Singapore Slingers
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| Leagues |
ABL (2009–present) NBL (2006–2008) |
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| Founded | 2006 | ||
| History |
Singapore Slingers 2006–present |
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| Arena | OCBC Arena | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Location | Singapore | ||
| Team colours | Red, White |
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| Main sponsor | JobStreet.com | ||
| Head coach |
 Neo Beng Siang
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| Ownership | Basketball Enterprises Pte. Ltd. | ||
| Championships | 0 | ||
| Website | www |
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The Singapore Slingers are a professional basketball team that currently compete in the ASEAN Basketball League. Since securing JobStreet.com as their title sponsors in 2009, the Slingers are known as the JobStreet.com Singapore Slingers for sponsorship reasons.
The basketball club formerly competed in the National Basketball League in Australia. It is the first - and so far, the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006-2007 NBL Season.
In 2008, the club left the NBL and competed in the "Singapore Challenge Series", where they played against a range of teams from the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Australia.
In October 2009, the Singapore Slingers were one of the inaugural teams that began competition in the ASEAN Basketball League. While they had played all of their home games at the Singapore Indoor Stadium since the start of the ABL, the Slingers shifted to the OCBC Arena in the 2014 ABL season after it was opened in June 2014.
The franchise originated as the Canberra Cannons from 1979 to 2002, an Australian team representing the nations capital city Canberra. Initially playing at the Canberra Showgrounds before moving into the 5,200 seat AIS Arena (nicknamed "The Palace" as it was the largest and most modern arena in the league from 1979–83) in 1980, the Cannons competed in the National Basketball League and won 3 championships in 1983, 1984 and 1988. The Cannons were one of the original ten NBL clubs, competing in the league's very first season in 1979 where they reached the championship game with a 13–5 record, but fell at the final hurdle, losing to the St Kilda Saints 94–93 in the Grand Final.
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