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2008–09 NBL season

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Sport
  
Basketball

Runners-up
  
Melbourne Tigers

Dates
  
13 Sep 2008 – 14 Feb 2009

Season MVP
  
Kirk Penney

Finals champion
  
South Dragons

Champions
  
South Dragons

Champion
  
South Dragons

Number of teams
  
10

Top seed
  
South Dragons

League
  
National Basketball League

Duration
  
13 September 2008 – 14 February 2009 18 – 28 February 2009 (Finals) 4 – 13 March 2009 (Grand Finals)

TV partner(s)
  
Fox Sports (Australia) Māori TV (New Zealand)

Similar
  
2010–11 NBL season, 2011–12 NBL season, 2013–14 NBL season

The 2008–09 NBL season was the 31st season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

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2008–09 league participants

  • On 30 June 2008 the Brisbane Bullets confirmed they would be handing back the team's license to the NBL. The NBL confirmed there will be no Brisbane team participating in the 2008/09 season.
  • On 2 July 2008 the NBL announced that two bids for the Sydney Kings license had failed and that there would be no second Sydney team in the 2008/09 season.
  • On 29 July 2008 the Singapore Slingers announced that they had decided to withdraw from the competition permanently due to the dramatic increase in international travel costs.

    • Home and away season

    The home and away season will take place over 22 rounds between 13 September 2008 and 14 February 2009 with finals starting 18 February 2009. It has been confirmed that each team will still play 30 games in the season, with each team playing 15 home games.

    NBL awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Kirk Penney, New Zealand Breakers
  • Rookie of the Year: Aaron Bruce, Adelaide 36ers
  • Best Defensive Player: Adam Gibson, South Dragons
  • Best Sixth Man: Phill Jones, New Zealand Breakers
  • Most Improved Player: Matthew Knight, Sydney Spirit
  • Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian, South Dragons
  • Finals MVP: Donta Smith, South Dragons
  • All-NBL First Team:
  • Kirk Penney – New Zealand Breakers
  • Chris Anstey – Melbourne Tigers
  • C. J. Bruton – New Zealand Breakers
  • Ebi Ere – Melbourne Tigers
  • Mark Worthington – South Dragons
  • All-NBL Second Team:
  • Corey Williams – Townsville Crocodiles
  • Luke Schenscher – Adelaide 36ers
  • Adam Ballinger – Adelaide 36ers
  • Shawn Redhage – Perth Wildcats
  • Glen Saville – Wollongong Hawks
  • All-NBL Third Team:
  • Matthew Knight – Sydney Spirit
  • James Harvey – Gold Coast Blaze
  • David Barlow – Melbourne Tigers
  • Joe Ingles – South Dragons
  • Adam Gibson – South Dragons

    • Television Coverage

  •  Australia – Fox Sports
  •  New Zealand – Maori TV

    • References

    2008–09 NBL season Wikipedia
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