1983 PBA Season - Season Highlights

Season Highlights

• The Crispa Redmanizers won their Second Grandslam after first doing the trick in 1976, with new coach Tommy Manotoc, after losing their first game of the season, won the All-Filipino Conference crown via 12-game win streak.
• On May 15, PBA fans witnessed the "Black Superman" Billy Ray Bates, played his first game for Crispa Redmanizers, Bates won the best import award in both Reinforced and Open Conference, leading the Redmanizers to the championship and a grandslam.
• A rising powerhouse ballclub, Great Taste Coffee, with the entry of Fil-Am rookie Ricardo Brown teaming up with Bogs Adornado and import Norman Black, led the Coffeemakers to their first-ever finals appearances after eight years.
• The Toyota Super Corollas played their final season in the PBA, after nine years of participation, announced its disbandment prior to the start of the 1984 PBA season.