The Saigon Heat is a Vietnamese professional

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team based in

Ho Chi Minh City , population_density_km2 = 4,292 , population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2 , population_demonym = Saigonese , blank_name = GRP (Nominal) , blank_info = 2019 , blank1_name = – Total , blank1_ ...

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founded in 2016. It is the developmental team of the

Saigon Heat The Saigon Heat is a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Since the 2014 season, the Heat's home games are played at the CIS Arena on the campus of the Canadian International School in District 7. Saigo ...

. The team currently competes in the

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, Vietnam's first professional basketball league.

History

Following the completion of the 2015–16 season, the Heat announced the formation of Vietnam's first professional basketball league, the

, where they would field a developmental team. The Heat VBA team consists of local players, with several of the ABL side's players being distributed among the other VBA teams for league parity. In

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and

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they became the first team to win 3 consecutive

championship series.

Season-by-season record

Current roster

References

External links

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