Auckland Pirates

Auckland Pirates
Leagues	NBL
Founded	1982
History	Auckland 1982–1989 Auckland Cannons 1990–1991 Auckland Stars 1992–1996 Auckland Rebels 1997–2000 Auckland Stars 2001–2009 Auckland Pirates 2011–2012
Arena	ASB Stadium (capacity: 2,200)
Location	Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand
Team colors	Navy, Orange, Grey, White
Championships	10 (1982, 83, 95, 96, 97, 99, 2000, 04, 05, 12)
Uniforms
Home Away

The Auckland Pirates were a New Zealand professional basketball team that represented the Auckland Region in the National Basketball League (NBL). They played their home games at the ASB Stadium in Kohimarama, Auckland.

Auckland have won more NBL championships than any other team. A key reason for their outstanding success in the 1980s and 1990s was the coaching of former Tall Blacks head coach Tab Baldwin and the outstanding play of Pero Cameron and Kenny Stone. The team won back-to-back championships in 2004 and 2005 thanks to the play of Casey Frank, Dillon Boucher, Aaron Olson, Lindsay Tait and Mike Homik.

The Stars were kicked out of the 2010 season after being suspended by the league in February 2010 because of financial problems.^[1][2]

In 2011, the team came under new ownership and re-entered the league under the new name of the Pirates. The following year, the franchise won their 10th championship title with an 89–83 grand final win over the Wellington Saints. Despite the success of 2012, the franchise again withdrew from the league prior to the start of the 2013 season.^[3]

2012 roster

# Pos. Player Height 4 PG Lindsay Tait 1.90m 5 PG Shea Lli (DP) 1.83m 7 PG Houston O'Riley 1.80m 8 SG Brook Ruscoe 1.89m 9 SG Hayden Allen 1.90m 11 PF Duane Bailey 1.99m 12 SF Dan Barrett 1.98m 13 G/F Ron Dorsey 1.97m

# Pos. Player Height 14 F/C Tohi Smith-Milner (DP) 2.06m 15 F/C Nick Barrow 2.03m 21 PG Tai Webster (DP) 1.86m 22 PF Isma'il Muhammad 1.98m 34 SF Dillon Boucher 1.96m 35 C Alex Pledger 2.13m 40 SF Daryl Cartwright 2.00m - - SF Simon Wilson (DP) 1.96m

References

1. Hinton, Marc (17 February 2010). "Auckland Stars bounced out of NBL". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
2. Deane, Steve (4 March 2010). "Basketball: Falling Stars hit rock bottom NBL licence void". NZHerald.co.nz. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
3. "Basketball: Auckland withdraw from 2013 NBL". NZHerald.co.nz. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

External links

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