Allan Vito Flores Caidic (born June 15, 1963) is a Filipino former professional
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and executive who is currently serving as consultant for
San Sebastian Stags. He is considered by many to be the greatest shooter the country has ever produced, thus, earning the moniker, ''"The Triggerman"''.
He played college hoops at the
University of the East
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before joining the
PBA in 1987, where he broke several Philippine and PBA all-time records—including the most points scored in a single game (79 points), the most three-point field goals made in a single game (17 triples; breaking his previous record of 15 triples), the most consecutive freethrows made (76), and the most three-point field goals in a career (1,242 triples; later surpassed by
Jimmy Alapag
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). He has played with several PBA teams and won numerous championships. He played for the
Philippine national basketball team
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including the 1998
Philippine Centennial Team.
While in the league, he was considered one of the best three-point shooters in Asia. The vaunted
Chinese national basketball team recognized his ability by always reminding their players to be on the lookout for "Philippine No. 8", referring to Caidic's regular jersey number while playing for the National Team.
Playing career
High school, college and amateur career
Caidic is from
Paete, Laguna and started playing basketball when he was in his fifth grade at Roosevelt College and in the Inter Subdivision Leagues at Brookside in
Cainta
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before trying out for college teams such as the
Ateneo Blue Eagles
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and the
Mapua Cardinals but was unsuccessful. He then tried out for the
Letran Knights
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and was accepted. But after realizing that Letran does not have an engineering program, he left. Allan was then taking up Mechanical Engineering. He was later accepted in
University of the East
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(UE) but had to sit out on the reserve list as UE's lineup was already complete. Finally in 1981 under coach Roberto Flores, Caidic got his break and delivered well. In a deciding game between the UE Red Warriors and the
FEU Tamaraws
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, Caidic missed two crucial free throws that handed the UAAP championship to the unbeaten Tamaraws. In 1982, he bounced back by leading the Red Warriors to a comeback win against the
UP Fighting Maroons
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UP is one o ...
in the finals, scoring 30 points to capture the
UAAP
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basketball championship and won the Most Valuable Player award.
In 1983, Caidic was seeded number one in the UAAP one-on-one championships. Unfortunately, he only placed second to UST's rookie Silverio Palad. In his final two years, he, along with
Jerry Codiñera, led the Red Warriors to back-to-back championships in 1984–1985, the last University of the East basketball team ever to win a championship in the 20th Century. At the same time, he played for several teams in the
Philippine Amateur Basketball League while playing for the national team.
He played for several PABL teams such as CF Sharp, ESQ Marketing and the Magnolia Ice Cream/Lagerlite. He also played for commercial teams internationally, notably the
Development Bank of Rizal (1983) that finished third in an invitational tournament in
Malaysia
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and the Country Fair Hotdogs in the 1984 William Jones Cup tournament.
Northern Consolidated National Team
In 1984–1985, Caidic was part of
Danding Cojuangco
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's national basketball development program, which formed a team that represented the Philippines in international competitions, which aimed win the 1986 Asian Basketball Confederation crown (now known as the FIBA Asia Championship) which was last won by the Philippines in 1973.
In the 1985 William Jones Cup, Caidic played in the San Miguel Beer-Philippines' overtime victory against the US, coached by
Gene Keady
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, in the finals. His shooting mentor, Arthur "Chip" Engelland, scored 43 points while Caidic scored 21, to lead the Filipinos in a 108–100 overtime victory to capture the Jones Cup title. Keady, later, told Ron Jacobs that he had the highest respect for two Filipino cagers whom he called 'Heckle and Jeckle' (referring to Allan Caidic and Samboy Lim).
He led the Philippines in capturing the
1985 South East Asian Games Gold Medal and in 1986, he led the last all-amateur national team to capture the
FIBA Asia Championship
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gold medal and scored 22 points in an 82–72 win over
China
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in the finals. After winning the Asian Championship, the Philippines qualified for the 1986
FIBA World Championship
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at
Madrid
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, Spain, but due to the political crisis in the country (that led to the 1986
Philippine People Power EDSA Revolution), the national team did not participate in the tournament.
He is a four-time
Asian Games
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veteran as a player and shared this distinction with
Alvin Patrimonio
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Patrimonio holds several PBA r ...
, as the only PBA players to play in four Asiads (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998). In 1986, he led an all-amateur national team to an Asian Games bronze medal, after a heart breaking controversial loss to
South Korea
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in the semi-final. He is also the only Filipino player to win the William Jones Cup championships twice, once as an amateur in 1985 and once as a professional in 1998.
PBA career
Great Taste/Presto Tivoli
In 1984–1985, Caidic played in the PBA for the all-amateur guest NCC national team, preparing for international competitions, and went on to win the 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference. In 1986, he returned to the PBA playing for the all-amateur Magnolia-Philippines who were at that time preparing for the 1986 Asian Games.
In 1987, he was drafted first overall by the
Great Taste Coffee Makers
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and played alongside
Ricardo Brown to lead the team to the
PBA Open Conference
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finals (In Game 3, he equalled Brown's PBA all-time record for the most points scored by a Filipino in a single finals game – 48 points) and later captured his first PBA-All Filipino Cup championship. In his rookie season, he earned the 1987
PBA Rookie of the Year award and was named in the All-Star Mythical Five Selection, where he became the third first year-rookie player ever to be named in the Mythical Five Selection after
Arnie Tuadles (1979) and
Ricardo Brown (1983). He also finished the season as the first rookie player ever to lead the league in scoring.
On November 2, 1989, Caidic scored 68 points and 15 three-point field goals made in a single game to lead
Presto Tivoli past the
Alaska Air Force in a high-scoring overtime game 175–159. Both teams' combined points was one of the most in the PBA history.
In 1990, he set the PBA all-time record for the most three-point field goals made in a single season (160 triples) and led Presto Tivoli to a championship title. He was named the 1990
PBA Most Valuable Player and was selected to play for the first all-pro
national team
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coached by
Robert Jaworski
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, bound for the Asian Games. In one of his Asian Games appearances, he led the national team's second half comeback win, 86–78, against
Japan
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with 34 points despite playing with a broken hand and held scoreless in the first half. The Philippines went on to win the silver medal after losing to China in the finals with Caidic and
Samboy Lim
Avelino "Samboy" Borromeo Lim Jr. (April 1, 1962 – December 23, 2023), nicknamed "The Skywalker", was a Filipino professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association and the national team in the 1980s and 1990s.
As a hi ...
named in the mythical 5 selection.
On October 15, 1991, he broke the PBA all-time record for the most three-point field goals made in a career with 594 three-point conversions after scoring 9 triples in Tivoli's 125–142 loss to Pepsi.
One month later, on November 21, 1991, Caidic sets the PBA all-time records of the most points in a single game by a homegrown Filipino player (79 points), the most points in a single half (53 points), the most points in a single quarter (37 points), the most three-point field goals made and attempts in a game (17/27 triples), the most three-point field goals made in a quarter (8 triples) and the most consecutive three-point field goals made in a single game (8 triples), to lead Presto Tivoli against
Ginebra San Miguel
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. His performance remains as one of the greatest individual performances in the PBA history. What makes it more remarkable is that while he was playing in the court, his wife Millote was giving birth to their first daughter. He came off the bench late in the first quarter and left the game in the middle of the fourth, in a game where he could have possibly scored 100 points or more.
San Miguel Beermen
In 1993, Caidic was acquired by the
San Miguel Beermen
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after his former team was sold to Sta. Lucia Realty & Development, Inc. and renamed
Sta. Lucia Realtors. During his time with San Miguel, he teamed up with Samboy Lim to form the league's deadliest scoring duo in the 1990s and led the Beermen to the 1993 All-Filipino Cup finals. He ended the season winning the
PBA Governor's Cup championship with San Miguel and earned the 1993 PBA All-Star Most Valuable Player award after leading his team (North All-Star) to victory, scoring 40 points (second highest points scored in a single All-Star game) and 9 triples (the most three-point field goals made in a single All-Star game). He became the first PBA player ever to win the MVP awards in the regular season and in the All-Star Game.
In 1994, San Miguel won the right to represent the country in the Asian Games after winning the PBA All-Filipino Cup conference title. In the Asian Games, the Beermen formed the core of the national team with some loaned players from the other PBA ballclubs like Alvin Patrimonio and
Johnny Abarrientos
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. The national team finished fourth but he finished as the Asian Games basketball tournament leading scorer and was named in the all-tournament Mythical Five Selection.
In 1995, he became the eighth player to score 10,000 career points in the PBA history and the league's first player to score 1,000 career three-point field goals. He went on to win the
PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference after leading the
San Miguel Beermen
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to the finals. He finished the season as the league's leading point scorer with 20.9 points per game, the last guard ever to lead the league in season-best points scoring average in the 20th century.
On April 29, 1997, in a game between the
Gordon's Gin
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and the
San Miguel Beermen
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, he suffered a serious career-threatening injury. The incident took place when he jumped for a rebound, he collided with teammate
Nelson Asaytono, fell on the floor headfirst, vomited, and remained on the court motionless before he was removed from the arena and taken to the hospital.
He made a successful recovery from that injury and in 1998, he was selected by
Tim Cone
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for the Philippine Centennial Team bound for the William Jones Cup (where he scored 25 points with six triples against South East Asian rival, Thailand) and the Asian Games. The team started their international campaign against China and a PBA All-Star Selection but had a dismal display in the
PBA Centennial Cup. They went to a tough
United States
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midwest tour and won the William Jones Cup in
Taiwan
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. In the Asian Games, the nationals easily won their group stage but lost in the semi-final and settled for third after beating
Kazakhstan
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in their final game.
Post-playing career, retirement and coaching
In 1999, Caidic became the playing coach of the
Barangay Ginebra Kings
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after a sudden resignation of interim coach Rino Salazar.
In 2000, as a playing coach, he placed himself in the reserved unprotected player list for the
Barangay Ginebra Kings
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to protect other important players in the team. The expansion team
Red Bull
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picked unprotected players from the dispersal draft, which includes himself and got his rights. To avoid leaving Ginebra and playing for Red Bull, he announced his retirement and decided to hang up his jersey that year. His early retirement ended a long distinguished career that started in 1984 as an amateur guest player in the PBA. He also became the third PBA player after
Ramon Fernandez
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and
Bogs Adornado
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to be given the honor of retiring the jersey number by a PBA team and was the first by two PBA teams, the San Miguel Beermen and the Barangay Ginebra Kings. Both franchises retired his number 8 jersey in honor of his legacy in the PBA. In the same year, he was named in the
PBA 25 greatest players ever to play in the league's history after the PBA celebrated its 25th year as the first professional basketball league in Asia.
After his retirement, he remained with Ginebra as a full-time head coach and despite reaching the 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals, he piloted Ginebra to one of its worst season runs in its franchise history. Due to fans' uproar, management blinked and promoted him as Team Manager in 2004. He also served as the national team's assistant coach in 2002 and was an active participant of the
San Miguel Corporation
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All-Stars, a group composed of several former professional basketball players.
In May 2005, he took part in the PBA's 30th Anniversary, leading
Virgilio Dalupan's Legends Team to victory, 96–92, in the PBA's Classic Greatest Game with an MVP performance, scoring 30 points (4 triples, 8 rebounds). He also led the PBA Legends Team to a two-game Australian Tour Series and earned himself the series Most Valuable Player award. He was then appointed Sports Ambassador to represent the Philippines in the
23rd South East Asian Games alongside some of the Philippines' greatest athletes (
Efren Reyes
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,
Rafael Nepomuceno) to promote the event throughout the country. Aside from being one of the country's Sports Ambassador, he also served as San Miguel Corporation's Philippine
Baseball
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and
Boxing
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Project Director/Liaison Officer for the South East Asian Games. His teams brought 10 gold medals (1 from baseball and 9 from boxing) for the country.
On June 15, 2006, on his 43rd birthday, he fittingly released his autobiographical book, "''My Life Allan Caidic, The Triggerman''", one of the first sports biographies by a Filipino athlete. In November 2006, after a reshuffling between the then-four San Miguel Corporation teams, he became the team manager of the
Coca-Cola Tigers
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. But he left in March 2007 to become assistant coach of the
Barangay Ginebra Kings
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.
In January 2007, he joined with former national teammates Hector Calma and Samboy Lim, as well as former national team head coaches, current national team members and head coach
Chot Reyes
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in expressing their support to
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas
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(SBP) and for the lifting of suspension of the country from FIBA-sanctioned tournaments.
In 2008, he joined several PBA legends in a charity Tour of California but played a minor role due to personal commitments. Later that year, he led the PBA Legends to victory over the
Manny Pacquiao
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-led
Philippine Army Basketball Team to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the army.
In August 2009, he joined another PBA legends' tour in North America, and weeks later he led a PBA All-Star Selection (scoring five straight triples in the quarter) against Dominique Wilkins'-led NBA Generations.
On August 27, 2010, he scored 54 points during the 2010 NBA Asia Basketball Challenge held at
Araneta Coliseum
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in
Quezon City
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. He also defeated
Glen Rice
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, 7–5 in a three-point shooting contest. Their team won 177–167.
He was formally an assistant coach of the
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
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under coach
Tim Cone
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in the
PBA and the
De La Salle Green Archers
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in the
UAAP
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.
On December 11, 2018, he scored 146 points in an exhibition game in
Ilocos Sur
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and having 46 three-pointers in a game. His team won 184–73.
On October 24, 2023, he was appointed as the commissioner for the
Pilipinas Super League
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History
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.
Awards and achievements
Career PBA highlights
Individual achievements
*PBA Hall of Fame (2009)
*PBA Top 25 Greatest Players of all time (2000)
*PBA Most Valuable Player 1990
*PBA Rookie of the Year 1987
*PBA Mythical First Team Selection in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1995
*PBA Mythical Second Team Selection in 1993 and 1994
*PBA Best Player of the Conference (1995 PBA Governor's Cup)
*PBA All-Star Games (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
*PBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1993)
*PBA All-Star Three-Points Shootout Challenge champion (individual event) 1991 and 1992
*PBA All-Star Three-Points Shootout Challenge champion (team event) 1991
*PBA Career Achievement Award 10,000 Points
*PBA Career Achievement Award 5,000 Points
*PBA Career Achievement Award 1,000 Three-Points
*PBA Career Achievement Award 500 Steals
Team achievements
*1985
PBA Reinforced Conference champions
*1987 PBA-IBA World Challenge Cup finalists
*1987 PBA Open Conference finalists
*1987
PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference champions
*1990 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference champions
*1993 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference finalists
*1993
PBA Governor's Cup Conference champions
*1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference champions
*1995 PBA Governor's Cup Conference finalists
*1998 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference finalists – playing assistant coach
*1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup Conference finalists – playing assistant coach
*1998 PBA Governor's Cup Conference, fourth place – playing assistant coach
*1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference, third place – playing assistant coach
Philippine Basketball Association all-time records
*Most points scored in a single game by a Filipino (79) - November 21, 1991
*Most points scored in a single half (53) - November 21, 1991
*Most points scored in a single quarter (37) - November 21, 1991
*Most points scored in a single finals game by a Filipino (48) - 1987 PBA Open Conference
*Most number of three-point field goals made in a single game (17) - November 21, 1991
*Most number of three-point field goals attempts in a single game (27) - November 21, 1991
*Most consecutive three-point shots made in a single game (8) - October 15, 1991
*Most number of three-point field goals made in a single quarter (9) - November 21, 1991
*Most number of three-point field goals made in a single All-Star game (9) - June 6, 1993
*Most consecutive free-throw shots made (76) - October 22, 1992 - May 11, 1993
*Most number of three-point shots made in a single season (160) - 1990 PBA season
*First Player to score 1000 career three-points field goal made in the PBA history - July 12, 1995
*Third highest points scored in a single game scored by a Filipino (68) - November 2, 1989
*Third highest points scored in a single quarter (27) - November 2, 1989
*Third highest points scored in a single All-Star game (40) - June 6, 1993
*Second highest number of three-point field goals made in a single game (15) - November 2, 1989
*Sixth highest points scored in a single game by a Filipino (59) - 1988
*Sixth highest points scored in a single game by a player (both locals/imports) (79) – November 21, 1991
=Former records
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*Most number of three-point shots made in a career (1,242) - 1987-1999 (surpassed by
Jimmy Alapag
Jim Olmedo Alapag (born December 30, 1977) is a Filipino-American professional basketball coach and former player. He serves as the player development coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is nicknamed ...
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College achievements
Individual achievements
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University Athletic Association of the Philippines
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College Basketball Most Valuable Player (1982, 1984, 1985)
*UAAP College Basketball Mythical Five Selection (1982, 1984, 1985, 1986)
*PABL Mythical Five Selection (1985, 1986)
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Philippine Basketball League
The Philippine Basketball League (PBL) was a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league was composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.
History
The PBL was formed on M ...
Top 20 Greatest Players of all time (2003)
*PBL Legacy Team: 12 All-time Best players in history (2000)
Team achievements
*1982 UAAP-Manila College Basketball Champions
*1982 UAAP National College Basketball third place
*1983 UAAP-Manila College Basketball third place
*1984 UAAP-Manila College Basketball Champions
*1984 UAAP National College Basketball Champions
*1985 UAAP-Manila College Basketball Champions
*1985 UAAP National College Basketball Champions
*1985 Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Basketball Champions
*1985 Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL) Invitational Cup Finalists
*1986 UAAP-Manila College Basketball Champions
*1986 UAAP National College Basketball second place
*1986 Philippine Amateur Basketball League Champions
College and amateur basketball all-time records
*Career all-time PBL record leader for most three-point field goals made in a single game (15 triples) - 1986
*Career all-time UAAP record leader for most three-point field goals made in a single game (10 triples) - August 1985
*Career all-time National UAAP leader for most three-point field goals made in a single game (9 triples) - UAAP
*Second career all-time UAAP record leader for most points scored in a single finals game (48 points) - 1985
*Third career all-time UAAP record leader for most points scored in a single finals game (42 points) - 1985
International career highlights
Club and Country
*1982
ASEAN
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commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, is a regional grouping of 10 states in Southeast Asia "that aims to promote economic and security cooperation among its ten members." Together, its member states r ...
School Youth Basketball Championship champions
*1983 Asian Invitational Basketball Tournament, third place
*1984
William Jones Cup
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*1985 Pesta Sukan Basketball Championship champions
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1985 William Jones Cup
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Fourteen teams participated in the preliminary round composing of four groups with the top two from each group advancing. The team from the Philippines defeated th ...
champions
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1985 FIBA Club World Cup
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, 7th place
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1985 South East Asian Games champions
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1985 ABC Championship champions
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1985 ABC Championship Most Valuable Player
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1985 ABC Championship Mythical Team member
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1986 Asian Games
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, third place (bronze medal)
*1986 Guam Friendship Games Basketball Tournament champions
**1986 Guam Tournament Most Valuable Player (1986)
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1990 Asian Games
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, second place (silver medal)
**1990 Asian Games Mythical Team member
*1991
China
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PBA All-Stars Goodwill Exhibition Series
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1994 Asian Games
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, fourth place
**1994 Asian Games Tournament top scorer
**1994 Asian Games Mythical Team member
*1998
Philippines
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PBA All-Stars Selection Goodwill Series
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1998 PBA Centennial Cup
*1998 William Jones Cup champions
*1998 Philippine Tour of the United States
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1998 Asian Games
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, third place (bronze medal)
Coaching/managerial career achievements
*1998 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Finalists – playing assistant coach
*1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup Conference Finalists – playing assistant coach
*1998 PBA Governor's Cup Conference, fourth place – playing assistant coach
*1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference, third place – playing assistant coach
*2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Finalists - Head Coach
*2001 PBA All-Stars Game Head Coach
*2002 Philippines-Chinese-Taipei Goodwill Series winner, Assistant Coach
*2002 Philippines-Qatar Goodwill Series winner, Assistant Coach
*2002 Philippines-Melbourne Tigers Goodwill Series, Assistant Coach
*2002 Euro Basketball Challenge Four Nations Invitational (Philippines Tour of Europe), third place, Assistant Coach
*2002 Asian Games, fourth place, Assistant Coach
*2004 PBA Fiesta Cup Conference Champions - Team Manager
*2004-05 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Champions - Team Manager
*2005-06 PBA Fiesta Cup Conference, fourth place - Team Manager
*2008 PBA Fiesta Cup Conference Champions - Assistant Coach
*2009 PBA Fiesta Cup Conference Finalists - Assistant Coach
*2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Conference Finalists - Assistant Coach
*2012 PBA Legends Game - Playing Coach of the Stalwart Team
*2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup Conference Finalists - Assistant Coach
*2013 University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Champions - Assistant Coach
*2013 Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) Champions - Assistant Coach
Other achievements
*PBA All-Star Legends Shootout Challenge champion (2004)
*PBA Classic All-Star Greatest Game (2005)
*PBA Classic All-Star Greatest Game Most Valuable Player (2005)
*PBA Legends Tour of
Australia
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(2005)
*PBA Legends Tour of Australia Series Most Valuable Player (2005)
*2005 Philippine South East Asian Games Sports Ambassador
*NBA Asia Challenge (2009, 2010)
*ASEAN Chinese Veterans Basketball Championship Over-50 champions (2016, 2017)
*World Chinese Veterans Basketball Championship Over-50 champions (2016)
See also
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Philippine Basketball Association
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Philippine national basketball team
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Northern Consolidated Cement / San Miguel Beer
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Barangay Ginebra Kings
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San Miguel Beermen
The San Miguel Beermen are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It is one of three PBA clubs owned by the San Miguel Corporation group of companies along with Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Magnolia ...
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Great Taste Coffee Makers
The Great Taste Coffee Makers were a basketball team that played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975 to 1992. It was one of the founding members of the PBA, the Asia's first and oldest professional league. The franchise wa ...
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Presto Tivoli
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Philippine Centennial Team
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History of Philippine Basketball
References
Publications and articles
*Bocobo, Christian and Celis, Beth, ''Legends and Heroes of Philippine Basketball'', (Philippines, 2004)
*Caidic, Allan, ''My Life: Allan Caidic The Triggerman'', (Philippines, 2006)
*Dela Cruz, Juan, ''Book of Pinoy Facts and Records'', (National Bookstore, Mandaluyong, Philippines, 2004)
*King, Jenny, ''Great and Famous Filipinos'', 2nd Edition, (Worldlink Books, Philippines, 2002)
*OFW Guardian, ''Mr. Inside and Mr. Out'', Sport, OFW Guardian, https://web.archive.org/web/20070930003521/http://www.ofwguardian.com/article.php/I29mrinside, (2006)
*Philippine Basketball Association, ''The First 25 Years'', (Philippines, 2000)
External links
Allan Caidic Player ProfileOfficial Website of the Philippine Basketball AssociationPhilippine Basketball LeagueSan Miguel - Allan Caidic
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1963 births
Living people
Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
Asian Games medalists in basketball
Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players
Basketball players at the 1986 Asian Games
Basketball players at the 1990 Asian Games
Basketball players at the 1994 Asian Games
Basketball players at the 1998 Asian Games
Basketball players from Metro Manila
Competitors at the 1985 SEA Games
Filipino men's basketball coaches
Great Taste Coffee Makers players
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Sportspeople from Pasig
Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars
San Miguel Beermen coaches
Philippine Basketball Association executives
Philippine Basketball Association players with retired numbers
Philippines men's national basketball team players
Filipino men's basketball players
Basketball player-coaches
San Miguel Beermen players
Shooting guards
SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines
SEA Games medalists in basketball
UE Red Warriors basketball players
Great Taste Coffee Makers draft picks
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel coaches
De La Salle Green Archers basketball coaches
20th-century Filipino sportsmen