2004–05 Alaska Aces season

2004–05 Alaska Aces season
Head coach	Tim Cone
General Manager	Joaqui Trillo
Owner(s)	Wilfred Uytengsu
Fiesta Conference (Transition) results
Record	12–9 (57.1%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals
Philippine Cup results
Record	11–11 (50%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals
Fiesta Conference results
Record	13–10 (56.5%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals
Alaska Aces seasons

The 2004–2005 Alaska Aces season was the 19th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College
1	5	Sonny Thoss	Papua New Guinea	James Cook
2	15	Willy Wilson	Philippines	La Salle
3	22	Bernzon Franco	Philippines	PCU

Main article: 2004 PBA Draft

Roster

2004–05 Alaska Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 3 Tejada, Eugene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Chabot F 4 Wilson, Willy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle F 5 Duat, Rob 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo C 7 Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) James Cook C 8 Allado, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) De La Salle G 9 Padilla, Stephen 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Visayas G 11 Cortez, Mike 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle F 16 Hawkins, Bong 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UPHSD F 21 Hugnatan, Reynel (A) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Manila G 22 Cariaso, Jeffrey (A) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sonoma State G 24 Cablay, Brandon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Vanguard G 25 Johnson, Rob 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) F 29 Franco, Bernzon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Philippine Christian

Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Dickie Bachmann Luigi Trillo Jojo Lastimosa Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (A) Acquired Injured

Philippine Cup

Game log

2005 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 8 Talk 'N Text 86–94 Cortez (22) Makati Coliseum 0–1 2 October 14 Coca-Cola 68–71 Cortez (16) Allado (16) Butuan 0–2 3 October 17 FedEx 90–98 Thoss (17) Araneta Coliseum 0–3 4 October 20 Red Bull 79-71 Thoss (21) Thoss (15) Araneta Coliseum 1–3 5 October 24 San Miguel 67–75 Hugnatan (21) Araneta Coliseum 1–4 6 October 28 Shell 78–80 OT Cariaso (18) Iloilo City 1–5
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 14 December 1 Shell 85–89 Cariaso (29) Araneta Coliseum 5–9 15 December 9 FedEx 114-102 Urdaneta City 6–9 16 December 12 Brgy.Ginebra 102-88 Cablay (16) Araneta Coliseum 7–9 17 December 17 Purefoods 86-70 Cortez (16) Ynares Center 8–9
January Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 January 5 Sta. Lucia 105-95 Cablay (22) Philsports Arena 9–9
2004–05 schedule

Transactions

Trades

Traded	to	For
Ali Peek	Coca-Cola Tigers October 24, 2004	Reynel Hugnatan
John Arigo	Coca-Cola Tigers October 24, 2004	Jeffrey Cariaso

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Bong Hawkins	2004–05 Philippine Cup	Coca-Cola Tigers
Rob Johnson	2004–05 Philippine Cup	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	#	Height	From	GP
2004 PBA Fiesta Conference	Galen Young	1	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	North Carolina	21
2005 PBA Fiesta Conference	Leon Derricks		6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	University of Detroit	4
	Dickey Simpkins	8	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Providence College	19

^{GP – Games played}