Sports season
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.[1]
Awards
Player of the Week
Statistics leaders
Stats as of the end of the regular season[15]
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:
Playoffs