The 2008–09 Barangay Ginebra Kings season was the 30th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The head coach for the season was Jong Uichico, and Eric Menk, David Noel, Ronald Tubid, Jayjay Helterbrand, and Paul Artadi played the starting lineup. The Kings finished third in the Philippine Cup. The Kings also added Junjun Cabatu as a free agent–before playing for the Kings, he played for the Alaska Aces.
Key dates August 30: The 2008 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig. September 1: The free agency period started.
Draft picks
Roster
Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | October 8 | Sta. Lucia | 89-86 | Helterbrand (26) | Menk (11) | Helterbrand, Artadi (3) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | October 12 | Air21 | 101-92 | Cabatu (23) | Artadi (7) | Artadi (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–0 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3 | October 19 | Red Bull | 94–100 | Helterbrand (22) | Menk (10) | Artadi (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | October 22 | San Miguel | 89–118 | Helterbrand (15) | Crisano (8) | Artadi (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5 | October 26 | Purefoods | 81–92 | Salvacion (17) | Menk (10) | Helterbrand, Artadi (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–3
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 6 | November 2 | Alaska | 84–93 | Helterbrand (30) | Wilson (18) | Artadi (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–4 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 7 | November 5 | Rain or Shine | 102–106 | Menk (24) | Menk (12) | Helterbrand (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 | November 8 | Coca-Cola | 81-77 | Helterbrand (28) | Pacana (10) | Helterbrand (4) | Lucena City | 3–5 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 9 | November 12 | Talk 'N Text | 90–103 | Tubid (17) | Salvacion, Tubid (9) | Helterbrand (5) | Cuneta Astrodome | 3–6 |-bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | November 16 | Purefoods | 90-80 | Helterbrand (23) | Menk (12) | Helterbrand (8) | Cuneta Astrodome | 4–6 |-bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 | November 22 | Sta. Lucia | 93-81 | Salvacion (22) | Wilson, Menk (9) | Artadi (8) | San Juan Arena | 5–6 |-bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | November 27 | Coca-Cola | 84-77 | Tubid (22) | Tubid (10) | Artadi (4) | Olivarez College Gym | 6–6
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 | December 3 | Red Bull | 83-76 | Tubid, Salvacion (15) | Tubid (11) | Artadi (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 7–6 |-bgcolor="#edbebf" | 14 | December 5 | Air21 | 102-84 | Mamaril, Crisano (15) | Tubid (10) | Artadi (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 7–7 |-bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 | December 13 | Alaska | 84-82 | Menk (17) | Menk (11) | Helterbrand (6) | Cagayan de Oro | 8–7 |-bgcolor="#edbebf" | 16 | December 17 | Talk 'N Text | 85–109 | Mamaril (17) | Menk (10) | Helterbrand, Artadi (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 8–8 |-bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 | December 20 | San Miguel | 87-82 | Helterbrand (35)
| Batangas City | 9–8 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 | December 25 | Rain or Shine | 63-58 | Menk (15)
| Araneta Coliseum | 10–8
Fiesta Conference
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | March 4 | Coca Cola | 110-103 | Nealy (42) | Nealy (23) | Nealy (9) | Ynares Center | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2 | March 6 | Burger King | 106–110 | Nealy (26) | Nealy (20) | Helterbrand (6) | Cuneta Astrodome | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3 | March 11 | Sta. Lucia | 76–80 | Nealy (18) | Nealy (14) | Nealy (5) | Cuneta Astrodome | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | March 18 | Rain or Shine | 93–107 | Nealy (32) | Nealy (11) | Helterbrand (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–3 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5 | March 20 | Alaska Aces | 82-81 | Nealy (23) | Nealy, Wilson (12) | Helterbrand (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–4 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 6 | March 25 | San Miguel | 85–90 | Helterbrand (24) | Nealy (15) | Nealy (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 | March 28 | Barako Bull | 111-103 | Nealy, Tubid (29) | Nealy (17) | Nealy (6) | Panabo City Sports Center | 2–5
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 | April 17 | Rain or Shine | 94-89 | Menk (24) | Menk (9) | Helterbrand (9) | Araneta Coliseum | 3–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 | April 20 | Burger King | 100-94 | Noel, Menk (22) | Noel (17) | Noel (10) | Cuneta Astrodome | 4–5
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 10 | May 1 | Talk 'N Text | 90–97 | Noel (21) | Noel (19) | Noel (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 5–5 |-bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 11 | May 8 | Sta. Lucia | 101-98 | Noel (23) | Noel (12) | Helterbrand (6) | Ynares Center | 6–5 |-bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 | May 10 | Purefoods | 116-109 | Noel (30) | Noel (11) | Noel (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 7–5 |-bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 | May 20 | Coca Cola | 112-85 | Tubid (20) | Noel (18) | Noel (5) | Araneta Coliseum | 8–5 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 14 | May 22 | Alaska | 75–76 | Helterbrand (18) | Noel (21) | Noel (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 8–6
Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | May 24 | Rain or Shine | 114-71 | Tubid (18) | Reavis (8) | Helterbrand (4) | Ynares Center | n/a
|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 1 | June 17 | Rain or Shine | 95–101 | Tubid (21) | Noel (9) | Helterbrand (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | June 19 | Rain or Shine | 103-98 | Helterbrand (34) | Noel (8) | Noel (6) | Cuneta Astrodome | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3 | June 21 | Rain or Shine | 88–94 | Helterbrand (17) | Noel (17) | Helterbrand (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 | June 24 | Rain or Shine | 86-70 | Noel (28) | Noel (17) | Helterbrand (3) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 | June 26 | Rain or Shine | 96-85 | Helterbrand (21) | Noel (10) | Noel (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 6 | June 28 | Rain or Shine | 108-100 | Noel, Tubid (23) | Noel, Tubid (10) | Noel (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 4–2
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 | July 1 | San Miguel | 102-96 | Helterbrand (21) | Noel (8) | Helterbrand (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2 | July 3 | San Miguel | 78–95 | Noel (20) | Noel (8) | Helterbrand (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 | July 5 | San Miguel | 116-103 | Noel (32) | Noel (10) | Noel (11) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 4 | July 8 | San Miguel | 104–106 | Helterbrand, Noel (22) | Noel (18) | Helterbrand (6) | Araneta Coliseum | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 | July 13 | San Miguel | 106-98 | Noel (29) | Noel (11) | Helterbrand, Noel (4) | Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 6 | July 15 | San Miguel | 84–98 | Noel (16) | Noel (11) | Noel (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 7 | July 17 | San Miguel | 79–90 | Helterbrand (25) | Noel (15) | Helterbrand (7) | Araneta Coliseum | 3–4
Statistics
Philippine Cup Player Stats as of January 29, 2008. 5:30 p.m. PHI Time
Player GP MPG FG% 3FG% FT% PPG RPG APG SPG BPG 1 13.0 .750 .500 1.000 8.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1 2.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21 26.1 .342 .266 .652 8.8 3.1 4.2 1.3 0.1 20 16.9 .419 .391 .714 6.9 4.3 1.2 0.3 0.1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 19 11.6 .403 .000 .600 4.5 3.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 21 7.9 .447 .000 .455 2.2 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 18 35.9 .408 .357 .750 18.5 3.7 4.9 1.2 0.1 16 16.4 .506 .000 .694 6.9 4.1 0.4 0.5 0.8 20 25.8 .387 .143 .574 8.1 7.7 1.6 0.4 0.1 16 16.5 .388 .300 0.682 4.4 4.1 1.6 1.0 0.1 5 18.4 .400 .000 .667 3.2 5.8 1.6 0.4 0.6 21 25.5 .349 .316 .500 10.9 4.5 1.1 0.1 0.1 20 28.7 .400 .346 .694 11.9 5.5 2.5 0.4 1.0 12 17.5 .313 .259 .778 5.9 3.1 1.7 0.6 0.0 21 27.0 .548 .000 .692 5.7 6.2 1.4 0.6 0.3
Awards and records
Awards
Records Note: Barangay Ginebra Kings Records Only Record Stat Holder Date/sMost points in one game 35 Jayjay Helterbrand vs. San Miguel Beermen December 20, 2008Most rebounds in one game 18 Willy Wilson vs. Alaska Aces November 2, 2008Most assists in one game 8 Jayjay Helterbrand vs. Purefoods TJ Giants November 16, 2008 Paul Artadi vs. Sta. Lucia Realtors November 22, 2008Most blocks in one game 6 J.R. Quiñahan vs. Brgy. Ginebra Kings December 5, 2008Most steals in one game 5 Wynne Arboleda vs. Purefoods TJ Giants November 29, 2008Most minutes played in one game 38 Jayjay Helterbrand vs. Alaska Aces October 31, 2008 Paul Artadi vs. Coca-Cola Tigers November 27, 2008
Transactions
Trades
Traded to ForMichael Holper Red Bull Barako 2010 First Round Pick Traded to For2012/2013 First Round Pick Burger King Titans JC Intal, Doug Kramer, Chico Lanete
Free Agents
Additions
Player Signed Former teamJunjun Cabatu October Alaska Aces
References