| Wade Helliwell | |
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| Position | Centre |
| Height | 212 cm (6 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 118 kg (260 lb) |
| Team | Adelaide 36ers |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Born | 10 May 1978 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Junior Association | Australian Institute of Sport |
| College/University | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Debut | 2000 |
| Previous Clubs | POAK (Greece) (2000; 2009-10) Brisbane Bullets (2000-04) Pgss Freddoccino (Greece) (2003) Pallacanestro Virtus Roma (Italy) (2004; 2004-06) Panionios Idrogios (Greece) (2004) Montepaschi Siena (Italy) (2006) Solsonica Rieti (Italy) (2007-08) Fabi Shoes (Italy) (2008-09) Melbourne Tigers (2010-11) |
Wade Helliwell (born 10 May 1978 in Melbourne) is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League.
Melbourne born Helliwell completed a stint at the Australian Institute of Sport before going on to a season of US College basketball attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte playing for the Charlotte 49ers in 2000. He played 31 games for the 49ers averaging 2.5 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.4 blocks per game.
After his season with in Charlotte Helliwell played a season with POAK in Greece before returning to Australia and signing with the now defunct Brisbane Bullets in the 2000–01 NBL season. He would play 104 games for the Bullets, winning the NBL's Most Improved Player award in 2002 when he posted career best stats of 13.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 0.5 blocks in 30 games.
After leaving the Bullets following the 2003-04 season Helliwell went on to spend the next six years playing in Greece and Italy at the top level[1] before returning home to Australia in 2010 to link up with his hometown club, the Melbourne Tigers for the 2010-11 NBL season.[2] He would only play 14 games for the Tigers in an injury hit season.
On 17 August 2011 it was announced that Wade Helliwell, now in the veteran class at age 33, had signed to play for the Adelaide 36ers for the 2011-12 season as back up to emerging centre Daniel Johnson giving the 36ers two near 7 foot tall centres.[3] In his 12 games for the 36ers until Round 11 of the season, Helliwell, in limited opportunities is averaging 2.2 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 10.8 minutes per game.[4]
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