Shane Heal

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Shane Heal

Position	Guard
Nickname	Hammer
Height	182 cm
Weight	83 kg
Team	South Dragons (NBL)
Nationality	Australia
Born	November 6, 1970 Melbourne, Victoria
Junior Association	Nunawading
NBL Debut	1988
Previous NBL Clubs	Brisbane Bullets 1988 Geelong Supercats 1989-1991 Brisbane Bullets 1992-1995 Sydney Kings 1996-1997, 2001/02-2002/03
NBL Championships	2003
Career Highlights	Played for Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Olympic Squad Member 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 1988 NBL Rookie of the Year 1990 NBL Most Improved Player 1990 NBL Good Hands Award

Shane Heal (born September 6, 1971 in Victoria, Australia) is a professional and Olympics basketball player. His career highlights include representing the Boomers at a number of Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004) and World Championships, brief stints in the NBA with the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs, and winning the 2002/2003 National Basketball League championship with the Sydney Kings. He retired soon after. Before joining the Kings, Heal had also played for the Brisbane Bullets and the Geelong Supercats early in his NBL career.

On March 3, 2006, it was reported in Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper that Heal was considering coming out of retirement to captain the South Dragons, a new Melbourne-based NBL franchise to enter the league in the 2006/07 season.^[1] He officially signed with the team on April 6 as the Dragons' inaugural captain.^[2] On October 23, 2006, Dragons coach Mark Price resigned his position after the Dragons lost their first five NBL championship season games, citing family reasons; he was replaced by Heal, who was appointed as player and interim coach for the remainder of the season;^[3] Kavossy Franklin and Matt Shanahan were appointed as the team's co-captains.

1 NBL team records
- 1.1 Brisbane Bullets
- 1.2 Sydney Kings
2 NBL league records
3 References
4 External link

[edit] NBL team records

[edit] Brisbane Bullets

2nd on three pointers made (477)
2nd on assists (816)
4th on free-throw percentage (84.1%)
7th on points scored (2771)
7th on field goals made (951)
7th on free-throws made (392)
8th on steals (164)
6th on turnovers (387)

Source: www.bullets.com.au

[edit] Sydney Kings

Captained to inaugural Championship Team

[edit] NBL league records

First in assists per game in 1990 (8.3/24 games)
First in assists per game in 2002 (7.5/29 games)
Third in most points in a game (61 in 1994)
Third in most assists in a game (20 in 1990)
Second and third in most three-pointers made in a game (12 in 1994 and 2001)

[edit] References

^ Bernard, Grantley. "Heal weighs up Dragons captaincy", Herald Sun, 3 Mar 2006.
^ South Dragons (2005). Heal back in black. Retrieved April 6, 2006.
^ South Dragons (2006). Price resigns, Heal new head coach. Retrieved October 23, 2006.