Brett Rainbow is an Australian former professional basketball player for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian National Basketball League. Brett is currently owner and founder of Tomorrow's Stars Basketball,[1] a basketball training and coaching business.
| No. 23 – Melbourne Tigers | |
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| Position | Guard / forward |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 30 October 1975 Melbourne, Australia |
| Listed height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Listed weight | 100 kg (214 lb) |
| Career history | |
| 1992–2000 | Melbourne Tigers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Playing career
edit- 1992-2000 Member of the Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
- 1993 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Winning the Championship.
- 1995 Tour of America to play in warm up pre-season games against top college teams with Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
- 1995 Tour of Singapore winning the Merlion Cup Championship with the Melbourne Tigers NBL Team.
- 1996 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Runners Up
- 1996 Tour of America & Korea to play in warm up pre-season games against top colleges & the Korean National Team.
- 1996-1997 Played as an import in the SBL Singapore's top Basketball League, resulting in winning the championship, ppg 28pts, 15rebs.
- 1997 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Winning the Championship.
- 1998 Melbourne Tigers NBL Team, Runners Up.
- 2000-2007 Played in the ABA League with teams Werribee Devils, Ringwood Hawks, Melbourne Tigers playing over 150 games and scoring more than 5000 points.
- 2002 Part of the Victorian Titans NBL Team Training Squad.
- 2003-2004 Selected to participate and tour China with the Melbourne Tigers NBL team. As a result of the trip was chosen to join the Guangdong Tigers in China's top National Basketball League (CBA) as an import for 3 months.[2] Resulting in a championship.
- 2004 Tour of China with Melbourne Tigers NBL team for 2 weeks.
- 2005 ABA All Star Team – Chosen to try out amongst 30 of top players in the ABA league. Selected as part of the team to travel to Cairns and attend the NBL pre-season tournament.
- 2007 Tour of China with Melbourne Tigers NBL team for 2 weeks
- 2014 - Played with the Pakenham Warriors ABA team, division 2
Coaching career
editHe was Head Coach/Basketball Operations for the following teams and schools: Xavier College, Trinity Grammar, Wesley College, Christ Church Primary, Geelong Grammar, Fitzroy College, Melbourne Girls Grammar, Werribee Devils U/16 Rep Girls, Bullen Boomers U/16 Boys, and Geelong Supercats U/16 Rep Boys.
He was special guest coach for over 250 teams.
Career highlights
edit- 1993 Won NBL Championship with the Melbourne Tigers.
- 1993, 1994 and 1995 NBL Australian All-Star Slam Dunk Champion.
- 1997 Won NBL Championship with the Melbourne Tigers.
- 2004 First Australian player to be selected to play in China as a professional basketballer in China's elite basketball league, the CBA.
- 2016- Invited to attend the NBA training center in China to conduct a week long private training clinic