2000 New Zealand NBL season

The 2000 NBL season was the 19th season of the National Basketball League. Only one change occurred heading into the 2000 season, with the Hawke's Bay Hawks returning to the league after a one-year hiatus to replace the outgoing Taranaki, who withdrew due to financial concerns. Palmerston North were also on the brink of collapse, but they secured a sponsorship deal at the last minute to ensure their participation.[1] The Auckland Rebels won the championship in 2000 to claim their seventh league title.[2][3]

2000 New Zealand NBL season
LeagueNew Zealand NBL
SportBasketball
Number of games16
Number of teams9
Regular season
Minor premiersNorth Harbour Kings
Top scorerTroy Coleman (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
Playoffs
ChampionsAuckland Rebels
  Runners-upNelson Giants

Summary

Regular season standings
Pos
Team W L
1 North Harbour Kings124
2 Waikato Warriors124
3 Nelson Giants124
4 Auckland Rebels106
5 Palmerston North Jets97
6 Wellington Saints97
7 Otago Nuggets412
8 Canterbury Rams214
9 Hawke's Bay Hawks214

Playoff bracket
Semi Finals Final
      
1 North Harbour Kings 81
4 Auckland Rebels 92
Auckland Rebels 95
  Nelson Giants 78
2 Waikato Warriors 100
3 Nelson Giants 105

Awards

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season[4]

CategoryPlayerTeamStat
Points per gameTroy ColemanHawke's Bay Hawks29.1
Rebounds per gameTony RamptonNelson Giants14.6
Assists per gameShaun McCreedyHawke's Bay Hawks5.5
Steals per gameAdrian BoydWaikato Warriors3.9
Blocks per gameChris WebberHawke's Bay Hawks2.0

Regular season
  • NZ Most Valuable Player: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
  • Most Outstanding Guard: Tony Brown (Waikato Warriors)
  • Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Tony Brown (Waikato Warriors)
  • Most Outstanding Forward: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
  • Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
  • Scoring Champion: Troy Coleman (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
  • Rebounding Champion: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
  • Assist Champion: Shaun McCreedy (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
  • Rookie of the Year: Arthur Trousdell (Canterbury Rams)
  • Coach of the Year: Tracy Carpenter (North Harbour Kings)
  • All-Star Five:
    • G: Tony Brown (Waikato Warriors)
    • G: Terrence Lewis (Wellington Saints)
    • F: Purnell Perry (North Harbour Kings)
    • F: James Hamilton (Nelson Giants)
    • C: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
gollark: What do you mean "not working"? Does it just not do anything, does it error, what?
gollark: `Turtle.digDown` is wrong. `turtle` must be lowercase.
gollark: <@318817623590830080> What my ingame system does for being able to select tracks is have a metadata section at the start of each tape containing the start/end positions of each track.
gollark: * individually
gollark: Switchcraft actually had a radio system too for a while, but it just sent the URLs and had each system inefficiently download DFPWMs indiviudally.

References
  1. "Basketball: Celebrations muted by off-court tension". nzherald.co.nz. 1999. Retrieved 14 August 2019. The 2000 league will be missing the Taranaki Oilers, who quit on financial grounds this month, while Palmerston North only clinched a sponsorship deal to ensure their participation at the last minute.
  2. "2000 National Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015.
  3. Jessup, Peter (12 August 2000). "Basketball: Rebels tackle Giants in final". nzherald.co.nz. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017.
  4. "Standings and Statistical Leaders" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.