Saigon Heat (VBA)

Saigon Heat
Leagues Vietnam Basketball Association
Founded 2016
Arena CIS Arena
Capacity 2,500
Location Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Team colours Red, Yellow, Black
              
President Vietnam Connor Nguyen
Head coach United States David Singleton
Website www.saigonheat.com
Uniforms

The Saigon Heat are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam founded in 2016. It is the developmental team of the Saigon Heat. The team currently competes in the Vietnam Basketball Association, Vietnam's first professional basketball league.[1]

History

Following the completion of the 2015–16 season, the Heat announced the formation of Vietnam's first professional basketball league, the Vietnam Basketball Association,[1] where they would field a developmental team. 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.

Season-by-season record

SeasonCoachRegular SeasonPost Season
WonLostWin %FinishWonLostWin %Result
2016Tony Garbelotto115.6881st02.000Semi-finals
2017David Singleton96.6002nd02.000Semi-finals
2018David Singleton96.6004th02.000Semi-finals
Totals2917.63006.000

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Saigon Heat roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
G 8 United States Vietnam Trần Đăng Khoa (HP) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 21 – (1997-01-21)21 January 1997
F/C 3 United States Tavarion Nix (IP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – (1992-04-20)20 April 1992
F/C 34 Vietnam Tim Waale 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 20 – (1998-09-22)22 September 1998
PG 0 Vietnam Hồng Gia Lân 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1990-10-10)10 October 1990
G 35 Vietnam Lâm Thanh Đảnh 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 28 – (1990-Missing required parameter 1=month!-00)Missing required parameter 1=month! 1990
G/F 11 Vietnam Võ Kim Bản 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 18 – (2000-03-24)24 March 2000
PG 14 Vietnam Phạm Hiền Tài 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 18 – (2000-10-10)10 October 2000
G/F 9 Vietnam Võ Huy Hoàn 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 19 – (1999-04-28)28 April 1999
SG 77 Vietnam Huỳnh Vĩnh Quang 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 19 – (1999-01-11)11 January 1999
F 33 Vietnam Trần Vũ Linh 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 31 – (1986-12-24)24 December 1986
F 15 Vietnam Sơn Minh Tâm 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 18 – (1999-11-28)28 November 1999
G/F 7 Vietnam Trần Đăng Hiển 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 20 – (1998-04-07)7 April 1998
F/C 20 Vietnam Nguyễn Quang Huy 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 18 – (2000-10-06)6 October 2000
G 98 Vietnam Triệu Hán Minh 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 31 – (1987-06-09)9 June 1987
Head coach
  • United States David Singleton
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (HP) Heritage player
  • Injured
Updated: 15 May 2018

References

  1. 1 2 Hodge, Harry. "Vietnam is getting a pro basketball league". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.


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