2002 FedEx Express season

2002 FedEx Express season
Head coach	Derrick Pumaren
Governor's Cup results
Record	6–6 (50%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–5 (58.3%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	1–8 (11.1%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
FedEx Express seasons

The 2002 FedEx Express season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	College
1	1	Yancy De Ocampo	6"8'	F/C	St.Francis
1	8	Ren-Ren Ritualo	6"0'	G	La Salle
4	27	John Victorio	5"11'	G	Las Vegas
5	34	Jerome Barbosa			San Sebastian

Main article: 2002 PBA Draft

New team

FEDEX-Airfreight 2100 buy out the Tanduay Rhum franchise before the 2002 PBA season started, aiming to make a big splash in its initial season, Team owner Bert Lina, emphasizing that his company is the biggest courier company in the world, went for the biggest catch by choosing 6-8 Yancy De Ocampo, from the multi-titled PBL ballclub Welcoat House Paints, as the number one overall pick in the 2002 PBA draft, FedEx also took in De Ocampo's Welcoat teammate Renren Ritualo at eight overall. Coach Derrick Pumaren, the last coach of the Tanduay ballclub, will handle the coaching job for FedEx.

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Yancy De Ocampo Renren Ritualo Via Free Agency Paul Alvarez (From the MBA) Gido Babilonia (From Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) Ryan Bernardo (Drafted by Mobiline last year) Egay Billones (Drafted by Ginebra in 2000) Danny Capobres (Pick by Talk 'N Text in the rookie draft) Jerry Codiñera (From Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) Biboy Simon (From the MBA) Via Trade Vergel Meneses (From Barangay Ginebra Kings in July 2002; exchange for future picks) Absorbed 4 players from Tanduay Rhum Masters

Occurrences

Former Tanduay forward Bong Hawkins was among those absorbed by FedEx during the off-season, but a controversy sparked when Hawkins wanted to have the same terms of the salary he had with Tanduay while the FedEx management wanted to negotiate a new contract.

Roster

FedEx Express roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 3 Billones, Egay 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Las Piñas College C 5 Babilonia, Gido 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UST F 8 Meneses, Vergel (A) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jose Rizal University G 10 Pumaren, Dindo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle G 14 Ritualo, Renren 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle F/C 18 De Ocampo, Yancy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Saint Francis College G 19 Arboleda, Wynne 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) MLQU F 21 Friedhof, David 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) F 23 Alvarez, Paul (M) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian G 26 Simon, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Manila F 31 Bernardo, Ryan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST F Capobres, Danny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lyceum C 41 Realubit, Zaldy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) San Jose-Recoletos F/C 44 Codinera, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE F/C Moore, Tim (G) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Houston F Rhodes, Rodrick (G) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Southern California F 2 Walker, Jermaine (G/C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Miami G 21 Robinson, Jeremy (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F/C Pierre-Louis, Frantz (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Wagner College

Head coach Derrick Pumaren Assistant coach(es) Gee Abanilla Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (G) Governor's Cup import (C) Commissioner's Cup import (A) Acquired (M) Moved to TNT Injured

Elimination round

Games won

Date	Opponent	Score	Top scorer	Venue (Location)
February 23	Shell	70-64	Jermaine Walker (17 pts)	Cuneta Astrodome
March 1	Sta.Lucia	93-83	Tim Moore (29 pts)	Caruncho Gym (Pasig City)
March 10	Alaska	83-69	Tim Moore (28 pts)	Ynares Center
March 23	Brgy.Ginebra	79-78		Ynares Center
April 5	Purefoods	89-75		Ynares Center
April 11	RP-Hapee	75-71	Jermaine Walker (37 pts)	Makati Coliseum
June 29	Shell	93-84	Jermaine Walker (35 pts)	Cuneta Astrodome
July 13	RP-Selecta	94-87	Jermaine Walker (27 pts)	Cuneta Astrodome
July 25	Purefoods	85-76	Jermaine Walker (32 pts)	Caruncho Gym (Pasig City)
August 2	Sta.Lucia	92-90	Frantz Pierre-Louis (31 pts)	Philsports Arena
August 6	Red Bull	92-90	Jermaine Walker (31 pts)	Philsports Arena
August 10	Brgy.Ginebra	107-91		Philsports Arena
November 23	Sta.Lucia	90-83	Vergel Meneses (22 pts)	Cuneta Astrodome

  Governor's Cup
  Commissioner's Cup
  All-Filipino Cup