# 1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1985_Shell_Azodrin_Bugbusters_season > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1985_Shell_Azodrin_Bugbusters_season.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Shell_Azodrin_Bugbusters_season > Source revision: 1317012896 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Basketball team season 1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season Head coach Freddie Webb General manager Ernie Inocencio Owners Pilipinas Shell, Inc. Open Conference results Record 4–11 (26.7%) Place 6th Playoff finish Quarterfinals All-Filipino Conference results Record 10–11 (47.6%) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals (lost to Great Taste) Reinforced Conference results Record 2–10 (16.7%) Place 7th Playoff finish Eliminated Shell Azodrin Bugbusters seasons 1986 → The **1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season** was the 1st season of the franchise in the [Philippine Basketball Association](/source/Philippine_Basketball_Association) (PBA). ## New team Pilipinas Shell Corporation bought out the lock, stock and barrel of the famed [Crispa Redmanizers](/source/Crispa_Redmanizers), the winningest ballclub which disbanded as the league enters its 11th season. The newest member to be known as Shell Chemicals or Shell Azodrin retained only four Redmanizers namely Philip Cezar, Bernie Fabiosa, Arturo Cristobal and Willie Pearson. They were able to acquire three-time MVP William Adornado from Great Taste when they traded the 1984 Rookie of the year Willie Pearson in exchange. Shell got six rookies who were amateur standouts, three of them were former [PABL](/source/Philippine_Basketball_League) MVPs, 6-5 center [Sonny Cabatu](/source/Sonny_Cabatu), the two-time PABL MVP and the pro league's number one overall pick in the first-ever rookie draft, 1983 PABL Founders Cup MVP Manuel Luis Marquez, a 1984 youth campaigner, and 1984 PABL Ambassador's Cup MVP Leo Austria, a 1982 RP Youth stalwart. Their other three top-rated rookies were Romeo Ang, Aldo Perez and Menardo Jubinal. Former Yco amateur team coach [Freddie Webb](/source/Freddie_Webb), who last coached the Tanduay team in 1983 and who wound up as Vintage panelist in the previous year was Shell's choice to call the shots for the Bugbusters, which got their monicker through the megahit film *[Ghostbusters](/source/Ghostbusters)*.[1] Shell opened their first conference campaign with Kevin Graham as its import, they lost their first two games and Graham was replaced by the returning, former N-Rich and SMB import Rich Adams. ## Finals stint The Shell Bugbusters played in the PBA finals in only their second participated tournament during the All-Filipino Conference. They lost to defending champion Great Taste Coffee Makers in four games of the best-of-five title playoffs. Main article: [1985 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals](/source/1985_PBA_All-Filipino_Conference_finals) ## Awards - [Bogs Adornado](/source/Bogs_Adornado) made it to the Mythical five selection as he finish second to eventual MVP winner Ricardo Brown of Great Taste in the race for the Most Valuable Player trophy. - [Leo Austria](/source/Leo_Austria) won the season's Rookie of the year honors. ## Won-loss records vs Opponents Team Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (All-Filipino) 3rd (Reinforced) Ginebra 4 5 2-0 2-3 0-2 Great Taste 4 8 1-1 3-5 0-2 Magnolia 4 3 1-2 2-0 1-1 Manila Beer 1 6 0-3 1-1 0-2 Northern (NCC) 1 4 0-3 N/A 1-1 Tanduay 2 6 0-2 2-2 0-2 Total 16 32 4-11 10-11 2-10 ## Roster 1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters roster Players Coaches Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From C 5 Sonny Cabatu 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) PSBA G 7 Arturo Cristobal 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern G 10 Romeo Ang 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran C 11 Menardo Jubinal 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Mapúa F 12 Rey Lazaro 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern G 13 Leo Austria 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Lyceum F 17 Manuel Marquez 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda F 26 Aldo Perez 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle G/F 33 Bogs Adornado 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST F 42 Dennis Abbatuan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) José Rizal G 51 Bernie Fabiosa 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE C 52 Jaime Javier 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal F 81 Philip Cezar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) José Rizal Head coach Freddie Webb Assistant coach(es) Frederick Gonzales Legend (C) Team captain Injured ### Subtraction Player Number Position Height New Team Alberto Gutierrez 3 Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Tanduay Rhum ### Imports Name Conference No. Pos. Ht. College Kevin Graham Open Conference 32 Center-Forward 6"8' GWU Rich Adams 40 Center-Forward 6"9' UIUC Howard Carter Reinforced Conference 32 Forward 6"5' LSU Lester Rowe 24 Forward 6"5' WVU ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Enter, The Bugbusters!"](http://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-new-pba-team-shell-bugbusters-in.html). v t e Shell Turbo Chargers Founded in 1985 Disbanded in 2005 Owned by the Pilipinas Shell The franchise Franchise All-time roster Seasons Coaches Webb Ocampo Lipa Silverio Rodriguez Salazar Narvasa Ronquillo Moran Austria Championships (4) 1990 First Conference 1992 First Conference 1998 Governors 1999 All-Filipino Runner-up finishes (6+1) 1985 All-Filipino 1988 Reinforced 1989 Open 1991 First Conference 1996 Commissioner's 1999 Commissioner's (1998 Centennial) Seasons (20) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 Retired jerseys 14 Paras Rivalries Ginebra Culture and Lore The Tower Of Power The Point Laureate The Ice Man Victor the Conqueror T.D.L.C The Fearless Ginebra walkout v t e 1985 PBA season 1985 draft 1985 Open Conference (finals) 1985 All-Filipino Conference (finals) 1985 Reinforced Conference (finals) Team seasons Ginebra San Miguel Great Taste Coffee Makers Magnolia Quench Plus Manila Beer Brewmasters Shell Azodrin Bugbusters Tanduay Rhum Makers Guest team/s Northern Cement basketball team (Open Conference, Reinforced Conference) Succession 1984 Seasons 1986 1983 Open Conference 1986 1984 2nd All-Filipino Conference 1986 Reinforced Conference 1986 v t e Philippine Basketball Association 2026 PBA Governors' Cup Current teams Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Blackwater Bossing Converge FiberXers Macau Giant Pandas (guest team) Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Meralco Bolts NLEX Road Warriors Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Rain or Shine Elasto Painters San Miguel Beermen Terrafirma Dyip Titan Ultra Giant Risers TNT Tropang 5G Events Draft Opening ceremonies Conferences Philippine Cup Commissioner's Cup Governors' Cup All-Star Weekend All-Star Game History Seasons Champions The Grand Slam Former teams Records All-time team standings Awards MVP Retired numbers Hall of Fame Greatest Players Jun Bernardino Trophy PBA Leo Awards Others Players Current team rosters Imports Coaches Consultants D-League 3x3 leagues Men's Women's Arenas Proposed own arena Esports Media PBA on One Sports PBA Rush SMC–MVP rivalry Category Basketball portal Philippines portal --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1985 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Shell_Azodrin_Bugbusters_season) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Shell_Azodrin_Bugbusters_season?action=history)). 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