
Place	8th seed
Playoff finish	QF (lost to Purefoods)
Barangay Ginebra Kings seasons
	← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Barangay Ginebra Kings season was the 21st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft pick

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College
1	9	Danilo Aying	Philippines	SWU

New Era

In December of last year, Senator Robert Jaworski, Sr. announced his resignation with the Ginebra ballclub during a press conference, bidding goodbye to the team and the sport that has been part of his illustrious career and made him a certified icon for the past 15 years. As the PBA enters its 25th season, a New Era has come for the never-say-die team now known as Barangay Ginebra Kings.

Occurrences

Allan Caidic, who was assigned as player-assistant coach of Ginebra at the start of the season, began his role as playing-coach for the team starting the Governors Cup, replacing coach Rino Salazar. The Kings has yet to score a victory in five games when they decided to replace import Mario Donaldson in favor of Monty Lamont Wilson.

Notable dates

March 12: The Gin Kings stopped Alaska's winning run with a 97–87 victory and maintain their winning streak to three after losing their first four games in the season.^[1]

May 5: Barangay Ginebra defeated Sta.Lucia Realtors, 77–74, in their playoff game for the 8th and last entry to the quarterfinal round.

May 12: Point guard Bal David converted a buzzer-beating shot from an inbound with three seconds left as Barangay Ginebra Kings pulled a stunning 82–81 upset win over top-seeded Mobiline Phone Pals in the do-or-die quarterfinals match. The Kings with a twice-to-beat disadvantage, forces a playoff three nights ago and repeated over the heavily favored Phone Pals. Barangay Ginebra will go up against Formula Shell in the best-of-five semifinal series of the All-Filipino Cup.

November 7: Barangay Ginebra defeated Pop Cola, 80–76, in a battle of winless teams to end a seven-game slump and give Allan Caidic his first win as playing-coach.

Roster

1999 Barangay Ginebra Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	From
G	1	David, Bal	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	UST
F	2	Meneses, Vergel	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	José Rizal
G/F	3	Lago, Elmer	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	De La Salle
G	4	Castelo, Merwin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	San Beda
F	8	Caidic, Allan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	UE
F/C	12	Dignadice, Yves	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	USLS
C	13	Aquino, Marlou	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Adamson
G	15	Naron, Edward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Visayas
F	16	Cheng, Benny	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Mapúa
C	18	Ong, Wilmer	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	USLS
F	19	Aying, Danilo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Southwestern-U
F	33	Valera, Teodoro	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	UST
C	34	Escobar, Jolly	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	UE

Head coach

Allan Caidic

Assistant coach(es)

Cris Calilan

Team manager

Casiano Cabalan, Jr

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Transactions

Off-season trades

December 1998	To San Miguel Beermen Cris Bolado	To Barangay Ginebra Allan Caidic, Edward Naron
January 1999	To Tanduay Rhum Masters Pido Jarencio	To Barangay Ginebra Jolly Escobar ^{Acquired by Tanduay from Shell}
January 1999	To San Miguel Beermen Anastacio Mendoza ^{2nd overall pick from Ginebra}	To Barangay Ginebra Merwin Castelo

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Elmer Lago	Off-season	Purefoods
Teodoro Valera	Off-season	N/A
Yves Dignadice	October 1999	San Miguel Beermen

Mid-season trade

July 10, 1999 ^[2]

To Pop Cola

Noli Locsin

To Barangay Ginebra

Vergel Meneses

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Number	Position	University/College
Commissioner's Cup	Chris King	17	Forward	Wake Forest University
Governors' Cup	Mario Donaldson	25	Guard/forward	Drake University
Governors' Cup	Monty Wilson	44	Guard/forward	Tennessee State University