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
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	5 (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Website	vba.vn/heat
Home Away

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. In 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023 they became the first team to win 4 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
2023	Matthew Van Pelt	14	4	.778	1st	5	1	.833	League Champions
2024	David Grice	15	5	.750	1st	5	0	1.000	League Champions
Totals		94	38	.712		26	10	.722	5 League Championships

Current roster

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

Saigon Heat roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) F 24 Kentrell Barkley (IP) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – (1996-01-09)9 January 1996 G 0 Hassan Thomas (HP) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1996-06-11)11 June 1996 G 1 Lê Quang 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 29 – (1995-06-18)18 June 1995 G 3 Hoàng Tú 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 24 – (2001-01-19)19 January 2001 G 5 Đinh Quang Dương 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 20 – (2005-05-11)11 May 2005 G 7 Dư Minh An 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 31 – (1993-08-11)11 August 1993 G 10 Antony Sundberg 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 22 – (2002-08-11)11 August 2002 G/F 11 Võ Kim Bản 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (2000-03-24)24 March 2000 C 12 Nguyễn Huỳnh Phú Vinh 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1998-05-07)7 May 1998 F 18 Nguyễn Phan Hồng Phúc 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 19 – (2006-01-18)18 January 2006 F 21 Nguyễn Hoàng Minh Tuấn 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 18 – (2007-01-08)8 January 2007 F 30 Tim Waale (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1998-09-22)22 September 1998 G 34 Võ Duy Linh 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 25 – (1999-06-07)7 June 1999 G 47 Huỳnh Trực Nhân 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 22 – (2002-08-24)24 August 2002	Head coach Matthew Van Pelt Assistant coach(es) David Grice Toshi Benson Nguyễn Tùng Sơn Legend (C) Team captain (HP) Heritage player Injured Roster Updated: 7 June 2023