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Toyota Super Corollas

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Toyota Super Corollas
Toyota Super Corollas logo
Founded1975
Withdrew1984
HistoryKomatsu Komets (1973)
Toyota Comets (1973-1976)
Toyota Silver Tamaraws (1976)
Toyota Tamaraws (1977-1980)
Toyota Superdiesels (1981)
Toyota Super Corollas (1981-1982, 1983)
Toyota Silver Coronas (1983)
Team colorsKomatsu Komets
   
Toyota Comets
        (1973)
        (1973)
    (1974)
      (1975-1976)
Toyota Silver Tamaraws
     
Toyota Tamaraws
      (1977-1980)
      (1977-1979)
Toyota Superdiesels
    (1980-1981)
      (1981)
Toyota Super Corollas
     
Toyota Silver Coronas
     
CompanyDelta Motor Corporation
Head coachNilo Verona
Dante Silverio
Fortunato Acuña
Edgardo Ocampo
OwnershipRicardo C. Silverio Sr.
ChampionshipsPhilippine Basketball Association (9)

18 Finals Appearances

MICAA (1)

  • 1973
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The Toyota Super Corollas were a multi-titled basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975 to 1983. Founded in 1973 by businessman and sportsman Dante Silverio, the team - formally named Toyota Athletic Club - was owned by Delta Motor Corporation (defunct) and played under various names - Komatsu Komets, Toyota Comets, Toyota Silver Tamaraws, Toyota Tamaraws, Toyota Superdiesels, Toyota Super Corollas and Toyota Silver Coronas.

In the PBA, it won nine championships, the sixth most in PBA history behind the San Miguel Beermen (29), Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (15), Purefoods franchise and Alaska Aces (14), and fierce rival Crispa Redmanizers (13).

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Profile and franchise

The team debuted in April 1973 as the Komatsu Komets for the PANAMIN basketball tournament. In June 1973, it joined the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) as the Toyota Comets and emerged as champions in its maiden tournament.[1] In January 1975, five MICAA teams met together at the old Elizalde & Company canteen to sign a pre-organizational agreement for the formation of what is now known as the Philippine Basketball Association. Dante Silverio, Ricardo Silverio's nephew, was the official representative of Toyota who signed on the dotted line.

In November 1976, the team underwent a name change, becoming the Toyota Silver Tamaraws. By the 1977 season, the name was shortened to the Toyota Tamaraws. During this time, the Silverio group introduced its new MICAA team, Crown Motor Sales, later known as Frigidaire and MAN Diesel in 1979. Similar to their PBA counterparts, this MICAA team achieved success and emerged as one of the powerhouse teams in the league, alongside Solid Mills and Imperial Textile Mills (ITM).

In 1978, FILMANBANK, a bank owned by the Silverio group, entered the PBA by acquiring the franchise of the 7-Up Uncolas. This move allowed the Tamaraws to acquire the notable player Danny Florencio, a 5'9 dynamo who previously played for Crispa in the MICAA. Despite playing alongside American import teammates Steve Stroud (7'0) and Chris MacMurray (6'7), Florencio showcased his skills with an impressive 64-point performance in a game for 7-Up. In 1977, the league witnessed its first player transaction, as Florencio and Jimmy Otazu were transferred from U/Tex to the Uncolas in exchange for Tino Reynoso and Ulysses Rodriguez.

In 1981, the team was renamed the Toyota Super Corollas. When the 1983 season unfolded, they changed their name to the Toyota Silver Coronas but reverted to the Toyota Super Corollas during the 1983 Open Conference. After the 1983 season, they traded longtime starting power forward Abe King to the San Miguel in order to cut the total payroll.

However, reeling from corporate losses brought about by the prevailing economic crisis, the team came to an end when Delta Motor Corporation sold its PBA franchise to the Lucio Tan group on February 14, 1984. The new franchise debuted in the PBA as Beer Hausen in 1984.

Playing style

In a time when defense was defined as “an individual's effort to stop or stymie the opposing team's counterpart”, Toyota's playing style was considered one of the most glamorous and worthy to watch[by whom?]. With team defense hardly known back then, Toyota was a typical run-and-gun team that depended heavily on their rebounding prowess. Hence, when you have an Andrew Fields, Bruce King, John Irving, Abe King, Ramon Fernandez and even a Bobby Jaworski collaring the rebounds, the most common (and very entertaining) spectacle was to see a baseball pass by the rebounder to a streaking player on the break for an easy twinner. Notables among the recipients of the baseball pass over the years in the Toyota lineup included Segura, Cortez, Tuadles, Arnaiz, and Legaspi. In the halfcourt, it was not uncommon to see a similar play that Fernandez and Jaworski employed in the recent Crispa-Toyota reunion game where Fernandez would post up, Jaworski would stay at the top of the arc and wait for Fernandez to be double-teamed. Once the double team is consummated, Jaworski either waits at the 3 point line or makes a straight cut in the middle of the lanes waiting for the blind pass of Fernandez for an easy two. Another common sight was to see Jaworski mapping out the play, cuts in the middle and makes the interior defense commit to him. He then throws a behind-the-back blind pass to cutting slotmen like Fernandez or King for an easy layup or throws it back to good buddy Arnaiz for a long range bomb shot from the arc. Hence, it wasn't a surprise to see Jaworski, Arnaiz and Fernandez (in that order) being the first 3 PBA players to dish off 2,000 assists in their careers.

For defense, Toyota's starting unit had a better defensive stance against their counterparts in Crispa. Jaworski, Fernandez and King anchored the defense. Crispa, however had the edge at the bench since they had noted defensive aces like Padim Israel, Joy Dionisio, Yoyoy Villamin, Bay Cristobal (especially in 1983 under Coach Tommy Manotoc) while Toyota had to contend with Herrera, Javier, Coloso and Bulaong to provide the defensive spunk.

Team highlights

Toyota, more than Crispa, was hounded with more controversies throughout their nine seasons in the league. There is no compelling reason for such, except that probably, Toyota's individual players were known to be more “independent-minded” while Crispa's superstars submitted to their team owner Danny Floro. Jaworski, who eventually became larger than life in the PBA, was involved in majority of these controversies, as well as Fernandez.

  • In December 1979, Dante Silverio resigned as the team's head coach after management decided to reinstate players Fernandez, Estoy Estrada and Abe King in Game 2 of the 3rd Conference finals. Silverio deliberately didn't field any of these players in the 3rd Conference after claiming that the three deliberately “didn't play their best” in a losing finals stint against Royal Tru Orange in the 2nd Conference. The Orangemen, then coached by Eduardo Ocampo (who took over Toyota at the start of the 1981 season) and led by imports Otto Moore and Larry Pounds, decisively beat the Tamaraws in four games of a best of five series to earn their first title. Notable players in the RTO fold included Rudy Lalota, Tony Torrente, Leo Paguntalan, Biboy Ravanes, Badong Ramas, Jess Migalbin (the father of Richard Yee), and Rosalio “Yoyong” Martirez. Toyota eventually won the 3rd Conference title, their 6th since 1975, beating Crispa in four games. The team was led by their imports Andrew Fields and Bruce “Sky” King while Crispa was powered by Bernard Harris (who played for Tanduay the year before) and Irving Chatman.
  • In April 1977, the Comets and the Redmanizers were involved in a post-game rumble at the Big Dome that saw both protagonists being sent and jailed at the Fort Bonifacio. At a time when the players' notion of winning a game was “at all costs”, especially in a Crispa-Toyota game, it was not uncommon to find these two teams involved in several rumbles. The very first fight actually happened back in 1975 between the two teams and led by Toyota's notorious bad boy Oscar Rocha.[2] The apex came in 1977 when players like Fernandez and Co were mixing up at each other despite the presence of cops in the dugout.
  • The story of the longest 16 seconds in league history unfolded in 1980 during the Finals of the Open Conference title between the Toyota Tamaraws and the U/Tex Wranglers. In Game 4 of the series, with U/Tex ahead 2–1, Coach Tommy Manotoc pulled out all his starters early in the game to rest them for Game 5, which led to criticism from reporters. However, Toyota won Game 4 handily. In Game 5, with just 16 seconds left and Toyota ahead by four points, U/Tex's Aaron James made a crucial shot to bring the game within two points. U/Tex then forced a turnover, and Glenn McDonald tied the game with two free throws. The game went into overtime, and U/Tex emerged victorious with a 99–98 win. In December 1980, Crispa was on the verge of winning the 1980 All Filipino Conference undefeated. However, in Game 3 of the finals against Toyota, tensions arose between Coach Fort Acuña and team manager Pablo Carlos. Carlos demanded Acuña to field Robert Jaworski, but Acuña refused, leading to his immediate dismissal. Jaworski, under Carlos' coaching, emotionally lifted the Tamaraws to a 97–94 victory, ending Crispa's unbeaten streak. Crispa won Game 4 and ended the conference with a 20-1 record. In July 1982, a bench-clearing brawl erupted between the Super Corollas and the visiting national team of South Korea during Game 2 of their battle for third place. Rookie of the Year candidate Antero Saldana was disqualified from the race after kicking a South Korean player, leading to San Miguel point guard Marte Saldana winning the award. San Miguel eventually won the title, denying Crispa a grand slam victory.[3]
  • In February 1984, the Toyota franchise officially took a leave of absence from the league after suffering from huge losses in terms of revenues.[4] This also forced the hand of then team manager Jack Rodríguez (who replaced Ricky Silverio, Jr., the son of the team owner who replaced Carlos) to sell the franchise to Beer Hausen of Lucio Tan's Asia Brewery. The lock, stock and barrel deal stated that all Toyota players will be sold as well, to be led by no less than their starting center Ramon Fernandez. Robert Jaworski and Francis Arnaiz balked at the sale, refusing to heed the contract to which they were bound. This made Arnaiz utter “'di kami por kilo” (not to be sold like cattle), in reference to the non-transparent ways that Delta Motor Corporation sold the team without informing the players. With the controversy becoming even bigger as the days wore on, Gilbey's Gin (La Tondeña) team owner Carlos “Honeyboy” Palanca, III, who was also the PBA President at the time, decided to secure Jaworski. Jaworski was joined by Arnaiz in the La Tondeña franchise, while Chito Loyzaga and Arnie Tuadles were taken in by Great Taste Coffee. Prior to the sale of the Toyota team, Abe King joined San Miguel Beer (to renamed Gold Eagle Beer). The majority of the Toyota players led by Fernandez went to Beer Hausen.

Season-by-season records

Legend
  Champion
  Runner-up
  Third place
Season Conference Team name Overall record Finals
W L %
1975 First Conference Toyota Comets 42 15 .737 Toyota 3, Crispa 1
Second Conference Toyota 2, Crispa 1
All-Philippine Crispa 3, Toyota 2
1976 First Conference 46 15 .754 Crispa 3, Toyota 1
Second Conference Crispa 3, Toyota 1
All-Philippine Toyota Comets / Silver Tamaraws Crispa 3, Toyota 2
1977 All-Filipino Conference Toyota Tamaraws 41 22 .651
Open Conference
Invitational Conference Toyota 3, Emtex/Brazil 0
1978 All-Filipino Conference 40 15 .727 Toyota 3, Filmanbank 1
Open Conference
Invitational Conference Toyota 3, Tanduay 1
1979 All-Filipino Conference 44 18 .656 Crispa 3, Toyota 2
Open Conference Royal 3, Toyota 1
Invitational Conference Toyota 3, Crispa 1
1980 Open Conference 40 21 .674 U/Tex 3, Toyota 2
Invitational Conference N. Stoodley/USA 2, Toyota 0
All-Filipino Conference Crispa 3, Toyota 1
1981 Open Conference Toyota Super Diesels 29 14 .519 Toyota 3, Crispa 2
Reinforced Filipino Conference
1982 Reinforced Filipino Conference Toyota Super Corollas 38 31 .551 Toyota 4, San Miguel 3
Invitational Conference
Open Conference Toyota 3, Gilbey's 0
1983 All-Filipino Conference Toyota Silver Coronas 18 27 .400
Reinforced Filipino Conference
Open Conference Toyota Super Corollas
Overall record 322 184 .636 9 championships

Awards

Individual awards

PBA Most Valuable Player PBA Rookie of the Year Award PBA Mythical First Team
PBA Most Improved Player PBA Best Import PBA Scoring Leader

Notable players

In alphabetical order. Members of PBA Hall of Fame and PBA's Greatest Players are in boldface.

Head coaches

Team managers

  • Dante Silverio - 1973
  • Butch SyQuia - 1974-1979
  • Pablo P. Carlos Jr. - 1979-1980
  • Ricardo S. Silverio, Jr. - 1981-1982
  • Joaquín C. Rodríguez - 1983

See also

References

  1. ^ Charlie Cuna (6 March 2021). "How Sonny Jaworski's seasons with Toyota helped shape his legendary career". ESPN. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ "A flashback to the first Crispa-Toyota encounter". pba.ph. 10 May 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ^ Toyota, 1975-1983, Sports Potpourri
  4. ^ Henry Liao (12 February 2022). "Toyota's Demise came on Valentine's Day". Sportsbytes.com.ph. Retrieved 1 April 2022.

External links

Preceded by
(start)
PBA teams genealogies
1975-83
Succeeded by
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