Purefoods also took the core of the defunct Tanduay squad, namely, Ramon Fernandez, who was designated playing-coach, Freddie Hubalde, Padim Israel, Willie Generalao, Victor Sanchez, JB Yango and Onchie dela Cruz.

An incident also happened during the second round of the eliminations of that conference when Samboy Lim nearly suffered a career-ending injury when he drove over Lastimosa causing him to fall off-balance and hit head first on the parquet floor.

This conference featured two imports and Purefoods tapped the services of Daren Queenan and Rob Rose, who replaced Walker Russell during the elimination round.

They drafted four rookies that year – Dwight Lago, Benny Cheng, Freddie Abuda, and Olsen Racela; and acquired veteran forward Abe King from the disbanded Presto team.

The Stars also added another rookie in Richie Ticzon whom they acquired through a draft-day trade that sent veteran point guard Pumaren and Lago to Pepsi Mega.

To add experience to the roster, Coney Island traded incoming sophomore Cheng to Ginebra for veteran Manny Victorino and acquired 1992 Rookie of the Year Bong Ravena from San Miguel in exchange for Kevin Ramas.

The TJ Hotdogs met Alaska in the finals of the All-Filipino Conference in 1996 PBA season but was defeated in five games by the eventual grand slam winning Milkmen.

Although Marquin Chandler returned for a second tour of duty with Purefoods, the team had a badly depleted front line that saw them only Richard Yee and Arnold Gamboa manning the slot.

But the protests quickly subsided after the PBA approved the said trade after learning that Villanueva was removed from the restricted list and Adducul was finally allowed to play for the Giants.

Lacking a starting center, Purefoods was forced to make a deal for Enrico Villanueva and sacrifice Marc Pingris, who went to the Magnolia Beverage Masters in a four-team, multi-player transaction.

During a timeout in a knockout game against Air21, Yap and Purefoods assistant coach Koy Banal exchanged harsh words which caused a stir in the team's huddle.

Before the start of the 2009 Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference, the team made a move in a three-way trade with Ginebra and Burger King, they let go of the young players remaining in their roster---Beau Belga, Chad Alonzo, and Chico Lañete.

With resident import Marquin Chandler still playing in Korea, the Giants brought in Brian Hamilton, who led them to an impressive 2–0 start but was eventually replaced by Jhamar Thorpe after a mediocre showing.

In another transaction involving the Gin Kings and the Whoppers, the Giants acquired veteran point guard Celino Cruz and gave up Aaron Aban.

In the extension period, Purefoods appeared to have sealed the victory with Roger Yap sinking two free throws to increase their lead to twelve, 114–102, with less than two minutes remaining.

Amid rumors of giving up marquee players to Burger King to get top prospect Japeth Aguilar first overall, the Giants eventually called the negotiations off and settled for no.

They won the season opener (October 11) against Burger King, but lost some games in dismal fashion, including an upset by the Asi Taulava-less Coke Tigers just before the Halloween break.

As it was the second time the Beermeen dominated the Giants, and league-leading Alaska also defeated the team in the first round, doubts were raised whether Purefoods could really hold its own against the contenders.

Because Alaska and San Miguel did well in the first round of the Eliminations, the Giants failed to steal an outright semifinal slot from the Aces, who needed to win their last scheduled game to avoid a tie-breaker with Purefoods.

After a near-death experience with the Elasto Painters, the Giants found themselves on a collision course with second seed San Miguel Beer for a best-of-seven semifinal series.

Arguments were raised whether the contact was enough to merit a call, but the referees eventually decided on a foul and awarded Raymundo two free throws, the first of which he made; the second he intentionally missed.

In March 2010, SMC announced that Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants were to be renamed as the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados starting 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference.

On June 1, 2011 B-Meg Llamados offered Air21 a 2-on-1 deal; it will be Jondan Salvador and multi-titled slam dunk champion KG Canaleta for top 2007 PBA Draftee Joe Devance.

B-Meg was down by two 74–76 with 1.2 seconds remaining, when Denzel Bowles hit the game-tying two free throws to the delight of the mammoth Sunday crowd of 21,046 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

[5] Devance and Intal weren't able to play much because of injuries but B-Meg once again booked a ticket to the 2012 Governors' Cup Finals against Rain or Shine after beating Barangay Ginebra, 74–72 courtesy of a Peter June Simon follow up.

But B-Meg lost two straight with a 93–84 (where Cone benched his superstars in the final quarter and put Marqus Blakey and Pingris back in just few minutes remaining) and 94–89 respectively and RoS led the series 3–1.

Their four consecutive wins enabled them to improve their standing from 8th place to 5th going into the quarterfinals and eventually setting up a blockbuster match against the defending champions, the Tropang Texters.

They crucially fought Air21 Express on June 9, 2014, if they lose, they will not have a chance to enter the playoffs with a twice to beat advantage, so they need to close out this one, they eventually won it, 113–109 at overtime.

[37] In the first conference of Chito Victolero handling Purefoods Franchise, Star Hotshots placed third in the final eliminations standings after having a 7–4 record tied with Alaska.

In the middle of elimination round of 2016–17 PBA Philippine Cup, Hotshots received Rome dela Rosa from Alaska Aces exchange for Jake Pascual in a one-on-one trade.