2007–08 NBL season

The 2007–08 NBL season was the 30th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. On 21 November 2006, the Gold Coast Blaze joined the league, expanding it to 13 teams.

2007–08 league participants

Stadiums and locations

Team Region CEO Coach Home ground Capacity Adelaide 36ers SA Mal Hemmerling Phil Smyth Distinctive Homes Dome 8,000 Brisbane Bullets Qld Jeff Van Groningen Joey Wright Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 4,000 Cairns Taipans Qld Denis Keeffe Alan Black Cairns Convention Centre 5,300 Gold Coast Blaze Qld David Claxton Brendan Joyce Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre 5,269 Melbourne Tigers Vic Seamus McPeake Alan Westover State Netball & Hockey Centre 3,500 New Zealand Breakers NZL Richard Clarke Andrej Lemanis North Shore Events Centre 4,400 Perth Wildcats WA Nick Marvin Scott Fisher Challenge Stadium 4,500 Singapore Slingers Sin Bob Turner Gordon McLeod Singapore Indoor Stadium 12,000 South Dragons Vic Ryan Gardiner Shane Heal Vodafone Arena 10,500 Sydney Kings NSW Garry Hudson Brian Goorjian Sydney Entertainment Centre 10,517 Townsville Crocodiles Qld Ian Smythe Trevor Gleeson Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre 5,257 West Sydney Razorbacks NSW Darren Drysdale Rob Beveridge State Sports Centre 5,006 Wollongong Hawks NSW Eric Cooks WIN Entertainment Centre 6,000

Preseason transactions

Player Recruited from Signed by Larry Abney Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Taipans Adam Ballinger Wollongong Hawks Adelaide 36ers David Barlow Sydney Kings Melbourne Tigers Stephen Black Brisbane Bullets Cairns Taipans Mark Bradtke Brisbane Bullets Retired Brad Davidson Singapore Slingers Adelaide 36ers Casey Frank Wollongong Hawks Gold Coast Blaze Kavossy Franklin South Dragons Wollongong Hawks Cortez Groves Wollongong Hawks South Dragons Brad Hill Adelaide 36ers South Dragons Nick Horvath Adelaide 36ers South Dragons Nathan Jawai Australian Institute of Sport Cairns Taipans Ryan Kersten University of New Mexico New Zealand Breakers Alex Loughton Gandía BA (LEB Spain) Perth Wildcats Luke Martin Cairns Taipans South Dragons Ben Melmeth Singapore Slingers Gold Coast Blaze Scott McGregor West Sydney Razorbacks Gold Coast Blaze Brad Newley Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide 36ers Ben Pepper New Zealand Breakers Townsville Crocodiles Anthony Petrie Canberra Gunners (ABA) West Sydney Razorbacks Tony Rampton Wollongong Hawks West Sydney Razorbacks Tony Ronaldson Perth Wildcats New Zealand Breakers Bradley Sheridan Sydney Kings Townsville Crocodiles Anthony Stewart Cairns Taipans Retired Unless stated otherwise the source for the above information is the NBL article "Movers and Shakers"

Sponsors Team Major sponsor Adelaide 36ers ABC Learning Centres Brisbane Bullets Virgin Blue Cairns Taipans Skytrans Airlines Gold Coast Blaze none Melbourne Tigers Aust Tiger New Zealand Breakers Harvey Norman Perth Wildcats Saville Australia Singapore Slingers CLSA South Dragons Crazy John's Sydney Kings Firepower Townsville Crocodiles McDonald's West Sydney Razorbacks Westbus Wollongong Hawks IMB

Apparel Team Provider Home colour Away colour Adelaide 36ers ISC Blue White Brisbane Bullets Hoop2Hoop Royal Blue White Cairns Taipans Kombat Orange White Gold Coast Blaze ISC Sky Blue White Melbourne Tigers Kombat Red Yellow New Zealand Breakers Sport & Uniform Black White Perth Wildcats ISC Red White Singapore Slingers ISC Red Gold South Dragons Kombat Black White Sydney Kings ISC Purple White Townsville Crocodiles Kombat Green White West Sydney Razorbacks Soul Sports Navy Blue White Wollongong Hawks Kombat Red White

Regular season The 2007–08 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 19 September 2007 and 16 February 2008.

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.

1Cairns Taipans won Head-to-Head (2-1).

Finals

Playoff bracket

Elimination Finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

All Star Game

Most Valuable Player

Nathan Jawai (Cairns Taipans)

2007–08 NBL statistics leaders + Category Player Team Stat Points per game Ebi Ere Brisbane Bullets 26.0 Rebounds per game Chris Anstey Melbourne Tigers 12.0 Assists per game Rashad Phillips Perth Wildcats 7.5 Steals per game Orien Greene New Zealand Breakers 2.88 Blocks per game Chris Anstey Melbourne Tigers 1.97 Field goal percentage Tim Behrendorff New Zealand Breakers 60.0% Free throw percentage Michael Cedar Townsville Crocodiles 91.3% Three-point field goal percentage Daniel Jackson Wollongong Hawks 52.4%

NBL awards Most Valuable Player: Chris Anstey, Melbourne Tigers Rookie of the Year: Nathan Jawai, Cairns Taipans Best Defensive Player: Chris Anstey, Melbourne Tigers Best Sixth Man: Dontaye Draper, Sydney Kings Most Improved Player: Cameron Tragardh, Wollongong Hawks Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian, Sydney Kings All-NBL First Team: Ebi Ere – Brisbane BulletsAll NBL Teams Announced Chris Anstey – Melbourne Tigers Mark Worthington – Sydney Kings Kirk Penney – New Zealand Breakers Shawn Redhage – Perth Wildcats All-NBL Second Team: Nathan Jawai – Cairns Taipans Adam Ballinger – Adelaide 36ers Corey Williams – Townsville Crocodiles C. J. Bruton – Brisbane Bullets James Harvey – Gold Coast Blaze All-NBL Third Team: Kavossy Franklin – Wollongong Hawks Paul Rogers – Perth Wildcats Julius Hodge – Adelaide 36ers Dontaye Draper – Sydney Kings Darnell Hinson – West Sydney Razorbacks

TV coverage

Australia – Fox Sports (Live coverage) & Nine Network (Delayed coverage) New Zealand – Sky Sport & Māori Television Singapore – Sling HD Philippines – Basketball TV

External links NBL official website, including live scores and fixtures International Basketball Federation AussieBBall NBLStats

References

2007–08 NBL season

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