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The 2002 FedEx Express season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College
1	1	Yancy De Ocampo	Philippines	Saint Francis
1	8	Renren Ritaulo	Philippines	La Salle Manila
4	27	John Victorio	Philippines	UNLV
5	24	Jerome Barbosa	Philippines	San Sebastian Recoletos
5	37	Edrick Ferrer	Philippines	UP Diliman
6	39	Francis Aquino	Philippines
7	4	Paolo Malonzo	Philippines	New Era

New team

FEDEX-Airfreight 2100 buy out the Tanduay Rhum franchise before the 2002 PBA season started. Team Owner Bert Lina, emphasizing that his company is the biggest courier company in the world, aims to make a big splash in its initial season. The newest ballclub absorbed four players from the defunct Tanduay and went for the biggest catch by choosing 6–8 Yancy De Ocampo from the multi-titled PBL ballclub Welcoat House Paints as the number one overall pick in the 2002 PBA draft. FedEx also took in De Ocampo's Welcoat teammate Renren Ritualo at eight overall. Coach Derrick Pumaren, who was the last coach of Tanduay Rhum Masters, will handle the coaching job for FedEx.

Occurrences

Former Tanduay forward Bong Hawkins was among those absorbed by FedEx during the off-season, but a controversy sparked when Hawkins wanted to have the same terms of the salary he had with Tanduay while the FedEx management wanted to negotiate a new contract. Hawkins was later shipped to his former team Alaska. The management pay him about Php 4.2 Million, even Hawkins was not playing for the FedEx in 2003.

Roster

2002 FedEx Express roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 3 Billones, Egay 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Centro Escolar Las Piñas C 5 Babilonia, Gido 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UST F 8 Meneses, Vergel (A) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) José Rizal G 10 Pumaren, Dindo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle G 14 Ritualo, Renren 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle F/C 18 De Ocampo, Yancy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Saint Francis of Assisi G 19 Arboleda, Wynne 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) MLQU F 21 Friedhof, David 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) F 23 Alvarez, Paul (M) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian G 26 Simon, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Manila F 31 Bernardo, Ryan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST F 20 Capobres, Danny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lyceum C 41 Realubit, Zaldy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) USJ–R F/C 44 Codinera, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE F/C Moore, Tim (G) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Houston F 12 Rhodes, Rodrick (G) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) USC F 2 Walker, Jermaine (G/C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Miami (FL) G 21 Robinson, Jeremy (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F/C 40 Pierre-Louis, Frantz (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Wagner

Head coach Derrick Pumaren Assistant coach(es) Gee Abanilla Agustin Tiongco Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (G) Governor's Cup import (C) Commissioner's Cup import (A) Acquired (M) Moved to TNT Injured

Eliminations (Won games)

  Governor's Cup
  Commissioner's Cup
  All-Filipino Cup

Transactions

Trades

Additions

Subtractions

References

1. "Lina group newest PBA member". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
2. Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson (2002-01-23). "Hawkins may reunite with former Alaska teammates". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
3. Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson (2003-01-20). "To pay or not to pay Bong". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
4. "FedEx must honor Hawkins pact". Philstar.com. 2003-04-15. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
5. Henson, Joaquin M. (2003-08-17). "Hawkins not unreasonable". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
6. "FedEx rips Sta.Lucia". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
7. "FedEx upends Selecta-RP". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
8. "Imports keys Express victory over Thunder". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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