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Sports 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.
2008–09 league participants
Team
Region
CEO
Coach
Home ground
Capacity
Adelaide 36ers SA Mal Hemmerling Scott Ninnis Distinctive Homes Dome 8,000
Cairns Taipans QLD Denis Keeffe Mark Beecroft Cairns Convention Centre 5,300
Gold Coast Blaze QLD David Claxton Brendan Joyce Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre 5,269
Melbourne Tigers VIC Seamus McPeake Alan Westover State Netball Centre 3,500
New Zealand Breakers NZL Richard Clarke Andrej Lemanis North Shore Events Centre 4,400
Perth Wildcats WA Nick Marvin Conner Henry Challenge Stadium 4,500
South Dragons VIC Ryan Gardiner Brian Goorjian Hisense Arena 10,500
Sydney Spirit [1] NSW Steve Aquilina [2] Rob Beveridge State Sports Centre 5,006
Townsville Crocodiles QLD Ian Smythe Trevor Gleeson Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257
Wollongong Hawks NSW TBD
Eric Cooks WIN Entertainment Centre 6,000
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5] Pre-season Transactions Mid-season Transactions
Coach
Recruited From
Signed By
Alan Black Cairns Taipans
Released [74]
Mark Beecroft
Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans[74]
Apparel
Team
Provider
Home colour
Away colour
Adelaide 36ers
Adidas
Blue
Yellow
Cairns Taipans
Kombat
Orange
White
Gold Coast Blaze
G2 Game Gear [94]
Sky Blue
White
Melbourne Tigers
Kombat
Red
Yellow
New Zealand Breakers
SAS Sports
Black
White
Perth Wildcats
Hoop 2 Hoop
Red
White
South Dragons
Kombat
Black
White
Townsville Crocodiles
Kombat
Green
White
Sydney Spirit
Blades
Blue
White
Wollongong Hawks
G2 Game Gear
Red
White
Regular season 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.[95]
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15 Round 16 Round 17 Round 18 Round 19 Round 20 Round 21 Round 22 Ladder Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2009. Source: NBL.com.au
Finals series Playoff bracket Quarter Finals Semi Finals Grand Final Player of the Week Player of the Month Coach of the Month NBL awards Television Coverage Radio Coverage
Team
Station
Adelaide 36ers
891 ABC Adelaide
Cairns Taipans
4CA FM
Melbourne Tigers
Tiger Radio
New Zealand Breakers
Radio Sport
Perth Wildcats
SportFM
South Dragons
Dragons Radio
Townsville Crocodiles
4TO FM
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