The 1999 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 12th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Draft pick RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege15 Richard Yee UST
Direct hire PlayerNationalityCollege Alvarado Segova UCO
Occurrences Rene Pardo was appointed as team manager, while former Pepsi and Sunkist coach Derrick Pumaren is the new head coach of the team beginning the league's 25th season, Pumaren replaces Chito Narvasa on the Purefoods bench. Pardo will stay as manager until 2005 to be the full-time governor of the team.
Seven games into the All-Filipino Cup eliminations, Purefoods' direct-hire recruit, Fil-American Alvarado Segova played his first game against Barangay Ginebra Kings. Segova didn't last long in the league and was soon deported after being found out to be a fake Filipino.
Roster
Transactions
Additions Player Signed Former team Jesse Cabanayan Off-season Pop Cola Rommel Daep Off-season N/A
Trades July 1999 To Mobiline Jerry CodiñeraTo Purefoods Andy SeigleOctober 1999 To Pop Cola Henry FernandezTo Purefoods Boyet Fernandez
Recruited imports TournamentNameNumberPositionNationalityUniversity/CollegeCommissioner's CupJulius Nwosu 12Center-ForwardLiberty UniversityGovernors' CupDerrick Brown32Guard-ForwardProvidence College
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