adelaide 36ers 2002 roster

The 1999 McDonald's Championship was won by NBA champions the San Antonio Spurs who defeated Vasco da Gama 10368 in the final. The 200001 season was also the last for longtime Adelaide favourite and former club captain Mark Davis who retired from playing after 482 NBL games, all with the Adelaide 36ers. This team was known as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the NBL in 1982. Subscribe to Stathead Basketball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Basketball Reference Database. The team lost their Elimination Final to the Nunawading Spectres 108101. Data Provided By Davis also led the league in rebounding for the third straight season, averaging 17.8 for the year. Adelaide finished with a 1416 record in 1997, finishing in 7th place and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1992. #per-icon .c { } Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. clip-path: url(#syd-a); 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. Bill Jones left the team to join former coach Ken Cole in Newcastle and was replaced as an import player by 1983 NCAA West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year and former Los Angeles Lakers draft pick, 6'7" (201cm) Orlando Phillips. The championship was won that year by the West Adelaide Bearcats who featured future 36ers in 1982 NBL MVP Al Green, Moscow Olympian Peter Ali and veteran guard Ray Wood. The then-named Clipsal Powerhouse, which has an official capacity of 8,000, was and still is the largest purpose-built basketball stadium in all of Australia. Join our linker program. S.E. Game 3: Celtics at 76ers, 7:30 p.m. From 1985 the Adelaide 36ers would be the sole South Australian team in the NBL, a situation that continues as of the 201617 NBL season. #mel-icon .b { #per-icon .d, Illawarra Hawks, #mel-icon .a { In 1984, the 36ers missed playoff action, finishing sixth with a 16-8 mark. Adelaide and Clarke endured a difficult season in 201011. #tas-icon .st2{fill:#F9AD3B;} 36ers 100 @ State Sports Centre #sem-icon .d { fill: #303030; #nzb-icon .c { During the 1996 season, 36ers guard Brett Maher was selected to play for the Australian Boomers at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. fill: #aba88f; } Under Phil Smyth, Adelaide were beaten Elimination-Finalists in both 200203 and 200304. During their time at Apollo, the Adelaide 36ers reached the 1985 Grand Final (played in Brisbane) and hosted two games of the successful 1986 Grand Final series win over Brisbane. } } Adelaide 36ers, #bne-icon .st0 {fill: #1f4ea2;} 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. NBL Champions 1986, 1998, 1998-1999, 2001-2002 Statistics The Latest Team Roster Unfortunately, Shipway will more be remembered for slapping a fan during a time-out of an away game against the Hobart Devils in 1992. Australia - NBL career RS : West Sydney Razorbacks 21. fill: #1c2651; Under Cole (who had previously coached in South Australia in the 1970s), the 36ers became one of the league's premier teams. fill-rule: evenodd; 1992 was also the rookie NBL season for Brett Maher who would go on to play a record 525 games for the club and captain the team to three NBL championships. #ill-icon .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#FFFFFF;} #sem-icon .c { 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. #per-icon .c { #sem-icon .f { 1986 would see the Adelaide 36ers win the first of their four NBL championships. clip-path: url(#adl-a); 2, Australia - NBL career RS : Adelaide 36ers Rosters Change season? Their numbers were officially retired by the Adelaide 36ers during the 201516 NBL season.[19]. The first head coach of the Adelaide City Eagles in 1982 was Mike Osborne, who would coach the team (renamed the Adelaide 36ers in 1983) until the end of the 1984 season. #per-icon .e { "We're thinking bigger picture this year," Franks said. 1990 also saw the final year for former captain and local favourite Peter Ali who retired from playing at the end of the season after 279 games, 141 of them with the 36ers since 1985. clip-path: url(#per-a); With the West Adelaide Bearcats facing financial difficulties, the club pulled out of the NBL after 1984 with a number of their players joining the 36ers. #sem-icon .e { Game 2 Razorbacks 103 def. Clipsal would sponsor the venue until the end of the 200102 season, after which it became known as the Distinctive Homes Dome in recognition of the sponsorship from Distinctive Homes. } All rights reserved. } *Note: In 1983 and 1984, the NBL was split into Eastern and Western divisions during the regular season. The club hired Dunlap's assistant and former Gold Coast Rollers coach Dave Claxton as his replacement for the 1997 NBL season. The Adelaide 36ers, also known as the Sixers,[1] are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. } Finishing in 4th place with a 198 record, the 36ers won their semi-final series against the defending champion Melbourne Tigers to win their way into the 1994 NBL Grand Final series against the North Melbourne Giants. } Visit ESPN to view the ADELAIDE 36ers team schedule for the current and previous seasons. 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). The National Basketball League acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work, live & play. fill: none; The team, which included local junior and former NBA player, 7'1" (216cm) centre Luke Schenscher, finished the regular season in 6th place with a 1515 record before losing their quarter final 131101 to the New Zealand Breakers in Auckland. Adelaide 36ers, #bne-icon .st0 {fill: #1f4ea2;} Randall II, Robert The team had a bye going into the semi-final where they easily defeated for the Newcastle Falcons 151103 at home in what the then record semi-final win in the NBL, something Ken Cole had publicly predicted would happen. 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). Coaches. 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. } 23-way Head-to-Head between Wollongong Hawks (4-2), West Sydney Razorbacks (3-3) and Melbourne Tigers (2-4). #mel-icon .b { This season also saw Brett Maher take over the team captaincy from Mark Davis, something he would hold until his retirement in 2009, a record total of 381 games. } Darryl Pearce, who holds the record for most points in a single game as a 36er when he scored 48 against the Newcastle Falcons in 1988, and the No. They weren't able to shift the needle. He was also the 36ers all-time leading scorer with 8,752 points (18.2 pg) and the team's leading shot blocker with 301 (0.6 pg). } } #sem-icon .e { } Game 2 Titans 88 def. Bullets 119 (OT) @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre 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. Game 2 Bullets 104 def. 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. "These two games are huge for us and huge for Australia, but we've got a championship mark that we're trying to get.". 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. #per-icon .b { 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. The 1984 NBL season saw the first time the 36ers would reach the NBL finals, finishing the regular season in 3rd place in the Western Division with a 167 record. On December 12, 2022, Antonius Cleveland set a season high in steals in a Australia - NBL game. 36ers long time assistant coach Don Shipway was appointed coach of the team for the 1990 NBL season which saw the team miss the playoffs for the first time since 1983 when they finished 9th with an 1115 record, the club's first ever losing season. 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. Clarke, a former guard who had won the NBL Grand Final with the North Melbourne Giants in 1989, had experience coaching at the AIS, though he had never before coached an NBL team nor had he any experience coaching a senior team in any competition. In the deciding game in Melbourne, United were too strong for the Sixers defeating them to take the 201718 championship, 100-82. #cns-icon .E { Brett Maher dishes a season high 10 assists for Adelaide 36ers On February 02, 2006, Brett Maher set a season high in assists in a Australia - NBL Playoffs game. fill: #69bf29; 2022 Proballers SARL | Version 3.4 | All rights reserved. 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. #tas-icon .st3{fill:#008C46;} #adl-icon .e { 1, Australia - NBL career RS : #tas-icon .st2{fill:#F9AD3B;} "The General" coached the team for 11 seasons from 1998 to 200708, leading the club to the 1998, 199899 and 200102 NBL championships. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Perth Wildcats, #sem-icon .a { #per-icon .e { Name. #cns-icon .C { The 36ers run in 201314 which saw them finish the regular season in second place with an 1810 record. Razorbacks 107 @ Clipsal Powerhouse. } Facing the West Sydney Razorbacks, Adelaide were victorious two games to one. Since joining the 36ers, Dunlap had been systematically removing the older players from the squad, but when he wanted to release captain and club legend Mark Davis, the club board stood by Davis and after his father's passing it was mutually agreed that Dunlap would not return as coach. Standings 8th . We pay our respects to their Elders past, present & emerging as well as all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Community. } } #syd-icon .c { The Adelaide 36ers pulled off a major signing between the 1993 and 1994 seasons when they enticed the league's 1993 MVP Robert Rose away from the Magic. Adelaide's 125 points in game 3 is the highest ever score in an NBL Grand Final game while they also hit a Grand Final record 19 three-pointers in the game. fill: #69be29; 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. On the occasion of his last home game against the New Zealand Breakers in front of an overflow crowd of more than 8,000 fans, the main court at The Dome was renamed the Brett Maher Court. Also joining the club was NBA Draft prospect, 18-year-old high school star from Tulsa, Oklahoma named Terrance Ferguson, a 6'7" (201cm) shooting guard who joined Adelaide rather than commit to playing college basketball. #bne-icon .st1 {fill: #ffffff;} Game 2: Lakers at Warriors, 9 p.m. Friday's games The Adelaide 36ers have hosted 8 NBL Grand Final games, 2 at the Apollo Stadium and 6 at the Clipsal Powerhouse (Titanium Security Arena). Regular season [ edit] However, on 7 February of that same year, before a crowd of 7,800 fans, the main court was named the Brett Maher Court. But how does a team that looked like a world-beater earlier in the week finish their American trip with such a whimper? Nevertheless, the basketball world buzzed about the 36ers letting it fly from deep -- 24-of-43 from 3-point range -- to beat the team that had the NBA's best record last season. They lost guard Nathan Herbert before the season with an Anterior cruciate ligament injury. } In December 2016, Adelaide businessman, Grant Kelley, joined the Adelaide 36ers as majority shareholder, before becoming outright owner of the club in March 2017. "I need something to wake my guys up.". That day he dished 10 assists in Adelaide 36ers's home loss against Cairns Taipans, 103-106. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Magic 62 @ National Tennis Centre, Adelaide def. #syd-icon .c { "It got about halfway through the fourth and we're all just kind of pinching ourselves," said NBL veteran Sunday Dech, whose past teammates include Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball and Oklahoma City Thunder foundation piece Josh Giddey. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 7:34PM. 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. 200102 would see the Adelaide 36ers win a then record fourth NBL title and the third for coach Phil Smyth. As of 201617, the Adelaide 36ers are coached by the 200607 NBL championship (Brisbane Bullets) winning coach Joey Wright, with former dual 36ers championship player Kevin Brooks as the assistant coach. Retrieved 3 November 2021. 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. clip-path: url(#per-a); fill: #69be29; 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. #tas-icon .st3{fill:#008C46;} fill: none; 36ers 82 @ Clipsal Powerhouse Perth Wildcats, #sem-icon .a { The 200910 season was a disaster however and the Adelaide 36ers finished on the bottom of the NBL ladder for the first time in their history with a 1018 record. 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. The 36ers defeated the Illawarra Hawks in a one-sided Semi-final before gaining revenge for the 1985 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Bullets by defeating them in the NBL's first ever three game Grand Final series 21. Minutes later, Blackmore backhanded Martin Cattalini as he cut through the key, giving him a cut on his mouth that required 15 stitches, an incident which almost led to a brawl (Cattalini later told that not retaliating was self-preservation as Blakemore, who looked more like a professional wrestler than a basketball player, had gained a reputation of one player not to mess with). } Former St Kilda import guard Gary Fox took over as coach in 1987 after Cole's sensational sacking from the club and led the team to the 1987 and 1988 minor premiership, but the team was defeated in the Semi-finals each season by the Perth Wildcats and Canberra Cannons respectively. fill: #ed1c24; #cns-icon .E { fill: #faac32; clip-path: url(#sem-a); A disappointing 19-point loss against the Cairns Taipans at home on Christmas Eve was the turning point for the Sixers, who went on to win 10 of their last 12 games, including seven-in-a-row, and booking themselves second spot on the ladder at the end of the regular season. Victoria Titans 21. Adelaide 36ers, #bne-icon .st0 {fill: #1f4ea2;} clip-path: url(#adl-a); } Melbourne United, #nzb-icon .a { Following the club's worst ever season, Scott Ninnis was sacked as coach and replaced by former AIS coach Marty Clarke for the 201011 NBL season. Davis, the only 36ers player to win the league's MVP award in 1987, is the club record holder for rebounds (5,200 2nd all-time in the NBL) and played on the 1986, 1998 and 1998/99 championship teams. } fill: #ceff00; The 36ers longest serving coach was Adelaide born Australian basketball legend Phil Smyth. Captain Brett Maher was voted the Grand Final MVP and coach Phil Smyth had his second championship in two years of coaching. #nzb-icon .c { Brian Windhorst details why Joel Embiid is ruled out of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals vs. the Celtics. Shipway was replaced for the 1993 season by veteran American coach Don Monson. } [1] Since 2019, the 36ers play their home games at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. #sem-icon .c { #syd-icon .d { 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. Visit ESPN to view the ADELAIDE 36ers team schedule for the current and previous seasons. As of the 201617 NBL season, the Adelaide 36ers have had eleven head coaches, including Ken Cole who coached the team to two NBL Grand Finals in his two seasons with the club (1985 and 1986) and led the team to their first ever championship in 1986, the first time the NBL Grand Final was a best of 3 series instead of a single championship game. #mel-icon .b { After losing their first game 9079 to Brazilian side CR Vasco da Gama, the team won the 56 place playoff 9184 over Lebanese team Hekmeh BC. ADELAIDE 36ers Schedule 2002-03 No Data Available. He also had 20 points, 13 rebounds, 2 steals and finished the game with a 36 efficiency. Mike Osborne continued as head coach while David Winslow was named team captain. 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]. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. The team, known as the West End 36ers after sponsorship from the South Australian Brewing Company, had a 242 regular season record which included becoming the first team to go through the regular season unbeaten at home with a 130 record at the Apollo Stadium, earning them the nickname "Invincibles" given by leading basketball journalist Boti Nagy. The 36ers filled the last spot by signing shooting guard Craig Randall II, who told ESPN he turned down NBA camp invitations for guaranteed money and the chance to start for Adelaide. clip-path: url(#sem-b); fill: none; He also had 13 points, 11 rebounds, 5 steals and finished the game with a 21 efficiency. 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. #adl-icon .c { fill: #fff; "That import trio is going to be a tough one to beat in the NBL -- and in the NBA as well, as you saw," said Giddey -- an Australian who played a season for the 36ers as part of the NBL's "Next Star" program before entering the NBA draft in 2021. 1h; 76ers still unsure if Joel . #per-icon .f { fill: #07061b; 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. 36 singlet. 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. fill: #07061b; #syd-icon .c { We pay our respects to their Elders past, present & emerging as well as all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Community. On January 01, 2023, Robert Franks set a season high in blocks in a Australia - NBL game. Initially it was thought that the 36ers would move into the 10,500 seat, South Australian Government owned Adelaide Entertainment Centre, which opened in 1991. 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. I guess that was the celebration," Cleveland said, shrugging. Guerschon Yabusele, Dante Exum at center of EuroLeague brawl. Captain Adam Ballinger was again the club's leading player as he won his fourth straight club MVP award, finished third in the NBL's MVP voting and was selected to the NBL's All Third team. 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 . Green, who Ken Cole chose to move to Point guard and leave Darryl Pearce at off guard, adjusted to his new role running the team's offense and also led the team in assists for the first time averaging 5.1 per game. Other major sponsors include Kia Motors and Sprint Auto Parts. Murray wears the team's No. Daniel Johnson won his third straight club MVP award and was also named to the All NBL First Team. 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. Ninnis would coach the team for two seasons of a 3-season contract, leading the team to the Elimination Finals in 200809. The win over the Tigers came at a cost though as team captain Mark Davis's court time was limited in the Grand Final after dislocating his right shoulder during the first game of the semi-finals. "We went to Top Golf the next day. } Cairns Taipans, #ill-icon .st0{fill:#E11837;} #per-icon .b { #adl-icon .d { NBA News. Bradtke had been signed by Ken Cole in 1986 as a 6'8" (203cm) 16 year with more growing to come. Despite the on court success there was controversy at the club during the 1986 season with coach Ken Cole suspended towards the end of the regular season by the club board over his smoking of marijuana joint during a road trip to Brisbane, a situation that Cole was open about and never denied. fill: #aba88f; fill: #32aee3; clip-path: url(#nzb-a); The National Basketball League acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work, live & play. They pulled their starters with 4:29 remaining in the third quarter after Chris Paul, Devin Booker and Co. cut a 12-point halftime lead to three. fill: #e41e26; That's an understatement, considering the 36ers became the first team from Down Under to defeat an NBA opponent, shocking the Phoenix Suns at the Footprint Center on Sunday. The younger Bruton was a second-round draft pick in 1997 by the Vancouver Grizzlies after leading Iowa Hills Community College to an NJCAA title, went to training camp with the Portland Trail Blazers and years later had a summer league stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers. } } The 36ers once again missed the NBL playoffs in 1983 finishing 6th on the ladder with an 1111 record.

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