# 2004–05 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season

The 2004–2005 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 17th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and 4th season under the ownership of San Miguel Corporation.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 2 | James Yap | Philippines | UE |
| 1 | 7 | Ervin Sotto | Philippines | St. Francis of Assisi |
| 2 | 11 | Paul Artadi | Philippines | UE |

## Occurrences

On February 7, 2004, Rene Pardo promoted as team governor of the team. He was replaced by Ed Cordero.
Upon celebrating his 38th birthday in November 2004, Purefoods power forward and four-time MVP Alvin Patrimonio called it quits and retired from active competition a month after the opening of the PBA's 2004–05 season, ending a storied 16-year career and becoming one of the few players to have spent his whole pro career playing for only one team. Patrimonio's last full conference was in the transition tournament called Fiesta Conference earlier in the year.

## Philippine Cup
### Game log

2005 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 6
Brgy.Ginebra
104–87
Castillo (22)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
October 10
Coca Cola
78–76
Raymundo (22)
Araneta Coliseum
2–0
3
October 15
Red Bull
81–101
Raymundo (21)
Philsports Arena
2–1
4
October 19
Talk 'N Text
87–101
Dumaguete
2–2
5
October 22
Sta.Lucia
89–87
Castillo (20) Limpot (20)
Philsports Arena
3–2
6
October 29
FedEx
98–102
Araneta Coliseum
3–3 :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
December 2
Coca Cola
82–76
Raymundo (17)
Lipa City
7–6
14
December 8
San Miguel
86–93
Raymundo (20)
Philsports Arena
7–7
15
December 10
Sta.Lucia
89–91
Araneta Coliseum
7–8
16
December 14
Red Bull
92–88
Castillo (19)
Cavite City
8–8
17
December 17
Alaska
70–86
Limpot (15)
Ynares Center
8–9
18
December 22
FedEx
112–110
Simon (23)
Philsports Arena
9–9 :
2004–05 schedule :

## Transactions
### Trades

| Traded | to | For |
| Eddie Laure 7th overall pick, 2004 | Shell Turbo Chargers $^{2004}$ | Billy Mamaril |
| Jun Limpot | Barangay Ginebra Kings $^{2004}$ | Andy Seigle Rodney Santos |
| Ervin Sotto | Shell Turbo Chargers $^{2004}$ | Michael Hrabak |

### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Peter June Simon | 2004 | drafted by Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| Tonyboy Espinosa | 2004–05 Philippine Cup | Free Agent |
| Zaldy Realubit | 2004–05 Philippine Cup | Free Agent |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | # | Height | From | GP |
| 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference | Lenny Cooke | | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | Northern Valley | 1 |
| 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference | Reggie Butler | 55 | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | Xavier University | 2 |
| 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference | Eddie Elisma | 2 | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | Georgia Tech | 8 |
| 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference | Tyrone Washington | 42 | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | Mississippi State | 3 |
| 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference | Joe Zaletel | | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | Arizona State | 3 |
| 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference | James Head | | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | Eastern Michigan | 1 |
| 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference | Antonio Smith | | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | Michigan State | 11 |
| 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference | Lorenzo Coleman | | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) | Tennessee Tech | 7 |
| 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference | Marcus Melvin | 54 | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | North Carolina State | 5 |
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