Saigon Heat (VBA)

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]

Saigon Heat
LeaguesVietnam Basketball Association
Founded2016
ArenaCIS Arena
Capacity2,500
LocationHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Team coloursRed, Yellow, Black
     
President Connor Nguyen
Head coach Matthew Van Pelt
Championships3 (2019, 2020, 2022)
Websitevba.vn/heat

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. 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
SeasonCoachRegular SeasonPost Season
WonLostWin %FinishWonLostWin %Result
2016Tony Garbelotto115.6881st02.000Semi-finals
2017David Singleton96.6002nd02.000Semi-finals
2018David Singleton96.6004th02.000Semi-finals
2019David Singleton96.6002nd52.714League Champions
2020Kevin Yurkus102.8331st51.833League Champions
2021Matthew Van Pelt81.8881st101.000Quarterfinals; Season cut short due to COVID-19
2022Matthew Van Pelt93.7501st501.000League Champions
Totals6529.691169.6403 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
G 1 Madarious Gibbs (IP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1993-05-07)7 May 1993
F 23 Alonzo Stafford (IP) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – (1993-01-23)23 January 1993
G/F 5 William Tran  (HP) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (1998-02-21)21 February 1998
G 8 Khoa Tran (HP) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 26 – (1997-01-21)21 January 1997
G 3 Hoàng Tú 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 22 – (2001-01-19)19 January 2001
G 6 Nguyễn Phúc Vinh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 20 – (2002-09-11)11 September 2002
G 7 Dư Minh An 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1993-08-11)11 August 1993
G 10 Antony Sundberg 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 20 – (2002-08-11)11 August 2002
G/F 11 Võ Kim Bản 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 22 – (2000-03-24)24 March 2000
C 12 Nguyễn Huỳnh Phú Vinh 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (1998-05-07)7 May 1998
G 13 Nguyễn Anh Kiệt 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 20 – (2002-02-24)24 February 2002
G 24 Lê Quang  1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 27 – (1995-06-18)18 June 1995
F 30 Tim Waale (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (1998-09-22)22 September 1998
F 32 Kim Jisoo 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 21 – (2001-10-15)15 October 2001
G 47 Huỳnh Trực Nhân 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 20 – (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
Updated: 26 July 2022

References
  1. Hodge, Harry. "Vietnam is getting a pro basketball league". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.


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