Magnolia Hotshots

Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots
2024–25 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots season
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Founded1988
HistoryPurefoods Hotdogs (1988–1990)
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs (1991–92, 1993, 1994–1996, 1998–2005)
Coney Island Ice Cream Stars (1993, 1994)
Purefoods Oodles (1993)
Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys (1997)
Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies (1997–98)
Purefoods Chunkee Giants (2005–2007)
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants (2007–2010)
B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados (2010–11)
B-Meg Llamados (2011–12)
San Mig Coffee Mixers (2012–13)
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers (2013–14)
Purefoods Star Hotshots (2014–15)
Star Hotshots (2015–2017)
Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok (2017–2020)
Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots (2021–2022)
Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots (2022–present)
Team colorsBlue, yellow, white
     
CompanySan Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc.
Board governorRene Pardo
Team managerAlvin Patrimonio
Head coachChito Victolero
OwnershipRamon S. Ang
Affiliation(s)Purefoods TJ Titans
Championships14 championships

1990 Third Conference
1991 All-Filipino
1993 All-Filipino
1994 Commissioner's
1997 All-Filipino
2002 Governors'
2006 Philippine
2009–10 Philippine
2012 Commissioner's
2013 Governors'
2013–14 Philippine
2014 Commissioner's
2014 Governors'
2018 Governors'

32 finals appearances
Retired numbers5 (7, 8, 15, 16, 44)
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The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots, or simply known as the Magnolia Hotshots, are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team is owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation (SMC). The team is one of three PBA ball clubs currently owned by the SMC group of companies, along with Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the San Miguel Beermen. They have 14 PBA championships, tied with the Alaska Aces for the third-most overall.

The franchise plays under numerous brand names of the company but is best known by its original name, Purefoods. It remains as one of the most popular teams in the PBA,[1] winning fourteen PBA titles and is the fourth team in PBA history to win a Grand Slam.

The players most identified with the franchise are Alvin Patrimonio, James Yap, and Marc Pingris, among others. Patrimonio, a Mapua University standout, led the franchise to six championships and was named Most Valuable Player four times. Patrimonio retired in 2004 and currently serves as its team manager. Yap led Purefoods to seven titles including a notable grand slam in 2013–14, which is the only grand slam in the history of the franchise and received multiple MVP awards as well. While Pingris was named to the PBA's 40 greatest players playing alongside Yap as the team's enforcer and rebounder. He was a vocal leader of the famous 2013 Gilas Pilipinas team that defeated South Korea and bagged a medal.

  1. ^ Lontayao, Rommel (August 16, 2008). "Kings, Giants are most popular PBA teams". The Manila Times. Retrieved November 5, 2012.