1983 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season

The 1983 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Gilbey's Gin in the All-Filipino Conference and Gilbey's Gin Gimlets in the Reinforced Filipino Conference.

Gilbey's Gin landed in the finals of the revived All-Filipino Conference, after a two-year absence of the league's most prestigious tournament, the Gins lost to powerhouse Crispa Redmanizers via three-game sweep in the best-of-five title series.

The high-scoring Lew Massey return as their import with Gilbey's now sported a new monicker "Gimlets" in the Reinforced Filipino Conference. Gilbey's split their 14 games in the eliminations with seven wins and seven loss each and won all three of their quarterfinal matches.^[1] In the semifinal round, the Gimlets create a triple tie with Crispa and Great Taste for the two finals berth. The Redmanizers enters the finals first with a higher quotient while Gilbey's lost to Great Taste in a playoff match.

Gilbey's will have another monicker as the Gin Tonics in the Open Conference and two new imports suited up, Anthony Roberts, a first round draft pick by Denver who played the entire 82-game schedule of the NBA as a rookie in the 1977–1978 season, and Jack Dorsey, a second round pick by New Orleans Jazz in the 1976 NBA draft and who had brief stints with three NBA teams. Three games into the Open Conference, "Sweet Lew" Massey was reinstated to replaced Anthony Roberts after Gilbey's dropped their first two outings. Massey teamed up with Jacky Dorsey as Gilbey's again figured in a finals playoff berth with all four semifinalist tied with three wins and three losses.^[2] The Gin Tonics fell short of advancing in the championship round and were denied by Great Taste Coffee Makers for the second time in the season.

1983 Gilbey's Gin Tonics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 6 Pasco, Conrado 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Far Eastern F 7 Watson, Steve 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Ateneo F 8 Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Visayas F/C 10 Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Letran F 11 Vargas, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 162 lb (73 kg) PSBA G 12 Roldan, Dennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Trinity F/C 13 Saldaña, Antero 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UST G/F 15 Clariño, Alex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Lyceum G 17 Herrera, Joseph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Letran F/C 18 Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UE F 20 Buhay, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 147 lb (67 kg) NCBA G 24 Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Visayas G/F 23 Massey, Lew (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) North Carolina F 0 Roberts, Anthony (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Oral Roberts C 1 Dorsey, Jacky (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Georgia

Head coach Arturo Valenzona Assistant coach(es) Guillermo Afable Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

_{Team Manager: Adolf Ferrer}