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Sports season
2000 New Zealand NBL season
LeagueNew Zealand NBL
SportBasketball
Number of games16
Number of teams9
Regular season
  Minor premiersNorth Harbour Kings
Top scorerTroy Coleman (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
Playoffs
ChampionsAuckland Rebels
  Runners-upNelson Giants
New Zealand NBL seasons
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The 2000 NBL season was the 19th season of the National Basketball League. Only one change occurred heading into the 2000 season, with the Hawke's Bay Hawks returning to the league after a one-year hiatus to replace the outgoing Taranaki, who withdrew due to financial concerns. Palmerston North were also on the brink of collapse, but they secured a sponsorship deal at the last minute to ensure their participation. The Auckland Rebels won the championship in 2000 to claim their seventh league title.

Summary

Regular season standings

Pos
Team W L
1 North Harbour Kings 12 4
2 Waikato Warriors 12 4
3 Nelson Giants 12 4
4 Auckland Rebels 10 6
5 Palmerston North Jets 9 7
6 Wellington Saints 9 7
7 Otago Nuggets 4 12
8 Canterbury Rams 2 14
9 Hawke's Bay Hawks 2 14

Playoff bracket

Semi-finals Final
      
1 North Harbour Kings 81
4 Auckland Rebels 92
Auckland Rebels 95
  Nelson Giants 78
2 Waikato Warriors 100
3 Nelson Giants 105

Awards

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season

Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Troy Coleman Hawke's Bay Hawks 29.1
Rebounds per game Tony Rampton Nelson Giants 14.6
Assists per game Shaun McCreedy Hawke's Bay Hawks 5.5
Steals per game Adrian Boyd Waikato Warriors 3.9
Blocks per game Chris Webber Hawke's Bay Hawks 2.0

Regular season

  • NZ Most Valuable Player: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
  • Most Outstanding Guard: Tony Brown (Waikato Warriors)
  • Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Tony Brown (Waikato Warriors)
  • Most Outstanding Forward: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
  • Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
  • Scoring Champion: Troy Coleman (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
  • Rebounding Champion: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
  • Assist Champion: Shaun McCreedy (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
  • Rookie of the Year: Arthur Trousdell (Canterbury Rams)
  • Coach of the Year: Tracy Carpenter (North Harbour Kings)
  • All-Star Five:
    • G: Tony Brown (Waikato Warriors)
    • G: Terrence Lewis (Wellington Saints)
    • F: Purnell Perry (North Harbour Kings)
    • F: James Hamilton (Nelson Giants)
    • C: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)

References

  1. "Basketball: Celebrations muted by off-court tension". The New Zealand Herald. 1999. Retrieved 14 August 2019. The 2000 league will be missing the Taranaki Oilers, who quit on financial grounds this month, while Palmerston North only clinched a sponsorship deal to ensure their participation at the last minute.
  2. "2000 National Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015.
  3. Jessup, Peter (12 August 2000). "Basketball: Rebels tackle Giants in final". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017.
  4. "Standings and Statistical Leaders" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2015.

External links

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