2007–08 Singapore Slingers season
# 2007–08 Singapore Slingers season

The 2007–08 Singapore Slingers season was the 2nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).

The Singapore Slingers were the only Asian team to compete in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL). The Slingers play their home games at the 10,000 seat Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. On 17 September 2007, the Singapore Slingers signed their main sponsorship with CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets on a 12-month deal, with an option to extend an additional year.

## Roster

### Free agency

**Re-signed**

| Player | Signed |
| - | - |
| Ben Knight | 5 July |
| Mike Helms | 24 August |

**Additions**

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| - | - | - |
| Rod Grizzard | 15 August | Atomerőmű SE |
| Blagoj Janev | 3 May | University of New Hampshire |
| Chris Cameron | 3 May | Louisiana-Lafayette |

**Subtractions**

| Player | Reason left | New team |
| - | - | - |
| Ben Melmeth | Unrestricted Free Agent | Gold Coast Blaze |
| Bradley Davidson | Unrestricted Free Agent | Adelaide 36ers |
| Larry Davidson | Unrestricted Free Agent | Wollongong Hawks |
| Jeremy Kench | Unrestricted Free Agent | Wollongong Hawks |
| Eban Hyams | Unrestricted Free Agent | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
| Aaron Trahair | Unrestricted Free Agent | Perth Wildcats |
| Pero Vasiljevic | Unrestricted Free Agent | Élan Chalon |

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| C | Blagoj Janev | Chris Cameron | |
| PF | Ben Knight | David Donaldson | Damain Matacz |
| SF | Rod Grizzard | Pathman Matialakan | |
| SG | Mike Helms | John Fitzgerald | Koh Meng Koon |
| PG | Shane McDonald | Hayden Allen | Michael Wong |

*Note: Matt McQuade's Analysis - Singapore.

## Regular season

The regular season of the National Basketball League consisted of 30 games. Slinger's will play 15 home games and 15 away games. The Slingers opening match is against the Melbourne Tigers at Singapore's home which is the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

### Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 8 teams qualified for the finals series.

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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | PF | PA | PP |
| 1 | Sydney Kings | 30 | 27 | 3 | 90.00% | 5–0 | W8 | 14–1 | 13–2 | 3058 | 2721 | 112.39% |
| 2 | Melbourne Tigers | 30 | 22 | 8 | 73.33% | 3–2 | W2 | 12–3 | 10–5 | 3093 | 2904 | 106.51% |
| 3 | Brisbane Bullets | 30 | 20 | 10 | 66.67% | 3–2 | W1 | 13–2 | 7–8 | 3407 | 3145 | 108.33% |
| 4 | Perth Wildcats | 30 | 18 | 12 | 60.00% | 3–2 | W3 | 12–3 | 6–9 | 2908 | 2731 | 106.48% |
| 5 | Townsville Crocodiles | 30 | 17 | 13 | 56.67% | 4–1 | L1 | 12–3 | 5–10 | 2961 | 2927 | 101.16% |
| 6 | Cairns $Taipans^1$ | 30 | 16 | 14 | 53.33% | 3–2 | W2 | 10–5 | 6–9 | 2927 | 2849 | 102.74% |
| 7 | New Zealand $Breakers^1$ | 30 | 16 | 14 | 53.33% | 3–2 | L2 | 11–4 | 6–9 | 3026 | 3059 | 98.92% |
| 8 | Gold Coast Blaze | 30 | 15 | 15 | 50.00% | 1–4 | L3 | 10–5 | 5–10 | 2865 | 2892 | 99.07% |
| 9 | Adelaide 36ers | 30 | 14 | 16 | 46.67% | 4–1 | W2 | 9–6 | 5–10 | 3130 | 3124 | 100.19% |
| 10 | West Sydney Razorbacks | 30 | 10 | 20 | 33.33% | 0–5 | L6 | 6–9 | 4–11 | 3097 | 3248 | 95.35% |
| 11 | Wollongong Hawks | 30 | 9 | 21 | 30.00% | 1–4 | L2 | 7–8 | 2–13 | 2928 | 3128 | 93.61% |
| 12 | Singapore Slingers | 30 | 6 | 24 | 20.00% | 1–4 | L2 | 5–10 | 1–14 | 2829 | 3207 | 88.21% |
| 13 | South Dragons | 30 | 5 | 25 | 16.67% | 1–4 | L2 | 4–11 | 1–14 | 2904 | 3198 | 90.81% |

Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2008. Source: NBL.com.au

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.

### Regular season

2007–08 game log Total: 6–24 (Home: 5–10; Road: 1–14) :

September: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

19 September

Melbourne

L 94–117

Ben Knight (20)

Ben Knight (9)

Shane McDonald (4)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

0–1

2

23 September

@ Perth

L 112–80

Mike Helms (23)

Ben Knight (10)

Mike Helms (4)

Challenge Stadium

0–2

3

26 September

Gold Coast

L 93–99

Mike Helms (27)

Ben Knight (9)

Mike Helms (3)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

0–3 :

October: 1–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–2)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

4

2 October

Townsville

W 101–86

Rod Grizzard (32)

Ben Knight (13)

Grizzard, Helms, McDonald (3)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

1–3

5

13 October

@ Gold Coast

L 97–82

Mike Helms (21)

Mike Helms (8)

Shane McDonald (3)

Gold Coast Convention Centre

1–4

6

14 October

@ Brisbane

L 127–106

Chris Cameron (24)

Rod Grizzard (13)

Grizzard, Helms (5)

Brisbane Convention Centre

1–5

7

17 October

Melbourne

W 96–105

Mike Helms (21)

Ben Knight (9)

Rod Grizzard (7)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

1–6

8

21 October

New Zealand

L 99–116

Rod Grizzard (25)

Blagoj Janev (10)

Mike Helms (7)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

1–7

9

28 October

Sydney

L 90–99

Mike Helms (31)

Grizzard, Knight (9)

Mike Helms (3)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

1–8 :

November: 1–6 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–5)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

10

4 November

Perth

W 112–105

Mike Helms (44)

Ben Knight (14)

Mike Helms (4)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

2–8

11

8 November

@ New Zealand

L 98–92

Rod Grizzard (25)

Grizzard, Helms, Knight (7)

John Fitzgerald (4)

North Shore Events Centre

2–9

12

11 November

Adelaide

L 93–111

Rod Grizzard (27)

Ben Knight (16)

Grizzard, Helms (2)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

2–10

13

17 November

@ Townsville

L 110–98

Rod Grizzard (28)

Ben Knight (9)

Shane McDonald (4)

Townsville Entertainment Centre

2–11

14

18 November

@ Brisbane

L 109–90

Rod Grizzard (18)

Rod Grizzard (9)

Cameron, Knight, McDonald (3)

Brisbane Convention Centre

2–12

15

25 November

@ South

L 109–90

Rod Grizzard (26)

Grizzard, Knight (9)

Rod Grizzard (4)

Vodafone Arena

2–13

16

28 November

@ West Sydney

L 126–95

Grizzard, Helms (22)

Ben Knight (11)

Allen, Helms (3)

State Sports Centre

2–14 :

December: 2–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–4)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

17

2 December

Brisbane

W 119–102

Mike Helms (31)

Grizzard, Knight (11)

Rod Grizzard (6)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

3–14

18

5 December

@ Wollongong

L 93–72

Mike Helms (20)

Grizzard, Knight (11)

Rod Grizzard (4)

WIN Entertainment Centre

3–15

19

8 December

@ Townsville

L 117–105

Mike Helms (34)

Rod Grizzard (10)

Allen, Grizzard, Knight (4)

Townsville Entertainment Centre

3–16

20

15 December

@ Adelaide

L 104–77

Rod Grizzard (25)

Cameron, Donaldson, Fitzgerald, Grizzard (7)

Mike Helms (4)

Adelaide Arena

3–17

21

19 December

West Sydney

L 99–113

Rod Grizzard (21)

Ben Knight (7)

Grizzard, McDonald (4)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

3–18

22

21 December

@ Cairns

W 89–93

Mike Helms (17)

Ben Knight (14)

Grizzard, McDonald (5)

Cairns Convention Centre

4–18

23

22 December

@ Gold Coast

L 91–86

Rod Grizzard (22)

Rod Grizzard (11)

Mike Helms (8)

Gold Coast Convention Centre

4–19 :

January: 2–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

24

2 January

Perth

L 87–124

Blagoj Janev (20)

Rod Grizzard (11)

Rod Grizzard (3)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

4–20

25

13 January

Wollongong

W 113–102

Mike Helms (28)

Ben Knight (11)

Mike Helms (5)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

5–20

26

20 January

Cairns

L 87–99

Mike Helms (26)

Ben Knight (13)

Shane McDonald (4)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

5–21

27

26 January

@ Melbourne

L 115–82

Rod Grizzard (21)

Ben Knight (9)

Allen, Cameron, Fitzgerald, McDonald (2)

State Netball and Hockey Centre

5–22

28

30 January

South

W 108–93

Rod Grizzard (25)

Rod Grizzard (14)

Helms, McDonald (6)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

6–22 :

February: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

29

9 February

@ Sydney

L 113–84

Rod Grizzard (16)

Ben Knight (10)

Mike Helms (5)

Sydney Entertainment Centre

6–23

30

13 February

Adelaide

L 97–126

Mike Helms (35)

Ben Knight (16)

Rod Grizzard (7)

Singapore Indoor Stadium

6–24 :

2007–08 season schedule :

## Awards

### Singapore Slingers Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Mike Helms

### 2007–08 NBL All-Star Game

* World All-Star: Rod Grizzard – 19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal vs. Aussie All-Stars @ State Netball and Hockey Centre
