Saigon Heat (VBA)

Saigon Heat
Saigon Heat logo
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	Matthew Van Pelt
Championships	3 (2019, 2020, 2022)
Website	vba.vn/heat
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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.

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, where they would field a developmental team. 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. In 2019, 2020 and 2022 they became the first team to win 3 consecutive Vietnam Basketball Association championship series.

Season-by-season record

Season	Coach	Regular Season				Post Season
		Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
2016	Tony Garbelotto	11	5	.688	1st	0	2	.000	Semi-finals
2017	David Singleton	9	6	.600	2nd	0	2	.000	Semi-finals
2018	David Singleton	9	6	.600	4th	0	2	.000	Semi-finals
2019	David Singleton	9	6	.600	2nd	5	2	.714	League Champions
2020	Kevin Yurkus	10	2	.833	1st	5	1	.833	League Champions
2021	Matthew Van Pelt	8	1	.888	1st	1	0	1.000	Quarterfinals; Season cut short due to COVID-19
2022	Matthew Van Pelt	9	3	.750	1st	5	0	1.000	League Champions
Totals		65	29	.691		16	9	.640	3 League Championships

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Saigon Heat roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) G 1 Madarious Gibbs (IP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 31 – (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 F 23 Alonzo Stafford (IP) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – (1993-01-23)23 January 1993 G/F 5 William Tran  (HP) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – (1998-02-21)21 February 1998 G 8 Khoa Tran (HP) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 27 – (1997-01-21)21 January 1997 G 3 Hoàng Tú 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 23 – (2001-01-19)19 January 2001 G 6 Nguyễn Phúc Vinh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 21 – (2002-09-11)11 September 2002 G 7 Dư Minh An 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 30 – (1993-08-11)11 August 1993 G 10 Antony Sundberg 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 21 – (2002-08-11)11 August 2002 G/F 11 Võ Kim Bản 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 24 – (2000-03-24)24 March 2000 C 12 Nguyễn Huỳnh Phú Vinh 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1998-05-07)7 May 1998 G 13 Nguyễn Anh Kiệt 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 22 – (2002-02-24)24 February 2002 G 24 Lê Quang  1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 29 – (1995-06-18)18 June 1995 F 30 Tim Waale (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1998-09-22)22 September 1998 F 32 Kim Jisoo 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 22 – (2001-10-15)15 October 2001 G 47 Huỳnh Trực Nhân 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 21 – (2002-08-24)24 August 2002	Head coach Matthew Van Pelt Assistant coach(es) David Grice Ronan O'Sullivan Toshi Benson Vũ Thế Cang Legend (C) Team captain (HP) Heritage player Injured Roster Updated: 26 July 2022

External links

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