2015 New Zealand NBL season

2015 New Zealand NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Duration April 1 – July
Number of teams 8
TV partner(s) Sky Sport
NBL season
Champions TBD
Season MVP TBD

The 2015 New Zealand National Basketball League season is the 34th running of the competition. The season draw was supposed to be released in December 2014, but the withdrawal of Otago and Waikato prompted a rethink for the 2015 competition format. In the past, each team played each other twice in a 10-team competition, meaning each franchise had nine home games. However, with two teams pulling out of the 2015 season, it was decided the new format would be played over two and half rounds to keep incomes at a similar rate for the remaining sides. Each team will play each other twice and play three of the sides in a third game.[1]

The 2015 pre-season tournament was held at the Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua on Saturday 21 March and Sunday 22 March.[2] The Wellington Saints were the only team to go undefeated over the two days, finishing with a win/loss record of 3-0.[3] The regular season commenced on Wednesday 1 April in Invercargill with the Southland Sharks hosting the Manawatu Jets at Stadium Southland.[4]

The teams for this season are: Wellington Saints, Southland Sharks, Nelson Giants, Super City Rangers, Manawatu Jets, Taranaki Mountainairs, Hawke's Bay Hawks and Canterbury Rams.[5]

Coaching

Team 2015 coach
Canterbury Rams Mark Dickel
Nelson Giants Tim Fanning
Hawke's Bay Hawks Liam Flynn
Manawatu Jets Darron Larsen
Southland Sharks Paul Henare
Taranaki Mountainairs Daryn Shaw
Super City Rangers Jeff Green
Wellington Saints Pero Cameron

Imports

Team Import Import
Canterbury Rams United States Mickell Gladness United States Jermaine Taylor
Nelson Giants United States McKenzie Moore United States DeRonn Scott
Hawke's Bay Hawks Nigeria Suleiman Braimoh United States Zack Atkinson
Manawatu Jets United States Brandon Jenkins United States Dion Harris
Southland Sharks United States Kevin Braswell Australia Todd Blanchfield
Taranaki Mountainairs United States Chris Hagan United States Aaron Fuller
Super City Rangers Australia Jason Cadee Australia Tom Garlepp
Wellington Saints United States Torrey Craig United States Kareem Johnson

Player of the Week

Round Player Team Ref
1 Lindsay Tait Wellington Saints [6]
2 Tai Wesley Southland Sharks [7]
Aaron Fuller Taranaki Mountainairs [7]
3 Torrey Craig Wellington Saints [8]
4 Suleiman Braimoh Hawke's Bay Hawks [9]

References

  1. ↑ Southland Sharks to host opening game of NZ National Basketball League
  2. ↑ Pre-Season NBL at Porirua
  3. ↑ NBL Preseason Wrap-Up
  4. ↑ 2015 NBL Draw Released
  5. ↑ Home games a strong feature in draw for Jets season
  6. ↑ TAIT WINS OPENING PLAYER OF THE WEEK
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 WESLEY AND FULLER ARE JOINT PLAYER’S OF THE WEEK
  8. ↑ SAINTS CRAIG IS R3 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
  9. ↑ BRAIMOH IS ROUND FOUR PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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