2007–08 Singapore Slingers season

The 2007–08 NBL season was the 2nd season for the Singapore Slingers in the NBL.[1] The Singapore Slingers were the only Asian team to compete in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL).[2]

2007–08 Singapore Slingers season
Head Coach Gordon McLeod
Captain Ben Knight
StadiumSingapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
NBL results
Ladder12th
FinalsDid Not Qualify
Wins6
Losses24
Player Records
Scoring leader Mike Helms
20.9
Rebounding leader Ben Knight
9.5
Assists leader Mike Helms
3.1
Uniforms

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 Grizzard, Rod (I) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (198 lb)
C 3 Cameron, Chris 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 121 kg (267 lb)
G 4 Fitzgerald, John 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
G 7 McDonald, Shane 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 72 kg (159 lb)
G 9 Allen, Hayden 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
G 10 Koon, Koh Meng (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
G 11 Wong, Michael (DP) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 76 kg (168 lb)
C 12 Donaldson, David 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
F 15 Matialakan, Pathman (DP) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 23 Helms, Mike (I) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
C 21 Janev, Blagoj 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
F 30 Matacz, Damian (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb)
F 33 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
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.

# Team Played Won Loss Win% Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Points%
1 Sydney Kings 30 27 3 90.00% 5-0 Won 8 14-1 13-2 3,058 2,721 112.39%
2 Melbourne Tigers 30 22 8 73.33% 3-2 Won 2 12-3 10-5 3,093 2,904 106.51%
3 Brisbane Bullets 30 20 10 66.67% 3-2 Won 1 13-2 7-8 3,407 3,145 108.33%
4 Perth Wildcats 30 18 12 60.00% 3-2 Won 3 12-3 6-9 2,908 2,731 106.48%
5 Townsville Crocodiles 30 17 13 56.67% 4-1 Lost 1 12-3 5-10 2,961 2,927 101.16%
6 Cairns Taipans1 30 16 14 53.33% 3-2 Won 2 10-5 6-9 2,927 2,849 102.74%
7 New Zealand Breakers1 30 16 14 53.33% 3-2 Lost 2 11-4 6-9 3,026 3,069 98.60%
8 Gold Coast Blaze 30 15 15 50.00% 1-4 Lost 3 10-5 5-10 2,865 2,892 99.07%
9 Adelaide 36ers 30 14 16 46.67% 4-1 Won 2 9-6 5-10 3,130 3,124 100.19%
10 West Sydney Razorbacks 30 10 20 33.33% 0-5 Lost 6 6-9 4-11 3,097 3,248 95.35%
11 Wollongong Hawks 30 9 21 30.00% 1-4 Lost 2 7-8 2-13 2,928 3,128 93.61%
12 Singapore Slingers 30 6 24 20.00% 1-4 Lost 2 5-10 1-14 2,829 3,207 88.21%
13 South Dragons 30 5 25 16.67% 1-4 Lost 2 4-11 1-14 2,904 3,198 90.81%

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.

Game log
2007–08 season game log
September: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 19 September Melbourne Tigers L 94–117 Ben Knight (20) Ben Knight (9) Shane McDonald (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 0–1
2 23 September @ Perth Wildcats L 112–80 Mike Helms (23) Ben Knight (10) Mike Helms (4) Challenge Stadium 0–2
3 26 September Gold Coast Blaze 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 assistsLocationRecord
4 2 October Townsville Crocodiles W 101–86 Rod Grizzard (32) Ben Knight (13) Grizzard, Helms, McDonald (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 1–3
5 13 October @ Gold Coast Blaze L 97–82 Mike Helms (21) Mike Helms (8) Shane McDonald (3) Gold Coast Convention Centre 1–4
6 14 October @ Brisbane Bullets L 127–106 Chris Cameron (24) Rod Grizzard (13) Grizzard, Helms (5) Brisbane Convention Centre 1–5
7 17 October Melbourne Tigers W 96–105 Mike Helms (21) Ben Knight (9) Rod Grizzard (7) Singapore Indoor Stadium 1–6
8 21 October New Zealand Breakers L 99–116 Rod Grizzard (25) Blagoj Janev (10) Mike Helms (7) Singapore Indoor Stadium 1–7
9 28 October Sydney Kings 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 assistsLocationRecord
10 4 November Perth Wildcats W 112–105 Mike Helms (44) Ben Knight (14) Mike Helms (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 2–8
11 8 November @ New Zealand Breakers L 98–92 Rod Grizzard (25) Grizzard, Helms, Knight (7) John Fitzgerald (4) North Shore Events Centre 2–9
12 11 November Adelaide 36ers L 93–111 Rod Grizzard (27) Ben Knight (16) Grizzard, Helms (2) Singapore Indoor Stadium 2–10
13 17 November @ Townsville Crocodiles L 110–98 Rod Grizzard (28) Ben Knight (9) Shane McDonald (4) Townsville Entertainment Centre 2–11
14 18 November @ Brisbane Bullets L 109–90 Rod Grizzard (18) Rod Grizzard (9) Cameron, Knight, McDonald (3) Brisbane Convention Centre 2–12
15 25 November @ South Dragons L 109–90 Rod Grizzard (26) Grizzard, Knight (9) Rod Grizzard (4) Vodafone Arena 2–13
16 28 November @ West Sydney Razorbacks 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 assistsLocationRecord
17 2 December Brisbane Bullets W 119–102 Mike Helms (31) Grizzard, Knight (11) Rod Grizzard (6) Singapore Indoor Stadium 3–14
18 5 December @ Wollongong Hawks L 93–72 Mike Helms (20) Grizzard, Knight (11) Rod Grizzard (4) WIN Entertainment Centre 3–15
19 8 December @ Townsville Crocodiles L 117–105 Mike Helms (34) Rod Grizzard (10) Allen, Grizzard, Knight (4) Townsville Entertainment Centre 3–16
20 15 December @ Adelaide 36ers L 104–77 Rod Grizzard (25) Cameron, Donaldson, Fitzgerald, Grizzard (7) Mike Helms (4) Adelaide Arena 3–17
21 19 December West Sydney Razorbacks L 99–113 Rod Grizzard (21) Ben Knight (7) Grizzard, McDonald (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 3–18
22 21 December @ Cairns Taipans W 89–93 Mike Helms (17) Ben Knight (14) Grizzard, McDonald (5) Cairns Convention Centre 4–18
23 22 December @ Gold Coast Blaze 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 assistsLocationRecord
24 2 January Perth Wildcats L 87–124 Blagoj Janev (20) Rod Grizzard (11) Rod Grizzard (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 4–20
25 13 January Wollongong Hawks W 113–102 Mike Helms (28) Ben Knight (11) Mike Helms (5) Singapore Indoor Stadium 5–20
26 20 January Cairns Taipans L 87–99 Mike Helms (26) Ben Knight (13) Shane McDonald (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 5–21
27 26 January @ Melbourne Tigers 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 Dragons 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 assistsLocationRecord
29 9 February @ Sydney Kings L 113–84 Rod Grizzard (16) Ben Knight (10) Mike Helms (5) Sydney Entertainment Centre 6–23
30 13 February Adelaide 36ers L 97–126 Mike Helms (35) Ben Knight (16) Rod Grizzard (7) Singapore Indoor Stadium 6–24

Awards

Singapore Slingers Awards

2007–08 NBL All-Star Game

See also

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