2002 FedEx Express season

Head coach

Governor's Cup results
Record	6–6 (.500)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–5 (.583)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	1–8 (.111)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Stats @ PBA-Online.net
FedEx Express seasons
	2003

The 2002 FedEx Express season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	College
1	1	Yancy De Ocampo	6"8'	F/C	St.Francis
1	8	Ren-Ren Ritualo	6"0'	G	La Salle
4	27	John Victorio	5"11'	G	Las Vegas
5	34	Jerome Barbosa			San Sebastian

Main article: 2002 PBA Draft

New team

FEDEX-Airfreight 2100 buy out the Tanduay Rhum franchise before the 2002 PBA season started, aiming to make a big splash in its initial season, Team owner Bert Lina, emphasizing that his company is the biggest courier company in the world, went for the biggest catch by choosing 6-8 Yancy De Ocampo, from the multi-titled PBL ballclub Welcoat House Paints, as the number one overall pick in the 2002 PBA draft, FedEx also took in De Ocampo's Welcoat teammate Renren Ritualo at eight overall. Coach Derrick Pumaren, the last coach of the Tanduay ballclub, will handle the coaching job for FedEx.

Transactions

Players Added

Via Draft

Via Free Agency

Paul Alvarez (From the MBA)
Gido Babilonia (From Talk 'N Text Phone Pals)
Ryan Bernardo (Drafted by Mobiline last year)
Egay Billones (Drafted by Ginebra in 2000)
Danny Capobres (Pick by Talk 'N Text in the rookie draft)
Jerry Codiñera (From Talk 'N Text Phone Pals)
Biboy Simon (From the MBA)

Via Trade

Vergel Meneses (From Barangay Ginebra Kings in July 2002; exchange for future picks)
Absorbed 4 players from Tanduay Rhum Masters

Occurrences

Former Tanduay forward Bong Hawkins was among those absorbed by FedEx during the off-season, but a controversy sparked when Hawkins wanted to have the same terms of the salary he had with Tanduay while the FedEx management wanted to negotiate a new contract. ^[1]

Roster

FedEx Express roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	From
1.5 !G	3	Billones, Egay	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Las Piñas College
6.0 !C	5	Babilonia, Gido	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	UST
4.0 !F	8	Meneses, Vergel (A)	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jose Rizal University
1.5 !G	10	Pumaren, Dindo	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	De La Salle
1.5 !G	14	Ritualo, Renren	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	De La Salle
5.5 !F/C	18	De Ocampo, Yancy	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Saint Francis College
1.5 !G	19	Arboleda, Wynne	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	MLQU
4.0 !F	21	Friedhof, David	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
4.0 !F	23	Alvarez, Paul (M)	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	San Sebastian
1.5 !G	26	Simon, Biboy	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	University of Manila
4.0 !F	31	Bernardo, Ryan	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	UST
4.0 !F		Capobres, Danny	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Lyceum
6.0 !C	41	Realubit, Zaldy	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	San Jose-Recoletos
5.5 !F/C	44	Codinera, Jerry	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	East
5.5 !F/C		Moore, Tim (G)	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	University of Houston
4.0 !F		Rhodes, Rodrick (G)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Southern California
4.0 !F	2	Walker, Jermaine (G/C)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	University of Miami
1.5 !G	21	Robinson, Jeremy (C)	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
5.5 !F/C		Pierre-Louis, Frantz (C)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Wagner College

Head coach

Derrick Pumaren

Assistant coach(es)

Gee Abanilla

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(G) Governor's Cup import
- (C) Commissioner's Cup import
- (A) Acquired
- (M) Moved to TNT
Injured

Elimination round

Games won

Date	Opponent	Score	Top scorer	Venue (Location)
February 23	Shell	70-64	Jermaine Walker (17 pts)	Cuneta Astrodome
March 1	Sta.Lucia	93-83	Tim Moore (29 pts)	Caruncho Gym (Pasig City) ^[2]
March 10	Alaska	83-69	Tim Moore (28 pts)	Ynares Center
March 23	Brgy.Ginebra	79-78		Ynares Center
April 5	Purefoods	89-75		Ynares Center
April 11	RP-Hapee	75-71	Jermaine Walker (37 pts)	Makati Coliseum
June 29	Shell	93-84	Jermaine Walker (35 pts)	Cuneta Astrodome
July 13	RP-Selecta	94-87	Jermaine Walker (27 pts)	Cuneta Astrodome ^[3]
July 25	Purefoods	85-76	Jermaine Walker (32 pts)	Caruncho Gym (Pasig City)
August 2	Sta.Lucia	92-90	Frantz Pierre-Louis (31 pts)	Philsports Arena
August 6	Red Bull	92-90	Jermaine Walker (31 pts)	Philsports Arena ^[4]
August 10	Brgy.Ginebra	107-91		Philsports Arena
November 23	Sta.Lucia	90-83	Vergel Meneses (22 pts)	Cuneta Astrodome

Governor's Cup
Commissioner's Cup
All-Filipino Cup

References

↑ Air21 Express@team profile
↑ FedEx rips Sta.Lucia, Philippine Daily Inquirer
↑ FedEx upends Selecta-RP, Philippine Daily Inquirer
↑ Imports keys Express victory over Thunder, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Barako Bull Energy

Formerly the FedEx Express, Burger King Whoppers, Air21 Express and Barako Bull Energy. Founded in 2002 Disbanded in 2016 Owned by the Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Lina Group of Companies

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons

Administration	Owner: Bert Lina

Coaches	Pumaren Garcia Lipa Ramos Perasol Guiao Baculi Ramos Tanquingcen Banal

Runner-up finishes (1)	2008 Fiesta Conference

Seasons (14)	2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Culture And Lore	"The Postman" Vergel ticks back the clock "The Rain Man" "Mr. Pure Energy" "Spiderman"

2002 PBA season

Team seasons

Guest teams

RP-Hapee Toothpaste (Governors' Cup)
RP-Selecta Ice Cream (Governors' Cup)

Succession

2001
Governors' Cup
2011

2001
Commissioner's Cup
2011

2001
All-Filipino Cup
2003

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