2007–08 NBL season

The 2007–08 NBL season was the 30th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. On 21 November 2006, the Gold Coast Blaze joined the league, expanding it to 13 teams.

2007–08 league participants

Stadiums and locations

Team	Region	CEO	Coach	Home ground	Capacity
Adelaide 36ers	SA	Mal Hemmerling	Phil Smyth	Distinctive Homes Dome	8,000
Brisbane Bullets	Qld	Jeff Van Groningen	Joey Wright	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	4,000
Cairns Taipans	Qld	Denis Keeffe	Alan Black	Cairns Convention Centre	5,300
Gold Coast Blaze	Qld	David Claxton	Brendan Joyce	Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre	5,269
Melbourne Tigers	Vic	Seamus McPeake	Alan Westover	State Netball & Hockey Centre	3,500
New Zealand Breakers	NZL	Richard Clarke	Andrej Lemanis	North Shore Events Centre	4,400
Perth Wildcats	WA	Nick Marvin	Scott Fisher	Challenge Stadium	4,500
Singapore Slingers	Sin	Bob Turner	Gordon McLeod	Singapore Indoor Stadium	12,000
South Dragons	Vic	Ryan Gardiner	Shane Heal	Vodafone Arena	10,500
Sydney Kings	NSW	Garry Hudson	Brian Goorjian	Sydney Entertainment Centre	10,517
Townsville Crocodiles	Qld	Ian Smythe	Trevor Gleeson	Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre	5,257
West Sydney Razorbacks	NSW	Darren Drysdale	Rob Beveridge	State Sports Centre	5,006
Wollongong Hawks	NSW		Eric Cooks	WIN Entertainment Centre	6,000

Preseason transactions

Player	Recruited from	Signed by
Larry Abney	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Taipans
Adam Ballinger	Wollongong Hawks	Adelaide 36ers
David Barlow	Sydney Kings	Melbourne Tigers
Stephen Black	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Taipans
Mark Bradtke	Brisbane Bullets	Retired
Brad Davidson	Singapore Slingers	Adelaide 36ers
Casey Frank	Wollongong Hawks	Gold Coast Blaze
Kavossy Franklin	South Dragons	Wollongong Hawks
Cortez Groves	Wollongong Hawks	South Dragons
Brad Hill	Adelaide 36ers	South Dragons
Nick Horvath	Adelaide 36ers	South Dragons
Nathan Jawai	Australian Institute of Sport	Cairns Taipans
Ryan Kersten	University of New Mexico	New Zealand Breakers
Alex Loughton	Gandía BA	Perth Wildcats
Luke Martin	Cairns Taipans	South Dragons
Ben Melmeth	Singapore Slingers	Gold Coast Blaze
Scott McGregor	West Sydney Razorbacks	Gold Coast Blaze
Brad Newley	Townsville Crocodiles	Adelaide 36ers
Ben Pepper	New Zealand Breakers	Townsville Crocodiles
Anthony Petrie	Canberra Gunners	West Sydney Razorbacks
Tony Rampton	Wollongong Hawks	West Sydney Razorbacks
Tony Ronaldson	Perth Wildcats	New Zealand Breakers
Bradley Sheridan	Sydney Kings	Townsville Crocodiles
Anthony Stewart	Cairns Taipans	Retired

Unless stated otherwise the source for the above information is the NBL article "Movers and Shakers"

Regular season

The 2007–08 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 19 September 2007 and 16 February 2008.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

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.
''¹Cairns Taipans won Head-to-Head. ''

Finals

Elimination Finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

All Star Game

Most Valuable Player

Nathan Jawai

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Chris Anstey, Melbourne Tigers
Rookie of the Year: Nathan Jawai, Cairns Taipans
Best Defensive Player: Chris Anstey, Melbourne Tigers
Best Sixth Man: Dontaye Draper, Sydney Kings
Most Improved Player: Cameron Tragardh, Wollongong Hawks
Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian, Sydney Kings
All-NBL First Team:
*Ebi Ere – Brisbane Bullets
*Chris Anstey – Melbourne Tigers
*Mark Worthington – Sydney Kings
*Kirk Penney – New Zealand Breakers
*Shawn Redhage – Perth Wildcats
All-NBL Second Team:
*Nathan Jawai – Cairns Taipans
*Adam Ballinger – Adelaide 36ers
*Corey Williams – Townsville Crocodiles
*C. J. Bruton – Brisbane Bullets
*James Harvey – Gold Coast Blaze
All-NBL Third Team:
*Kavossy Franklin – Wollongong Hawks
*Paul Rogers – Perth Wildcats
*Julius Hodge – Adelaide 36ers
*Dontaye Draper – Sydney Kings
*Darnell Hinson – West Sydney Razorbacks

TV coverage

Australia – Fox Sports & Nine Network
New Zealand – Sky Sport & Māori Television
Singapore – Sling HD
Philippines – Basketball TV