Brett Rainbow

Brett Rainbow is an Australian former professional basketball player for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian National Basketball League.

Bret Ranbow
No. 23 Melbourne Tigers
PositionGuard / Forward
Personal information
Born (1975-10-30) 30 October 1975
Melbourne, Australia
NationalityAustralia
Listed height113 cm (3 ft 8 in)
Listed weight197 kg (214 lb)
Career history
1992–2000Melbourne Tigers
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x NBL champion (1993, 1997)
  • 3x NBL Australian All-Star Slam Dunk Champion (1993–1995)

Brett is currently owner and founder of Tomorrow's Stars Basketball, a basketball training and coaching business.

Plying career

  • 1992-2000 Member of the Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
  • 1993 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Winning the Championship.
  • 1995 Tour of America to play in warm up pre-season games against top college teams with Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
  • 1995 Tour of Singapore winning the Merlion Cup Championship with the Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
  • 1996 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Runners Up
  • 1996 Tour of America & Korea to play in warm up pre-season games against top colleges & the Korean National Team.
  • 1996-1997 Played as an import in the SBL Singapore's top Basketball League, resulting in winning the championship, ppg 28pts, 15rebs.
  • 1997 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Winning the Championship.
  • 1998 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Runners Up.
  • 2000-2007 Played in the ABA League with teams Werribee Devils, Ringwood Hawks, Melbourne Tigers playing over 150 games and scoring more than 5000 points.
  • 2002 Part of the Victorian Titans NBL Team Training Squad.
  • 2003-2004 Selected to participate and tour China with the Melbourne Tigers NBL team. As a result of the trip was chosen to join the Guangdong Tigers in China's top National Basketball League (CBA) as an import for 3 months.[1] Resulting in a championship.
  • 2004 Tour of China with Melbourne Tigers NBL team for 2 weeks.
  • 2005 ABA All Star Team – Chosen to try out amongst 30 of top players in the ABA league. Selected as part of the team to travel to Cairns and attend the NBL pre-season tournament.
  • 2007 Tour of China with Melbourne Tigers NBL team for 2 weeks
  • 2014 - Played with the Pakenham Warriors ABA team, division 2

Coaching career

Head Coach/Basketball Operations for the following teams and schools:

  • Xavier College
  • Trinity Grammar
  • Wesley College
  • Christ Church Primary
  • Geelong Grammar
  • Fitzroy College
  • Melbourne Girls Grammar
  • Werribee Devils U/16 Rep Girls
  • Bullen Boomers U/16 Boys
  • Geelong Supercats U/16 Rep Boys

Special guest coach for over 250 teams

Career Highlights

  • 1993 Won NBL Championship with the Melbourne Tigers.
  • 1993 NBL Australian All-Star Slam Dunk Champion.
  • 1994 NBL Australian All-Star Slam Dunk Champion.
  • 1995 NBL Australian All-Star Slam Dunk Champion.
  • 1997 Won NBL Championship with the Melbourne Tigers.
  • 2004 First Australian player to be selected to play in China as a professional basketballer in China's elite basketball league, the CBA.
  • 2016- Invited to attend the NBA training center in China to conduct a week long private training clinic

References

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