1983 PBA season

The 1983 PBA season was the 9th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights

• The Crispa Redmanizers completed a three-conference sweep and won their second Grandslam after first doing the trick back in 1976, this time under new coach Tommy Manotoc.
• On May 15, the PBA fans witnessed the "Black Superman" Billy Ray Bates played his first game for Crispa Redmanizers, Bates won the best import award in both Reinforced and Open Conferences, leading the Redmanizers to two championships and a grandslam.
• A rising powerhouse Great Taste Coffee, with the entry of Fil-Am rookie Ricardo Brown, three-time MVP Bogs Adornado and import Norman Black in their lineup, led the Coffee Makers to their first-ever finals appearances after eight years.
• The Toyota Super Corollas played their final season in the PBA after nine years of participation, the multi-titled ballclub announced its disbandment prior to the start of the 1984 PBA season.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Champions

• All Filipino Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
• Reinforced Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
• Open Conference: Crispa Redmanizers
• Team with best win-loss percentage: Crispa Redmanizers (46-16, .742)
• Best Team of the Year: Crispa Redmanizers (5th & Final)

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Abet Guidaben (Crispa) ^[1]
• Rookie of the Year: Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
• Best Import-Reinforced/Open Conference: Billy Ray Bates (Crispa)
• Most Improved Player: Terry Saldaña (Gilbey's Gin)
• Mythical Five:
  • Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
  • Atoy Co (Crispa)
  • Abet Guidaben (Crispa)
  • Bogs Adornado (Great Taste)
  • Philip Cezar (Crispa)

Board of governors

• Leopoldo Prieto (Commissioner)
• Carlos Palanca III (La Tondena Incorporada - PBA President)
• Jose Ibazeta Jr (San Miguel Corporation - PBA Vice President)
• Nikki Coseteng (Gallerie Dominique - PBA Treasurer)
• Walter Euyang V (Universal Textile Mills)
• Johnny Jose (Elizalde and Co.)
• Quirino Marquinez (Consolidated Food Corporation)
• Joaquin Rodriguez (Delta Motors Corporation)
• Tomas Manotoc (P. Floro and Sons)
• Harold Hoffman (Canlubang Sugar Estate)
• Pablito Bermudo (Sanyu Group of Companies)
• Andres Sebastian (Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines)

Cumulative standings

References