2018 New Zealand NBL season | |
League: | New Zealand NBL |
Sport: | Basketball |
Duration: | 26 April – 5 August |
No Of Games: | 18 |
No Of Teams: | 8 |
Season: | Regular season |
Minor Premiers: | Wellington Saints |
Mvp: | Shea Ili (Wellington Saints) |
Mvp Link: | New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Award |
Top Scorer: | Daishon Knight (Manawatu Jets) |
Top Scorer Link: | New Zealand NBL Scoring Champion |
Finals: | Final Four |
Finals Champ: | Southland Sharks |
Finals Runner-Up: | Wellington Saints |
Finals Mvp: | Reuben Te Rangi |
Finals Mvp Link: | New Zealand NBL Finals Most Valuable Player Award |
Seasonslistnames: | New Zealand NBL |
Prevseason Link: | 2017 New Zealand NBL season |
Prevseason Year: | 2017 |
Nextseason Link: | 2019 New Zealand NBL season |
Nextseason Year: | 2019 |
The 2018 NBL season was the 37th season of the National Basketball League. In 2018, the league welcomed back the Manawatu Jets after a two-season hiatus.
The regular season commenced on Thursday 26 April in Napier with the Hawke's Bay Hawks hosting the Southland Sharks at Pettigrew Green Arena.[1] The season contained 14 weeks of regular season games followed by a Final Four weekend in August. The competition included a one-week international break, from 25 June to 1 July, and started later than normal due to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.[2]
Team | City | Arena | Colours | Head coach | Import | Import | Import |
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Canterbury Rams | Christchurch | Cowles Stadium | Mark Dickel | Winston Shepard | Xavier Thames | Julian Washburn | |
Hawke's Bay Hawks | Napier | Pettigrew Green Arena | Zico Coronel | Angus Brandt | Jamie Skeen | ||
Manawatu Jets | Palmerston North | Arena Manawatu | Tim McTamney | Kuran Iverson | Daishon Knight | Brandon Lucas | |
Nelson Giants | Nelson | Trafalgar Centre | Jamie Pearlman | Kyle Adnam | Jerry Evans Jr. | Damon Heuir | |
Southland Sharks | Invercargill | Stadium Southland | Judd Flavell | Orlando Coleman | Conor Morgan | Jarrad Weeks | |
Super City Rangers | Auckland | The Trusts Arena | Jeff Green | Okesene Ale | Clayton Wilson | ||
Taranaki Mountainairs | New Plymouth | TSB Stadium | Trent Adam | Javonte Douglas | Xavier Smith | Roger Woods | |
Wellington Saints | Wellington | TSB Bank Arena | Kevin Braswell | Shaun Bruce | Majok Majok | L. J. Peak | |
Round | Player | Team | Ref |
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1 | [3] | ||
2 | [4] | ||
3 | Kuran Iverson | [5] | |
4 | [6] | ||
5 | [7] | ||
6 | [8] | ||
7 | [9] | ||
8 | [10] | ||
9 | [11] | ||
10 | |||
11 | [12] | ||
12 | Daishon Knight | [13] | |
13 | Orlando Coleman | [14] | |
14 | Dominique Kelman-Poto | [15] | |
Stats as of the end of the regular season[16]
Category | Player | Team | Stat | |
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Points per game | Daishon Knight | 28.9 | ||
Rebounds per game | Kuran Iverson | 11.1 | ||
Assists per game | 7.6 | |||
Steals per game | 2.3 | |||
Blocks per game | Xavier Smith | 1.7 |