2021 Alaska Aces season

2021 Alaska Aces season
2021 Alaska Aces season
Head coach	Jeffrey Cariaso
General Manager	Dickie Bachmann
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	3–8 (27.3%)
Place	11th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	6–5 (54.5%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to NLEX with twice-to-win disadvantage)
Alaska Aces seasons
	← 2020

The 2021 Alaska Aces season was the 35th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). It was also the team's final season in the league, as they announced on February 16, 2022, that they would leave the league after the 2021 Governor's Cup.

Key dates

March 14: The PBA season 46 draft was held at the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Place of birth	College
1	6	Ben Adamos	C/F	Philippines	Perpetual
2	16	Taylor Browne	G/F	Canada	UBC
2	21	Alec Stockton	G	USA	FEU
3	31	RK Ilagan	G	Philippines	San Sebastian

Roster

2021 Alaska Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	0	Ilagan, RK (R)	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1997–04–03	San Sebastian
G/F	1	Herndon, Robbie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1993–07–16	San Francisco State
F/C	2	Tratter, Abu	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1993–01–09	De La Salle
G	3	DiGregorio, Michael	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–12–12	McKendree
G/F	5	Browne, Taylor (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1997–01–30	UBC
G	12	Stockton, Alec (R)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1998–06–24	Far Eastern
G	13	Ahanmisi, Maverick	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1991–07–17	Minnesota
F/C	18	Adamos, Ben (R)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1995–12–30	UPHSD
G	19	Marcelino, Jaycee	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)		1995–10–19	Lyceum
G/F	21	Teng, Jeron (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1994–03–21	De La Salle
G	24	Tolomia, Mike	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1993–01–06	Far Eastern
G/F	28	Bulanadi, Allyn (R)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)		1997–04–28	San Sebastian
F	31	Publico, Rey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)		1992–11–29	Letran
C	55	Taha, Yousef	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	1988–07–08	Mapúa
G/F	61	Racal, Kevin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–05–16	Letran
F	96	Faundo, Bryan	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1984–02–18	Letran

Head coach

Jeffrey Cariaso

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Richard Bachmann^[a]

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

^a also served as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT Tropang Giga	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	9	2	.818	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots	8	3	.727	2	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636	3
5	NorthPort Batang Pier	6	5	.545^[a]	4
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	6	5	.545^[a]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	4	7	.364^[b]	6	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	4	7	.364^[b]	6
10	Terrafirma Dyip	4	7	.364^[b]	6
11	Alaska Aces	3	8	.273	7
12	Blackwater Bossing	0	11	.000	10

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 1.01, Terrafirma 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 95–85 Phoenix

Game log

2021 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 3–8

July: 2–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	July 16	Blackwater	W 103–77	Michael DiGregorio (20)	Rodney Brondial (10)	JVee Casio (7)	Ynares Sports Arena	1–0
2	July 21	Magnolia	L 82–84	Yousef Taha (20)	Jeron Teng (12)	Ahanmisi, DiGregorio, Teng (3)	Ynares Sports Arena	1–1
3	July 24	Phoenix Super LPG	L 93–101	Gab Banal (17)	Yousef Taha (12)	Michael DiGregorio (4)	Ynares Sports Arena	1–2
4	July 28	Rain or Shine	W 74–48	Rodney Brondial (13)	Abu Tratter (13)	Maverick Ahanmisi (4)	Ynares Sports Arena	2–2
5	July 31	Meralco	L 80–89	Gab Banal (20)	Yousef Taha (9)	Jeron Teng (5)	Ynares Sports Arena	2–3

September: 1–5

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	September 2	NLEX	L 74–84	Maverick Ahanmisi (17)	Rodney Brondial (10)	Jeron Teng (3)	DHVSU Gym	2–4
7	September 17	Barangay Ginebra	W 89–75	Abu Tratter (13)	Rodney Brondial (10)	Ahamnisi, Marcelino (3)	DHVSU Gym	3–4
8	September 18	TNT	L 85–103	Abu Tratter (12)	Brondial, Tratter (9)	Alec Stockton (4)	DHVSU Gym	3–5
9	September 19	Terrafirma	L 89–105	Abu Tratter (18)	Rodney Brondial (14)	JVee Casio (6)	DHVSU Gym	3–6
10	September 22	San Miguel	L 100–101	Abu Tratter (24)	Rodney Brondial (12)	JVee Casio (4)	DHVSU Gym	3–7
11	September 23	NorthPort	L 94–122	Jeron Teng (18)	Brondial, Tratter (8)	Adamos, Casio (3)	DHVSU Gym	3–8

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2	NLEX Road Warriors	8	3	.727	1
3	TNT Tropang Giga	7	4	.636^[a]	2
4	Meralco Bolts	7	4	.636^[a]	2
5	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^[a]	2	Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[b]	3
7	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^[b]	3
8	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	4
9	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455^[c]	4
10	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	3	8	.273	6
11	Terrafirma Dyip	2	9	.182	7
12	Blackwater Bossing	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[3]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.07, Meralco 0.99, San Miguel 0.95
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Alaska
^ ^a ^b Eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 101–98 NorthPort

Game log

2021 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 6–5

December: 3–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 8	NorthPort	W 87–85	Olu Ashaolu (20)	Olu Ashaolu (14)	Maverick Ahanmisi (5)	Ynares Sports Arena	1–0
2	December 10	San Miguel	W 99–94	Olu Ashaolu (23)	Olu Ashaolu (13)	Maverick Ahanmisi (6)	Ynares Sports Arena	2–0
3	December 12	Barangay Ginebra	L 77–80	Olu Ashaolu (17)	Olu Ashaolu (18)	Jeron Teng (4)	Ynares Sports Arena	2–1
4	December 17	TNT	L 77–81	Olu Ashaolu (29)	Olu Ashaolu (18)	Jeron Teng (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–2
5	December 22	Blackwater	W 98–75	Maverick Ahanmisi (17)	Abu Tratter (11)	Robbie Herndon (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–2

February: 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	February 17, 2022	Rain or Shine	W 80–74	Olu Ashaolu (23)	Olu Ashaolu (17)	Olu Ashaolu (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–2
7	February 19, 2022	Terrafirma	W 102–97	Jeron Teng (30)	Olu Ashaolu (19)	Olu Ashaolu (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	5–2
8	February 23, 2022	NLEX	L 89–106	Abu Tratter (17)	Maverick Ahanmisi (12)	Olu Ashaolu (6)	Ynares Center	5–3
9	February 26, 2022	Meralco	W 94–93	Ashaolu, DiGregorio (21)	Olu Ashaolu (9)	Maverick Ahanmisi (10)	Ynares Center	6–3

March: 0–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
10	March 3, 2022	Phoenix Super LPG	L 99–104	Olu Ashaolu (24)	Olu Ashaolu (10)	Olu Ashaolu (6)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–4
11	March 6, 2022	Magnolia	L 91–118	RK Ilagan (14)	Olu Ashaolu (10)	Abu Tratter (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum 6,502	6–5

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Magnolia		127

8	Phoenix Super LPG		88
				1	Magnolia	2
(#4 twice-to-beat)
				4	Meralco	3
4	Meralco		100

5	San Miguel		85
							4	Meralco	2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							6	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	NLEX	79	96

7	Alaska	93	80
				2	NLEX	1
(#3 twice-to-beat)
				6	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	TNT	92	95

6	Barangay Ginebra	104	115

Game log

2021 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 1–1

Quarterfinals: 1–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 16, 2022	NLEX	W 93–79	Mark St. Fort (17)	Mark St. Fort (14)	Ahanmisi, Ilagan, Teng (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum 7,091	1–0
2	March 19, 2022	NLEX	L 80–96	Mark St. Fort (14)	Mark St. Fort (7)	Ahanmisi, Ilagan, St. Fort (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum 10,486	1–1

Transactions

Free agency

Subtraction

Player	Number	Position	Reason	New team
Gab Banal^[4]	77	Forward	End of contract; did not agree to term extension	TNT Tropang Giga
Rodney Brondial^[5]	91	Forward / center	End of contract; did not agree to term extension	San Miguel Beermen

Trades

Pre-season

February
February 23, 2021^[6]	To Alaska Brian Heruela 2020 Magnolia first-round pick (No. 6) 2020 NLEX second-round pick (No. 16) 2021 Phoenix first-round pick	To Phoenix Vic Manuel 2020 Alaska first-round pick (No. 7) 2020 Alaska second-round pick (No. 19)

Philippine Cup

October
October 12, 2021^[7]	To Alaska Mike Tolomia 2022 Blackwater second-round pick	To Blackwater JVee Casio Barkley Eboña

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Governors' Cup	Olu Ashaolu	December 8, 2021 (vs. NorthPort)	March 6, 2022 (vs. Magnolia)	6–5
Governors' Cup	Mark St. Fort	March 16, 2022 (vs. NLEX)	March 19, 2022 (vs. NLEX)	1–1

References

^ Application forms for Season 46 Draft available Monday, PBA.ph, December 4, 2020
^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
^ "PBA: Tropang Giga boost roster, acquire Gab Banal". spin.ph. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
^ "Rodney Brondial turns unrestricted free agent after Alaska talks fail". spin.ph. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
^ "Alaska sends Vic Manuel to Phoenix for Brian Heruela". PBA.ph. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ Terrado, Reuben (October 12, 2021). "JVee Casio, Alaska part ways as PBA approves trade to Blackwater". Sports Interactive Network. Retrieved October 12, 2021.

[table_hth_NP0.23263558942482-2] Head-to-head record: NorthPort 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_BGSM0.23263558942482-3] Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.03, Barangay Ginebra 1.01, Terrafirma 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 95–85 Phoenix

[table_hth_MER0.54304617342681-5] Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.07, Meralco 0.99, San Miguel 0.95

[table_hth_ALA0.54304617342681-6] Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Alaska

[table_hth_NP0.54304617342681-7] Eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 101–98 NorthPort

[1] Application forms for Season 46 Draft available Monday, PBA.ph, December 4, 2020

[4] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[8] "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT". December 10, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2018.

[9] "PBA: Tropang Giga boost roster, acquire Gab Banal". spin.ph. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

[10] "Rodney Brondial turns unrestricted free agent after Alaska talks fail". spin.ph. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

[11] "Alaska sends Vic Manuel to Phoenix for Brian Heruela". PBA.ph. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[12] Terrado, Reuben (October 12, 2021). "JVee Casio, Alaska part ways as PBA approves trade to Blackwater". Sports Interactive Network. Retrieved October 12, 2021.

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