#bne-icon .st1 {fill: #ffffff;} Magic 93 @ Clipsal Powerhouse Roster; Depth; Injuries . fill: none; Historical roster for Adelaide 36ers - B Player Position Height Season; Bairstow Cameron C 2m05 / 6-9: 2021-2022: Bartlett Everard SG . 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. } fill: none; Bullets 119 (OT) @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre Back home in Adelaide the 36ers would lose only their third game of the year (and first at home, ending a 20-game home winning streak dating back to June 1985) when they lost Game 2 83104 at Apollo. . fill: none; fill: #f28d3a; #syd-icon .c { Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2002. The Adelaide 36ers, also known as the Sixers,[1] are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). Our experts break down how to approach betting Tuesday's three NBA first-round playoff games. All rights reserved. clip-path: url(#sem-a); Game 3: Knicks at Heat, 3:30 p.m. (ABC) } 2, Australia - NBL career RS : #adl-icon .c { fill: #ffc528; 2023 NBA playoffs: Odds, picks, betting tips for Tuesday. 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. Brisbane Bullets, #cns-icon .B { fill: none; After their second losing season, the 36ers replaced Don Shipway as coach with American Don Monson for the 1993 season. In 1998 Smyth became the first rookie coach since Brian Kerle in the league's inaugural season (1979) to win an NBL championship, thought unlike Kerle, Smyth had limited previous senior coaching experience. fill: none; 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. The 200102 NBL season was the 24th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. 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). fill: #fff; That day he went for 3 blocks in Adelaide 36ers's home loss against Melbourne Tigers, 87-94. 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. 2016-17 Adelaide 36ers 2018-19 Adelaide 36ers. 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. #per-icon .f { After a slow start which saw the team with a 36 record by Round 7 where they took a 10587 mauling at home by the Brisbane Bullets (who returned to the NBL for the first time since 2008), plus early season injuries to captain Mitch Creek (ankle) and Daniel Johnson (hamstring), the 36ers turned their season around from Round 8 with a 10183 away win over Brisbane, highlighted by a monster Terrance Ferguson dunk. 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: #fff; } } Sydney Kings, #tas-icon .st0{fill:#002A22;} } #cns-icon .D { fill: #ceff00; 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. Cairns Taipans, #ill-icon .st0{fill:#E11837;} 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. } We pay our respects to their Elders past, present & emerging as well as all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Community. 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). #mel-icon .d { 1985 would see Al Green set a single season points per game record for the 36ers when he scored 31.0 ppg in 28 games played (the record still stands as of 201617). Roster; Depth; Injuries . In 2009 the team was sponsored by Hood Sweeney, an Adelaide-based consulting firm and were known as the Hood Sweeney Adelaide 36ers. After the 1995 season and twice winning the club's MVP award in his two seasons in Adelaide, Robert Rose was let go by the club who claimed that his asking price was too high. 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. After the story was broken in one of Adelaide's daily newspaper's at the time, The Advertiser, Cole was suspended by the club for the last two games and the team was coached by his assistant Don Shipway. #cns-icon .D { fill: none; 162, Australia - NBL career RS : However, it was not as simple as it looked. The gamble worked and the 36ers turned their fortunes around under Smyth and finished the regular season in 2nd place with a 1911 record. #tas-icon .st5{fill:#FAAF3C;} Adelaide 36ers Rosters Change season? Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Ninnis, who made his NBL debut in 1985, had been part of the 1986 championship squad. } #nzb-icon .c { #nzb-icon .c { Mike Osborne was appointed as team coach, Chris Stirling was captain and the team, like West Adelaide, played out of the 3,000 seat Apollo Stadium. #per-icon .c { On February 02, 2023, Antonius Cleveland set a season high in points in a Australia - NBL game. } fill: none; fill: none; On December 12, 2022, Antonius Cleveland set a season high in steals in a Australia - NBL game. #per-icon .b { This record still stands as of the 2016 NBL Grand Final. fill: #32aee3; } Game 3: Nuggets at Suns, 10 p.m. Saturday's games In the 2016 NBL off-season, the 36ers managed to retain superstar Jerome Randle as well as signing promising young prospects Anthony Drmic, the younger brother of former NBL player Frank Drmic, Sudanese born local Majok Deng and import forward/centre Eric Jacobsen. Players. 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. S.E. Captain Brett Maher was voted the Grand Final MVP and coach Phil Smyth had his second championship in two years of coaching. } Randall scorched the Suns for 35 points, going 9-of-17 from 3-point range. #sem-icon .f { Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed. Daniel Johnson won his third straight club MVP award and was also named to the All NBL First Team. In Game 3 of the 200102 NBL Grand Final series at the Clipsal Powerhouse, the 36ers broke their own NBL record for the most points scored in an NBL Grand Final game of 122 (set in Game 1 of 1986) when they scored 125 points to defeat the West Sydney Razorbacks by 18 points. clip-path: url(#nzb-a); Robert Rose averaged 32 points for the 36ers over the two grand final games, scoring 33 in game one and 31 in game two. "Their stars played a little longer than they probably wanted to, just to show if they could punch our lights out," 36ers coach C.J. Adelaide 36ers Rosters Change season? Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. 36ers 83 @ Apollo Stadium fill: #e2cfa8; No.15 which was worn by American born guard Al Green who played 164 games for the club from 1985 to 1990 and was the point guard of the 1986 championship team, and the No. #sem-icon .g { #mel-icon .c { fill: #fff; #sem-icon .h { "How much caffeine do they have back there?" The 36ers highest ever home attendance was set on 11 April 2014 during Game 2 of the 2014 NBL Grand Final series against the Perth Wildcats at the Adelaide Arena. fill: #fff; } The 36ers run in 201314 which saw them finish the regular season in second place with an 1810 record. Going into the final period the game the Bullets' were leading 7874 but a 4221 last period in favour of the home team with Loggins leading the way saw Adelaide fail to win their first grand final going down 95120. #adl-icon .d { To date this was the last McDonald's Championship held. #per-icon .c { } 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. fill: #ed1c24; #sem-icon .g { Davis also led the league in rebounding for the third straight season, averaging 17.8 for the year. fill: #e41e26; Razorbacks 107 @ Clipsal Powerhouse. #adl-icon .f { clip-path: url(#adl-a); fill: #69bf29; After winning the Grand Final MVP award in 1986, Mark Davis would continue to have a major impact on the NBL when he jointly won the league's MVP award with Brisbane's Leroy Loggins. } 23, Australia - NBL career RS : After Round 7 of the season the 36ers, led by Ervin and Johnson, were sitting in 2nd place on the NBL ladder with a 72 record which included a 50 run. Game 1 36ers 104 def. 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. Former Australian Boomer and 1964 Olympic representative Ken Cole was signed as coach of the Adelaide 36ers for the 1985 NBL season. The Adelaide 36ers have hosted 8 NBL Grand Final games, 2 at the Apollo Stadium and 6 at the Clipsal Powerhouse (Titanium Security Arena). 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. That day he grabbed 13 rebounds in Adelaide 36ers's home loss against New Zealand Breakers, 83-85. The National Basketball League acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work, live & play. #cns-icon .C { For his efforts during the season, 19-year-old guard Mike McKay was awarded the NBL's Rookie of the Year award (despite having already played 38 games with West Adelaide in 1983 and 1984 as a bench player). } } #mel-icon .d { The Adelaide 36ers won their first NBL championship in 1986. clip-path: url(#sem-b); 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. In 1984, the 36ers missed playoff action, finishing sixth with a 16-8 mark. } 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. fill: #ed1c24; DOWNLOAD THE FREE NBL APP: BREAKING NEWS AS IT HAPPENS #cns-icon .E { fill: #5b4099; #nzb-icon .d { He also had 13 points, 11 rebounds, 5 steals and finished the game with a 21 efficiency. The club head recruited 6'9" (205cm) centre Paul Rees from North Melbourne as well as former Denver Nuggets guard, 6'5" (196cm) Darnell Mee (who joined the team from the Canberra Cannons) and his former Nuggets teammate, 6'6" (198cm) forward Kevin Brooks. Adelaide finished with a 1416 record in 1997, finishing in 7th place and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1992. } Or write about sports? Adelaide 36ers roster. 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. Things didn't get any better for the 36ers or Clarke in the 201112 and 201213 seasons. McKay played all 28 games, averaging 12.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. fill: none; 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. 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. 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. Nat. The club hired Dunlap's assistant and former Gold Coast Rollers coach Dave Claxton as his replacement for the 1997 NBL season. 45, Australia - NBL career RS : #sem-icon .c { NBA News. fill: #cda97c; #per-icon .f { fill: none; 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. Guerschon Yabusele, Dante Exum at center of EuroLeague brawl. basketball app available on iOS and Android. Game 2 36ers 90 def. } fill-rule: evenodd; He also had 20 points and finished the game with a 23 efficiency. 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. 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 . Illawarra Hawks, #mel-icon .a { 2022 Proballers SARL | Version 3.4 | All rights reserved. adelaide36ers.com. One key to that mission: Make the most of the three roster spots the NBA allots to American imports. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 7:34PM. 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. They would again miss the playoffs in 200708 finishing in 9th place with a 1416 record. Game 3: Celtics at 76ers, 7:30 p.m. The 36ers have won 5 of those 8 games with their only home losses being Game 2 of the 1986 series against Brisbane, Game 1 of 1994 against North Melbourne, and Game 2 of 199899 against Victoria. 32, Australia - NBL career RS : clip-path: url(#per-a); } } #mel-icon .c { fill: #32aee3; the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. Melbourne United, #nzb-icon .a { #sem-icon .f { 27-year-old import centre Bill Jones replaced Peter Ali as captain and 6'6" (199cm) former import forward (now a naturalised Australian citizen) Dwayne Nelson returned to the team after a year away, while Ken Cole would win the NBL Coach of the Year award after guiding the team to a 242 record, 5 more wins than the second placed Canberra Cannons (as of 201617 this is the only time a 36ers coach has won the award). The 36ers only other win against the Magic had been in 1997 at the Powerhouse. 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. 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. 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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. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. #tas-icon .st1{fill:#37B44B;} clip-path: url(#per-a); The Adelaide 36ers were previously sponsored by Pura Milk and with the naming rights of Pura Milk 36ers. Adelaide and Clarke endured a difficult season in 201011. New Zealand Breakers, #per-icon .a { Brisbane Bullets, #cns-icon .B { fill: #1c2651; Privately the talk was that at 31 years of age, the club felt his best years were behind him. "I need something to wake my guys up.". ^ "Adelaide 36ers sign Zac Gattorna to bolster Development Player ranks". Data Provided By 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. After much speculation that the venue would be sold and turned into a venue for other purposes, including rumours of the building being turned it into a church (effectively leaving the 36ers without a home venue and the unwanted possibility of playing at the Entertainment Centre or even the 3,000 seat Netball SA Stadium), it was announced on 3 April 2013 that SA Church Basketball and Scouts SA had become joint owners of the Adelaide Arena, ensuring it remains the home of basketball in South Australia and for both of Adelaide's national basketball teams, the 36ers and the Adelaide Lightning (Women's National Basketball League). 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 . Cairns Taipans, #ill-icon .st0{fill:#E11837;} 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. In a major upset the defending NBL champions lost the series 21 to the Wildcats. fill: #231f20; 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. #tas-icon .st2{fill:#F9AD3B;} } Illawarra Hawks, #mel-icon .a { } Randall II, Robert The 36ers and the BASA built a new home arena in the western suburb of Findon, which opened in 1992. } Melbourne United, #nzb-icon .a { Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. That day he accomplished 36 efficiency in Adelaide 36ers's home loss against Perth Wildcats, 90-98. He poached wings Antonius Cleveland and Robert Franks, who both have a bit of NBA experience and starred in the NBL last season, from rival teams. 22, Australia - NBL career RS : Clark, Adelaide 36ers's road loss against Melbourne Tigers, 116-107, Adelaide 36ers's home loss against New Zealand Breakers, 83-85, Adelaide 36ers's road loss against Brisbane Bullets, 106-101, Adelaide 36ers's home win against South East Melbourne Phoenix, 94-88, Adelaide 36ers's home loss against Melbourne Tigers, 87-94, Adelaide 36ers's home loss against Perth Wildcats, 90-98, basketball app available on iOS and Android. fill: #e2cfa8; The undersized 36ers also acquired 6'8" (203cm) forward Andrew Svaldenis from the Hobart Devils. ", 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.". 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.