Saigon Heat

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Saigon Heat
Saigon Heat logo
Leagues ASEAN Basketball League
Founded 2011
Arena CIS Arena
Arena Capacity 2,500
Location Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Team colours Red, Yellow
         
President Vietnam Connor Nguyen
Head coach England Anthony Garbelotto
Website www.saigonheat.com
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
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Away jersey
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The Saigon Heat (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn Heat) are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. They play in the ASEAN Basketball League. Since the 2014 season, the Heat's home games are played at the CIS Arena on the campus of the Canadian International School in District 7. Saigon Heat is the first professional basketball team based in Vietnam.[1]

Saigon Heat also operates a developmental team, called the D-Team, that plays in the Vietnamese Basketball National Championship Tournament.[2]

History

Saigon Heat is the first professional basketball team in Vietnam based in Ho Chi Minh City. They were officially announced as a member of the ASEAN Basketball League in October 2011. The team was formed by the Saigon Sports Academy, a multi-sports training academy launched in January 2009 and located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[3]

In their inaugural season, the Heat finished sixth in the ABL with a regular season record of 8-13. The Heat did not qualify in for the 2012 ABL Playoffs. The Heat followed up their inaugural season with another disappointing sixth-place finish in an injury plagued 2013 season, highlighted by a twelve-game losing streak.[4][5]

Thirteen games into the 2014 season, head coach Jason Rabedeaux passed away.[6] Coach Rabedeaux's assistant Anthony Garbelotto was named the new head coach.[7] The Heat finished the season in fourth place, clinching their first ever playoff berth.[8] The Heat were swept 0-2 by the Westports Malaysia Dragons in the 2014 ABL Playoffs.

Logos

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    2011–12 Original logo

  • 2013 season logo

  • Saigon Heat logo 2014.png

    2014–present Current logo

Season-by-season record

Season Coach Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
2012 Robert Newson 0 7 .000 ' '
2012 Jason Rabedeaux 8 6 .615 ' '
2012 Combined 8 13 .381 6th Did not qualify
2013 Jason Rabedeaux 4 18 .222 6th Did not qualify
2014 Jason Rabedeaux 6 7 .462 ' '
2014 Tony Garbelotto 3 4 .429 ' '
2014 Combined 9 11 .450 4th Qualified, Semifinals
2015–16 Tony Garbelotto 9 11 .450 4th Qualified, Semifinals
Totals 30 53 .361 - 0 4 .000 2 Playoff Appearances

Home arenas

Roster

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Saigon Heat roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
F/C 0 United States Lenny Daniel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
PG 1 Sweden Vietnam Tuấn Tú Nguyễn 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
G 3 Vietnam Đàm Huy Đại 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb)
G 4 Vietnam Nguyễn Ngọc Thành 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
G 5 Vietnam Tô Quang Trung 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
G 6 Vietnam Nguyễn Thành Nhân 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
F/C 8 United States Thailand Moses Morgan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 101 kg (223 lb)
G 9 Vietnam Triệu Hán Minh 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 73 kg (161 lb)
F/C 10 Vietnam Trần Tiến Thịnh 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
G/F 11 Vietnam Ngô Tuấn Trung 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 73 kg (161 lb)
F 19 Vietnam Phan Minh Luyến 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb)
C 30 United States Paul Williams 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
G 33 United States Vietnam David Arnold 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
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Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Updated: 3 March 2016

Head coaches

  • England Robert Newson (2012)
  • United States Jason Rabedeaux † (2012–2014)
  • England Anthony Garbelotto (2014–)

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