(1992-10-06) 6 October 1992 (age 31) Auckland, New Zealand
Listed height
184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight
88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
High school
Onehunga (Auckland, New Zealand)
Playing career
2012–present
Career history
2012
Auckland Pirates
2013
Super City Rangers
2014–2015
Southland Sharks
2014–2019
New Zealand Breakers
2016–2019
Wellington Saints
2019–present
Melbourne United
2021
Geelong Supercats
2022; 2024–
Sandringham Sabres
Career highlights and awards
2× NBL champion (2015, 2021)
NBL Best Defensive Player (2024)
NBL Best Sixth Man (2022)
NBL Most Improved Player (2018)
5× NZNBL champion (2012, 2015–2017, 2019)
NZNBL MVP (2018)
NZNBL Kiwi MVP (2018)
NZNBL Finals MVP (2017)
3× NZNBL All-Star Five (2017–2019)
NZNBL Most Outstanding Guard (2018)
3× NZNBL Most Outstanding Kiwi Guard (2016, 2018, 2019)
NBL1 South MVP (2022)
NBL1 South All-Star Five (2022)
NBL1 South Defensive Player of the Year (2022)
Medals
Representing New Zealand
Men's Basketball
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast
Team competition
Shea Ili (born 6 October 1992) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He is also contracted with the Sandringham Sabres of the NBL1 South. He debuted in the Australian NBL in 2014 with the New Zealand Breakers. He was a member of the Breakers' championship-winning team in 2015 and in 2018 he named the NBL Most Improved Player. He joined United in 2019 and in 2021 he won his second NBL championship. He was named NBL Best Sixth Man in 2022 and NBL Best Defensive Player in 2024.
In the New Zealand NBL, Ili has won five championships and earned league MVP in 2018. In the NBL1 South, he won league MVP in 2022.
SheaIli (born 6 October 1992) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL)...
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Connacht for the 2016–17 Pro12 season. Ili's younger brother, Shea, is a professional basketball player. SheaIli plays as a point guard and has played...
(1996-09-22)22 September 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Canterbury Rams PG 5 SheaIli 30 – (1992-10-06)6 October 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Melbourne United C 7...
Antonius Cleveland United States Illawarra Hawks 2022–23 Antonius Cleveland (2) United States Adelaide 36ers 2023–24 SheaIli New Zealand Melbourne United...
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Micaela Cocks Finn Delany Antonia Farnworth Deena Franklin Jordan Hunter SheaIli Zara Jillings Jarrod Kenny Charlisse Leger-Walker Rob Loe Jordan Ngatai...
Outstanding Guard: Cameron Gliddon (Canterbury Rams) Most Outstanding NZ Guard: SheaIli (Wellington Saints) Most Outstanding Forward: Nick Kay (Wellington Saints)...
Micaela Cocks Finn Delany Antonia Farnworth Deena Franklin Jordan Hunter SheaIli Zara Jillings Jarrod Kenny Charlisse Leger-Walker Rob Loe Jordan Ngatai...
Micaela Cocks Finn Delany Antonia Farnworth Deena Franklin Jordan Hunter SheaIli Zara Jillings Jarrod Kenny Charlisse Leger-Walker Rob Loe Jordan Ngatai...
Micaela Cocks Finn Delany Antonia Farnworth Deena Franklin Jordan Hunter SheaIli Zara Jillings Jarrod Kenny Charlisse Leger-Walker Rob Loe Jordan Ngatai...
Micaela Cocks Finn Delany Antonia Farnworth Deena Franklin Jordan Hunter SheaIli Zara Jillings Jarrod Kenny Charlisse Leger-Walker Rob Loe Jordan Ngatai...