2007–08 Singapore Slingers season

The 2007–08 Singapore Slingers season was the 2nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).[1]

2007–08 Singapore Slingers season
Head coachAustralia Gordon McLeod
CaptainAustralia Ben Knight
ArenaSingapore Indoor Stadium
NBL results
Record6–24 (20%)
Ladder12th
Finals finishDid not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsUnited States Helms
20.9
ReboundsAustralia Knight
9.5
AssistsUnited States Helms
3.1
Uniforms
All statistics correct as of 13 February 2008.

The Singapore Slingers were the only Asian team to compete in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL).[2] The Slingers play their home games at the 10,000 seat Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.[3] On 17 September 2007, the Singapore Slingers signed their main sponsorship with CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets on a 12-month deal, with an option to extend an additional year.[4]

Roster

Re-signed
Player Signed
Ben Knight[5] 5 July
Mike Helms[6] 24 August

Additions
Player Signed Former team
Rod Grizzard[7] 15 August Atomerőmű SE
Blagoj Janev[8] 3 May University of New Hampshire
Chris Cameron[9] 3 May Louisiana-Lafayette

Subtractions
Player Reason left New team
Ben Melmeth[10] Unrestricted Free Agent Gold Coast Blaze
Bradley Davidson[11] Unrestricted Free Agent Adelaide 36ers
Larry Davidson[12] Unrestricted Free Agent Wollongong Hawks
Jeremy Kench[13] Unrestricted Free Agent Wollongong Hawks
Eban Hyams[14] Unrestricted Free Agent Hapoel Galil Elyon
Aaron Trahair Unrestricted Free Agent Perth Wildcats
Pero Vasiljevic[15] Unrestricted Free Agent Élan Chalon

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

2007–08 Singapore Slingers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
F 1 United States Grizzard, Rod (I) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (198 lb)
C 3 Australia Cameron, Chris 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 121 kg (267 lb)
G 4 Australia Fitzgerald, John 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
G 7 Australia McDonald, Shane 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 72 kg (159 lb)
G 9 New Zealand Allen, Hayden 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
G 10 Singapore Koon, Koh Meng (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
G 11 Singapore Wong, Michael (DP) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 76 kg (168 lb)
C 12 Australia Donaldson, David 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
F 15 Singapore Matialakan, Pathman (DP) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 23 United States Helms, Mike (I) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
C 21 Australia Janev, Blagoj 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
F 30 Australia Matacz, Damian (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb)
F 33 Australia Knight, Ben (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 17 October 2007

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Blagoj Janev Chris Cameron
PF Ben Knight David Donaldson Damain Matacz
SF Rod Grizzard Pathman Matialakan
SG Mike Helms John Fitzgerald Koh Meng Koon
PG Shane McDonald Hayden Allen Michael Wong

*Note: Matt McQuade's Analysis - Singapore.[16]

Regular season
Main article: 2007–08 NBL season

The regular season of the National Basketball League consisted of 30 games. Slinger's will play 15 home games and 15 away games. The Slingers opening match is against the Melbourne Tigers at Singapore's home which is the Singapore Indoor Stadium.[17]

Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 8 teams qualified for the finals series.

Pos 2007–08 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Sydney Kings 30 27 3 90.00% 5–0 W8 14–1 13–2 3058 2721 112.39%
2 Melbourne Tigers 30 22 8 73.33% 3–2 W2 12–3 10–5 3093 2904 106.51%
3 Brisbane Bullets 30 20 10 66.67% 3–2 W1 13–2 7–8 3407 3145 108.33%
4 Perth Wildcats 30 18 12 60.00% 3–2 W3 12–3 6–9 2908 2731 106.48%
5 Townsville Crocodiles 30 17 13 56.67% 4–1 L1 12–3 5–10 2961 2927 101.16%
6 Cairns Taipans1 30 16 14 53.33% 3–2 W2 10–5 6–9 2927 2849 102.74%
7 New Zealand Breakers1 30 16 14 53.33% 3–2 L2 11–4 6–9 3026 3059 98.92%
8 Gold Coast Blaze 30 15 15 50.00% 1–4 L3 10–5 5–10 2865 2892 99.07%
9 Adelaide 36ers 30 14 16 46.67% 4–1 W2 9–6 5–10 3130 3124 100.19%
10 West Sydney Razorbacks 30 10 20 33.33% 0–5 L6 6–9 4–11 3097 3248 95.35%
11 Wollongong Hawks 30 9 21 30.00% 1–4 L2 7–8 2–13 2928 3128 93.61%
12 Singapore Slingers 30 6 24 20.00% 1–4 L2 5–10 1–14 2829 3207 88.21%
13 South Dragons 30 5 25 16.67% 1–4 L2 4–11 1–14 2904 3198 90.81%

Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2008. Source: NBL.com.au

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

Regular season
2007–08 game log
Total: 6–24 (Home: 5–10; Road: 1–14)
September: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 19 September Melbourne L 94–117 Ben Knight (20) Ben Knight (9) Shane McDonald (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 0–1
2 23 September @ Perth L 112–80 Mike Helms (23) Ben Knight (10) Mike Helms (4) Challenge Stadium 0–2
3 26 September Gold Coast L 93–99 Mike Helms (27) Ben Knight (9) Mike Helms (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 0–3
October: 1–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
4 2 October Townsville W 101–86 Rod Grizzard (32) Ben Knight (13) Grizzard, Helms, McDonald (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 1–3
5 13 October @ Gold Coast L 97–82 Mike Helms (21) Mike Helms (8) Shane McDonald (3) Gold Coast Convention Centre 1–4
6 14 October @ Brisbane L 127–106 Chris Cameron (24) Rod Grizzard (13) Grizzard, Helms (5) Brisbane Convention Centre 1–5
7 17 October Melbourne W 96–105 Mike Helms (21) Ben Knight (9) Rod Grizzard (7) Singapore Indoor Stadium 1–6
8 21 October New Zealand L 99–116 Rod Grizzard (25) Blagoj Janev (10) Mike Helms (7) Singapore Indoor Stadium 1–7
9 28 October Sydney L 90–99 Mike Helms (31) Grizzard, Knight (9) Mike Helms (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 1–8
November: 1–6 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
10 4 November Perth W 112–105 Mike Helms (44) Ben Knight (14) Mike Helms (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 2–8
11 8 November @ New Zealand L 98–92 Rod Grizzard (25) Grizzard, Helms, Knight (7) John Fitzgerald (4) North Shore Events Centre 2–9
12 11 November Adelaide L 93–111 Rod Grizzard (27) Ben Knight (16) Grizzard, Helms (2) Singapore Indoor Stadium 2–10
13 17 November @ Townsville L 110–98 Rod Grizzard (28) Ben Knight (9) Shane McDonald (4) Townsville Entertainment Centre 2–11
14 18 November @ Brisbane L 109–90 Rod Grizzard (18) Rod Grizzard (9) Cameron, Knight, McDonald (3) Brisbane Convention Centre 2–12
15 25 November @ South L 109–90 Rod Grizzard (26) Grizzard, Knight (9) Rod Grizzard (4) Vodafone Arena 2–13
16 28 November @ West Sydney L 126–95 Grizzard, Helms (22) Ben Knight (11) Allen, Helms (3) State Sports Centre 2–14
December: 2–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
17 2 December Brisbane W 119–102 Mike Helms (31) Grizzard, Knight (11) Rod Grizzard (6) Singapore Indoor Stadium 3–14
18 5 December @ Wollongong L 93–72 Mike Helms (20) Grizzard, Knight (11) Rod Grizzard (4) WIN Entertainment Centre 3–15
19 8 December @ Townsville L 117–105 Mike Helms (34) Rod Grizzard (10) Allen, Grizzard, Knight (4) Townsville Entertainment Centre 3–16
20 15 December @ Adelaide L 104–77 Rod Grizzard (25) Cameron, Donaldson, Fitzgerald, Grizzard (7) Mike Helms (4) Adelaide Arena 3–17
21 19 December West Sydney L 99–113 Rod Grizzard (21) Ben Knight (7) Grizzard, McDonald (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 3–18
22 21 December @ Cairns W 89–93 Mike Helms (17) Ben Knight (14) Grizzard, McDonald (5) Cairns Convention Centre 4–18
23 22 December @ Gold Coast L 91–86 Rod Grizzard (22) Rod Grizzard (11) Mike Helms (8) Gold Coast Convention Centre 4–19
January: 2–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
24 2 January Perth L 87–124 Blagoj Janev (20) Rod Grizzard (11) Rod Grizzard (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 4–20
25 13 January Wollongong W 113–102 Mike Helms (28) Ben Knight (11) Mike Helms (5) Singapore Indoor Stadium 5–20
26 20 January Cairns L 87–99 Mike Helms (26) Ben Knight (13) Shane McDonald (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 5–21
27 26 January @ Melbourne L 115–82 Rod Grizzard (21) Ben Knight (9) Allen, Cameron, Fitzgerald, McDonald (2) State Netball and Hockey Centre 5–22
28 30 January South W 108–93 Rod Grizzard (25) Rod Grizzard (14) Helms, McDonald (6) Singapore Indoor Stadium 6–22
February: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
29 9 February @ Sydney L 113–84 Rod Grizzard (16) Ben Knight (10) Mike Helms (5) Sydney Entertainment Centre 6–23
30 13 February Adelaide L 97–126 Mike Helms (35) Ben Knight (16) Rod Grizzard (7) Singapore Indoor Stadium 6–24
2007–08 season schedule

Awards

Singapore Slingers Awards

2007–08 NBL All-Star Game

See also

References
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