Taranaki Mountainairs

Taranaki Mountainairs
Leagues	New Zealand NBL
Founded	1985[1]
Arena	TSB Stadium
Location	New Plymouth, New Zealand
Team colors	Black, Yellow, White
Main sponsor	Augusta Capital
Team manager	Mick McBeth
Head coach	Daryn Shaw
Website	www.basketballtaranaki.org.nz
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Home Away

The Taranaki Mountain Airs are a New Zealand professional basketball team that compete in the National Basketball League. They have previously been known as the New Plymouth Bulls (1985–93), the Taranaki Bears (1994–98), the Taranaki Oilers (1999) and the Devon Dynamos Taranaki (2008–09).

They play their home games at TSB Stadium in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. Due to a lack of funding, they did not compete in the NBL from 2000 to 2002. In 2003, they were readmitted to the league and took on the "Mountain Airs" nickname. Their best results in the NBL were third place in 1988, 1991 and 1992.

The current coaching staff consists of head coach Daryn Shaw, and assistant coaches Willie Banks and Steve McKean. Shaw and Banks are former Taranaki players, who played together under McKean.^[2]

Current roster

# Pos. Player Height 1 PG Derek Albertsen 182 cm 3 PG Chris Hagan (I) 181 cm 4 SF Quintin Bailey (DP) 198 cm 5 PF Xavier Shaw 203 cm 7 SF Dyson King-Hawea 200 cm 8 PF Todd Fisher 203 cm 9 SG Ashton McQueen 190 cm 10 SF Dane Brooks (DP) 193 cm 11 SG Lachie Fenwick 195 cm 12 SG Brad Anderson 190 cm 21 PF Aaron Fuller (I) 198 cm 22 SF Aaron Bailey-Nowell (C) 196 cm SG Beauden Giddy (DP) 193 cm Jackson Stubbins (DP) Trent Harper (DP)

References

External links

• Official website
• Team profile at AustraliaBasket.com
• Team profile at Basketball.org.nz