Purefoods TJ Giants Basketball
The Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association owned by the San Miguel-Purefoods Company, Inc., a company of the San Miguel Corporation. Its head coach is Ryan Gregorio. The Purefoods Corporation, once part of the Ayala Group of Companies, bought the Tanduay franchise prior to the 1988 PBA season. Purefoods-Hormel Corporation was later bought by SMC in 2001 with the team retaining their colors. The team later got its new moniker, Tender Juicy Giants, starting in the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference. Arguably, the most popular Purefoods player is Alvin Patrimonio, who led the franchise to six championships in the 1990s and early 2000s, and was named Most Valuable Player four times. Patrimonio retired in 2004 to concentrate more on his duties as team manager for his team. Their main rivals are the Alaska Aces and the Barangay Ginebra Kings, although Ginebra is their sister team.
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James Yap wins Best Player of the Conference!
Philippine Basketball Association KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Awards Purefoods Guard James Yap was named Best Player of the Conference defeating Willie Miller of the Alaska Aces. Result of our Poll: Who deserves to win the Best Player of the Conference? * James Yap (95%, 115 Votes) * Willie Miller (4%, 5 Votes) * Arwind Santos (1%, 1 Votes) * Kelly Williams (0%, 0 Votes) * Mark Cardona (0%, 0 Votes) * Joe Devance (0%, 0 Votes)
Reply to this TopicYap, the only player in Purefoods' current roster who won a Most Valuable Player award aside from four-time MVP and current team manager Alvin Patrimonio, garnered 221 statistical points, 591 media votes, 128 players' votes and 150 votes from television coveror for a total of 1,380 points. "Masaya ako sa award and I would like to thank my teammates, coaching staff and management," said Yap. "Pero siyempre, mas masaya kung mag-champion kami."
Yap dedicated the honor to his late mother-in-law, former President Cory Aquino.
SOMEWHERE in Heaven, former President Cory Aquino must be flashing her old familiar winning smile.
"Miller Time" has been a familiar refrain for Alaska ace Willie Miller during the first half of the KFC-Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup. But it was Purefoods star James Yap who stepped up big time during the more important playoffs.
For this, Yap secured his first Best Player of the Conference (BPC) award, becoming the first Purefoods player to win the award since Rey Evangelista in the 2002 Governors Cup.
Purefoods' James Yap, right, receives the Best Player of the Conference award from PBA Commissioner Sonny Barrios Wednesday right before Game 4 of the PBA Philippine Cup finals at the Araneta Coliseum.
The King 6'3 forward from Escalante, Negros Occidental, won convincingly over Willie Miller and Sta. Lucia's do-it-all forward Kelly Williams.
KING JAMES is the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference and Finals MVP!