# 2006–07 Coca-Cola Tigers season

The 2006–07 Coca-Cola Tigers season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season was notable for drafting Green Archer Joseph Yeo.

## Key dates

* August 20: The 2006 PBA Draft took place in Market! Market!, Taguig.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 3 | Joseph Yeo | 6'1" | Shooting Guard | Philippines | De La Salle |
| 2 | 12 | R.J. Rizada | 6'1" | Shooting Guard | Philippines | FEU |
| 2 | 14 | M.C. Caceres | 6'5" | Power Forward | Philippines | PSBA |
| 2 | 15 | Chris Pacana | 6'1" | Point guard | Philippines | St. Francis |
| 2 | 16 | Mike Gavino | 6'4" | Forward/Center | Philippines | UP Diliman |
| 2 | 17 | Ronjay Enrile | 6'1" | Point guard | Philippines | Letran |

## Occurrences

Hector Calma was replaced as general manager by Ginebra manager Allan Caidic. But it wasn't last long and replaced by JB Bailon.

## Records
### Philippine Cup

The Giants finished 5th in the standings.
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Red Bull Barako | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Purefoods Chunkee Giants | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Air21 Express | 7 | 11 | .389 | 6 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 5 | 13 | .278 | 8 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Welcoat Dragons | 3 | 15 | .167 | 10 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +1, San Miguel −1
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Talk 'N Text +4, Purefoods +3, Sta. Lucia −7; fifth-seed playoff: Purefoods 92–78 Sta. Lucia

#### Wildcard phase

Cumulative standings :
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 11 | 10 | .524 | — | Guaranteed quarterfinals berth playoff |
| 7 | Air21 Express | 10 | 11 | .476 | 1 | Qualified to quarterfinals berth playoff |
| 8 | Alaska Aces | 9 | 12 | .429 | 2 | |
| 9 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 6 | 15 | .286 | 5 | |
Wildcard phase standings :
| Pos | Team | W | L | Qualification |
| 6 | Air21 Express | 3 | 0 | Qualified to quarterfinals berth playoff |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 1 | 2 | |
* ABC
* January 5
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* January 7
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* ABC
* January 10
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Fiesta Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Red Bull Barako | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Alaska Aces | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Air21 Express | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 7 | 11 | .389 | 6 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Purefoods Chunkee Giants | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 5 | 13 | .278 | 8 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Welcoat Dragons | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Second-seed playoff: Alaska 103–95 Barangay Ginebra
* 1 2 Fifth-seed playoff: Air21 103–99 San Miguel

#### Bracket

| Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Wildcard phase (Single elimination) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) |
| 6 | San Miguel | 102 | | | | | | | 2 | Alaska | 4 | |
| 9 | Sta. Lucia | 85 | | | | 3 | Brgy. Ginebra | 1 | 6 | San Miguel | 2 | |
| | | | 6 | San Miguel | 102 | 6 | San Miguel | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Coca-Cola | 101 | | | | | | | 2 | Alaska | 4 |
| 7 | Coca-Cola | 100 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Talk 'N Text | 3 |
| 8 | Purefoods | 97 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Red Bull | 2 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | 4 | Talk 'N Text | 2 | 4 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Air21 | 1 | | 6 | San Miguel | 96 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Red Bull | 103 |
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## Transactions
### Trades
#### Pre-season

| 2006 | To Coca-Cola Tigers Kalani Ferreria (Brgy. Ginebra), Ryan Bernardo (Air21), Manny Ramos | To Air21 Express Aries Dimaunahan, Ervin Sotto, future draft picks | To Barangay Ginebra Rafi Reavis, Billy Mamaril, rights of Rudy Hatfield |

#### Fiesta Conference

| April 2007 | To Coca-Cola Tigers Alex Cabagnot, Kenneth Duremdes, Recaredo Calimag | To Sta. Lucia Realtors Manny Ramos, Denok Miranda, a future first round pick (Coke) |

### Subtractions

| Player | Fate | New team |
| Johnny Abarrientos | Waived | Barangay Ginebra |
| Renato Morano | Waived | None |
| Dale Singson | | Alaska Aces |
| Rob Wainright | | Welcoat Dragons |
| Gilbert Lao | | Welcoat Dragons |
| Tonyboy Espinosa | Retired | None |

### Imports recruited

| Player | Debuted |
| Anthony Johnson | March 4 vs. Welcoat |
| Jeff Varem | April 20 vs. Barangay Ginebra |
| Rashad Bell | May 30 vs. Red Bull |