2008–09 NBL season

2008–09 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	13 September 2008 – 14 February 2009 18 – 28 February 2009 (Finals) 4 – 13 March 2009 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Australia) Māori TV (New Zealand)
Regular season
Top seed	South Dragons
Season MVP	Kirk Penney
Finals
Champions	South Dragons
Runners-up	Melbourne Tigers
Finals MVP	Donta Smith

The 2008–09 NBL season was the 31st season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

2008–09 league participants

Team	Region	CEO	Coach	Home ground	Capacity
Adelaide 36ers	SA	Mal Hemmerling	Scott Ninnis	Distinctive Homes Dome	8,000
Cairns Taipans	QLD	Denis Keeffe	Mark Beecroft	Cairns Convention Centre	5,300
Gold Coast Blaze	QLD	David Claxton	Brendan Joyce	Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre	5,269
Melbourne Tigers	VIC	Seamus McPeake	Alan Westover	State Netball Centre	3,500
New Zealand Breakers	NZL	Richard Clarke	Andrej Lemanis	North Shore Events Centre	4,400
Perth Wildcats	WA	Nick Marvin	Conner Henry	Challenge Stadium	4,500
South Dragons	VIC	Ryan Gardiner	Brian Goorjian	Hisense Arena	10,500
Sydney Spirit[1]	NSW	Steve Aquilina[2]	Rob Beveridge	State Sports Centre	5,006
Townsville Crocodiles	QLD	Ian Smythe	Trevor Gleeson	Townsville Entertainment Centre	5,257
Wollongong Hawks	NSW	TBD	Eric Cooks	WIN Entertainment Centre	6,000

• On 30 June 2008 the Brisbane Bullets confirmed they would be handing back the team's license to the NBL. The NBL confirmed there will be no Brisbane team participating in the 2008/09 season.^[3]
• On 2 July 2008 the NBL announced that two bids for the Sydney Kings license had failed and that there would be no second Sydney team in the 2008/09 season.^[4]
• On 29 July 2008 the Singapore Slingers announced that they had decided to withdraw from the competition permanently due to the dramatic increase in international travel costs.^[5]

Pre-season Transactions

Coach	Recruited From	Signed By
Phil Smyth	Adelaide 36ers	Released[6]
Scott Ninnis	36ers Academy	Adelaide 36ers[7]
Scott Fisher	Perth Wildcats	Released[8]
Bill Tomlinson	Sydney Kings	Sydney Kings[9]
Brian Goorjian	Sydney Kings	South Dragons[10]
Conner Henry	Perth Wildcats	Perth Wildcats[11]

Player	Recruited From	Signed By
Lanard Copeland	Adelaide 36ers	Retired[12]
Darryl McDonald	Melbourne Tigers	Retired[13]
Jason Crowe	Gold Coast Blaze	Released[14]
Nic Campbell	Gold Coast Blaze	Released[14]
Jared Newson	Cairns Taipans	Released[15]
Sean Lampley	Melbourne Tigers	Released[16]
Galen Young	Townsville Crocodiles	Released[17]
Mike Helms	Singapore Slingers	Released[18]
John Philip	Wollongong Hawks	Released [19]
Darren Ng	Adelaide 36ers	Singapore Slingers[20]
Jacob Holmes	South Dragons	Adelaide 36ers[21]
Mark Worthington	Sydney Kings	South Dragons[22]
Mika Vukona	New Zealand Breakers	South Dragons[22]
Daniel Johnson	Pepperdine University	Melbourne Tigers[23]
Brad Hill	South Dragons	Adelaide 36ers[24]
Rod Grizzard	Singapore Slingers	Melbourne Tigers[16]
Jason Smith	Sydney Kings	Sydney Spirit
Luke Schenscher	Brose Baskets	Adelaide 36ers[25]
C. J. Bruton	Brisbane Bullets	New Zealand Breakers[26]
Dillon Boucher	Brisbane Bullets	New Zealand Breakers[26]
Ryan Kersten	New Zealand Breakers	Adelaide 36ers[27]
Sam Harris	Old Dominion	Singapore Slingers[28]
Jayson Castro	Harbour Centre Batang Pier	Singapore Slingers[29]
Drew Williamson	Townsville Crocodiles	West Sydney Razorbacks [30]
Cameron Rigby	Wollongong Hawks	Brisbane Bullets [31]
Chris Daniel	New Zealand Breakers	Singapore Slingers [32]
Brad Williamson	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Crocodiles [33]
Shane Heal	South Dragons	Gold Coast Blaze [34]
Paora Winitana	New Zealand Breakers	Adelaide 36ers[35]
David Gruber	Frankston Blues	West Sydney Razorbacks[36]
Steven Broom	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Crocodiles[37]
Darnell Hinson	West Sydney Razorbacks	Perth Wildcats[38]
Darius Rice	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	Singapore Slingers[39]
Thomas Abercrombie	Washington State	New Zealand Breakers[40]
Corey Webster	Lambeth College	New Zealand Breakers[40]
Rhys Martin	Brisbane Bullets	Wollongong Hawks[41]
Adam Tanner	University of Denver	New Zealand Breakers [42]
Glen Saville	Sydney Kings	Wollongong Hawks [43]
Eric Sandrin	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus	Singapore Slingers [44]
Kerry Williams	Cairns Marlins	Cairns Taipans [45]
Adam Gibson	Brisbane Bullets	South Dragons [46]
Stephen Weigh	University of Utah	Perth Wildcats[47]
Anthony Petrie	West Sydney Razorbacks	Wollongong Hawks[48]
Russell Hinder	Sydney Kings	Townsville Crocodiles[49]
Ian Crosswhite	Sydney Kings	Cairns Taipans[50]
Dave Thomas	Melbourne Tigers	Cairns Taipans[51]
Sam Mackinnon	Brisbane Bullets	Melbourne Tigers[52]
Jason Smith	Sydney Kings	Sydney Spirit[53]
Isiah Victor	Sydney Kings	Perth Wildcats[54]
Rhys Carter	West Sydney Razorbacks	South Dragons[55]
Dusty Rychart	Brisbane Bullets	Wollongong Hawks[56]
Derrick Low	Washington State	Sydney Spirit[57]
Aaron Bruce	Baylor University	Adelaide 36ers[58]
Steve Constanzo	Townsville Heat	Townsville Crocodiles[59]
Greg Vanderjagt	Townsville Crocodiles	Gold Coast Blaze [60]
James Quinn	Illawarra Hawks	Wollongong Hawks [61]
Mark Tyndale	Temple University	Adelaide 36ers [62]
Chris Goulding	Brisbane Bullets	Perth Wildcats [63]
Cameron Tovey	Sydney Kings	Townsville Crocodiles [64]
Ben Knight	Singapore Slingers	Perth Wildcats [65]
Tim Labka	Bankstown Bruins	Wollongong Hawks [66]
Anthony Olah	Gold Coast Goannas	Gold Coast Blaze [67]
James Orr	Frankston Blues	South Dragons [68]
Peter Hoban	Forestville Eagles	Adelaide 36ers [69]
Zac Carter	Southern Districts Spartans	Gold Coast Blaze [70]
Ebi Ere	Brisbane Bullets	Melbourne Tigers[71]
Tremmell Darden	Spirou Charleroi	South Dragons[72]
Daniel Dillon	University of Arizona	South Dragons[73]

Mid-season Transactions

Coach	Recruited From	Signed By
Alan Black	Cairns Taipans	Released[74]
Mark Beecroft	Cairns Taipans	Cairns Taipans[74]

Player	Recruited From	Signed By
Tariq Naqqash	East Central University	South Dragons[75]
Luke Kendall	Sydney Kings	Perth Wildcats[76]
Anthony Susnjara	Keflavik	Townsville Crocodiles[77]
Juaquin Hawkins	Gold Coast Blaze	Released[78]
Justin Bowen	Austin Toros	Gold Coast Blaze
Mark Tyndale	Adelaide 36ers	Released[79]
Julius Hodge	Free Agent	Adelaide 36ers[80]
Cortez Groves	South Dragons	Released[81]
Liam Rush	Sydney Spirit	Sundsvall Dragons[82]
Larry Abney	Cairns Taipans	Released[83]
Blagoj Janev	Singapore Slingers	Sydney Spirit[84]
Stephen Black	Cairns Taipans	Released[85]
Donta Smith	Shanxi Zhongyu	South Dragons[86]
Luke Kendall	Perth Wildcats	Melbourne Tigers[87]
Dave Thomas	Cairns Taipans	Melbourne Tigers[88]
Rod Grizzard	Melbourne Tigers	Released[88]
Julian Khazzouh	Sydney Spirit	Hanzevast Capitals[89]
Shane McDonald	Singapore Slingers	Perth Wildcats[90]
Julius Hodge	Adelaide 36ers	Released[91]
Rod Grizzard	Melbourne Tigers	Adelaide 36ers[92]

Sponsors

Team	Major sponsor
Adelaide 36ers	Sprint Auto Parts
Cairns Taipans	Skytrans Airlines
Gold Coast Blaze	QDeck
Melbourne Tigers	OAMPS Insurance Brokers
New Zealand Breakers	Bartercard
Perth Wildcats	Saville Australia
South Dragons	Crazy John's
Townsville Crocodiles	McDonald's
West Sydney Razorbacks	Westbus
Wollongong Hawks	Australian Health Management [93]

Apparel

Team	Provider	Home colour	Away colour
Adelaide 36ers	Adidas	Blue	Yellow
Cairns Taipans	Kombat	Orange	White
Gold Coast Blaze	G2 Game Gear [94]	Sky Blue	White
Melbourne Tigers	Kombat	Red	Yellow
New Zealand Breakers	SAS Sports	Black	White
Perth Wildcats	Hoop 2 Hoop	Red	White
South Dragons	Kombat	Black	White
Townsville Crocodiles	Kombat	Green	White
Sydney Spirit	Blades	Blue	White
Wollongong Hawks	G2 Game Gear	Red	White

Regular season

Home and away season

The home and away season will take place over 22 rounds between 13 September 2008 and 14 February 2009 with finals starting 18 February 2009. It has been confirmed that each team will still play 30 games in the season, with each team playing 15 home games.^[95]

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

Ladder

	Team	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	% Pts	% Won
1	South Dragons	38	27	11	3-2	W1	18-2	9-9	110.10	71.05
2	Melbourne Tigers	37	24	13	2-3	L1	14-4	10-9	105.03	64.86
3	New Zealand Breakers	33	19	14	3-2	L2	11-6	8-8	105.66	57.58
4	Townsville Crocodiles	34	19	15	2-3	L1	13-3	6-12	98.63	55.88
5	Perth Wildcats	31	17	14	3-2	L1	11-5	6-9	101.74	54.84
6	Adelaide 36ers	31	15	16	2-3	L2	12-3	3-13	99.90	48.39
7	Wollongong Hawks	30	11	19	2-3	L1	9-6	2-13	95.03	36.67
8	Sydney Spirit	30	11	19	0-5	L8	9-6	2-13	94.51	36.67
9	Cairns Taipans	30	11	19	1-4	L3	5-10	6-9	93.57	36.67
10	Gold Coast Blaze	30	8	22	3-2	W3	6-9	2-13	93.45	26.67

Finals Series

Playoff Bracket

	Quarter Finals (one-off)					Semi Finals (best of three)					Grand Final (best of five)
						1	South Dragons	2
						5	Townsville Crocodiles	1
	4	Perth Wildcats	0
	5	Townsville Crocodiles	1
											1	South Dragons	3
											2	Melbourne Tigers	2
	3	New Zealand Breakers	1
	6	Adelaide 36ers	0
						2	Melbourne Tigers	2
						3	New Zealand Breakers	0

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

Player of the Week

Round	Player	Team
1	Kirk Penney	New Zealand Breakers
2	Corey Williams	Townsville Crocodiles
3	Mark Worthington	South Dragons
4	Darnell Mee	Cairns Taipans
5	Joe Ingles	South Dragons
6	Luke Schenscher	Adelaide 36ers
7	Sam Mackinnon	Melbourne Tigers
8	Kirk Penney	New Zealand Breakers
9	Rick Rickert	New Zealand Breakers
10	Julius Hodge	Adelaide 36ers
11	Matthew Knight	Sydney Spirit
12	Justin Bowen	Gold Coast Blaze
13	Ian Crosswhite	Cairns Taipans
14	Tony Ronaldson	New Zealand Breakers
15	Julius Hodge	Adelaide 36ers
16	Isiah Victor	Perth Wildcats
17	Luke Schenscher	Adelaide 36ers
18	Ebi Ere	Melbourne Tigers
19	Adam Ballinger	Adelaide 36ers
20	James Harvey	Gold Coast Blaze
21	John Rillie	Townsville Crocodiles
22	Shawn Redhage	Perth Wildcats

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
September/October	Kirk Penney	New Zealand Breakers
November	Kirk Penney	New Zealand Breakers
December	Julius Hodge	Adelaide 36ers
January/February	Luke Schenscher	Adelaide 36ers

Coach of the Month

Month	Player	Team
September/October	Brian Goorjian	South Dragons
November	Andrej Lemanis	New Zealand Breakers
December	Scott Ninnis	Adelaide 36ers
January/February	Al Westover	Melbourne Tigers

NBL awards

• Most Valuable Player: Kirk Penney, New Zealand Breakers
• Rookie of the Year: Aaron Bruce, Adelaide 36ers
• Best Defensive Player: Adam Gibson, South Dragons
• Best Sixth Man: Phill Jones, New Zealand Breakers
• Most Improved Player: Matthew Knight, Sydney Spirit
• Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian, South Dragons
• Finals MVP: Donta Smith, South Dragons

• All-NBL First Team:
  • Kirk Penney - New Zealand Breakers^[96]
  • Chris Anstey - Melbourne Tigers
  • C. J. Bruton - New Zealand Breakers
  • Ebi Ere - Melbourne Tigers
  • Mark Worthington - South Dragons

• All-NBL Second Team:
  • Corey Williams - Townsville Crocodiles
  • Luke Schenscher - Adelaide 36ers
  • Adam Ballinger - Adelaide 36ers
  • Shawn Redhage - Perth Wildcats
  • Glen Saville - Wollongong Hawks

• All-NBL Third Team:
  • Matthew Knight - Sydney Spirit
  • James Harvey - Gold Coast Blaze
  • David Barlow - Melbourne Tigers
  • Joe Ingles - South Dragons
  • Adam Gibson - South Dragons

Television Coverage

•  Australia - Fox Sports
•  New Zealand - Maori TV

Radio Coverage

Team	Station
Adelaide 36ers	891 ABC Adelaide
Cairns Taipans	4CA FM
Melbourne Tigers	Tiger Radio
New Zealand Breakers	Radio Sport
Perth Wildcats	SportFM
South Dragons	Dragons Radio
Townsville Crocodiles	4TO FM

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