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2000 New Zealand NBL season
2000 New Zealand NBL season
League	New Zealand NBL
Sport	Basketball
Number of games	16
Number of teams	9
Regular season
Minor premiers	North Harbour Kings
Top scorer	Troy Coleman (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
Playoffs
Champions	Auckland Rebels
Runners-up	Nelson Giants
New Zealand NBL seasons
	← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 NBL season was the 19th season of the National Basketball League. Only one change occurred heading into the 2000 season, with the Hawke's Bay Hawks returning to the league after a one-year hiatus to replace the outgoing Taranaki, who withdrew due to financial concerns. Palmerston North were also on the brink of collapse, but they secured a sponsorship deal at the last minute to ensure their participation.^[1] The Auckland Rebels won the championship in 2000 to claim their seventh league title.^[2]^[3]

Summary

Regular season standings

Pos
Pos	Team	W	L
1	North Harbour Kings	12	4
2	Waikato Warriors	12	4
3	Nelson Giants	12	4
4	Auckland Rebels	10	6

5	Palmerston North Jets	9	7
6	Wellington Saints	9	7
7	Otago Nuggets	4	12
8	Canterbury Rams	2	14
9	Hawke's Bay Hawks	2	14

Playoff bracket

Semi-finals			Final

1	North Harbour Kings	81

4	Auckland Rebels	92
				Auckland Rebels	95

				Nelson Giants	78
2	Waikato Warriors	100

3	Nelson Giants	105

Awards

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season^[4]

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Troy Coleman	Hawke's Bay Hawks	29.1
Rebounds per game	Tony Rampton	Nelson Giants	14.6
Assists per game	Shaun McCreedy	Hawke's Bay Hawks	5.5
Steals per game	Adrian Boyd	Waikato Warriors	3.9
Blocks per game	Chris Webber	Hawke's Bay Hawks	2.0

Regular season

NZ Most Valuable Player: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
Most Outstanding Guard: Tony Brown (Waikato Warriors)
Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Tony Brown (Waikato Warriors)
Most Outstanding Forward: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
Scoring Champion: Troy Coleman (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
Rebounding Champion: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)
Assist Champion: Shaun McCreedy (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
Rookie of the Year: Arthur Trousdell (Canterbury Rams)
Coach of the Year: Tracy Carpenter (North Harbour Kings)
All-Star Five:
- G: Tony Brown (Waikato Warriors)
- G: Terrence Lewis (Wellington Saints)
- F: Purnell Perry (North Harbour Kings)
- F: James Hamilton (Nelson Giants)
- C: Tony Rampton (Nelson Giants)

References

^ "Basketball: Celebrations muted by off-court tension". The New Zealand Herald. 1999. Retrieved 14 August 2019. The 2000 league will be missing the Taranaki Oilers, who quit on financial grounds this month, while Palmerston North only clinched a sponsorship deal to ensure their participation at the last minute.
^ "2000 National Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015.
^ Jessup, Peter (12 August 2000). "Basketball: Rebels tackle Giants in final". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017.
^ "Standings and Statistical Leaders" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2015.