Players
Shea Ili
Shea Ili
2023 Averages
10.7
PPG
3.7
APG
2.8
RPG
39
FG%
Biography
One of the most tenacious players in the competition, the kiwi dynamo is heads into NBL25 as the league's best defensive player.
Ili has already achieved a tremendous amount across his NBL career, firstly at the New Zealand Breakers and now with United as a two-time championship winner along with winning Defensive Player of the Year in 2024, Most Improved Player in 2018 and Best Sixth Man in 2022.
Along with what he's done in the NBL, Ili has had a brilliant NZNBL career, winning five championships, Finals MVP in 2017 and league MVP in 2018, as well as being named the NBL1 South MVP in 2022 while playing with the Sandringham Sabres.