The 1989 PBA All-Star Game is the first
all-star weekend of the
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...
(PBA), coinciding the
1989 PBA season
The 1989 PBA season was the 15th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Board of governors
Executive committee
* Rodrigo L. Salud (Commissioner)
* Reynaldo Marquez (Chairman, representing Formula Shell Zoom Masters)
* Jose ...
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Background
PBA Commissioner
Rudy Salud organized the league's first all-star game to showcase the younger players that have joined the league from 1988 and 1989, who became standouts in their respective teams against the veteran players, who are mostly in the league since its founding in 1975.
The 1989 PBA All-Star Game
, Jaemark Tordecilla, FireQuinito.com, May 19, 2011
Before 1989, exhibition games were held in the provinces, notably in 1982, where the league's players from Luzon (named North All-Stars) were pitted against the league's players from Visayas and Mindanao (South All-Stars) in Cebu.
All-Star Game
Coaches
Dante Silverio of Formula Shell Zoom Masters
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and Baby Dalupan of Purefoods Hotdogs were selected as the head coaches of the Veterans' and Rookies-Sophomores teams respectively. Both coaches were at the helm during the Crispa-Toyota rivalry, where Silverio coached the Toyota Super Corollas and Dalupan coached the Crispa Redmanizers
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Rosters
Game
References
{{PBA All-Star Weekend
Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Weekend
All-Star Game
An all-star game is an exhibition game that showcases the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, bu ...