Saigon Heat (VBA)

Saigon Heat
Leagues	Vietnam Basketball Association
Founded	2016
Arena	CIS Arena
Capacity	2,500
Location	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Team colours	Red, Yellow, Black
President	Connor Nguyen
Head coach	Kevin Yurkus
Championships	2 (2019, 2020)
Website	vba.vn/heat
Home Away

The Saigon Heat is a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam founded in 2016. It is the developmental team of the Saigon Heat. The team currently competes in the Vietnam Basketball Association, Vietnam's first professional basketball league.^[1]

History[]

Following the completion of the 2015–16 season, the Heat announced the formation of Vietnam's first professional basketball league, the Vietnam Basketball Association,^[1] where they would field a developmental team.^{[citation needed]} The Heat VBA team consists of local players, with several of the ABL side's players being distributed among the other VBA teams for league parity.

Season-by-season record[]

Current roster[]

Saigon Heat roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) F 14  (IP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1995-07-17)17 July 1995 G 81  (HP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 24 – (1997-06-04)4 June 1997 G 4 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 20 – (2001-01-19)19 January 2001 F 32 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 19 – (2001-10-15)15 October 2001 F 30 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 22 – (1998-09-22)22 September 1998 C 12 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 23 – (1998-05-07)7 May 1998 G/F 11 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 21 – (2000-03-24)24 March 2000 G 7 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 28 – (1993-08-11)11 August 1993 G 10 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 19 – (2002-08-11)11 August 2002 G 24 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 26 – (1995-06-18)18 June 1995 G 1 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 62 kg (137 lb) 17 – (2004-05-03)3 May 2004 G 33 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 21 – (2000-05-28)28 May 2000 G 41 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 19 – (2002-01-14)14 January 2002 F 39 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 18 – (2002-10-25)25 October 2002	Head coach Legend (C) Team captain (HP) Heritage player Injured Roster Updated: 15 May 2018

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Vietnamese and English)
• Saigon Heat on Facebook (in Vietnamese and English)

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