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2008–09 NBL season
Professional basketball season
Professional basketball season
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| title | 2008–09 NBL season | ||
| image | NBL Logo Australia (2006).png | ||
| pixels | 235px | ||
| league | National Basketball League | ||
| season | 2008–09 | ||
| finals | Finals | ||
| finals_link | 2009 NBL Finals | ||
| champions | South Dragons (1st title) | ||
| 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**:{{Plainlist | ||
| MVP | Kirk Penney (New Zealand) | MVP_link = NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player | MVP_n = NZL |
| finals_MVP | Donta Smith (South) | finals_MVP_link = NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final | finals_MVP_n = USA |
| efficiency_leader | epg = | epg_n = | |
| top_scorer | Kirk Penney (New Zealand) | ppg = 24.1 | ppg_n = NZL |
| top_scorer_link | List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders | ||
| rebounds_leader | Luke Schenscher (Adelaide) | rpg = 10.8 | rpg_n = AUS |
| assists_leader | Shane Heal (Gold Coast) | 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 |
Townsville Crocodiles
- Fox Sports
- Māori Television
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 | Region | CEO | Coach | Home ground | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide 36ers | SA | Mal Hemmerling | Scott Ninnis | Distinctive Homes Dome | 8,000 |
| Cairns Taipans | QLD | Denis Keeffe | Mark Beecroft | 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 Centre | 3,500 |
| New Zealand Breakers | NZL | Richard Clarke | Andrej Lemanis | North Shore Events Centre | 4,400 |
| Perth Wildcats | WA | Nick Marvin | Conner Henry | Challenge Stadium | 4,500 |
| South Dragons | VIC | Ryan Gardiner | Brian Goorjian | Hisense Arena | 10,500 |
| date=August 2012}} | NSW | Steve Aquilina | Rob Beveridge | State Sports Centre | 5,006 |
| Townsville Crocodiles | QLD | Ian Smythe | Trevor Gleeson | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 5,257 |
| Wollongong Hawks | NSW | TBD | Eric Cooks | WIN Entertainment Centre | 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Preseason transactions
| Coach | Recruited From | Signed By |
|---|---|---|
| Phil Smyth | Adelaide 36ers | *Released* |
| Scott Ninnis | *36ers Academy* | Adelaide 36ers |
| Scott Fisher | Perth Wildcats | *Released* |
| Bill Tomlinson | *Sydney Kings* | Sydney Kings |
| Brian Goorjian | Sydney Kings | South Dragons |
| Conner Henry | *Perth Wildcats* | Perth Wildcats |
| Player | Recruited From | Signed By | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanard Copeland | Adelaide 36ers | *Retired* | |||||||
| Darryl McDonald | Melbourne Tigers | *Retired* | |||||||
| Jason Crowe | Gold Coast Blaze | title = Crowe gets cut for Blaze to Heal | publisher = Gold Coast Bulletin | year = 2008 | url = http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/03/21/9107_gold-coast-sport.html | access-date = 29 March 2008}} | |||
| Nic Campbell | Gold Coast Blaze | *Released* | |||||||
| Jared Newson | Cairns Taipans | *Released* | |||||||
| Sean Lampley | Melbourne Tigers | title = Tigers tie down import forward | publisher = The Age | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/basketball/tigers-tie-down-import-forward/2008/04/10/1207420592484.html | access-date = 10 April 2008 | location=Melbourne | date=11 April 2008 | first=Stephen | last=Howell}} |
| Galen Young | Townsville Crocodiles | *Released* | |||||||
| Mike Helms | Singapore Slingers | *Released* | |||||||
| John Philip | Wollongong Hawks | *Released* | |||||||
| Darren Ng | Adelaide 36ers | Singapore Slingers | |||||||
| Jacob Holmes | South Dragons | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||
| Mark Worthington | Sydney Kings | title = Dragons snare Worthington and Vukona | publisher = Gaze.com.au | year = 2008 | url = http://www.gaze.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1028&Itemid=2 | access-date = 5 April 2008}} | |||
| Mika Vukona | New Zealand Breakers | South Dragons | |||||||
| Daniel Johnson | Pepperdine University | Melbourne Tigers | |||||||
| Brad Hill | South Dragons | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||
| Rod Grizzard | Singapore Slingers | Melbourne Tigers | |||||||
| Jason Smith | Sydney Kings | Sydney Spirit | |||||||
| Luke Schenscher | Brose Baskets | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||
| C. J. Bruton | Brisbane Bullets | title=Bullets miss CJ but snare Gibson | publisher=The Courier-Mail | year=2008 | url=http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/bullets-miss-cj-but-snare-gibson/20080424-28da.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230161601/http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/bullets-miss-cj-but-snare-gibson/20080424-28da.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 December 2012 | access-date=24 April 2008 }} |
| Dillon Boucher | Brisbane Bullets | New Zealand Breakers | |||||||
| Ryan Kersten | New Zealand Breakers | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||
| Sam Harris | Old Dominion | Singapore Slingers | |||||||
| Jayson Castro | Harbour Centre Batang Pier | Singapore Slingers | |||||||
| Drew Williamson | Townsville Crocodiles | West Sydney Razorbacks | |||||||
| Cameron Rigby | Wollongong Hawks | Brisbane Bullets | |||||||
| Chris Daniel | New Zealand Breakers | Singapore Slingers | |||||||
| Brad Williamson | Brisbane Bullets | Townsville Crocodiles | |||||||
| Shane Heal | South Dragons | Gold Coast Blaze | |||||||
| Paora Winitana | New Zealand Breakers | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||
| David Gruber | Frankston Blues | West Sydney Razorbacks | |||||||
| Steven Broom | Brisbane Bullets | Townsville Crocodiles | |||||||
| Darnell Hinson | West Sydney Razorbacks | Perth Wildcats | |||||||
| Darius Rice | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | Singapore Slingers | |||||||
| Thomas Abercrombie | Washington State | title = Local Juniors Take Up Development Positions | publisher = New Zealand Breakers | year = 2008 | url = http://www.nzbreakers.co.nz/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=75110 | access-date = 4 June 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081016052637/http://www.nzbreakers.co.nz/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=75110 | archive-date = 16 October 2008 | url-status = dead}} |
| Corey Webster | Lambeth College | New Zealand Breakers | |||||||
| Rhys Martin | Brisbane Bullets | Wollongong Hawks | |||||||
| Adam Tanner | University of Denver | New Zealand Breakers | |||||||
| Glen Saville | Sydney Kings | Wollongong Hawks | |||||||
| Eric Sandrin | Ulsan Mobis Phoebus | Singapore Slingers | |||||||
| Kerry Williams | Cairns Marlins | Cairns Taipans | |||||||
| Adam Gibson | Brisbane Bullets | South Dragons | |||||||
| Stephen Weigh | University of Utah | Perth Wildcats | |||||||
| Anthony Petrie | West Sydney Razorbacks | Wollongong Hawks | |||||||
| Russell Hinder | Sydney Kings | Townsville Crocodiles | |||||||
| Ian Crosswhite | Sydney Kings | Cairns Taipans{{cite web | |||||||
| Dave Thomas | Melbourne Tigers | Cairns Taipans{{cite web | |||||||
| Sam Mackinnon | Brisbane Bullets | Melbourne Tigers | |||||||
| Jason Smith | Sydney Kings | Sydney Spirit | |||||||
| Isiah Victor | Sydney Kings | Perth Wildcats | |||||||
| Rhys Carter | West Sydney Razorbacks | South Dragons | |||||||
| Dusty Rychart | Brisbane Bullets | Wollongong Hawks | |||||||
| Derrick Low | Washington State | Sydney Spirit | |||||||
| Aaron Bruce | Baylor University | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||
| Steve Constanzo | Townsville Heat | Townsville Crocodiles | |||||||
| Greg Vanderjagt | Townsville Crocodiles | Gold Coast Blaze | |||||||
| James Quinn | Illawarra Hawks | Wollongong Hawks | |||||||
| Mark Tyndale | Temple University | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||
| Chris Goulding | Brisbane Bullets | Perth Wildcats | |||||||
| Cameron Tovey | Sydney Kings | Townsville Crocodiles | |||||||
| Ben Knight | Singapore Slingers | Perth Wildcats | |||||||
| Tim Labka | Bankstown Bruins | Wollongong Hawks | |||||||
| Anthony Olah | Gold Coast Goannas | Gold Coast Blaze | |||||||
| James Orr | Frankston Blues | South Dragons | |||||||
| Peter Hoban | Forestville Eagles | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||
| Zac Carter | Southern Districts Spartans | Gold Coast Blaze | |||||||
| Ebi Ere | Brisbane Bullets | Melbourne Tigers | |||||||
| Tremmell Darden | Spirou Charleroi | South Dragons | |||||||
| Daniel Dillon | University of Arizona | South Dragons |
Mid-season transactions
| Coach | Recruited From | Signed By | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Black | Cairns Taipans | title=Taipans coach sacked | publisher=Herald Sun | url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24807384-11088,00.html | access-date=20 December 2008 | date=16 December 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219112007/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C24807384-11088%2C00.html | archive-date=19 December 2008 | url-status=dead }} |
| Mark Beecroft | *Cairns Taipans* | Cairns Taipans |
| Player | Recruited From | Signed By | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tariq Naqqash | East Central University | South Dragons | |||||||||
| Luke Kendall | Sydney Kings | Perth Wildcats | |||||||||
| Anthony Susnjara | Keflavik | Townsville Crocodiles | |||||||||
| Juaquin Hawkins | Gold Coast Blaze | *Released* | |||||||||
| Justin Bowen | Austin Toros | Gold Coast Blaze | |||||||||
| Mark Tyndale | Adelaide 36ers | *Released* | |||||||||
| Julius Hodge | *Free Agent* | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||||
| Cortez Groves | South Dragons | *Released* | |||||||||
| Liam Rush | Sydney Spirit | Sundsvall Dragons | |||||||||
| Larry Abney | Cairns Taipans | *Released* | |||||||||
| Blagoj Janev | Singapore Slingers | Sydney Spirit | |||||||||
| Stephen Black | Cairns Taipans | *Released* | |||||||||
| Donta Smith | Shanxi Zhongyu | South Dragons | |||||||||
| Luke Kendall | Perth Wildcats | Melbourne Tigers | |||||||||
| Dave Thomas | Cairns Taipans | title=Dave Thomas returns to the Melbourne Tigers | publisher=The Herald Sun | url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24850783-10914,00.html | access-date=29 December 2008 | first=Grantley | last=Bernard | date=29 December 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230044824/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C24850783-10914%2C00.html | archive-date=30 December 2008 | url-status=dead }} |
| Rod Grizzard | Melbourne Tigers | *Released* | |||||||||
| Julian Khazzouh | Sydney Spirit | Hanzevast Capitals | |||||||||
| Shane McDonald | Singapore Slingers | Perth Wildcats | |||||||||
| Julius Hodge | Adelaide 36ers | *Released* | |||||||||
| Rod Grizzard | Melbourne Tigers | Adelaide 36ers |
Sponsors
| 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 |
Apparel
| Team | Provider | Home colour | Away colour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide 36ers | Adidas | Blue | Yellow |
| Cairns Taipans | Kombat | Orange | White |
| Gold Coast Blaze | G2 Game Gear | 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
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 6
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Round 8
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Round 9
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Round 10
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Round 11
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Round 12
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Round 13
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Round 14
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Round 15
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Round 16
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Round 17
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Round 18
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Round 19
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Round 20
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Round 21
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Round 22
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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
Main article: 2009 NBL Finals
Playoff bracket
Elimination Finals
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Semi-finals
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Grand Final
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Player of the Week
| Round | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirk Penney | New Zealand Breakers |
| 2 | Corey Williams | Townsville Crocodiles |
| 3 | Mark Worthington | South Dragons |
| 4 | Darnell Mee | Cairns Taipans |
| 5 | Joe Ingles | South Dragons |
| 6 | Luke Schenscher | Adelaide 36ers |
| 7 | Sam Mackinnon | Melbourne Tigers |
| 8 | Kirk Penney | New Zealand Breakers |
| 9 | Rick Rickert | New Zealand Breakers |
| 10 | Julius Hodge | Adelaide 36ers |
| 11 | Matthew Knight | Sydney Spirit |
| 12 | Justin Bowen | Gold Coast Blaze |
| 13 | Ian Crosswhite | Cairns Taipans |
| 14 | Tony Ronaldson | New Zealand Breakers |
| 15 | Julius Hodge | Adelaide 36ers |
| 16 | Isiah Victor | Perth Wildcats |
| 17 | Luke Schenscher | Adelaide 36ers |
| 18 | Ebi Ere | Melbourne Tigers |
| 19 | Adam Ballinger | Adelaide 36ers |
| 20 | James Harvey | Gold Coast Blaze |
| 21 | John Rillie | Townsville Crocodiles |
| 22 | Shawn Redhage | Perth Wildcats |
Player of the Month
| Month | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| September/October | Kirk Penney | New Zealand Breakers |
| November | Kirk Penney | New Zealand Breakers |
| December | Julius Hodge | Adelaide 36ers |
| January/February | Luke Schenscher | Adelaide 36ers |
Coach of the Month
| Month | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| September/October | Brian Goorjian | South Dragons |
| November | Andrej Lemanis | New Zealand Breakers |
| December | Scott Ninnis | Adelaide 36ers |
| January/February | Al Westover | 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
- 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](891-abc-adelaide) |
| Cairns Taipans | [4CA FM](4ca-fm) |
| Melbourne Tigers | Tiger Radio |
| New Zealand Breakers | Radio Sport |
| Perth Wildcats | SportFM |
| South Dragons | Dragons Radio |
| Townsville Crocodiles | [4TO FM](4to-fm) |
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