1986 PBA season explained

1986 PBA season
Year:	1986
Duration:	April 6, 1986 – December 11, 1986
No Of Teams:	7
Tv:	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Draft:	1986 PBA Draft
Top Pick:	Rey Cuenco
Picked By:	Alaska Milkmen
Mvp:	Ramon Fernandez
Conf1:	Reinforced Conference
Conf1 Link:	1986 PBA Reinforced Conference
Conf1 Champ:	Tanduay Rhum Makers
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Great Taste Coffee Makers
Conf2:	All-Filipino Conference
Conf2 Link:	1986 PBA All-Filipino Conference
Conf2 Champ:	Tanduay Rhum Makers
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Ginebra San Miguel
Conf3:	Open Conference
Conf3 Link:	1986 PBA Open Conference
Conf3 Champ:	Ginebra San Miguel
Conf3 Runner-Up:	Manila Beer Brewmasters
Prevseason Link:	1985 PBA season
Prevseason Year:	1985
Nextseason Link:	1987 PBA season
Nextseason Year:	1987

The 1986 PBA season was the 12th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Board of governors

Executive committee

Mariano A. Yenko, Jr. (Commissioner)
Rodriguo Salud (Deputy Commissioner)
Carlos Palanca III (Chairman, representing Ginebra San Miguel)
Reynaldo Marquez (Vice Chairman, representing Pilipinas Shell Oilers)
Andrew H. Jao (Treasurer, representing Manila Beer Brewmasters)

Teams

Team	Company	Governor
		Wilfred Steven Uytengsu
		Carlos Palanca III
		James Go
	Shareholdings, Inc.	Andrew H. Jao
		Leonides Valencia
	Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation	Reynaldo Marquez
		Jose Luis Ledesma

Season highlights

Due to the aftermath of the 1986 People Power Revolution, the uncertainty of opening a new PBA season became imminent after two teams that have connections with the Marcoses (Tanduay and Manila Beer) were unsure if they will still continue in taking part of the league. Likewise, it was then not known who will be in charge of the PBA's main venue, the ULTRA and Vintage Sports TV network partner Maharlika Broadcasting System. The league eventually opened its season at The ULTRA on April 6 and was aired on MBS. MBS will be later renamed as the People's Television Network the same year.
PBA legal counsel Atty. Rudy Salud was appointed as deputy commissioner after Tommy Manotoc resigned.
The Alaska Milkmen became the newest team that joined the league while the Magnolia ballclub, one of the founding members of the PBA, took a temporary leave of absence. Magnolia makes its comeback in the Third Conference with a new lineup composed of 10 rookies, eight of which were former national players from the disbanded Northern Consolidated (NCC) team.
The board of governors approved an amendment to the PBA constitution that replaces the position of the PBA President into the Chairman of the Board of Governors.
Teams paraded two reinforcements each in the import-laden conferences, which led to a record-breaking success by the league on the last term of PBA chairman Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca.
The birth of the most bitter PBA rivalry since the Toyota-Crispa days - that between the Tanduay Rhum Makers and crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel - with both teams winning their first championship during the season. ^[1]

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team	Muse
Alaska Milkmen	Joey Albert
Ginebra San Miguel	Gretchen Barretto
Great Taste Coffee Makers
Manila Beer Brewmasters	Peachy Sacisas
Shell Oilers	Sabrina Artadi
Tanduay Rhum Makers