2006–07 Welcoat Dragons season

2006-07 Welcoat Dragons season
Head coachLeo Austria
General ManagerBoy Lapid
Owner(s)Asian Coating, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record3–15 (16.7%)
Place10th
Playoff finishEliminated
Fiesta Conference results
Record4–14 (22.2%)
Place10th
Playoff finishEliminated
Welcoat Dragons seasons

The 2006–07 Welcoat Dragons season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Newest member

Welcoat bought the Pilipinas Shell franchise early in the year. The team is co-owned by Raymund Yu and Terry Que and the ballclub in their first season will be known as Welcoat Dragons.[1]

Key dates

August 20: The 2006 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Height Position Nationality College
1 10 Abby Santos 6'3" Forward  Philippines UP Diliman
2 11 Jireh Ibañes 6'2" Small Forward  Philippines UP Diliman

Welcoat Carry-Over Amateurs

Player Height Position Nationality College
Junjun Cabatu 6'5" Forward  Philippines De La Salle
Jay-R Reyes 6'7" Forward  Philippines UP Diliman
Jay Sagad 6'4" Forward  Philippines St. Benilde

Roster

2006–07 Welcoat Dragons roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 3 United States Wainwright, Rob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Solano CC
F 5 Philippines Cabatu, Junjun 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) De La Salle
G 6 Philippines Mente, Joey 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Lyceum
F/C 8 Philippines Reyes, Jay-R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Philippines
G/F 14 Philippines Gelig, Niño 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UST
F/C 16 Philippines Santa Maria, Adonis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) De La Salle
G 17 Philippines Baguion, Froilan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) National-U
G/F 19 Philippines Tangkay, Jojo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Southwestern-U
C 32 Philippines Feihl, EJ 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Adamson
F 33 Philippines Ibañes, Jireh 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Philippines
G 44 United States Lopez, Denver 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Cal State Fullerton
C 80 Philippines Lao, Gilbert 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) UST
F 88 Philippines Sagad, Jay 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) St. Benilde
G 22 United States Compton, Alex (I) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Cornell
F 2 United States Clark, Charles (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Johnson C. Smith
F/C 33 United States Sanders, Rob (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Providence
F 9 United States White, Wayland (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 224 lb (102 kg) New Mexico
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • Injured Injured

Philippine Cup

Game log

2006–07 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 October 1 Brgy.Ginebra 69-102 Lopez (12) Araneta Coliseum 0–1
2 October 8 Coca Cola 85-75 Reyes (16) Araneta Coliseum 1–1
3 October 13 Talk 'N Text 99-115 Lopez (21) Cuneta Astrodome 1–2
4 October 15 San Miguel 96-88 Tangkay (18) Araneta Coliseum 2–2
5 October 22 Air21 94-110 Tangkay (15) Cuneta Astrodome 2–3
6 October 27 Red Bull 77-80 Cabatu (22) Araneta Coliseum 2–4
7 October 29 Coca Cola 86-92 Tangkay (25) Araneta Coliseum 2–5
November
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
8 November 4 Sta.Lucia 83-89 Wainwright (17) The Arena in San Juan 2–6
9 November 9 Talk 'N Text 79-72 Lanao del Norte 3–6
10 November 12 Purefoods 84-86 Gelig (22) Araneta Coliseum 3–7
11 November 17 Alaska 91-97 OT Lopez (20) Araneta Coliseum 3–8
12 November 22 Air21 85-100 Tangkay (16) Araneta Coliseum 3–9
13 November 29 Brgy.Ginebra 66-87 Lopez (21) Araneta Coliseum 3–10
December
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
14 December 1 Purefoods 74-76 Reyes (14) Araneta Coliseum 3–11
15 December 6 Red Bull 78-97 Reyes (18) Araneta Coliseum 3–12
16 December 10 Sta.Lucia 82-98 Reyes (19) Cuneta Astrodome 3–13
17 December 13 San Miguel 85-97 Reyes (15) Araneta Coliseum 3–14
18 December 20 Alaska 90-96 Reyes (26) Araneta Coliseum 3–15
2006–07 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Game log

2007 PBA Fiesta Conference game log
March
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 March 4 Coca Cola 79-81 Reyes (25) Cuneta Astrodome 0–1
2 March 11 Sta.Lucia 114-104 Clark (37) Araneta Coliseum 1–1
3 March 16 Brgy.Ginebra 97-99 Clark (26) Araneta Coliseum 1–2
4 March 21 Alaska 78-99 Clark (29) Araneta Coliseum 1–3
5 March 24 Talk 'N Text 78-100 Clark (33) Cabanatuan 1–4
6 March 30 Air21 103-99 Clark (40) Araneta Coliseum 2–4
April
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
7 April 8 Purefoods 82-94 Compton (24) Araneta Coliseum 2–5
8 April 15 San Miguel 90-96 Sanders (29) Araneta Coliseum 2–6
9 April 18 Red Bull 71-100 Araneta Coliseum 2–7
10 April 22 Air21 94-102 Compton (38) Araneta Coliseum 2–8
May
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
11 May 2 Brgy.Ginebra 71-103 Reyes (20) Araneta Coliseum 2–9
12 May 6 Alaska 66-74 White (18) Araneta Coliseum 2–10
13 May 10 Talk 'N Text 98-88 White (31) The Arena in San Juan 3–10
14 May 16 Sta.Lucia 104-112 (2OT) White (33) Araneta Coliseum 3–11
15 May 18 Red Bull 81-103 White, Compton, Reyes (14) Araneta Coliseum 3–12
16 May 23 San Miguel 79-119 White (29) Ynares Center 3–13
17 May 25 Coca Cola 86-80 Compton (21) Ynares Center 4–13
June
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
18 June 1 Purefoods 97-109 White (30) White (11) Ynares Center 4–14
2006–07 schedule

References

  1. ^ "Welcoat a contender in 3 years". Philippine Daily Inquirer.