2000 PBA season
The 2000 PBA season was the 26th season of the Philippine Basketball Association.
Board of governors
Executive committee
- Emilio Bernardino, Jr.
- Wilfred Steven Uytengsu
- Ignatius Yenko
- Alberto Villa-Abrille, Jr.
Notable occurrences
- PBA's TV partner, Vintage Television was absorbed by Viva Entertainment.
- Batang Red Bull Energizers entered the league as an expansion team.
- Songwriter and composer Jim Paredes was commissioned by the league to compose the league's theme song, in celebration of its 25th anniversary. The song, entitled "Todo Bigay" was first performed by Regine Velasquez during the league's opening ceremonies.
- The league celebrated their silver anniversary on April 9, 2000, with the awarding of the PBA's 25 greatest players.
- The league forfeited Batang Red Bull's wins when 18-year-old Kerby Raymundo was found to have deficient academic credentials. He would later return to the team in 2001.
- It was the year when a crackdown of alleged fake Fil-foreign cagers led to deportations of Asi Taulava and Sonny Alvarado. Eric Menk, Danny Seigle and Chris Jackson were among those suspended by the PBA.
- The Bureau of Immigration and Deportation revoked the Filipino citizenship of Tanduay's Sonny Alvarado as it uncovered that the player used fraudulent papers; consequently, the BID ordered Alvarado's deportation.
- Alvarado's deportation affected the season's All-Filipino Cup semifinal round after PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino forfeited two of Tanduay's semifinal wins against Purefoods, since Alvarado played in those games. With the forfeitures, the series would have resumed on Game 4 with Purefoods leading the series 2–1; however, Tanduay secured a temporary restraining order that prevented the league from staging Game 4 of their series. This has been the first time a PBA game has been suspended via a court order.
Opening ceremonies
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:| Team | Muse |
| Alaska Milkmen | Children of Alaska players |
| Batang Red Bull Energizers | Lindsay Custodio and Assunta De Rossi |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | Ana Roces |
| Pop Cola 800s | Cris Villonco |
| Mobiline Phone Pals | Mary Jean Maycon |
| Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | Antoinette Taus |
| San Miguel Beermen | Bianca Zobel |
| Shell Velocity | Miriam Quiambao |
| Sta. Lucia Realtors | Binibining Pilipinas 2000 candidates |
| Tanduay Rhum Masters | Bernadette Allyson |
2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Playoffs
Semifinals
Third place playoff
ABC-PBA All-Star Game
As celebration to the league's twenty-fifth anniversary, the league and the Asian Basketball Confederation held the ABC-PBA All-Star Game. Controversy ensued when ABC team member Rommel Adducul had to be late due to his commitments with the Metrostars. Adducul earlier played against the Pasig-Rizal Pirates, a few kilometers away from the ABC-PBA All-Star venue.Awards
Most Valuable Player: Danny Ildefonso Rookie of the Year: Davonn Harp Sportsmanship Award: Freddie Abuda Most Improved Player: Mark Telan Defensive Player of the Year: Freddie Abuda Mythical Five- * Danny Ildefonso
- * Danny Seigle
- * Olsen Racela
- * Alvin Patrimonio
- * Kenneth Duremdes Mythical Second Team
- * Dindo Pumaren
- * Jeffrey Cariaso
- * Bong Hawkins
- * Rudy Hatfield
- * Marlou Aquino All Defensive Team
- * Chris Jackson
- * Freddie Abuda
- * Rey Evangelista
- * Jeffrey Cariaso
- * Dindo Pumaren