2008–09 NBL season

The 2008–09 NBL season was the 31st season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

2008–09 league participants

 * On 30 June 2008 the Brisbane Bullets confirmed they would be handing back the team's license to the NBL. The NBL confirmed there will be no Brisbane team participating in the 2008/09 season.
 * On 2 July 2008 the NBL announced that two bids for the Sydney Kings license had failed and that there would be no second Sydney team in the 2008/09 season.
 * On 29 July 2008 the Singapore Slingers announced that they had decided to withdraw from the competition permanently due to the dramatic increase in international travel costs.

Regular season
The 2008-09 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 13 September 2008 and 14 February 2009.

Round 1
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Round 2
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Ladder
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.

''1Perth Wildcats won Head-to-Head (3-1). ''

''23-way Head-to-Head between Wollongong Hawks (5-2), Sydney Spirit (3-4) and Cairns Taipans (2-4). ''

Elimination Finals
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Semi-finals
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Grand Final
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NBL awards

 * Most Valuable Player: Kirk Penney, New Zealand Breakers
 * Rookie of the Year: Aaron Bruce, Adelaide 36ers
 * Best Defensive Player: Adam Gibson, South Dragons
 * Best Sixth Man: Phill Jones, New Zealand Breakers
 * Most Improved Player: Matthew Knight, Sydney Spirit
 * Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian, South Dragons
 * Finals MVP: Donta Smith, South Dragons
 * All-NBL First Team:
 * Kirk Penney – New Zealand Breakers
 * Chris Anstey – Melbourne Tigers
 * C. J. Bruton – New Zealand Breakers
 * Ebi Ere – Melbourne Tigers
 * Mark Worthington – South Dragons
 * All-NBL Second Team:
 * Corey Williams – Townsville Crocodiles
 * Luke Schenscher – Adelaide 36ers
 * Adam Ballinger – Adelaide 36ers
 * Shawn Redhage – Perth Wildcats
 * Glen Saville – Wollongong Hawks
 * All-NBL Third Team:
 * Matthew Knight – Sydney Spirit
 * James Harvey – Gold Coast Blaze
 * David Barlow – Melbourne Tigers
 * Joe Ingles – South Dragons
 * Adam Gibson – South Dragons

Television coverage

 * 🇦🇺 – Fox Sports
 * 🇳🇿 – Maori TV