1987 PBA Season - Season Highlights

Season Highlights

• Manila Beer Brewmasters disbanded its franchise, reducing the membership to only 6 teams, their players were absorbed by the rest of the PBA ballclubs.
• The PBA, in partnership with a newly-formed league in the United States for players 6-4 and below called International Basketball Association (IBA), staged a successful mini-tournament for one week, featuring the top PBA All-Filipino teams and the US (IBA) Selection.
• Tanduay Rhummakers, who had won the Open Conference crown, were eliminated and finished last in the succeeding two conferences, announced that the team is headed for disbandment, leaving only two founding members of the PBA.
• San Miguel Beer won their third PBA title since returning to the league in the third conference of last year, behind best import Bobby Parks, Norman Black won his first championship as a head coach, and became the third American to steer his team to a PBA title after Jerry Webber and Ron Jacobs.