The 2007–08 Welcoat Dragons season was the second season of the franchise in the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

(PBA). The Dragons are lower seeded in both conferences of the season. The Dragons drafted future star

Joe Devance Joe Calvin Devance Jr. (born February 19, 1982) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player who won 12 championships over the course of his career with the Alaska Aces, the Magnolia franchise, and the Barangay Ginebra San Migu ...

as first overall, and

Ryan Araña Ryan T. Araña (born March 23, 1984) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Araña played college basketball at the De La Salle Universit ...

of De La Salle in the second round. The Dragons secured a Php 8.7 million contract for Devance. Before the Fiesta Conference,

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was appointed as head coach, as

Leo Austria Leovino R. Austria (born March 14, 1958), better known as Leo Austria, is a Filipino former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Playing career Aust ...

will focus on his duties as head coach of

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Key dates

August 20: The 2007 PBA Draft took place in

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Draft picks

Roster

Season

Philippine Cup

Team standings

Schedule

Fiesta Conference

Team standings

Schedule

Transactions

Subtractions

Imports

References

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