The 2018 NBL season was the 37th season of the
National Basketball League. In 2018, the league welcomed back the
Manawatu Jets
The Manawatu Jets are a New Zealand basketball team based in Palmerston North. The Jets compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Central Energy Trust Arena. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Pro ...
after a two-season hiatus.
The regular season commenced on Thursday 26 April in
Napier with the Hawke's Bay Hawks hosting the Southland Sharks at
Pettigrew Green Arena
Pettigrew Green Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment centre in Taradale, a suburb of Napier in New Zealand, that opened in April 2003. It regularly hosts volleyball, basketball and netball matches for Hawke's Bay representati ...
. The season contained 14 weeks of regular season games followed by a Final Four weekend in August. The competition included a one-week international break, from 25 June to 1 July, and started later than normal due to the
Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Team information
Summary
Regular season standings
Final Four
Awards
Player of the Week
Statistics leaders
''Stats as of the end of the regular season''
Regular season
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Most Valuable Player
In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...
:
Shea Ili
Shea Ili (born 6 October 1992) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). Ili was raised in Māngere Bridge, playing his basketball at Onehunga High School and appearing for Co ...
(Wellington Saints)
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NZ Most Valuable Player:
Shea Ili
Shea Ili (born 6 October 1992) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). Ili was raised in Māngere Bridge, playing his basketball at Onehunga High School and appearing for Co ...
(Wellington Saints)
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Most Outstanding Guard:
Shea Ili
Shea Ili (born 6 October 1992) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). Ili was raised in Māngere Bridge, playing his basketball at Onehunga High School and appearing for Co ...
(Wellington Saints)
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Most Outstanding NZ Guard:
Shea Ili
Shea Ili (born 6 October 1992) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). Ili was raised in Māngere Bridge, playing his basketball at Onehunga High School and appearing for Co ...
(Wellington Saints)
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Most Outstanding Forward:
Finn Delany (Nelson Giants)
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Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre:
Finn Delany (Nelson Giants)
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Scoring Champion: Daishon Knight (Manawatu Jets)
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Rebounding Champion: Kuran Iverson (Manawatu Jets)
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Assist Champion:
Lindsay Tait
Lindsay Michael Tait (born 8 January 1982) is a New Zealand former professional basketball player.
Early life
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Tait moved to Auckland as a four-year-old and later attended Avondale College where he was a member of ...
(Super City Rangers)
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Rookie of the Year: Max Darling (Canterbury Rams)
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Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award.
Some of the ...
: Jamie Pearlman (Nelson Giants)
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All-Star Five:
** G:
Shea Ili
Shea Ili (born 6 October 1992) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). Ili was raised in Māngere Bridge, playing his basketball at Onehunga High School and appearing for Co ...
(Wellington Saints)
** G:
Jarrad Weeks
Jarrad Weeks (born 11 July 1989) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Auckland Tuatara of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL).
Early life
Weeks was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He attended Barker College in Sy ...
(Southland Sharks)
** F:
Winston Shepard
Winston Shepard III (born September 22, 1993) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for San Diego State, where he was a two-time second-team All-Mountain West Conference honoree.
High school career
Shepard at ...
(Canterbury Rams)
** F:
Finn Delany (Nelson Giants)
** C:
Angus Brandt
Angus John Brandt (born 26 October 1989) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Kagawa Five Arrows of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Oregon State University before beginning his professional career wit ...
(Hawke's Bay Hawks)
Final Four
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Finals MVP:
Reuben Te Rangi
Reuben Te Rangi (born 14 October 1994) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL) and is a regular New Zealand Tall Black.
Early life
Te Rangi was bo ...
(Southland Sharks)
References
External links
2018 draw2018 season preview2018 final regular season stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:2018 New Zealand Nbl season
National Basketball League (New Zealand) seasons
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