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, Ronald Tubid, Jayjay Helterbrand, and Paul Artadi played the starting lineup. The Kings finished third in the Philippine Cup. The Kings also added Junjun Cabatu as a free agent–before playing for the Kings, he played for the Alaska Aces.

Key dates

*August 30: The 2008 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig. *September 1: The free agency period started.

Draft picks

Roster

Depth chart

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

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, Menk (9) , Artadi (8) , San Juan Arena , 5–6 , -bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 12 , November 27 , Coca-Cola , 84-77 , Tubid (22) , Tubid (10) , Artadi (4) , Olivarez College Gym , 6–6 , -bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 13 , December 3 ,

, 83-76 , Tubid, Salvacion (15) , Tubid (11) , Artadi (6) , Araneta Coliseum , 7–6 , -bgcolor="#edbebf" , 14 , December 5 , Air21 , 102-84 , Mamaril, Crisano (15) , Tubid (10) , Artadi (4) , Araneta Coliseum , 7–7 , -bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 15 , December 13 , Alaska , 84-82 , Menk (17) , Menk (11) , Helterbrand (6) ,

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Fiesta Conference

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

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, 100-94 , Noel, Menk (22) , Noel (17) , Noel (10) , Cuneta Astrodome , 4–5 , -bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 10 , May 1 ,

, 90–97 , Noel (21) , Noel (19) , Noel (7) , Araneta Coliseum , 5–5 , -bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 11 , May 8 , Sta. Lucia , 101-98 , Noel (23) , Noel (12) , Helterbrand (6) , Ynares Center , 6–5 , -bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 12 , May 10 , Purefoods , 116-109 , Noel (30) , Noel (11) , Noel (7) , Araneta Coliseum , 7–5 , -bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 13 , May 20 , Coca Cola , 112-85 , Tubid (20) , Noel (18) , Noel (5) , Araneta Coliseum , 8–5 , - bgcolor="#edbebf" , 14 , May 22 , Alaska , 75–76 , Helterbrand (18) , Noel (21) , Noel (6) , Araneta Coliseum , 8–6

Playoffs

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Statistics

Philippine Cup

''Player Stats as of January 29, 2008. 5:30 p.m. PHI Time''

Awards and records

Awards

Records

''Note: Barangay Ginebra Kings Records Only''

Transactions

Trades

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Free Agents

Additions

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References

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