The 1989 PBA All-Star Game is the first all-star weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), coinciding the 1989 PBA season.
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.Clamor builds for Veterans vs Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors game , Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV, October 14, 2011The 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 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.
Rosters
+Rookies-SophomoresPosPlayerTeamStarters G Jojo Lastimosa Purefoods Hotdogs G Ronnie Magsanoc Formula Shell Zoom Masters C Benjie Paras Formula Shell Zoom Masters F Alvin Patrimonio Purefoods Hotdogs F Paul Alvarez Alaska MilkmenReserves G Elmer Cabahug Alaska Milkmen G Dindo Pumaren Purefoods Hotdogs C Jerry Codiñera Purefoods Hotdogs F Nelson Asaytono Purefoods Hotdogs F Romeo dela Rosa Formula Shell Zoom Masters F Bobby Jose San Miguel Beermen C Zaldy Realubit Presto TivolisHead coach: Dante Silverio (Formula Shell Zoom Masters)
+VeteransPosPlayerTeamStarters G Allan Caidic Presto Tivolis G Hector Calma San Miguel Beermen C Ramon Fernandez San Miguel Beermen F Yves Dignadice San Miguel Beermen F Samboy Lim San Miguel BeermenReserves G Arnie Tuadles Formula Shell Zoom Masters G Robert Jaworski Añejo Rum 65ers C Manny Victorino Presto Tivolis F Philip Cezar Añejo Rum 65ers F Elmer Reyes San Miguel Beermen G Joey Loyzaga Añejo Rum 65ers F Elpidio Villamin Alaska MilkmenHead coach: Baby Dalupan (Purefoods Hotdogs)
Game
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