Saigon Heat

Saigon Heat
Leagues ASEAN Basketball League
Founded 2011 (2011)
Arena CIS Arena
Capacity 2,500
Location Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Team colours Red, Yellow, Black
              
President Connor Nguyen
Head coach Kyle Julius
Website www.saigonheat.com
Uniforms
Active teams of Saigon Heat
ABL VBA

The Saigon Heat (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn Heat) are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Since the 2014 season, the Heat's home games are played at the CIS Arena on the campus of the Canadian International School in District 7. Saigon Heat is the first professional basketball team based in Vietnam.[1]

The Heat also operates a developmental team that plays in the Vietnam Basketball Association, Vietnam's first professional basketball league.[2]

History

Saigon Heat is the first professional basketball team in Vietnam based in Ho Chi Minh City. They were officially announced as a member of the ASEAN Basketball League in October 2011. The team was formed by the Saigon Sports Academy, a multi-sports training academy launched in January 2009 and located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[3]

In their inaugural season, the Heat finished sixth in the ABL with a regular season record of 8-13. The Heat did not qualify in for the 2012 ABL Playoffs. The Heat followed up their inaugural season with another disappointing sixth-place finish in an injury plagued 2013 season, highlighted by a twelve-game losing streak.[4][5]

Thirteen games into the 2014 season, head coach Jason Rabedeaux died.[6] Coach Rabedeaux's assistant Anthony Garbelotto was named the new head coach.[7] The Heat finished the season in fourth place, clinching their first ever playoff berth.[8] The Heat were swept 0-2 by the Westports Malaysia Dragons in the 2014 ABL Playoffs.

Following the completion of the 2015–16 season, the Heat announced the formation of Vietnam's first professional basketball league, the Vietnam Basketball Association, where they would field a developmental team.[2] The Heat VBA team consists of local players, with several of the ABL side's players being distributed among the other VBA teams for league parity purposes.

Logos

Season-by-season record

SeasonCoachRegular SeasonPost Season
WonLostWin %FinishWonLostWin %Result
2012Robert Newson07.000''
Jason Rabedeaux86.615''
Combined813.3816thDid not qualify
2013Jason Rabedeaux418.2226thDid not qualify
2014Jason Rabedeaux67.462''
Tony Garbelotto34.429''
Combined911.4504thQualified, Semifinals
2015–16Tony Garbelotto911.4504thQualified, Semifinals
2016–17Tony Garbelotto812.4004thQualified, Semifinals
2017–18Kyle Julius1010.5006thQualified, Quarterfinals
Totals4572.385-06.0003 Playoff Appearances

Home arenas

Roster

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Saigon Heat roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
C United States Kyle Barone (WI) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
PG United States Davonte Lacy (WI) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
F Canada Murphy Burnatowski (WI) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb)
SG United States Vietnam Corey Cillia 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 77 kg (170 lb)
F United States Vietnam Chris Dierker 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
G United States Vietnam Trần Đăng Khoa 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
F United States Vietnam Justin Young 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
PG United States Vietnam Henry Nguyen 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb)
SG United States Vietnam Sang Đinh 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 68 kg (150 lb)
PG Canada Vietnam Jonathan Bermillo 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
SG Vietnam Võ Kim Bản 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
PG Sweden Vietnam Stefan Nguyen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • United States David Singleton
  • Vietnam Phan Thanh Cảnh
Athletic trainer(s)
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (WI) World import
    • (AI) ASEAN heritage import
    • Injured
    Updated: 22 January 2018

    Head coaches

    • England Robert Newson (2012)
    • United States Jason Rabedeaux † (2012–2014)
    • England Anthony Garbelotto (2014–2017)
    • Canada Kyle Julius (2017–present)

    References

    1. ↑ "SSA Saigon Heat Joins the AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League". ABL News. October 20, 2011. Archived from the original on December 27, 2011.
    2. 1 2 Hodge, Harry (March 4, 2016). "Vietnam is getting a pro basketball league". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
    3. ↑ "Home". FIBA Asia. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
    4. ↑ "Saigon Heat disqualified from 2013 ABL Champs". vietnamnet.vn. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
    5. ↑ "Saigon Heat defeated in 12 consecutive games". vietnamnet.vn. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
    6. ↑ "American coach of Vietnam's Saigon Heat dies of accident, aged 49". tuoitrenews.vn. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
    7. ↑ "Coach Tony: "Coach Rab would have been very proud at what the club has achieved"". xle.vn. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
    8. ↑ "Vietnam's Saigon Heat reach first ASEAN Basketball League semi in history". tuoitrenews.vn. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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