2006 New Zealand NBL season explained

2006 New Zealand NBL season
League:	New Zealand NBL
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	26 March – 8 July
No Of Games:	18
No Of Teams:	10
Season:	Regular season
Minor Premiers:	Auckland Stars
Mvp:	Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
Mvp Link:	New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Award
Top Scorer:	Dennis Trammell (Canterbury Rams)
Top Scorer Link:	New Zealand NBL Scoring Champion
Finals:	Playoffs
Finals Champ:	Hawke's Bay Hawks
Finals Runner-Up:	Auckland Stars
Final Mvp:	Paora Winitana
Final Mvp Link:	New Zealand NBL Finals Most Valuable Player Award
Seasonslistnames:	New Zealand NBL
Prevseason Link:	2005 New Zealand NBL season
Prevseason Year:	2005
Nextseason Link:	2007 New Zealand NBL season
Nextseason Year:	2007

The 2006 NBL season was the 25th season of the National Basketball League. The Hawke's Bay Hawks won the championship in 2006 to claim their first league title.^[1]

Summary

Regular season standings

Team
1		16	2
2		14	4
3		14	4
4		12	6
5		8	10
6		7	11
7		6	12
8		6	12
9		4	14
10		3	15

Playoff bracket

Awards

Player of the Week

Round	Player	Team	Ref
1	Stacey Lambert		^[2]
2	Eric Freeman		^[3]
3			^[4]
4	Ben Hill		^[5]
5			^[6]
6			^[7]
7	Brad Davidson		^[8]
8			^[9]
9	Eric Freeman		^[10]
10			^[11]
11			^[12]
12			^[13]
13			^[14]

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season^[15]

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game			25.6
Rebounds per game	Miles Pearce		11.9
Assists per game	Brad Davidson		4.8
Steals per game			2.9
Blocks per game			2.0

Regular season

• Most Valuable Player: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
• NZ Most Valuable Player: Casey Frank (Auckland Stars)
• Most Outstanding Guard: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
• Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
• Most Outstanding Forward: Casey Frank (Auckland Stars)
• Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Casey Frank (Auckland Stars)
• Scoring Champion: Dennis Trammell (Canterbury Rams)
• Rebounding Champion: Miles Pearce (Otago Nuggets)
• Assist Champion: Brad Davidson (Manawatu Jets)
• Rookie of the Year: Shaun Tilby (Otago Nuggets)
• Coach of the Year: Nenad Vučinić (Nelson Giants)
• All-Star Five:
  • G: Lindsay Tait (Auckland Stars)
  • G: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
  • F: Josh Pace (Nelson Giants)
  • F: Casey Frank (Auckland Stars)
  • C: Nick Horvath (Wellington Saints)

Playoffs

• Final MVP: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)

External links

• Basketball New Zealand 2006 Results Annual
• 2006 season links
• 2006 season preview

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2006 National Basketball League. Basketball.org.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20150114171823/http://www.basketball.org.nz/competitions/nbl/nbl-2006/. 14 January 2015. dead.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825194555/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2174&det=1 NBL Player of the Week - Stacey Lambert (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825020042/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2178&det=1 NBL Player Of The Week - Eric Freeman (NBS Nelson Giants)
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825195524/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2186&det=1 NBL Player of the Week - Tony Rampton (NZCT Taranaki Mountain Airs)
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825200834/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2194&det=1 NBL Player of the Week - Ben Hill (Waikato Pistons)
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825023145/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2201&det=1 Player Of The Week - Link Abrams (NZCT Taranaki Mountain Airs)
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825020603/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2210&det=1 Player Of The Week - Mika Vukona (NBS Nelson Giants)
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825022830/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2280&det=1 Player Of the Week - Brad Davidson (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825195440/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2313&det=1 Player of the Week - Branduinn Fullove (Otago Nuggets)
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825200019/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2319&det=1 Player of the Week - Eric Freeman (NBS Nelson Giants)
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825022039/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2328&det=1 Player of the Week - Josh Pace (NBS Nelson Giants)
12. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825201458/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2344&det=1 Player of the Week - Casey Frank (GI Juice Auckland Stars)
13. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825194309/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2349&det=1 Player Of The Week - Dillon Boucher (GI Juice Auckland Stars)
14. https://web.archive.org/web/20060825022319/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2365&det=1 Player of the Week - Terrence Lewis (St Laurence Wellington Saints)
15. Web site: 2006 NBL - League Summary. Basketball.org.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20150123234749/http://www.basketball.org.nz/_r/uploads/2007/02/league-stats-rd-13.pdf. 23 January 2015. dead.