Singapore Slingers
Encyclopedia
The Singapore Slingers are an Asia
n basketball
team that formerly competed in the Australia
n 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.
In 2008, the club left the NBL and currently compete in the "Singapore Challenge Series". In this series the Slingers compete against a range of teams from the Philippines
, China
, Indonesia
, India
and Australia
.
The Slingers are one of the inaugural teams that began competition in the ASEAN Basketball League
in October 2009. The Slingers play their home games at the Singapore Indoor Stadium
(SIS)
from 1979 to 2003, winning 3 championships in 1983, 1984 and 1988. The Cannons began to struggle and relocated to Newcastle
for three seasons and were known as the Hunter Pirates
for the 03-04, 04-05 and 05-06 seasons. The team again relocated to Singapore
before the start of the 2006-07 season. However, they also played occasional home games in Newcastle
.
The club was the brainchild of NBL stalwart Bob Turner, the Slingers' CEO. The NBL believed the club would open the league to wider audiences and greater revenue. Due to the distance involved the team agreed to cover all travel costs of teams who played them in Singapore
. However, the club had only averaged crowds of only 3500 at its home games during the last season.
The National Basketball League
announced on 29 July 2008 that the Singapore Slingers had decided to withdraw from the competition permanently due to the dramatic increase in international travel costs. NBL interim Chief Executive Officer Chuck Harmison said the Slingers had determined the future focus of the team needed to be on participating in competition within its local Asian region, rather than weekly games in Australia
and New Zealand
. “The Slingers have undertaken a comprehensive internal review of its entire program over the past few months in consultation with its major backer, the Singapore Sports Council
,” said Harmison. “The outcome determined that the future of the Slingers lay closer to home, rather than in a league based thousands of kilometres away."
The team participated in the startup of the ASEAN Basketball League
which began play in 2009.
The Slingers ended the season with a league second best 10-5 win-loss record and a league's best 4-3 away record.
The Slingers lost the semi-finals series 1-2 and were eliminated from the playoffs.
The Slingers ended the season with a league fourth-best 7-8 win-loss record.
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team that formerly competed in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n National Basketball League
National Basketball League (Australia)
The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....
. 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.
In 2008, the club left the NBL and currently compete in the "Singapore Challenge Series". In this series the Slingers compete against a range of teams from the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The Slingers are one of the inaugural teams that began competition in the ASEAN Basketball League
ASEAN Basketball League
The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball league in Southeast Asia. Six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations competed in the league's 2009 inaugural season...
in October 2009. The Slingers play their home games at the 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...
(SIS)
History
The franchise was known as the Canberra CannonsCanberra Cannons
The Canberra Cannons were a basketball team competing in the Australian National Basketball League. They went into financial administration in 2003 and were relocated to Newcastle, where they became the Hunter Pirates...
from 1979 to 2003, winning 3 championships in 1983, 1984 and 1988. The Cannons began to struggle and relocated to Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
for three seasons and were known as the Hunter Pirates
Hunter Pirates
The Hunter Pirates were an Australian basketball team, based in the city of Newcastle, that competed in the National Basketball League.-Team history:...
for the 03-04, 04-05 and 05-06 seasons. The team again relocated to Singapore
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...
before the start of the 2006-07 season. However, they also played occasional home games in Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
.
The club was the brainchild of NBL stalwart Bob Turner, the Slingers' CEO. The NBL believed the club would open the league to wider audiences and greater revenue. Due to the distance involved the team agreed to cover all travel costs of teams who played them in Singapore
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...
. However, the club had only averaged crowds of only 3500 at its home games during the last season.
The National Basketball League
National Basketball League
National Basketball League may mean:* National Basketball League , the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia* National Basketball League * National Basketball League of Canada...
announced on 29 July 2008 that the Singapore Slingers had decided to withdraw from the competition permanently due to the dramatic increase in international travel costs. NBL interim Chief Executive Officer Chuck Harmison said the Slingers had determined the future focus of the team needed to be on participating in competition within its local Asian region, rather than weekly games in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
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...
. “The Slingers have undertaken a comprehensive internal review of its entire program over the past few months in consultation with its major backer, the Singapore Sports Council
Singapore Sports Council
The Singapore Sports Council is a statutory board under the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports of the Singapore Government...
,” said Harmison. “The outcome determined that the future of the Slingers lay closer to home, rather than in a league based thousands of kilometres away."
The team participated in the startup of the ASEAN Basketball League
ASEAN Basketball League
The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball league in Southeast Asia. Six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations competed in the league's 2009 inaugural season...
which began play in 2009.
Honours
| Title | Winners | Runners-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABL Regular Season ASEAN Basketball League The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball league in Southeast Asia. Six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations competed in the league's 2009 inaugural season... |
2009-10 | |||
| ABL Grand Finals ASEAN Basketball League The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball league in Southeast Asia. Six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations competed in the league's 2009 inaugural season... |
2009-10 (Semi-Finals) | |||
Achievements
| Year | ABL Regular Season Position | ABL Grand Finals Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | 2nd Place | Semi-Finals |
| 2010-11 2010–11 ABL Regular Season The 2010–11 ASEAN Basketball League Regular Season is the second season of competition since its establishment. A total of six teams competed the league... |
4th Place | Semi-Finals |
2009/10 ABL Season
- 11 October: Singapore Slingers vs Brunei BarracudasBrunei BarracudasThe Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...
; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 87-69)
- 18 October: Singapore Slingers vs Philippines Patriots; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 74-69)
- 24 October: Singapore Slingers @ Brunei BarracudasBrunei BarracudasThe Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...
; Brunei Indoor Stadium, Brunei Darussalam (W, 82-80)
- 1 November: Singapore Slingers vs. Satria Muda BritamaSatria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...
; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 94-72)
- 7 November: Singapore Slingers @. Philippines Patriots; Filoil Flying V Arena, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
(L, 53-70)
- 14 November: Singapore Slingers @ Satria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...
; The BritAma Stadium, IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
(W, 61-59)
- 22 November: Singapore Slingers vs. Kuala Lumpur DragonsKuala Lumpur DragonsThe Westports KL Dragons, , is a professional basketball team based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...
; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(L, 74-84)
- 7 December: Singapore Slingers vs. Thailand TigersThailand TigersThe Chang Thailand Slammers, formerly known as Thailand Tigers, is a professional basketball team in Thailand for the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League. They play their home games at the Nimibutr National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.-...
; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(L, 62-65)
- 12 December: Singapore Slingers @ Satria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...
; The BritAma Stadium, IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
(L, 58-67)
- 17 December: Singapore Slingers vs Thailand TigersThailand TigersThe Chang Thailand Slammers, formerly known as Thailand Tigers, is a professional basketball team in Thailand for the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League. They play their home games at the Nimibutr National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.-...
; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 69-66)
- 6 January: Singapore Slingers vs Philippines Patriots; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 67-59)
- 11 January: Singapore Slingers vs Kuala Lumpur DragonsKuala Lumpur DragonsThe Westports KL Dragons, , is a professional basketball team based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...
; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 92-74)
- 17 January: Singapore Slingers @ Kuala Lumpur DragonsKuala Lumpur DragonsThe Westports KL Dragons, , is a professional basketball team based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...
; MABA Stadium, Malaysia (L, 71-78)
- 20 January: Singapore Slingers @ Brunei BarracudasBrunei BarracudasThe Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...
; Brunei Indoor Stadium, Brunei Darussalam (W, 95-89)
- 24 January: Singapore Slingers @. Thailand TigersThailand TigersThe Chang Thailand Slammers, formerly known as Thailand Tigers, is a professional basketball team in Thailand for the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League. They play their home games at the Nimibutr National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.-...
; Nimibutr National Stadium, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
(W, 92-78)
The Slingers ended the season with a league second best 10-5 win-loss record and a league's best 4-3 away record.
Playoff round
- 31 January: Singapore Slingers vs. Satria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...
, Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 87-68) - 3 February: Singapore Slingers @ Satria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...
, The BritAma Stadium, IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
(L, 45-74) - 7 February: Singapore Slingers vs Satria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...
, Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(L, 76-86)
The Slingers lost the semi-finals series 1-2 and were eliminated from the playoffs.
2010/11 ABL Season
- 3 October: Singapore Slingers vs. Satria Muda BritamaSatria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...
; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 94-93)
- 9 October: Singapore Slingers @ Philippines Patriots; Ynares Sports ArenaYnares Sports ArenaThe Ynares Sports Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasig, Philippines. The stadium has hosted to the basketball games of the Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League, as well as collegiate basketball tournaments...
, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
(L, 59-62)
- 17 October: Singapore Slingers vs. Westports KL Dragons; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 74-61)
- 23 October: Singapore Slingers @ Westports KL Dragons; MABA Stadium, Malaysia (L, 74-81)
- 31 October: Singapore Slingers vs. Chang Thailand Slammers; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 87-81)
- 6 November: Singapore Slingers @ Satria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...
; The BritAma Stadium, IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
(L, 83-88)
- 10 November: Singapore Slingers @ Brunei BarracudasBrunei BarracudasThe Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...
; Brunei Indoor Stadium, Brunei Darussalam (W, 81-74)
- 14 November: Singapore Slingers vs. Philippines Patriots; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(L, 85-87)
- 23 November: Singapore Slingers vs. Brunei BarracudasBrunei BarracudasThe Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...
; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 74-70)
- 4 December: Singapore Slingers @ Chang Thailand Slammers; Nimibutr National Stadium, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
(L, 66-77)
- 14 December: Singapore Slingers vs Satria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAmaSatria Muda BritAma Jakarta is an Indonesian basketball team seeing action in the National Basketball League. Based in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, it is Indonesia's representative team to the inaugural Asean Basketball League...
; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(L, 83-73)
- 18 December: Singapore Slingers @ Philippines Patriots; Ynares Sports ArenaYnares Sports ArenaThe Ynares Sports Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasig, Philippines. The stadium has hosted to the basketball games of the Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League, as well as collegiate basketball tournaments...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(L, 73-80)
- 5 January: Singapore Slingers @ Westsports KL Dragons; MABA Stadium, Malaysia (W, 93-90)
- 9 January: Singapore Slingers vs Brunei BarracudasBrunei BarracudasThe Brunei Barracudas, also known as Team Barracudas is a professional basketball team based in Brunei Darussalam which is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...
; Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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...
(W, 102-61)
- 15 January: Singapore Slingers @. Chang Thailand Slammers; Nimibutr National Stadium, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
(L, 65-66)
The Slingers ended the season with a league fourth-best 7-8 win-loss record.
Playoff round
- 24 January: Singapore Slingers @. Chang Thailand Slammers; Nimibutr National Stadium, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
(L, 76-81) - 1 February: Singapore Slingers vs Chang Thailand Slammers, Singapore Indoor StadiumSingapore Indoor StadiumSingapore 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...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , 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... - 6 February: Singapore Slingers @. Chang Thailand Slammers; Nimibutr National Stadium, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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- Mike HelmsMike HelmsMike Helms is an American basketball player who played guard at Oakland University. He was named to the Mid-Continent Conference All-League team three years in a row and the Mid-Con Conference Player of the Year in 2003...
- Rod GrizzardRod GrizzardRoderick "Rod" DeWyane Grizzard is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Alabama...
- Darren NgDarren NgDarren Ng is a Chinese-Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL....
- Marcus Ng
- Ben Knight
- Eric Sandrin
- Michael LeBlanc
- Marquin ChandlerMarquin ChandlerMarquin Theo Jimmy Chandler is an American professional basketball forward.-Early life and college:Chandler was born in Berkeley, California, the oldest of three children, and graduated from Newark Memorial High School at Newark, California in 2000...
- Kyle Jeffers