2013–14 Alaska Aces season

The 2013–14 Alaska Aces season is the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2013

• November 3: The 2013 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
  • Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters acquired the rights to Alaska’s 2013 second round draft pick (turned out to be John Paul Erram).
  • Alaska Aces acquired the rights to Talk ‘N Text’s 2015 second round draft pick.
• November 27: PBA fined Alaska Aces players (₱ 1,000 each), Gabby Espinas and Calvin Abueva, for their respective technical fouls. (1st technical foul of both players in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup)
• December 12: PBA fined Alaska Aces head coach Luigi Trillo and Cyrus Baguio (₱ 1,000 each), for their respective technical fouls. (1st technical foul of the two in the 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup)

2014

• May 25: Luigi Trillo resigned as head coach due to family reasons and was replaced by Alex Compton.^[1]
• June 4: Alaska Aces lost by 51 points (72-123) against Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. Making the game the fourth-most lopsided beating in PBA history, and the biggest margin of victory in 28 years, or since Shell annihilated Tanduay, 154-100, on November 16, 1986. Likewise, it’s the franchise’s biggest win, and the worst defeat for Alaska in their existence in the PBA. ^[2]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	8	Ryan Buenafe	SG	Philippines	Big Chill Super Chargers	Ateneo
2	5	JP Erram	C	Philippines	None	Ateneo
2	8	Chris Exciminiano	SG	Philippines	Cagayan Rising Suns	Far Eastern
3	8	Raymond Ilagan				St. Francis

Roster

Alaska Aces roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 2.5 !G/F 3 PHI ! Baguio, Cyrus 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1980-08-19 UST 1.5 !G 4 PHI ! Reyes, Raffy 7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1987-12-1 UE 1.5 !G 5 PHI ! Exciminiano, Chris (R) 7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988-11-17 FEU 6.0 !C 7 PNG ! Thoss, Sonny 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981-12-07 James Cook 2.5 !G/F 8 PHI ! Abueva, Calvin 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988-02-04 SSC-R 4.0 !F 11 PHI ! Laure, Eddie 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1977-07-06 Adamson 6.0 !C 12 PHI ! Eman, Samigue 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 320 lb (145 kg) 1982-03-12 Umin 2.5 !G/F 13 PHI ! Buenafe, Ryan (R) 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990-02-01 Ateneo 5.5 !F/C 24 PHI ! Manuel, Vic 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1987-06-18 PSBA 1.5 !G 25 PHI ! Hontiveros, Dondon 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1977-06-01 UC 4.0 !F 27 PHI ! Espinas, Gabby 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1982-01-03 PCU 1.5 !G 31 PHI ! Jazul, RJ 7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-04-11 Letran 2.5 !G/F 35 USA ! dela Cruz, Tony (C) 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1978-08-24 UC-Irvine 1.5 !G 42 PHI ! Casio, JV 7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986-09-01 DLSU	Head coach Alex Compton (Cornell) Assistant coach(es) Louie Alas (Adamson) Topex Robinson (SSC-R) Monch Gavieres Franco Atienza Team manager Dickie Bachmann [a] (De La Salle) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

• ^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

{{2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=ALA}}

Playoffs

Bracket

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,  x  – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals,  w  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

Playoffs

Bracket

**double overtime

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

 y  – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals,  x  – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals,  e  – eliminated

Bracket

Transactions

Recruited imports

References