2007-08 NBL Season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

2007-08 is the 30th NBL season.

On 21 November 2006, the NBL announced that Gold Coast Blaze

Gold Coast Blaze

The Gold Coast Blaze is an Australian professional basketball team which competes in the National Basketball League . The Blaze competed in their inaugural season in 2007/08. The club is based on the Gold Coast and joins two other NBL clubs competing from Queensland...

will join the league, expanding it to 13 teams.

2007-08 league participants

Team	Region	CEO	Coach	Home ground	Capacity
Adelaide 36ers Adelaide 36ers The Adelaide 36ers are Adelaide's men's professional basketball team, established as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the National Basketball League in 1982. The Adelaide 36ers tally of four championships is equal with the Melbourne Tigers and second behind the Perth Wildcats as the most...	SA South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...	Mal Hemmerling	Phil Smyth Phil Smyth Philip John Smyth AM is an Australian former basketball player and former three time championship winning head coach of the National Basketball League's Adelaide 36ers.-Professional career:...	Adelaide Arena	7,200
Brisbane Bullets Brisbane Bullets The Brisbane Bullets were, until 2008, a professional basketball team competing in Australia's National Basketball League. The Bullets were one of only two teams that survived since the NBL's inception in 1979; the only surviving team is now the Wollongong Hawks. The team played in Midnight Navy...	QLD Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	Jeff Van Groningen	Joey Wright Joey Wright Joey Wright is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the Gold Coast Blaze.-College career:...	Brisbane Convention Centre Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre The Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre is Australia’s most awarded venue and has been officially ranked among the world’s top three convention centres on three separate occasions....	4,000
Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans The Cairns Taipans are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The club is based in the northern Queensland city of Cairns. The Taipans, named after a species of venomous snake native to Australia, entered the NBL in the 1999/2000 season...	QLD Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	Denis Keeffe	Alan Black Alan Black Alan Black is a former basketball player and basketball coach in the Australian National Basketball League. Black's last coaching appointment was the head coach of the Cairns Taipans....	Cairns Convention Centre Cairns Convention Centre Cairns Convention Centre, which opened in 1997, is a multi-purpose arena, located in Cairns, Australia. The capacity is 5,300 people.It is the home arena of the Cairns Taipans basketball team. The record crowd is 5,500 for an NBL Finals game in 2004 between Cairns Taipans and Perth Wildcats...	5,300
Gold Coast Blaze Gold Coast Blaze The Gold Coast Blaze is an Australian professional basketball team which competes in the National Basketball League . The Blaze competed in their inaugural season in 2007/08. The club is based on the Gold Coast and joins two other NBL clubs competing from Queensland...	QLD Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	David Claxton	Brendan Joyce Brendan Joyce Brendan Joyce is a former professional basketball player and coach of the National Basketball League the Wollongong Hawks and the Gold Coast Blaze....	Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre located on the Gold Coast Highway in Broadbeach, Gold Coast was opened on 29 June 2004 at a cost of $167 million and is linked by a covered walkway to Conrad Jupiters...	5,269
Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Tigers The Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...	VIC Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	Seamus McPeake	Alan Westover	State Hockey Netball Centre State Netball and Hockey Centre State Netball Hockey Centre is a multipurpose sporting facility located in Melbourne, Australia. It is the home arena of the Melbourne Vixens netball team in the ANZ Championship, and the Melbourne Tigers National Basketball League team. The facility is located in Royal Park, Parkville next to...	3,500
New Zealand Breakers New Zealand Breakers The New Zealand Breakers are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The Breakers joined the NBL for the 2003/04 season as one of two expansion clubs. The club is based in the city of Auckland, New Zealand and play their home games at the North...	NZL New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Richard Clarke	Andrej Lemanis	North Shore Events Centre North Shore Events Centre North Shore Events Centre is an indoor arena, located in Auckland, New Zealand. The arena opened in 1992 and has a capacity of 4,500 people.The Centre primarily hosts basketball games and is the home arena of the New Zealand Breakers who play in the Australasian NBL. It also hosts concerts and...	4,500
Perth Wildcats Perth Wildcats The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth...	WA Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...	Nick Marvin	Scott Fisher Scott Fisher (basketball) Scott Fisher is a retired American-Australian basketball player and former head coach of the National Basketball League's Perth Wildcats.-Playing career:...	Challenge Stadium Challenge Stadium Challenge Stadium is a sports complex in the suburb of Mount Claremont, west of Perth, Western Australia, Australia. It was opened in 1986 and is home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport. The main indoor arena holds 4,500 people...	4,500
Singapore Slingers Singapore Slingers The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....	SIN Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	Bob Turner	Gordon McLeod Gordon McLeod (basketball) Gordon McLeod is a former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Wollongong Hawks in Australia's National Basketball League.-Professional career:...	Singapore Indoor Stadium Singapore Indoor Stadium Singapore Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena, located in Kallang, Singapore.It was completed in 1989 and was officially opened by the, then, prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, on 31 December 1989. The building was built at a cost of S$ 90 million...	10,000
South Dragons South Dragons The South Dragons is a former team in the Australasian National Basketball League . They made their début in the 2006/07 season and played their final season in 2008/09...	VIC Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	Ryan Gardiner	Shane Heal Shane Heal Shane Douglas Heal is a retired Australia professional basketball player who last played with the Gold Coast Blaze of the National Basketball League, retiring at the end of the 2008/09 season. During his early years as a player, Heal played for the Brisbane Bullets and the Geelong Supercats...	Vodafone Arena Vodafone Arena Hisense Arena is a sports venue that is part of the Melbourne Park complex, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The current arena's name was purchased in July of 2008.-History:...	11,000
Sydney Kings Sydney Kings The Sydney Kings are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. They are the only team to date to win three consecutive championships in the NBL and currently sit third behind the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers two away from the record five wins...	NSW New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	Garry Hudson	Brian Goorjian Brian Goorjian Brian Goorjian is an American-Australian basketball coach. He is the most successful coach in Australian basketball history...	Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney Entertainment Centre The Sydney Entertainment Centre is a multi-purpose venue, located in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia. It opened in May 1983, to replace Sydney Stadium, which had been demolished to make way for a new railway. The centre is currently owned by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, which administers...	10,500
Townsville Crocodiles Townsville Crocodiles The Townsville Crocodiles are a professional Australian basketball team based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in the National Basketball League...	QLD Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	Ian Smythe	Trevor Gleeson Trevor Gleeson Trevor Gleeson is an Australian basketball coach in. He started coaching back in 1992 in the Victorian Basketball League with the Warrnambool Seahawks. He spent many years as an assistant coach before taking over Sioux Falls Skyforce in the Continental Basketball Association. He was coach for the...	Townsville Entertainment Centre Townsville Entertainment Centre Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre is an indoor sports arena, located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The capacity of the arena is 5,257 and was built in 1993....	5,257
West Sydney Razorbacks West Sydney Razorbacks The Sydney Spirit were a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League...	NSW New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	Darren Drysdale Darren Drysdale Darren Drysdale is an English football referee who officiates in the Football League, and is a sergeant in the RAF at Waddington.-Career:...	Rob Beveridge	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre Sydney Olympic Park Sydney Olympic Park is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney Olympic Park is located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council....	4,500
Wollongong Hawks Wollongong Hawks The Wollongong Hawks are a team competing in Australia's National Basketball League , based in the New South Wales city of Wollongong. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010...	NSW New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...		Eric Cooks	WIN Entertainment Centre	5,800

Pre-season Transactions

Player	Recruited From	Signed By
Larry Abney	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Taipans
Adam Ballinger Adam Ballinger Adam Ballinger is a naturalised Australian professional basketball player, originally from the United States...	Wollongong Hawks	Adelaide 36ers
David Barlow David Barlow (basketball) David Barlow is an Australian professional basketball player. He plays for UCAM Murcia in the Spanish ACB.-Basketball career:...	Sydney Kings	Melbourne Tigers
Stephen Black Stephen Black Stephen Black is an Australian former professional basketball player who last played for the Cairns Taipans of the NBL. He is the son of Alan Black...	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Taipans
Mark Bradtke Mark Bradtke Mark Robert Bradtke is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played mainly in Australia's National Basketball League but also had a single stint in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1996-97...	Brisbane Bullets	Retired
Brad Davidson	Singapore Slingers	Adelaide 36ers
Casey Frank Casey Frank Casey Frank is a naturalised New Zealand professional basketball player, originally from the United States. He's currently playing for the Wellington Saints in the NZL National Basketball League...	Wollongong Hawks	Gold Coast Blaze
Kavossy Franklin Kavossy Franklin Kavossy Franklin is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Harbour Heat in the New Zealand National Basketball League....	South Dragons	Wollongong Hawks
Cortez Groves Cortez Groves Cortez Groves is an American professional basketball player who has previously played in the now defunct International Basketball Association and the NBL in Australia....	Wollongong Hawks	South Dragons
Brad Hill Brad Hill (basketball) Brad Hill is an Australian professional basketball player with the Cairns Taipans in the National Basketball League....	Adelaide 36ers	South Dragons
Nick Horvath Nick Horvath Nick Horvath is a naturalised New Zealand professional basketball player, originally from the United States, currently playing for the NZL NBL team Manawatu Jets....	Adelaide 36ers	South Dragons
Nathan Jawai Nathan Jawai Nathan Jawai is an Indigenous Australian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Russian team UNICS Kazan.-Pro career:...	Australian Institute of Sport Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the...	Cairns Taipans
Ryan Kersten Ryan Kersten Ryan Kersten is a basketball player, currently a point guard for the Adelaide 36ers in the Australian NBL....	University of New Mexico	New Zealand Breakers
Alex Loughton Alex Loughton Alex Loughton is an Australian professional basketball player for the Cairns Taipans.Loughton began to make a name for himself when he was selected in the Australian Under-20 team; he went on to average 17.4 ppg and 10.3 rpg and it was not long before scouts began to take notice of Alex...	Gandía BA Gandía BA Gandía Básquet Athletic is a professional basketball team based in Gandía, Valencian Community and plays in the Municipal de Gandía, in LEB Plata.-Current roster:-Season by season:- External links :* *... (LEB Spain Liga Española de Baloncesto Liga Española de Baloncesto is the second league of the Spanish basketball league system behind the ACB. It is run by the FEB. The Liga Española de Baloncesto is divided into two categories and they are sponsored by Adecco. The names of the two leagues are Adecco Oro and Adecco Plata.The LEB league... )	Perth Wildcats
Luke Martin Luke Martin Luke Martin, is a professional basketball player and former international for the Australian Boomers. Martin spent three seasons in the Australian National squad from 2003–2005 and picked up several international caps...	Cairns Taipans	South Dragons
Ben Melmeth	Singapore Slingers	Gold Coast Blaze
Scott McGregor Scott McGregor (basketball) Scott McGregor is an Australian basketball player.McGregor began his NBL career with the Newcastle Falcons, where he won the NBL Rookie of the Year award. In 1997, McGregor played in the Australian Under 22's team that won a gold medal in the FIBA World Championships in Melbourne...	West Sydney Razorbacks	Gold Coast Blaze
Brad Newley Brad Newley Brad Newley is an Australian professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 7 in tall small forward that can also play at the shooting guard position...	Townsville Crocodiles	Adelaide 36ers
Ben Pepper Ben Pepper Ben Pepper is an Australian basketball player, who played for the twelve seasons in the National Basketball League.-Professional career:...	New Zealand Breakers	Townsville Crocodiles
Anthony Petrie	Canberra Gunners Canberra Gunners The Canberra Gunners play in the East Conference of the South Eastern Australian Basketball League in the ABA. After the demise of the Canberra Cannons, they have become the premier men's basketball team in Canberra... (ABA Australian Basketball Association The Australian Basketball Association, often abbreviated to the ABA, is the second-tiered semi-professional men's and women's basketball minor leagues in Australia which sit under the professional National Basketball League and Women's National Basketball League .The ABA is representative of the... )	West Sydney Razorbacks
Tony Rampton Tony Rampton Tony Rampton is a former New Zealand professional basketball player.Rampton played an integral part in the Tall Blacks qualifying for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, however an ankle injury ruled him out of the competition...	Wollongong Hawks	West Sydney Razorbacks
Tony Ronaldson Tony Ronaldson Anthony Dean "Bear" Ronaldson is a former Australian basketball player who last played for the NZL National Basketball League team, Waikato Pistons.-Playing career:...	Perth Wildcats	New Zealand Breakers
Bradley Sheridan Bradley Sheridan Bradley Sheridan is an Australian basketball player who used to play in the NBL.Sheridan joined in Victoria Titans in 1999 after he travelled to the Australian Institute of Sport. At that time Brian Goorjian was coaching the Titans...	Sydney Kings	Townsville Crocodiles
Anthony Stewart Anthony Stewart (basketball) Anthony Stewart is an Australian former professional basketball player in Australia's NBL. At one time, Stewart worked in an off-court role with the Cairns Taipans.-Career:...	Cairns Taipans	Retired

Unless stated otherwise the source for the above information is the NBL article "Movers and Shakers"

Team	Major sponsor
Adelaide 36ers	ABC Learning Centres ABC Learning ABC Learning is an Australian company that was the world's largest provider of Early Childhood Education services. It is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange with its market capitalisation reaching A$2.5 billion in March 2006...
Brisbane Bullets	Virgin Blue
Cairns Taipans	Skytrans Airlines Skytrans Airlines Skytrans is an Australian airline and air charter business with bases in Cairns, Townsville, Darwin, Brisbane and Perth. The airline flies regularly from Cairns to Cooktown, Lockhart River, Coen, Aurukun, and from Townsville to Palm Island.-History:...
Gold Coast Blaze	none
Melbourne Tigers	Aust Tiger
New Zealand Breakers	Harvey Norman Harvey Norman Harvey Norman is a large Australian-based retailer of electrical, computer, furniture, entertainment and bedding goods. It is effectively a franchise and the main brand owned by Harvey Norman Holdings Limited...
Perth Wildcats	Saville Australia Saville Australia Saville Australia was a privately-owned property developer in Australia. It holds a variety of residential apartment projects.With origins dating back over 15 years, Saville Australia has undertaken development projects in some of Western Australia’s premier waterside and inner city...
Singapore Slingers	CLSA CLSA 'CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets' is one of the region’s largest and most highly rated independent equity brokers and financial-services groups, focused on providing broking, investment banking and asset management to corporate and institutional clients around the world.Founded in 1986, CLSA has its...
South Dragons	Crazy John's Crazy John's Crazy John's is a mobile phone retail chain in Australia started by late Turkish/Australian businessman John Ilhan. Crazy John's is the largest independent phone retailer in Australia, employing more than 700 people with over 120 retail stores. Following his death, Mr Ilhan's wife Patricia sold...
Sydney Kings	Firepower
Townsville Crocodiles	McDonald's McDonald's McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
West Sydney Razorbacks	Westbus
Wollongong Hawks	IMB IMB IMB is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:*IMB is the former New York Stock Exchange stock symbol for Indymac Bancorp, the parent company of Indymac Bank, the Pasadena, California, based federal savings bank, and Financial Freedom Senior Funding, the Irvine, California-based reverse...

Apparel

Team	Provider	Home colour	Away colour
Adelaide 36ers	ISC International Sports Clothing International Sports Clothing is an Australian sports apparel manufacturer. Although they are an Australian company they have an operating base set up in the UK. The New Zealand Distributor for ISC is Lenco Sport NZ...	Blue	White
Brisbane Bullets	Hoop2Hoop	Royal Blue	White
Cairns Taipans	Kombat Kombat Kombat is a small settlement at the southern margin of the Otavi Mountainland in northern Namibia. It lies on the road between Otavi and Grootfontein. It was founded around a copper mine that was operated for many years during and before the 1970s by Tsumeb Corporation Limited...	Orange	White
Gold Coast Blaze	ISC International Sports Clothing International Sports Clothing is an Australian sports apparel manufacturer. Although they are an Australian company they have an operating base set up in the UK. The New Zealand Distributor for ISC is Lenco Sport NZ...	Sky Blue	White
Melbourne Tigers	Kombat Kombat Kombat is a small settlement at the southern margin of the Otavi Mountainland in northern Namibia. It lies on the road between Otavi and Grootfontein. It was founded around a copper mine that was operated for many years during and before the 1970s by Tsumeb Corporation Limited...	Red	Yellow
New Zealand Breakers	Sport and Uniform	Black	White
Perth Wildcats	ISC International Sports Clothing International Sports Clothing is an Australian sports apparel manufacturer. Although they are an Australian company they have an operating base set up in the UK. The New Zealand Distributor for ISC is Lenco Sport NZ...	Red	White
Singapore Slingers	ISC International Sports Clothing International Sports Clothing is an Australian sports apparel manufacturer. Although they are an Australian company they have an operating base set up in the UK. The New Zealand Distributor for ISC is Lenco Sport NZ...	Red	Gold
South Dragons	Kombat Kombat Kombat is a small settlement at the southern margin of the Otavi Mountainland in northern Namibia. It lies on the road between Otavi and Grootfontein. It was founded around a copper mine that was operated for many years during and before the 1970s by Tsumeb Corporation Limited...	Black	White
Sydney Kings	ISC International Sports Clothing International Sports Clothing is an Australian sports apparel manufacturer. Although they are an Australian company they have an operating base set up in the UK. The New Zealand Distributor for ISC is Lenco Sport NZ...	Purple	White
Townsville Crocodiles	Kombat Kombat Kombat is a small settlement at the southern margin of the Otavi Mountainland in northern Namibia. It lies on the road between Otavi and Grootfontein. It was founded around a copper mine that was operated for many years during and before the 1970s by Tsumeb Corporation Limited...	Green	White
West Sydney Razorbacks	Soul Sports	Navy Blue	White
Wollongong Hawks	Kombat Kombat Kombat is a small settlement at the southern margin of the Otavi Mountainland in northern Namibia. It lies on the road between Otavi and Grootfontein. It was founded around a copper mine that was operated for many years during and before the 1970s by Tsumeb Corporation Limited...	Red	White

Home and away season

The home and away season took place over 22 rounds between 19 September 2007 and 16 February 2008 with finals starting 20 February 2008

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

2007–08 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points Point (basketball) Points in basketball are used to keep track of the score in a game. Points can be accumulated by making field goals or free throws .... per game	Ebi Ere Ebi Ere Ebi Ere is a US-born Nigerian professional basketball player. He plays shooting guard for the Obradoiro CAB, in the Spanish Liga ACB. He previously played for the Sydney Kings, also of the NBL. Ere won the grand final 2007 with the Brisbane Bullets...	Brisbane Bullets Brisbane Bullets The Brisbane Bullets were, until 2008, a professional basketball team competing in Australia's National Basketball League. The Bullets were one of only two teams that survived since the NBL's inception in 1979; the only surviving team is now the Wollongong Hawks. The team played in Midnight Navy...	26.0
Rebounds Rebound (basketball) A rebound in basketball is the act of successfully gaining possession of the basketball after a missed field goal or free throw. Rebounds in basketball are a routine part in the game, as all possessions change after a shot is successfully made... per game	Chris Anstey Chris Anstey Christopher John Anstey is a former Australian professional basketball player. At 7'0" his career included stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL...	Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Tigers The Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...	12.0
Assists Assist (basketball) In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal, meaning that he or she was "assisting" in the basket. There is some judgment involved in deciding whether a passer should be credited with an assist... per game	Rashad Phillips Rashad Phillips Rashad Keith Phillips is an American former professional basketball player. In eight years playing professionally, Phillips competed in more than eight different countries for more than ten different teams. He is 5'10" tall, weighs 162 pounds and played the point guard position...	Perth Wildcats Perth Wildcats The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth...	7.5
Steals Steal (basketball) In basketball, a steal occurs when a defensive player legally causes a turnover by his positive, aggressive action. This can be done by deflecting and controlling, catching, or batting to a teammate a pass or dribble of an offensive player... per game	Orien Greene Orien Greene Orien Randolph Greene II is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Halifax Rainmen of the National Basketball League of Canada. His first two seasons were spent with the NBA's Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers, respectively...	New Zealand Breakers New Zealand Breakers The New Zealand Breakers are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The Breakers joined the NBL for the 2003/04 season as one of two expansion clubs. The club is based in the city of Auckland, New Zealand and play their home games at the North...	2.88
Blocks Block (basketball) In basketball, a block , not to be confused with blocking, occurs when a defensive player legally deflects a field goal attempt from an offensive player. The defender must not touch the offensive player's hands or otherwise a foul is called. In order to be legal, the block must occur while the shot... per game	Chris Anstey Chris Anstey Christopher John Anstey is a former Australian professional basketball player. At 7'0" his career included stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL...	Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Tigers The Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...	1.97
Field goal Field goal (basketball) In basketball, the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket. "Field Goal" is the official terminology used by the National Basketball Association in their rule book,... percentage	Tim Behrendorff Tim Behrendorff Timothy "Tim" Behrendorff is an Australian basketball player. Behrendorff attended college at Gardner-Webb University in the United States from 2000-2004....	New Zealand Breakers New Zealand Breakers The New Zealand Breakers are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The Breakers joined the NBL for the 2003/04 season as one of two expansion clubs. The club is based in the city of Auckland, New Zealand and play their home games at the North...	60.0%
Free throw Free throw In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court , and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team... percentage	Michael Cedar	Townsville Crocodiles Townsville Crocodiles The Townsville Crocodiles are a professional Australian basketball team based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in the National Basketball League...	91.3%
Three-point field goal Three-point field goal A three-point field goal is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket... percentage	Daniel Jackson Daniel Jackson (basketball) Daniel Alexander Jackson is an Australian basketball player. He joined the Wollongong Hawks basketball team in the 2007/2008 season as a development player. Jackson is a 200 cm forward...	Wollongong Hawks Wollongong Hawks The Wollongong Hawks are a team competing in Australia's National Basketball League , based in the New South Wales city of Wollongong. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010...	52.4%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Chris Anstey
Chris Anstey
Christopher John Anstey is a former Australian professional basketball player. At 7'0" his career included stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL...

, Melbourne Tigers
Melbourne Tigers
The Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...
Rookie of the Year: Nathan Jawai
Nathan Jawai
Nathan Jawai is an Indigenous Australian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Russian team UNICS Kazan.-Pro career:...

, Cairns Taipans
Cairns Taipans
The Cairns Taipans are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The club is based in the northern Queensland city of Cairns. The Taipans, named after a species of venomous snake native to Australia, entered the NBL in the 1999/2000 season...
Best Defensive Player: Chris Anstey
Chris Anstey
Christopher John Anstey is a former Australian professional basketball player. At 7'0" his career included stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL...

, Melbourne Tigers
Melbourne Tigers
The Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...
Best Sixth Man: Dontaye Draper
Dontaye Draper
Dontaye Dominic Draper is an American professional basketball player. He is a 5'11" tall point guard.-College career:...

, Sydney Kings
Sydney Kings
The Sydney Kings are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. They are the only team to date to win three consecutive championships in the NBL and currently sit third behind the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers two away from the record five wins...
Most Improved Player: Cameron Tragardh, Wollongong Hawks
Wollongong Hawks
The Wollongong Hawks are a team competing in Australia's National Basketball League , based in the New South Wales city of Wollongong. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010...
Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian
Brian Goorjian
Brian Goorjian is an American-Australian basketball coach. He is the most successful coach in Australian basketball history...

, Sydney Kings
Sydney Kings
The Sydney Kings are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. They are the only team to date to win three consecutive championships in the NBL and currently sit third behind the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers two away from the record five wins...

All-NBL First Team:
- Ebi Ere
  Ebi Ere
  Ebi Ere is a US-born Nigerian professional basketball player. He plays shooting guard for the Obradoiro CAB, in the Spanish Liga ACB. He previously played for the Sydney Kings, also of the NBL. Ere won the grand final 2007 with the Brisbane Bullets...
  
  - Brisbane Bullets
  Brisbane Bullets
  The Brisbane Bullets were, until 2008, a professional basketball team competing in Australia's National Basketball League. The Bullets were one of only two teams that survived since the NBL's inception in 1979; the only surviving team is now the Wollongong Hawks. The team played in Midnight Navy...
- Chris Anstey
  Chris Anstey
  Christopher John Anstey is a former Australian professional basketball player. At 7'0" his career included stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL...
  
  - Melbourne Tigers
  Melbourne Tigers
  The Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...
- Mark Worthington
  Mark Worthington
  Mark Worthington is an Australian professional basketball player. He was named the NBL rookie of the year in 2006 and won gold with the Australian basketball team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....
  
  - Sydney Kings
  Sydney Kings
  The Sydney Kings are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. They are the only team to date to win three consecutive championships in the NBL and currently sit third behind the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers two away from the record five wins...
- Kirk Penney
  Kirk Penney
  Kirk Samuel Penney is a New Zealander professional basketball player.-University of Wisconsin :...
  
  - New Zealand Breakers
  New Zealand Breakers
  The New Zealand Breakers are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The Breakers joined the NBL for the 2003/04 season as one of two expansion clubs. The club is based in the city of Auckland, New Zealand and play their home games at the North...
- Shawn Redhage
  Shawn Redhage
  Shawn Redhage is a naturalised Australian professional basketball player, originally from the United States...
  
  - Perth Wildcats
  Perth Wildcats
  The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth...
All-NBL Second Team:
- Nathan Jawai
  Nathan Jawai
  Nathan Jawai is an Indigenous Australian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Russian team UNICS Kazan.-Pro career:...
  
  - Cairns Taipans
  Cairns Taipans
  The Cairns Taipans are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The club is based in the northern Queensland city of Cairns. The Taipans, named after a species of venomous snake native to Australia, entered the NBL in the 1999/2000 season...
- Adam Ballinger
  Adam Ballinger
  Adam Ballinger is a naturalised Australian professional basketball player, originally from the United States...
  
  - Adelaide 36ers
  Adelaide 36ers
  The Adelaide 36ers are Adelaide's men's professional basketball team, established as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the National Basketball League in 1982. The Adelaide 36ers tally of four championships is equal with the Melbourne Tigers and second behind the Perth Wildcats as the most...
- Corey Williams - Townsville Crocodiles
  Townsville Crocodiles
  The Townsville Crocodiles are a professional Australian basketball team based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in the National Basketball League...
- C. J. Bruton - Brisbane Bullets
  Brisbane Bullets
  The Brisbane Bullets were, until 2008, a professional basketball team competing in Australia's National Basketball League. The Bullets were one of only two teams that survived since the NBL's inception in 1979; the only surviving team is now the Wollongong Hawks. The team played in Midnight Navy...
- James Harvey
  James Harvey (basketball)
  James Harvey is an Australian professional basketball player currently playing in the NBL. Harvey currently plays for the Gold Coast Blaze and previously played for the Perth Wildcats and West Sydney Razorbacks.In March 2007, it was revealed Harvey was one of three Australian sportsmen whose...
  
  - Gold Coast Blaze
  Gold Coast Blaze
  The Gold Coast Blaze is an Australian professional basketball team which competes in the National Basketball League . The Blaze competed in their inaugural season in 2007/08. The club is based on the Gold Coast and joins two other NBL clubs competing from Queensland...
All-NBL Third Team:
- Kavossy Franklin
  Kavossy Franklin
  Kavossy Franklin is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Harbour Heat in the New Zealand National Basketball League....
  
  - Wollongong Hawks
  Wollongong Hawks
  The Wollongong Hawks are a team competing in Australia's National Basketball League , based in the New South Wales city of Wollongong. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010...
- Paul Rogers
  Paul Rogers (basketball)
  Paul Andrew Rogers is a retired Australian basketball player who played in the National Basketball League...
  
  - Perth Wildcats
  Perth Wildcats
  The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth...
- Julius Hodge
  Julius Hodge
  Julius Melvin Hodge is an American professional basketball player.Hodge was selected 20th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. He played four years at North Carolina State University...
  
  - Adelaide 36ers
  Adelaide 36ers
  The Adelaide 36ers are Adelaide's men's professional basketball team, established as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the National Basketball League in 1982. The Adelaide 36ers tally of four championships is equal with the Melbourne Tigers and second behind the Perth Wildcats as the most...
- Dontaye Draper
  Dontaye Draper
  Dontaye Dominic Draper is an American professional basketball player. He is a 5'11" tall point guard.-College career:...
  
  - Sydney Kings
  Sydney Kings
  The Sydney Kings are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. They are the only team to date to win three consecutive championships in the NBL and currently sit third behind the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers two away from the record five wins...
- Darnell Hinson
  Darnell Hinson
  Darnell Hinson is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association.- Basketball career :...
  
  - West Sydney Razorbacks
  West Sydney Razorbacks
  The Sydney Spirit were a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League...

TV Coverage

Australia - Fox Sports
Fox Sports (Australia)
Fox Sports is an Australia group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Consolidated Media Holdings. Its main competitors are ESPN, which has little local content and the free-to-air digital channel One HD...

(Live coverage) & Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

(Delayed coverage)
New Zealand - Sky Sport & Maori Television
Maori Television
Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the...
Singapore - Sling HD
Mio TV
mio TV is a 24-hours pay-TV service, introduced by SingTel. It is transmitted through the company's SingNet broadband network via an IPTV service and uses Microsoft Mediaroom as its end to end software platform. It is a service that will allow multimedia content - including broadcast channels and...
Philippines - Basketball TV
Basketball TV
Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel....

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