2007–08 NBL season

2007–08 NBL season
2007–08 NBL season
	Logo of the league sponsored by Hummer
League	National Basketball League
Season	2007–08
Dates	19 September 2007 – 14 March 2008
Teams	13
TV partner(s)	Australia: Fox Sports; Nine Network (Highlights); New Zealand: Sky Sport; Māori Television;
Regular season
Season champions	Sydney Kings
Season MVP	Chris Anstey (Melbourne)
Finals
Champions	Melbourne Tigers (4th title)
Runners-up	Sydney Kings
Semifinalists	Brisbane Bullets; Perth Wildcats
Finals MVP	Chris Anstey (Melbourne)
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Ebi Ere (Brisbane)
Rebounds	Chris Anstey (Melbourne)
Assists	Stephen Black (Cairns)

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.^[1]

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^[2]
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^[3]
Ryan Kersten	University of New Mexico	New Zealand Breakers
Alex Loughton	Gandía BA (LEB Spain)	Perth Wildcats^[4]
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^[5]
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^[6]

Unless stated otherwise the source for the above information is the NBL article "Movers and Shakers"^[7]

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

Pos	2007–08 NBL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Sydney Kings	30	27	3	90.00%	5–0	W8	14–1	13–2	3058	2721	112.39%
2	Melbourne Tigers	30	22	8	73.33%	3–2	W2	12–3	10–5	3093	2904	106.51%

3	Brisbane Bullets	30	20	10	66.67%	3–2	W1	13–2	7–8	3407	3145	108.33%
4	Perth Wildcats	30	18	12	60.00%	3–2	W3	12–3	6–9	2908	2731	106.48%
5	Townsville Crocodiles	30	17	13	56.67%	4–1	L1	12–3	5–10	2961	2927	101.16%
6	Cairns Taipans¹	30	16	14	53.33%	3–2	W2	10–5	6–9	2927	2849	102.74%
7	New Zealand Breakers¹	30	16	14	53.33%	3–2	L2	11–4	6–9	3026	3059	98.92%
8	Gold Coast Blaze	30	15	15	50.00%	1–4	L3	10–5	5–10	2865	2892	99.07%

9	Adelaide 36ers	30	14	16	46.67%	4–1	W2	9–6	5–10	3130	3124	100.19%
10	West Sydney Razorbacks	30	10	20	33.33%	0–5	L6	6–9	4–11	3097	3248	95.35%
11	Wollongong Hawks	30	9	21	30.00%	1–4	L2	7–8	2–13	2928	3128	93.61%
12	Singapore Slingers	30	6	24	20.00%	1–4	L2	5–10	1–14	2829	3207	88.21%
13	South Dragons	30	5	25	16.67%	1–4	L2	4–11	1–14	2904	3198	90.81%

Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2008. Source: NBL.com.au

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			Quarterfinals			Semifinals					Grand Final



						1	Sydney Kings	101	85	109

			4	Perth Wildcats	96	4	Perth Wildcats	98	94	77

5	Townsville Crocodiles	97	5	Townsville Crocodiles	78						1	Sydney Kings	95	93	87	90	73

8	Gold Coast Blaze	89									2	Melbourne Tigers	74	104	89	87	85

						2	Melbourne Tigers	116	115	X

			3	Brisbane Bullets	106	3	Brisbane Bullets	98	112	X

6	Cairns Taipans	78	7	New Zealand Breakers	89

7	New Zealand Breakers	100

Elimination Finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

All Star Game

Fox Sports

12 December 2007
19:00

boxscore

Aussie All-Stars	146–141	World All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 37–28, 38–38, 38–37, 33–38
Pts: Black 27 Rebs: Jawai 12 Asts: Ingles 8		Pts: Redhage 23 Rebs: Ballinger, Grizzard 8 Asts: Williams 8
Aussie All-Stars win, 146–141

State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
Attendance: 3,500

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^[8]
All-NBL First Team:
- Ebi Ere – Brisbane Bullets^[9]
- 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 Archived 12 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
NBLStats

References

^ Gold Coast Blaze – andthefoul.net
^ "NBL loses legend as Bradtke retires". NBL. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
^ "Taipans sign Jawai". Cairns Taipans. 2007. Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
^ "Wildcats claim coup by signing Loughton". The West Australian. 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2007.
^ "2007 Transaction Tracker". NBL. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
^ "Stewart accepts Snakes front office job". Cairns Taipans. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
^ Howard, Marc (2007). "Movers and Shakers". NBL. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
^ "Goorj named NBL's best". basketball.net.au. 5 March 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
^ All NBL Teams Announced

[1] Gold Coast Blaze – andthefoul.net

[2] "NBL loses legend as Bradtke retires". NBL. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2007.

[3] "Taipans sign Jawai". Cairns Taipans. 2007. Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2007.

[4] "Wildcats claim coup by signing Loughton". The West Australian. 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2007.

[5] "2007 Transaction Tracker". NBL. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2007.

[6] "Stewart accepts Snakes front office job". Cairns Taipans. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2007.

[7] Howard, Marc (2007). "Movers and Shakers". NBL. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2007.

[8] "Goorj named NBL's best". basketball.net.au. 5 March 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

[9] All NBL Teams Announced

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