2020–21 NBL season | |
League: | NBL England |
Sport: | Basketball |
No Of Teams: | 14 |
Season: | 2020–21 |
Conf1 Link: | 2020–21 English Basketball League Season |
Conf2 Link: | 2020–21 English Basketball League season |
Seasonslistnames: | English Basketball League |
Prevseason Link: | 2019–20 National Basketball League (England) season |
Prevseason Year: | 2019–20 |
Nextseason Link: | 2021–22 National Basketball League (England) season |
Nextseason Year: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 NBL season was the 49th edition of the English Men's National Basketball League.
It was announced that there would be no promotion or relegation following the 2020–21 season, due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The NBL2 and NBL3 seasons were indefinitely suspended, later cancelled, and the NBL1 season structure was revised into regionalised schedules, due to the ongoing situation presented by the pandemic.[2] [3]
Promoted from NBL Division 2
Relegated to NBL Division 2
Team changes
Club | Location | Last Season | |
---|---|---|---|
BA London Lions | London (Barking) | 12th | |
Bradford Dragons | Bradford | 8th | |
Derby Trailblazers | Derby | 3rd | |
Essex Rebels | Colchester | D2 Sou, 1st (promoted) | |
Hemel Storm | Hemel Hempstead | 4th | |
Leicester Warriors | Leicester | 9th | |
Loughborough Riders | Loughborough | 6th | |
Nottingham Hoods | Nottingham | 10th | |
Oaklands Wolves | St Albans | 11th | |
Reading Rockets | Reading | 7th | |
Solent Kestrels | Southampton | 1st | |
Team Newcastle | Newcastle upon Tyne | D2 Nor, 1st (promoted) | |
Thames Valley Cavaliers | London (Uxbridge) | 2nd | |
Worthing Thunder | Worthing | 5th |
Award [4] | Name | Team | |
---|---|---|---|
Player of the Year | Greg Poleon | Hemel Storm | |
Team of the Year | Greg Poleon | Hemel Storm | |
Hakeem Sylla | Thames Valley Cavaliers | ||
Taylor Johnson | Thames Valley Cavaliers | ||
Ian Smith | Solent Kestrels | ||
Travis Charles | Solent Kestrels | ||
British Team of the Year | Kyle Jimenez | Loughborough Riders | |
Orlan Jackman | Solent Kestrels | ||
Andre Arissol | Solent Kestrels | ||
Morakinyo Williams | Leicester Warriors | ||
Blayne Freckleton | Thames Valley Cavaliers | ||
Coach of the Year | Matt Guymon | Solent Kestrels | |
U-19 Player of the Year | Blake Bowman | Derby Trailblazers | |
Defensive Player of the Year | Andre Arissol | Solent Kestrels |
Player of the Week Awards
Week | Player | Team | Ref | Week | Player | Team | Ref | Week | Player | Team | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ian Smith | Solent Kestrels | [5] | 15 | Travis Charles | Solent Kestrels | 28 | Mike Williams | Hemel Storm | ||
2 | Hakeem Sylla | Thames Valley Cavaliers | [6] | 16 | Orlan Jackman | Solent Kestrels | |||||
3 | Blake Bowman | Derby Trailblazers | [7] | 17 | Taylor Johnson | Thames Valley Cavaliers | |||||
4 | Travis Charles | Solent Kestrels | [8] | 18 | Greg Poleon | Hemel Storm | |||||
5 | Mike Williams | Hemel Storm | [9] | 19 | Hakeem Sylla | Thames Valley Cavaliers | |||||
6 | Zaire Taylor | Worthing Thunder | [10] | 20 | Greg Poleon | Hemel Storm | |||||
7 | Kyle Jimenez | Loughborough Riders | [11] | 21 | O'Showen Williams | Reading Rockets | |||||
8 | Seth Hawley | Thames Valley Cavaliers | [12] | 22 | Taylor Johnson | Thames Valley Cavaliers | |||||
9 | David Moya | Team Newcastle | [13] | 23 | Howard Crawford | Worthing Thunder | |||||
11 | Max Richardson | Worthing Thunder | 24 | Ian Smith | Solent Kestrels | ||||||
12 | Greg Poleon | Hemel Storm | 25 | Brandon Federici | Team Newcastle | ||||||
13 | Hakeem Sylla | Thames Valley Cavaliers | 26 | Max Richardson | Worthing Thunder | ||||||
14 | Ethan Price | Essex Rebels | 27 | Tom Ward | Worthing Thunder |
Scoring
Rank | Player | Club | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greg Poleon | Hemel Storm | 426 | |
2 | Ronald Blain | Team Newcastle | 421 | |
3 | O'Showen Williams | Reading Rockets | 415 | |
4 | Mike Williams | Hemel Storm | 404 | |
5 | Jordan Santiago | Oaklands Wolves | 401 | |
6 | Hakeem Sylla | Thames Valley Cavaliers | 377 | |
7 | Taylor Johnson | Thames Valley Cavaliers | 371 | |
8 | Victor Olarerin | Nottingham Hoods | 341 | |
9 | Howard Crawford | Worthing Thunder | 333 | |
10 | Jonas Dieterich | Loughborough Riders | 322 |
Rebounding
Rank | Player | Club | REB | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hakeem Sylla | Thames Valley Cavaliers | 233 | |
2 | Greg Poleon | Hemel Storm | 204 | |
3 | Oliver Stanley | Derby Trailblazers | 183 | |
4 | Howard Crawford | Worthing Thunder | 163 | |
5 | Max Richardson | Worthing Thunder | 160 | |
6 | Ronald Blain | Team Newcastle | 159 | |
7 | Rihards Sulcs | Bradford Dragons | 156 | |
8 | Kyle Jimenez | Loughborough Riders | 148 | |
9 | Leome Francis | Reading Rockets | 140 | |
10 | Great Osobor | Bradford Dragons | 140 |
Assists
Rank | Player | Club | AST | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyle Jimenez | Loughborough Riders | 196 | |
2 | David Moya | Team Newcastle | 110 | |
3 | Ian Smith | Solent Kestrels | 109 | |
4 | Charlie Brown | Derby Trailblazers | 101 | |
5 | Blayne Freckleton | Thames Valley Cavaliers | 99 | |
6 | Kayne King | Leicester Warriors | 96 | |
7 | Tom Ward | Worthing Thunder | 90 | |
8 | O'Showen Williams | Reading Rockets | 88 | |
9 | Zaire Taylor | Worthing Thunder | 87 | |
10 | Reiss Pinnock | Reading Rockets | 84 |
The 2020–21 L Lynch Trophy was the inaugural edition of the competition, organised by participating clubs to mark the return to play for men's basketball. 16 teams, the 14 NBL Division 1 sides and the Myerscough and Charnwood academy sides, were split into four regional groups. Each group was intended to play all games within one "bubble" venue. The top 2 sides from each group would advance to the quarter-finals, therein playing a knockout format to determine the overall winners.[20] [21]
Group 1, Myerscough
Group 2, Oaklands
Group 3, Loughborough
Group 4, Solent