When the Philippine Basketball League opens its 2000 season on March 25, the league pays tribute to the 12 players whose contributions help the PBL become the top amateur commercial circuit, among the 12 players chosen were Allan Caidic, Jojo Lastimosa, Benjie Paras, Jerry Codinera, Vergel Meneses, Jun Limpot, Marlou Aquino, Johnny Abarrientos, Danny Ildefonso, Alvin Patrimonio, Eric Menk and Sonny Cabatu.
[2] Welcoat completed a four-game sweep over Shark Energy Drink in the best-of-seven finals series as coach Junel Baculi won his 4th PBL title, three of them with the Paintmasters, the hot hands of Renren Ritualo and Yancy De Ocampo's dominating inside plays proved too much to handle against the talented Energy Drink Kings, which missed the services of MVP Roger Yap on injury.
[5] In the one-round semifinals with a win 4-of-5 incentive, Shark (13-2) and Welcoat (11-4) advances in a championship rematch, Blu Sun Power (8-7) and Montaña (7-8) will play in the series for third place.
[7] In the semifinals twice-to-beat, GIV held Shark Energy Drink to an all-time lowest score of 34 points and force a sudden-death playoff for the finals berth.
[9] For the third time in the finals series, Welcoat and Shark arrange a title showdown, the Paintmasters return to the top and duplicate their 4-0 sweep over the Power Boosters in last year's Chairman's Cup with another four-game sweep, finals MVP Jojo Manalo, Renren Ritualo, Celino Cruz, Brix Encarnacion and Yancy De Ocampo kept the Power Boosters at bay in the title-clinching Game 4 as Welcoat avenged their 4-3 setback to Shark in the Challenge Cup.