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2006 New Zealand NBL season

Field	Value
title	2006 New Zealand NBL season
league	New Zealand NBL
sport	Basketball
duration	26 March – 8 July
no_of_games	18
no_of_teams	10
season	Regular season
minor_premiers	Auckland Stars
MVP	Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
MVP_link	New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Award
top_scorer	Dennis Trammell (Canterbury Rams)
top_scorer_link	New Zealand NBL Scoring Champion
finals	Playoffs
finals_champ	Hawke's Bay Hawks
finals_runner-up	Auckland Stars
final_MVP	Paora Winitana
final_MVP_link	New Zealand NBL Finals Most Valuable Player Award
seasonslistnames	New Zealand NBL
prevseason_link	2005 New Zealand NBL season
prevseason_year	2005
nextseason_link	2007 New Zealand NBL season
nextseason_year	2007

| finals_runner-up = Auckland Stars

The 2006 NBL season was the 25th season of the National Basketball League. The Hawke's Bay Hawks won the championship in 2006 to claim their first league title.

Summary

Regular season standings

Pos	Team	W
Auckland Stars	16	2
Hawke's Bay Hawks	14	4
Nelson Giants	14	4
Wellington Saints	12	6
Manawatu Jets	8	10
Harbour Heat	7	11
Canterbury Rams	6	12
Taranaki Mountainairs	6	12
Waikato Pistons	4	14
Otago Nuggets	3	15

Playoff bracket

| score-width= 25 | team-width= 150

Awards

Player of the Week

Round	Player	Team
1	Stacey Lambert	Manawatu Jets
2	Eric Freeman	Nelson Giants
3	Tony Rampton	Taranaki Mountainairs
4	Ben Hill	Waikato Pistons
5	Link Abrams	Taranaki Mountainairs
6	Mika Vukona	Nelson Giants
7	Brad Davidson	Manawatu Jets
8	Branduinn Fullove	Otago Nuggets
9	Eric Freeman	Nelson Giants
10	Josh Pace	Nelson Giants
11	Casey Frank	Auckland Stars
12	Dillon Boucher	Auckland Stars
13	Terrence Lewis	Wellington Saints

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season

Category		Player		Team		Stat
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Steals per game
Blocks per game

Regular season

Most Valuable Player: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
NZ Most Valuable Player: Casey Frank (Auckland Stars)
Most Outstanding Guard: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
Most Outstanding Forward: Casey Frank (Auckland Stars)
Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Casey Frank (Auckland Stars)
Scoring Champion: Dennis Trammell (Canterbury Rams)
Rebounding Champion: Miles Pearce (Otago Nuggets)
Assist Champion: Brad Davidson (Manawatu Jets)
Rookie of the Year: Shaun Tilby (Otago Nuggets)
Coach of the Year: Nenad Vučinić (Nelson Giants)
All-Star Five:
- G: Lindsay Tait (Auckland Stars)
- G: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
- F: Josh Pace (Nelson Giants)
- F: Casey Frank (Auckland Stars)
- C: Nick Horvath (Wellington Saints)

Playoffs

Final MVP: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks)

References

"2006 National Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825194555/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2174&det=1 NBL Player of the Week - Stacey Lambert (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825020042/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2178&det=1 NBL Player Of The Week - Eric Freeman (NBS Nelson Giants)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825195524/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2186&det=1 NBL Player of the Week - Tony Rampton (NZCT Taranaki Mountain Airs)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825200834/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2194&det=1 NBL Player of the Week - Ben Hill (Waikato Pistons)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825023145/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2201&det=1 Player Of The Week - Link Abrams (NZCT Taranaki Mountain Airs)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825020603/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2210&det=1 Player Of The Week - Mika Vukona (NBS Nelson Giants)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825022830/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2280&det=1 Player Of the Week - Brad Davidson (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825195440/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2313&det=1 Player of the Week - Branduinn Fullove (Otago Nuggets)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825200019/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2319&det=1 Player of the Week - Eric Freeman (NBS Nelson Giants)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825022039/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2328&det=1 Player of the Week - Josh Pace (NBS Nelson Giants)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825201458/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2344&det=1 Player of the Week - Casey Frank (GI Juice Auckland Stars)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825194309/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2349&det=1 Player Of The Week - Dillon Boucher (GI Juice Auckland Stars)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060825022319/http://www.basketball.org.nz/index.cgi?sID=29&intArticleID=2365&det=1 Player of the Week - Terrence Lewis (St Laurence Wellington Saints)]
"2006 NBL - League Summary". Basketball.org.nz.

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