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2007–08 NBL season

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Sport
  
Basketball

Runners-up
  
Sydney Kings

Dates
  
19 Sep 2007 – 14 Mar 2008

Season MVP
  
Chris Anstey

Finals champion
  
Melbourne United

Champions
  
Melbourne Tigers

Champion
  
Melbourne United

Number of teams
  
13

Top seed
  
Sydney Kings

People also search for
  
2008–09 NBL season

League
  
National Basketball League

Duration
  
19 September 2007 – 16 February 2008 20 February 2008 – 1 March 2008 (Finals) 5 – 14 March 2008 (Grand Finals)

TV partner(s)
  
Fox Sports (Australia) (Live) Nine Network (Australia) (Highlights) Sky Sport (New Zealand) Maori Television (New Zealand)

The 2007–08 NBL season was the 30th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. On 21 November 2006, the Gold Coast Blaze joined the league, expanding it to 13 teams.

Contents

Pre-season transactions

  • Unless stated otherwise the source for the above information is the NBL article "Movers and Shakers"
  • Regular season

    The home and away season took place over 22 rounds between 19 September 2007 and 16 February 2008 with finals starting 20 February 2008

    Semi Finals

    (best-of-three series)

    Grand Final

    (best-of-five series)

    NBL awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Chris Anstey, Melbourne Tigers
  • Rookie of the Year: Nathan Jawai, Cairns Taipans
  • Best Defensive Player: Chris Anstey, Melbourne Tigers
  • Best Sixth Man: Dontaye Draper, Sydney Kings
  • Most Improved Player: Cameron Tragardh, Wollongong Hawks
  • Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian, Sydney Kings
  • All-NBL First Team:
  • Ebi Ere – Brisbane Bullets
  • Chris Anstey – Melbourne Tigers
  • Mark Worthington – Sydney Kings
  • Kirk Penney – New Zealand Breakers
  • Shawn Redhage – Perth Wildcats
  • All-NBL Second Team:
  • Nathan Jawai – Cairns Taipans
  • Adam Ballinger – Adelaide 36ers
  • Corey Williams – Townsville Crocodiles
  • C. J. Bruton – Brisbane Bullets
  • James Harvey – Gold Coast Blaze
  • All-NBL Third Team:
  • Kavossy Franklin – Wollongong Hawks
  • Paul Rogers – Perth Wildcats
  • Julius Hodge – Adelaide 36ers
  • Dontaye Draper – Sydney Kings
  • Darnell Hinson – West Sydney Razorbacks
  • TV Coverage

  • Australia – Fox Sports (Live coverage) & Nine Network (Delayed coverage)
  • New Zealand – Sky Sport & Maori Television
  • Singapore – Sling HD
  • Philippines – Basketball TV
  • References

    2007–08 NBL season Wikipedia