adelaide 36ers 2002 roster

Adelaide finished with a 1416 record in 1997, finishing in 7th place and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1992. He had played all 526 career NBL games for the club on that same court. #sem-icon .h { } } #cns-icon .C { While most experts predicted the young and relatively inexperienced 36ers to finish last, the 201617 NBL season saw the 36ers emerge as the team to beat. Game 1 36ers 100 def. fill: #32aee3; #bne-icon .st1 {fill: #ffffff;} } } CLICK HERE, #adl-icon .b { } Claxton, who was only signed by the club at the last moment due to unexpectedly losing Mike Dunlap, was only signed for one season as head coach and following the 1997 season was replaced by rookie coach and former player Phil Smyth (it was incorrectly believed that Claxton had been sacked). fill: #f28d3a; Game 2 Razorbacks 103 def. Melbourne Phoenix, #syd-icon .a { #cns-icon .D { Roster; Depth; Injuries . At the time of his retirement, Mark Davis was the NBL's all-time leading rebounder having grabbed 5,200 in his career, averaging 10.7 per game. They lost guard Nathan Herbert before the season with an Anterior cruciate ligament injury. The team lost their Elimination Final to the Nunawading Spectres 108101. Those two losses ultimately denied Adelaide a perfect season but earned the team the nickname "The Invincibles" (the nickname was given by Adelaide's multi-award-winning basketball journalist Boti Nagy). } However, rumours had been circulating around Adelaide that former NCAA college coach Dunlap preferred to coach younger players who still could be taught and didn't get along very well with the team's older players, which led to the departures of Mike McKay (Brisbane), Phil Smyth (Sydney) and Robert Rose (Canberra). } } fill: #303030; } The club hired Dunlap's assistant and former Gold Coast Rollers coach Dave Claxton as his replacement for the 1997 NBL season. Cleveland, the NBL's reigning Defensive Player of the Year, added 22. Capsules on the other three With tennis great Roger Federer serving as a co-chair, the sports world was well represented for one of the biggest nights in fashion. fill: #fff; fill: #fff; fill: #cda97c; However, despite the change, for the third season running the team had earned a bye to the semi-finals where this time they would face the Perth Wildcats who were in their first ever playoffs. #cns-icon .D { Brian Windhorst details why Joel Embiid is ruled out of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals vs. the Celtics. From 1985 onward, home games were usually in front of sell-out crowds, but going into the 1990s demand for 36ers tickets was greater than what Apollo Stadium could hold. Again winning their way into the Grand Final series, they became three time NBL champions and the first team to win back to back titles since Perth in 1990 and 1991 by defeating the Victoria Titans two games to one. } #syd-icon .d { clip-path: url(#per-a); . clip-path: url(#sem-a); #tas-icon .st5{fill:#FAAF3C;} } "We went toe to toe when we needed to for a little bit longer. [13] The money for the sale went to the government to wipe out the debt owed by BASA. On this page: An ad blocker has likely prevented this video content from loading. South East Melbourne Magic 20. ^ "Hyrum Harris Added to 36ers Roster". 32, Australia - NBL career RS : Under immense pressure from not only the players but the general public of Adelaide who supported Cole despite his admitted use of the drug, the club board relented and Cole returned for the 1986 playoffs, though it was known that he would be sacked over the incident at the end of the season regardless of a championship win or not. "How much caffeine do they have back there?" #bne-icon .st1 {fill: #ffffff;} Unfortunately, Shipway will more be remembered for slapping a fan during a time-out of an away game against the Hobart Devils in 1992. fill: #69bf29; #nzb-icon .d { Murray wears the team's No. 3. Daniel Johnson won his third straight club MVP award and was also named to the All NBL First Team. } The Wildcats and new coach Cal Bruton, who had left Brisbane after a public falling out with Bullets coach Brian Kerle following the 1986 season, built a team with the aim of beating the champion 36ers. } Player profiles, league standings, game results, stats leaders Our content is available on this website, but also through our API for basketball websites (medias, leagues, teams), and on our basketball app available on iOS and Android. The Dome had been without a naming rights sponsor since mid-2009. Although Perth would go on to win the 3-game series 21, a 36ers and South Australian basketball record 8,127 fans saw the 36ers win Game 2 8984. NBA All-Star Game 2023: Location, schedule, rosters, news, more . It would have been understandable if the 36ers were hung over from a wild celebration of their historic win, particularly considering that Scottsdale clubs are a favorite detour for NBA players during trips to Phoenix. clip-path: url(#sem-b); } This team was known as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the NBL in 1982. #mel-icon .d { Despite Randle's great individual season, the 36ers failed to make the playoffs with a 1414 record. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Game 3 36ers 125 def. fill: none; } Tasmania JackJumpers. } We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. #ill-icon .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#FFFFFF;} #ill-icon .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#FFFFFF;} #tas-icon .st2{fill:#F9AD3B;} } 26 October 2021. He also had 20 points and finished the game with a 23 efficiency. Cairns Taipans, #ill-icon .st0{fill:#E11837;} Bruton joked to a scout sitting at the scorer's table during the second quarter. #per-icon .b { Bruton is a second-generation Australian hoops legend -- the son of Cal, a New York City-raised American import who averaged a league-high 33.2 points during the NBL's inaugural season in 1979 -- who won six titles as a player. fill: #e2cfa8; fill: #5b4099; The team remained undefeated throughout the tournament and defeated the Shanghai Sharks in the final to be crowned the 2017 Merlion Cup Champions. Robert Rose averaged 32 points for the 36ers over the two grand final games, scoring 33 in game one and 31 in game two. In his second season as a head coach, Bruton is trying to join his father on the short list of men to win NBL titles. They grabbed a quick bite and headed straight for the Arizona State campus for practice, preparing for a three-game American visit and what they hope will be the franchise's first winning season since 2017-18, an NBL campaign that the 36ers will start a bit later than their rivals due to their preseason dates against NBA foes. #nzb-icon .d { ", Point guard and team captain Mitch McCarron, who was 0-4 in preseason games against NBA teams with Melbourne United, put it like this: "We know now that we're probably going to have a little bit of a target on our back for sure.". Adelaide captain Brett Maher became only the second player in NBL history along with Perth's Ricky Grace to win two Grand Final MVP awards. Despite continued good form which saw the 36ers again make the playoffs under Dunlap in 1996, the 36ers were again eliminated in the semi-finals. West Sydney Razorbacks 21. Before the playoffs, the players got together and went to the club board demanding Cole's return, going so far as to tell the board that they would refuse to play unless Cole was coaching them. #adl-icon .e { Whyalla junior and AIS attendee, barrel chested 6'5" (195cm) forward Chris Blakemore was named the 1993 NBL Rookie of the Year, while 8th year guard (and future team coach) Scott Ninnis was voted as the NBL's Most Improved Player, scoring a career best 20.1 points and 4.4 assists per game after returning from two seasons in Melbourne with the Eastside Spectres and the Magic respectively. Team and Opponent Stats Share & Export Modify, Export & Share Table Roster; Depth; . Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Our experts break down how to approach betting Tuesday's three NBA first-round playoff games. Shipway was retained as coach for the 1991 NBL season despite the team's worst ever performance in 1990. } Bradtke however, living in Brisbane at the time, committed to the AIS for two years before joining Adelaide. OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Adelaide 36ers, the seventh-place squad in Australia's 10-team National Basketball League last season, boarded a 6 a.m. commercial flight on Sept. 28, when a few players sat . #sem-icon .g { Game 3 36ers 80 def. In the Grand Final they would be up against the South East Melbourne Magic where they would win the club's first championship since 1986 defeating the Magic 20, winning Game 1 10093 at home and Game 2 9062 at Melbourne Park. fill: #5b4099; 36ers 82 @ Clipsal Powerhouse Bradtke's selection at age 18 making him the youngest player at the time to ever represent Australia in Basketball at the Summer Olympics (Bradtke turned 19 during the games). fill: #faac32; In 201718 the Adelaide 36ers' major partners were Pathion, Scouts, Ananda, Goodlife and Villi's. } fill: #e2cfa8; Game 1 36ers 122 def. Los Angeles hosts Memphis with 2-1 series lead. They have also finished as minor premier on six occasions (1986, 1987, 1988, 199899, 19992000, 201617), and reached the NBL semi-finals in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 19992000, 200001, 201415, 201617 and 201718. Following the 199900 season, Brett Maher and Martin Cattalini were selected to represent the Australian Boomers at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. fill: #f28d3a; 2022 Proballers SARL | Version 3.4 | All rights reserved. Melbourne United, #nzb-icon .a { The club was originally called the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the NBL in 1982, but changed their name to the 36ers the following year. clip-path: url(#sem-a); The National Basketball League acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work, live & play. #sem-icon .f { fill-rule: evenodd; Long serving club captain Brett Maher, who made his 36ers debut on the night they opened the Clipsal Powerhouse, retired from the NBL having played in 525 games for the club, captaining the club to 3 NBL championships (1998, 1998/99, 2001/02), and twice winning the NBL's Grand Final MVP award in 1998/99 and 2001/02. 200102 would see the Adelaide 36ers win a then record fourth NBL title and the third for coach Phil Smyth. The renamed Titanium Security Arena is currently the sixth-largest venue used in the National Basketball League behind the 18,200 seat Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, the 14,856 seat Perth Arena, the 14,500 capacity Brisbane Entertainment Centre, the 10,500 seat Hisense Arena in Melbourne, and the 9,300 seat Vector Arena in Auckland. } But the 36ers weren't so tough for the Thunder to beat, even with star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (knee), defensive stopper Lu Dort (concussion protocol) and first-round rookies Chet Holmgren (season-ending foot injury), Ousmane Dieng (knee) and Jalen Williams (strep throat) all sidelined. #adl-icon .d { On January 01, 2023, Ian Clark set a season high in assists in a Australia - NBL game. clip-path: url(#nzb-a); #cns-icon .C { The 36ers form would continue in both the 19992000 and 200001 seasons, despite losing star import forward Kevin Brooks to the Sydney Kings for the 199900 season after the NBL ruled that the 36ers could not keep him and remain under the salary cap, though he would return in 200001. That day he accomplished 36 efficiency in Adelaide 36ers's home loss against Perth Wildcats, 90-98. } Adelaide's 134-124 win was the first time an NBA team lost in a preseason game against an international squad since EuroLeague powerhouse Real Madrid's 142-137 home win over the Thunder in 2016, when a 17-year-old kid named Luka Doncic contributed three points, four assists and five rebounds for Los Blancos. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The ploy worked with the Wildcats defeating the 36ers in what was considered an upset, though the Wildcats would be swept in the Grand Final by the Bullets. He also had 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and finished the game with a 31 efficiency. This record still stands as of the 2016 NBL Grand Final. fill: #32aee3; The 36ers average winning margin in 1986 was 17.8 points and 25 years later during the 201112 NBL season, the 1986 36ers were named the league's greatest ever team on the NBL's official website.[2]. } Built on the site of a former rubbish dump, he AU$16m, 8,000 seat Clipsal Powerhouse quickly became a fortress for the 36ers with every game played in front of a sell-out crowd (at an open day for the new arena staged a week before the opening round, the 36ers sold over 6,000 season tickets for the 1992 season). To appear in this section a player must have either: In November 2015, Adelaide's daily newspaper The Advertiser ran an online poll to find the fans favourite / best ever team. } 36ers 83 @ Apollo Stadium ADELAIDE 36ers Schedule 2002-03 No Data Available. #mel-icon .b { Game 2 36ers 90 def. That day he scored 30 points in Adelaide 36ers's road loss against Melbourne Tigers, 116-107. No. } Maher, Mark Davis (who had become an Australian citizen in 1992), Brett Wheeler and Chris Blakemore had all made their debut for the Boomers in March 1995 at the Clipsal Powerhouse in the first of a 5-game series with the touring Magic Johnson All-Stars. However, it was not as simple as it looked. #per-icon .f { } All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. #adl-icon .f { Do you have a blog? Titans 69 @ Clipsal Powerhouse. Most championships as a player: 3 Mark Davis, Brett Maher, Most Grand Finals as a player: 5 Mark Davis (1985, 1986, 1994, 1998, 199899), Most championships as a coach: 3 Phil Smyth, Most Grand Finals as a coach: 3 Phil Smyth, Highest winning percentage as a coach: 82.8% , Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club, Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time, This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 07:06. At the end of the 201213 NBL season coach Clarke and his assistant coach Mark Radford were let go by the club. The results were as follows:[20]. Bruton "handpicked" three new players for those spots this offseason. #sem-icon .c { } Game 2 Titans 88 def. However, rather than just be a tenant where they would pay a fee to use the facility and be subject to possible date changes due to pre-booked events, both the Adelaide 36ers and BASA wished for their own venue of operations and play that would serve as the home of basketball in South Australia. By the end of the 1991 NBL season, Adelaide was one of only 5 teams in the league (there were 14) who did not have a home venue that could hold at least 5,000 fans, and it was the only state capital based team (other than the unrepresented Darwin) not to have a home venue that could hold at least 5,200 fans. } After their second losing season, the 36ers replaced Don Shipway as coach with American Don Monson for the 1993 season. The emergence of 6'11" (212cm) centre Daniel Johnson as a scoring and rebounding threat (he led the club in scoring for both seasons and led the NBL with 8 rebounds per game in 201213), the signing of former Gold Coast Blaze players Adam Gibson, Anthony Petrie and Jason Cadee, and the emergence of exciting young Victorian Swingman and crowd favourite Mitch Creek (who suffered a season ending Achilles tendon injury in mid-201213), gave fans hope for the future. fill: #ceff00; } Memphis Grizzlies (51-31, second in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (43-39, seventh in the Western Conference) 17m; Miami hosts Milwaukee with 2-1 series lead. #adl-icon .b { Again earning a bye into the semi-finals, Adelaide this time accounted for the Illawarra Hawks 11692 before moving onto their second grand final in a row, this time to be played over three games instead of the single game that had been in place previously. 2021-2022 Adelaide 36ers Roster # Player Pos Height Weight Age Birth City NBA Draft Status . #mel-icon .b { fill: #fff; #adl-icon .e { #adl-icon .d { Thursday's game Captain Brett Maher was voted the Grand Final MVP and coach Phil Smyth had his second championship in two years of coaching. However their road form wasn't so good and they dropped to 9th on the table with an 1113 record. The change in time slot didn't stop the defending NBL champion 36ers though as they finished the 199899 regular season with their first minor premiership since 1988 with an 188 record. clip-path: url(#nzb-a); #per-icon .f { 5 which belonged to club games record holder Brett Maher who along with his 526 games also holds the club record for points scored with 8,941 and captained the club to the 1998, 1998/99 and 2001/02 NBL Championships. Please disable your ad blocker to view the video content. 2009 was also the last season for the club games record holder Brett Maher who was retiring after 526 NBL games and three championships with the 36ers. Bradtke averaged 15.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game over the 24-game season. Magic 93 @ Clipsal Powerhouse Amazingly, Game 1 of the Grand Final was only the second time the 36ers had defeated the Magic since the Eastside Melbourne Spectres and Southern Melbourne Saints had merged to form the Magic in 1992. They won 9998 in Perth but then lost games two and three 99101 and 93103 at Apollo. Melbourne Phoenix, #syd-icon .a { } 1h; 76ers still unsure if Joel . fill: none; 1989 was to be Gary Fox's last season with the Adelaide 36ers and it saw the team drop to 6th on the regular season ladder with a 159 record. [18], * Club and League MVP** Club and League Grand Final MVP. Or write about sports? } fill: #e41e26; Import Darnell Mee, in his fourth year with the club would win his third consecutive NBL Best Defensive Player award but would be lost to the club at the end of the season due to salary cap restraints. #adl-icon .b { fill: #f28d3a; "The General" coached the team for 11 seasons from 1998 to 200708, leading the club to the 1998, 199899 and 200102 NBL championships. #syd-icon .c { #per-icon .f { Fox's last season with Adelaide was 1989 where the team finished as beaten Elimination finalists. fill: #fff; Johnson, Mitchell [5] Despite being so far in front, Adelaide lost their final four games of the regular season and still finished two games ahead of the top. Game 2 Bullets 104 def. The club was also plagued by a string of failed imports, though most were lost through injury, others either under-performed or were misused by the coaching staff, with one of the only shining lights being power forward Diamon Simpson who posted 12 double-doubles in 27 games. Those imports, all of whom have buyout clauses in their contracts if an NBA offer comes, definitely paid dividends in Phoenix. fill: none; Two former NBA players -- Madrid's Guerschon Yabusele and Partizan's Dante Exum -- were at the center of the action, with Yabusele slamming Exum to the ground. Adelaide 36ers' NBL24 Free Agency preview 29 March 2023 NBL OFF-SEASON Two wins in successful week for Sotto 29 March 2023 NBL OFF-SEASON Cleveland double-double helps Hapoel Eilat to win 28 March 2023 NBL24 Sixers six-pack locked in ahead of Free Agency 27 March 2023 . After the demise of the Forestville Eagles at the end of the 1981 NBL season had left the West Adelaide Bearcats as Adelaide's only representative in the NBL, the Basketball Association of South Australia formed a composite team representing all the state league teams (not the Bearcats). #per-icon .b { 1991 was the last season that local favourite and former captain Darryl Pearce would play for the club, signing with the North Melbourne Giants from 1992. clip-path: url(#syd-a); fill: #32aee3; Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. The 36ers are the only team in the league representing the state of South Australia and are based in the state's capital of Adelaide. Things didn't get any better for the 36ers or Clarke in the 201112 and 201213 seasons. clip-path: url(#sem-b); The 36ers' tally of four championships is equal with the New Zealand Breakers, and fourth only behind the Sydney Kings (five), Melbourne United (six) and Perth Wildcats (ten) as the most by any club in the NBL's history. Fox was replaced by the club's long-time assistant coach Don Shipway who coached the team from 1990 to 1992. Adelaide went down to the Giants 02, losing game one at the Powerhouse 9395 in overtime and game two at The Glass House in Melbourne 11797. } The National Basketball League acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work, live & play. In December 2016, Adelaide businessman, Grant Kelley, joined the Adelaide 36ers as majority shareholder, before becoming outright owner of the club in March 2017. During 2012 and 2013, the Adelaide Arena was in the hands of the Commonwealth Bank after former owner Eddy Groves defaulted on his loan. 4 which belonged to shooting guard "The Iceman" Darryl Pearce who played 258 games from 1982 to 1991 and was a starter on the 1986 championship team. We provide up-to-date basketball scores and statistics for every professional player and team in every major league in the world, including all NBA scores and stats since 1949. } That occurred just a couple of days after the 36ers played their reserves for most of an 86-81 win over Overtime Elite -- a program that pays six-figure salaries to promising teenagers including twin lottery prospects Amen and Ausar Thompson. #bne-icon .st1 {fill: #ffffff;} } clip-path: url(#per-a); The team made connections in Sydney and Los Angeles before finally landing in Phoenix 19 hours later, right around lunchtime the same day, as odd as that sounds. Bradtke had been signed by Ken Cole in 1986 as a 6'8" (203cm) 16 year with more growing to come. fill: #fff; Davis also led the league in rebounding for the third straight season, averaging 17.8 for the year. } While Cole was a coach who was high on motivating his players, Fox ran a much more stringent operation and the free-flowing 36ers of 1985 and 1986 became far more structured, much to the dismay of Al Green and Mike McKay who preferred a more free flowing offence. On 2 October 2022, the 36ers became the first NBL team to beat an NBA team when they defeated the Phoenix Suns. } Adelaide 36ers 2022-23 Averages Full Stats. The Adelaide City Eagles changed their name after the 1982 season to the Adelaide 36ers to reflect on the history of South Australia's proclamation in 1836. #adl-icon .d { fill: #aba88f; } } } The Entertainment Centre had been built as the replacement for Apollo Stadium as Adelaide's major indoor concert venue as Apollo was continually being overlooked by international music acts due to its smaller size. Perth Wildcats, #sem-icon .a { fill: #69be29; clip-path: url(#per-a); [7] Philadelphian shooting guard, Ramone Moore,[8] and athletic forward Ronald Roberts[9] took the other two import spots to complete the list. Tasmania JackJumpers. A total of 11 teams contested the league, The free-to-air television network ABC did not return this season only showing on Fox Sports on Foxtel. The venue is now (as of 2015) officially known as the Titanium Security Arena due to sponsorship from Adelaide-based company Titanium Security Australia.[17]. Bruton recruited James Crawford to counter Mark Davis, former Harlem Globetrotter Kendall "Tiny" Pinder to counter Bill Jones, they had team captain Mike Ellis to counter Darryl Pearce and Bruton himself to oppose his best friend off the court, Al Green. Ken Cole, the 1986 NBL Coach of the Year and the 1986 championship winning coach was replaced for the 1987 NBL season by former Nunawading Sectres import guard Gary Fox, who would continue the work started by Cole by coaching Adelaide to their second minor premiership in a row with a 215 record, though their coaching styles were vastly different. #nzb-icon .c { With the recruitment of import point guard Butch Hays to replace Al Green who had been pushed out and would join Newcastle, as well as a skinny 6'10" (208cm), 19 year old, Noarlunga Tigers player Brett Wheeler joining the team to give extra size that the team lacked outside Bradtke, the team turned their form around finishing the regular season in 4th place with a 1610 record. Game 3 36ers 113 def. #tas-icon .st5{fill:#FAAF3C;} "I need something to wake my guys up.". He also had 20 points, 13 rebounds, 2 steals and finished the game with a 36 efficiency. Milwaukee Bucks (58-24, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Miami Heat . S.E. He played a major role in game one as Adelaide came back from 63 to 77 down in the last period down to level the game at 8484 at the end of regulation time and most felt that had Adelaide won the series he would have been the leading candidate for the Grand Final MVP award. For the 201314 NBL season, the Adelaide 36ers signed the 2007 NBL championship winning coach Joey Wright as their new head coach and added former 36ers championship player Kevin Brooks as his assistant.

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