New Zealand NBL Best Team Free Throws

The National Basketball League's Best Team Free Throws honour is awarded annually to the National Basketball League (NBL) team with the best free throw percentage during the regular season. It was first awarded in the league's inaugural season in 1982.[1] The award went on a three-year hiatus between 2019 and 2021, before being brought back in 2022[2] and remaining in 2023[3] and 2024.[4] The winning team receives the Nial Forsyth Trophy.[5]

Winners

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Year Team %
1982 Palmerston North Jets
1983 Porirua
1984 Centrals
1985 Palmerston North Jets (2)
1986 Wellington Saints
1987 New Plymouth Bulls
1988 Auckland
1989 Hawke's Bay Hawks
1990 New Plymouth Bulls (2)
1991 Wellington Saints (2)
1992 New Plymouth Bears (3)
1993 Hutt Valley Lakers
1994 North Harbour Vikings
1995 Palmerston North Jets (3)
1996 Wellington Saints (3)
1997 Waikato Warriors
1998 Wellington Saints (4)
1999 Waikato Warriors (2)
2000 Wellington Saints (5)
2001 Wellington Saints (6)
2002 Otago Nuggets
2003 Auckland Stars (2)
2004 Wellington Saints (7)
2005 Nelson Giants
2006 Auckland Stars (3)
2007 Waikato Pistons (3)
2008 Harbour Heat (2)
2009 Wellington Saints (8) 77.4
2010 Manawatu Jets (4) 74.2
2011 Otago Nuggets (2) 72.6
2012 Hawke's Bay Hawks (2) 72.2
2013 Nelson Giants (2) 77.3
2014 Nelson Giants (3) 77.0
2015 Nelson Giants (4)
2016 Nelson Giants (5)
2017 Wellington Saints (9)
2018 Wellington Saints (10) 78.1
2019 N/A N/A
2020 N/A N/A
2021 N/A N/A
2022 Nelson Giants (6)
2023 Manawatu Jets (5)
2024 Taranaki Airs (4)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2015 Bartercard NBL Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 28–34. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. ^ "2022 SAL'S NBL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". nznbl.basketball. 9 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022.
  3. ^ "2023 SAL'S NBL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". nznbl.basketball. 19 July 2023. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023.
  4. ^ "2024 SAL'S NBL AWARDS WINNERS REVEALED". nznbl.basketball. 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024.
  5. ^ "2006 National Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015.