1984 New Zealand NBL season

1984 New Zealand NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	8
Regular season
Minor premiers	Wellington Saints
Top scorer	Kenny McFadden (Wellington Saints)
Playoffs
Champions	Wellington Saints
Runners-up	Auckland

The 1984 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the third running of the competition. Two teams from the previous year, Porirua (finished in last place) and Waitemata, were dropped from the league, while Ponsonby was admitted to the league alongside 1983 Conference Basketball League champions Hamilton. Hamilton re-entered the NBL after being demoted to the CBL following their second-last place finish in 1982. The Wellington Saints won the championship in 1984 to claim their first league title, beating out an Auckland side who were back-to-back defending champions.^[1]

Final standings

#	Team
	Wellington Saints
	Auckland
3	Hamilton
4	Canterbury Rams
5	Ponsonby
6	Nelson Giants
7	Napier Sunhawks
8	Centrals

Season awards

• NZ Most Valuable Player: John Rademakers (Canterbury Rams)^[1]
• Regular Season Winners: Wellington Saints
• Keith Carr Trophy – Most Outstanding Guard: Kenny McFadden (Wellington Saints)
• Commissioners Cup – Most Outstanding Forward: Ben Anthony (Auckland)
• Alan Bland Memorial Trophy – Scoring Champion: Kenny McFadden (Wellington Saints)
• Garry Pettis Memorial Trophy – Rebounding Champion: Mark Davis (Hamilton)
• Dave Taylor Trophy – Assist Champion: Clyde Huntley (Canterbury Rams)
• Nial Forsyth Trophy – Best Team Free Throws: Centrals
• All-Star Five:
  • Ben Anthony (Auckland)
  • Clyde Huntley (Canterbury Rams)
  • Z. Jones (Hamilton)
  • Kenny McFadden (Wellington Saints)
  • Jacque Tuz (Nelson Giants)

References

1. "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.