1995 New Zealand NBL season

1995 New Zealand NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 13
Regular season
Minor premiers Auckland Stars
Top scorer Dylan Rigdon (Palmerston North Jets)
Playoffs
Champions Auckland Stars
  Runners-up Hawke's Bay Hawks

The 1995 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the 14th running of the competition. Only one change occurred heading into the 1995 season, with two-time Conference Basketball League champions Northland joining the league. Thirteen teams competed in 1995, the most the league has fielded during a season in its history. The Auckland Stars won the championship in 1995 to claim their third league title.[1]

Final standings

# Team
Auckland Stars
Hawke's Bay Hawks
3 Otago Nuggets
4 Wellington Saints
5 Hutt Valley Lakers
6 Canterbury Rams
7 Nelson Giants
8 Taranaki Bears
9 Palmerston North Jets
10 North Harbour Vikings
11 Waitakere Rangers
12 Waikato Warriors
13 Northland Suns

Season awards

  • NZ Most Valuable Player: Pero Cameron (Auckland Stars)[1]
  • Regular Season Winners: Auckland Stars
  • Keith Carr Trophy – Most Outstanding Guard: Dylan Rigdon (Palmerston North Jets)
  • John Macdonald Trophy – Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Ralph Lattimore (Auckland Stars)
  • Commissioners Cup – Most Outstanding Forward: Kenny Stone (Auckland Stars)
  • Stan Hill Trophy – Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Pero Cameron (Auckland Stars)
  • Alan Bland Memorial Trophy – Scoring Champion: Dylan Rigdon (Palmerston North Jets)
  • Garry Pettis Memorial Trophy – Rebounding Champion: Jeff Smith (Northland Suns)
  • Dave Taylor Trophy – Assist Champion: Tony Brown (Hutt Valley Lakers)
  • Nial Forsyth Trophy – Best Team Free Throws: Palmerston North Jets
  • Rookie of the Year: Rob Tuilave (Palmerston North Jets)
  • Coach of the Year: Tab Baldwin (Auckland Stars)
  • All-Star Five:
    • G: Leonard King (Otago Nuggets)
    • G: Dylan Rigdon (Palmerston North Jets)
    • F: Darryl Johnson (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
    • F: Kenny Stone (Auckland Stars)
    • C: Pero Cameron (Auckland Stars)

References

  1. 1 2 "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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