2008–09 NBL season explained

2008–09 NBL season
Pixels:	235px
League:	National Basketball League
Season:	2008–09
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	2009 NBL Finals
Runners Up:	Melbourne Tigers
Semifinalists:	New Zealand Breakers Townsville Crocodiles
Teams:	10
Dates:	13 September 2008 – 13 March 2009
Season Champs:	South Dragons
Tv:	Australia: New Zealand:
Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player
Mvp N:	NZL
Finals Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final
Finals Mvp N:	USA
Ppg:	24.1
Ppg N:	NZL
Top Scorer Link:	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
Rpg:	10.8
Rpg N:	AUS
Apg:	5.7
Apg N:	AUS
Seasonslist:	List of NBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	NBL
Prevseason Link:	2007–08 NBL season
Prevseason Year:	2007–08
Nextseason Link:	2009–10 NBL season
Nextseason Year:	2009–10

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	CEO	Home ground	Capacity
			8,000
			5,300
			5,269
			3,500
			4,400
			4,500
			10,500
Sydney Spirit^[1]	Steve Aquilina^[2]	State Sports Centre	5,006
			5,257
	TBD		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]

Preseason transactions

Coach	Recruited From	Signed By
	Adelaide 36ers	Released^[6]
Scott Ninnis	36ers Academy	Adelaide 36ers^[7]
	Perth Wildcats	Released^[8]
Bill Tomlinson	Sydney Kings	Sydney Kings^[9]
	Sydney Kings	South Dragons^[10]
	Perth Wildcats	Perth Wildcats^[11]

Player	Recruited From	Signed By
	Adelaide 36ers	Retired^[12]
	Melbourne Tigers	Retired^[13]
	Gold Coast Blaze	Released^[14]
	Gold Coast Blaze	Released
	Cairns Taipans	Released^[15]
	Melbourne Tigers	Released^[16]
	Townsville Crocodiles	Released^[17]
	Singapore Slingers	Released^[18]
	Wollongong Hawks	Released^[19]
	Adelaide 36ers	Singapore Slingers^[20]
	South Dragons	Adelaide 36ers^[21]
	Sydney Kings	South Dragons^[22]
	New Zealand Breakers	South Dragons
		Melbourne Tigers^[23]
	South Dragons	Adelaide 36ers^[24]
	Singapore Slingers	Melbourne Tigers
	Sydney Kings	Sydney Spirit
		Adelaide 36ers^[25]
	Brisbane Bullets	New Zealand Breakers^[26]
	Brisbane Bullets	New Zealand Breakers
	New Zealand Breakers	Adelaide 36ers^[27]
		Singapore Slingers^[28]
		Singapore Slingers^[29]
	Townsville Crocodiles	West Sydney Razorbacks^[30]
	Wollongong Hawks	Brisbane Bullets^[31]
	New Zealand Breakers	Singapore Slingers^[32]
	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Crocodiles^[33]
	South Dragons	Gold Coast Blaze^[34]
	New Zealand Breakers	Adelaide 36ers^[35]
		West Sydney Razorbacks^[36]
	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Crocodiles^[37]
	West Sydney Razorbacks	Perth Wildcats^[38]
		Singapore Slingers^[39]
		New Zealand Breakers^[40]
	Lambeth College	New Zealand Breakers
	Brisbane Bullets	Wollongong Hawks^[41]
		New Zealand Breakers^[42]
	Sydney Kings	Wollongong Hawks^[43]
	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus	Singapore Slingers^[44]
	Cairns Marlins	Cairns Taipans^[45]
	Brisbane Bullets	South Dragons^[46]
		Perth Wildcats^[47]
	West Sydney Razorbacks	Wollongong Hawks^[48]
	Sydney Kings	Townsville Crocodiles^[49]
	Sydney Kings	Cairns Taipans^[50]
	Melbourne Tigers	Cairns Taipans^[51]
	Brisbane Bullets	Melbourne Tigers^[52]
	Sydney Kings	Sydney Spirit^[53]
	Sydney Kings	Perth Wildcats^[54]
	West Sydney Razorbacks	South Dragons^[55]
	Brisbane Bullets	Wollongong Hawks^[56]
		Sydney Spirit^[57]
		Adelaide 36ers^[58]
	Townsville Heat	Townsville Crocodiles^[59]
	Townsville Crocodiles	Gold Coast Blaze^[60]
	Illawarra Hawks	Wollongong Hawks^[61]
		Adelaide 36ers^[62]
	Brisbane Bullets	Perth Wildcats^[63]
	Sydney Kings	Townsville Crocodiles^[64]
Ben Knight	Singapore Slingers	Perth Wildcats^[65]
	Bankstown Bruins	Wollongong Hawks^[66]
	Gold Coast Goannas	Gold Coast Blaze^[67]
		South Dragons^[68]
	Forestville Eagles	Adelaide 36ers^[69]
	Southern Districts Spartans	Gold Coast Blaze^[70]
	Brisbane Bullets	Melbourne Tigers^[71]
		South Dragons^[72]
		South Dragons^[73]

Mid-season transactions

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

Player	Recruited From	Signed By
Tariq Naqqash		South Dragons^[75]
	Sydney Kings	Perth Wildcats^[76]
Anthony Susnjara	Keflavik	Townsville Crocodiles^[77]
Juaquin Hawkins	Gold Coast Blaze	Released^[78]
Justin Bowen		Gold Coast Blaze
Mark Tyndale	Adelaide 36ers	Released^[79]
	Free Agent	Adelaide 36ers^[80]
	South Dragons	Released^[81]
Liam Rush	Sydney Spirit	Sundsvall Dragons^[82]
	Cairns Taipans	Released^[83]
Blagoj Janev		Sydney Spirit^[84]
	Cairns Taipans	Released^[85]
		South Dragons^[86]
	Perth Wildcats	Melbourne Tigers^[87]
	Cairns Taipans	Melbourne Tigers^[88]
	Melbourne Tigers	Released
Julian Khazzouh	Sydney Spirit	Hanzevast Capitals^[89]
Shane McDonald	Singapore Slingers	Perth Wildcats^[90]
	Adelaide 36ers	Released^[91]
	Melbourne Tigers	Adelaide 36ers^[92]

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

The 2008-09 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 13 September 2008 and 14 February 2009.

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

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

¹Perth Wildcats won Head-to-Head (3-1).

²3-way Head-to-Head between Wollongong Hawks (5-2), Sydney Spirit (3-4) and Cairns Taipans (2-4).

Finals

See main article: 2009 NBL Finals.

Elimination Finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Player of the Week

Round	Player	Team
1		New Zealand Breakers
2	Corey Williams	Townsville Crocodiles
3		South Dragons
4		Cairns Taipans
5		South Dragons
6		Adelaide 36ers
7		Melbourne Tigers
8		New Zealand Breakers
9		New Zealand Breakers
10		Adelaide 36ers
11	Matthew Knight	Sydney Spirit
12	Justin Bowen	Gold Coast Blaze
13		Cairns Taipans
14		New Zealand Breakers
15		Adelaide 36ers
16		Perth Wildcats
17		Adelaide 36ers
18		Melbourne Tigers
19	Adam Ballinger	Adelaide 36ers
20		Gold Coast Blaze
21		Townsville Crocodiles
22		Perth Wildcats

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
September/October		New Zealand Breakers
November		New Zealand Breakers
December		Adelaide 36ers
January/February		Adelaide 36ers

Coach of the Month

Month	Player	Team
September/October		South Dragons
November	Andrej Lemanis	New Zealand Breakers
December	Scott Ninnis	Adelaide 36ers
January/February		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^[95]
- 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

– Fox Sports
– 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

External links

Notes and References

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Web site: Tez Back, Gibbo on Board Too . . 2008 . 23 June 2008.
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Web site: Crocodiles release Ben Pepper & Sign Russell Hinder . . 2008. 1 July 2008.
Web site: Crosswhite heads to Cairns . . 2008 . 2 July 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091007175401/http://sportal.com.au/basketball-news-display/crosswhite-heads-to-cairns-51620 . 7 October 2009 .
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Web site: Major Tigers coup with Mackinnon . . 2008. 8 July 2008.
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Web site: Rhys Carter signs – roster complete . . 2008. 16 July 2008.
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Web site: Crocs sign local big man as Development Player . . 2008. 6 August 2008.
Web site: VANDERJAGT JOINS THE QDECK BLAZE LINE-UP . . 2008. 6 August 2008.
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