2012–13 Adelaide 36ers season

Adelaide 36ers
Head Coach Marty Clarke
Captain Nathan Crosswell
Adam Gibson
Arena Adelaide Arena (8,000)
NBL results
Ladder 8th
Finals DNQ
Record
Wins 8
Losses 20
Adelaide 36ers seasons

The 2012–13 NBL season is the 31st season for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL. In 2011–12, the 36ers missed out on the playoffs for the 5th time in the past 6 seasons, finishing the season with the club's second ever wooden spoon (the club's second in three years) with a worst ever 8-20 record. The 36ers, have won the NBL Championship four times (1986, 1998, 1998–99 and 2001–02), earning Adelaide the nickname of "Title Town", and with some astute off-season recruiting (helped by the demise of the Gold Coast Blaze), will be looking to get back to a position of power in the league.

The 36ers have played their home games at the 8,000 seat Adelaide Arena since 1992. The arena is the largest purpose built basketball venue in Australia and the fifth largest venue currently used in the NBL behind the Perth Arena (14,846 - set at 12,000 for NBL games), the Sydney Entertainment Centre (10,517), Hisense Arena in Melbourne (10,500) and the Vector Arena (9,300) in Auckland.

The season is the last of a 3-year contract for head coach Marty Clarke. As a player, Tasmanian born Clarke was a guard with the NBL championship winning North Melbourne Giants in 1989. Prior to joining the 36ers in 2010–11 he spent 12 years as first an assistant, and later head coach, at the Australian Institute of Sport (1998–2010). As well as being the 36ers Head Coach, Clarke is also an assistant coach of the Australian Boomers.

Off-season

Additions

(From the squad at the end of the 2011–12 NBL season)

Player Signed Former Team
Luke Schenscher Announced signing on 12 May 2012[1] Townsville Crocodiles
Jason Cadee Announced signing on 15 May 2012.[2] Gold Coast Blaze
Anthony Petrie Announced signing on 24 July 2012.[3] Gold Coast Blaze
Adam Gibson Announced signing on 26 July 2012.[4] Gold Coast Blaze
C. J. Massingale* Announced signing on 9 September 2012.[5] Knox Raiders
Pero Vasiljevic Announced signing in September 2012. North Adelaide Rockets
Scott Christopherson* Announced signing on 24 December 2012.[6] BC Tsmoki-Minsk

* C. J. Massingale was released by the 36ers on 5 December 2012.
* Scott Christopherson signed following the season ending Achilles tendon injury to Mitch Creek, though officially he is the replacement for Massingale.

Subtractions

(From the squad at the end of the 2011–12 NBL season)

Player Reason Left New Team
Adam Ballinger Not re-signed Melbourne Tigers
Everard Bartlett Not re-signed Perth Wildcats
Wade Helliwell Retired
Nathan Herbert Not re-signed
Darren Ng Personal Sturt Sabres
Diamon Simpson Not re-signed Houston Rockets
Chris Warren Not re-signed JSF Nanterre


Current roster

Adelaide 36ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 1 Australia Gibson, Adam (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
SF 3 Australia Weigh, Stephen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (231 lb)
PG 4 Australia Cadee, Jason 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lb)
PG 6 Australia Daly, Tom 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
PG 7 Australia Doyle, Adam (DP) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
C 10 Australia Schenscher, Luke 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 120 kg (265 lb)
SG 11 United States Christopherson, Scott (I) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
PF 13 Australia Warbout, Jan (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
F/C 17 Australia Petrie, Anthony 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
F/C 18 Australia Vasiljevic, Pero 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb)
F/C 21 Australia Johnson, Daniel 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb)
G/F 23 Australia Creek, Mitch  1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
G 24 Australia Crosswell, Nathan (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb)
PG Australia Thomas, Patrick (DP) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Australia Mark Radford
  • Australia Tony Casella
  • Australia Tim Reeve (Strength & Conditioning)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 24 December 2012

Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Reserve
C Luke Schenscher Pero Vasiljevic
PF Daniel Johnson Anthony Petrie Jan Warbout
SF Stephen Weigh Scott Christopherson Mitch Creek
SG Adam Gibson Nathan Crosswell
PG Jason Cadee Tom Daly Adam Doyle Patrick Thomas


2012–13 NBL clubs

Club Founded Years Active City Home Venue Capacity
Adelaide 36ers 1982 1982– Adelaide, South Australia Adelaide Arena 8,000
Cairns Taipans 1999 1999– Cairns, Queensland Cairns Convention Centre 5,300
Melbourne Tigers 1984 1984– Melbourne, Victoria State Netball and Hockey Centre
Hisense Arena		 3,500
10,500
New Zealand Breakers 2003 2003– Auckland, New Zealand North Shore Events Centre
Vector Arena		 4,400
9,300
Perth Wildcats 1982 1982– Perth, Western Australia Perth Arena 14,846
Sydney Kings 1988 1988–2008,
2010–		 Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Entertainment Centre
State Sports Centre*		 10,517
5,006
Townsville Crocodiles 1993 1993– Townsville, Queensland Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257
Wollongong Hawks 1979 1979– Wollongong, New South Wales WIN Entertainment Centre 6,000

* State Sports Centre used by the Sydney Kings for one game only due to a clash of dates at their usual home, the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
* The Melbourne Tigers and New Zealand Breakers use two home venues each during the season, with finals games (if they qualify) to be played at the larger Hisense and Vector Arena's respectively.
* The Perth Wildcats are the only team with an entirely new venue in 2012-13, with the 14,846 seat Perth Arena replacing their previous home, the 4,500 seat Challenge Stadium.

Regular Season

Ladder

# Team Pld W L Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against % Win %
1 New Zealand Breakers 28 24 4 4-1 L1 13-1 11-3 2,296 2,070 110.92% 85.71%
2 Perth Wildcats 28 22 6 4-1 W3 13-1 9-5 2,195 1,885 116.45% 78.57%
3 Wollongong Hawks 28 13 15 3-2 W2 8-6 5-9 2,104 2,087 100.82% 46.43%
4 Melbourne Tigers 28 12 16 2-3 W2 7-7 5-9 2,092 2,163 96.72% 42.86%
5 Sydney Kings 28 12 16 2-3 W1 7-7 5-9 2,102 2,222 94.60% 42.86%
6 Cairns Taipans 28 11 17 2-3 L2 6-8 5-9 2,074 2,137 97.05% 39.29%
7 Townsville Crocodiles 28 10 18 2-3 L2 8-6 2-12 2,063 2,242 92.02% 35.71%
8 Adelaide 36ers 28 8 20 1-4 L4 4-10 4-10 2,091 2,211 94.57% 28.57%

Ladder Progression

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Adelaide 36ers 1 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Cairns Taipans 3 4 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 6
Melbourne Tigers 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 6 4
New Zealand Breakers 7 6 4 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Perth Wildcats 2 1 1 1 3 3 5 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sydney Kings 5 5 6 4 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 5 5
Townsville Crocodiles 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
Wollongong Hawks 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3

Game log

Regular Season

2012–13 season game log

Finals


Player Statistics

Regular season

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP Min FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Adam Gibson (C) 28 903:43 .409 .345 .778 3.6 4.9 0.7 0.1 11.6
Stephen Weigh 28 908:43 .433 .388 .681 5.9 1.5 0.4 0.2 10.6
Jason Cadee 28 734:45 .396 .301 .582 2.2 2.5 0.5 0.2 7.5
Tom Daly 17 173:34 .364 .300 .643 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.1 2.6
C. J. Massingale* 10 96:59 .414 .235 .929 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.2 4.1
Luke Schenscher 21 482:39 .453 .000 .613 6.9 1.9 0.8 0.9 9.0
Scott Christopherson 14 207:52 .277 .269 .875 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.0 2.9
Jan Warbout 6 25:55 .333 .000 .000 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.0
Adam Doyle 0 00:00 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anthony Petrie 28 686:31 .464 .327 .667 5.8 1.1 0.6 0.4 11.4
Daniel Johnson 28 855:38 .404 .232 .777 8.1 1.3 0.5 0.6 16.2
Mitch Creek 12 173:39 .659 .286 .591 2.6 0.5 0.8 0.3 5.8
Nathan Crosswell (C) 28 378:08 .438 .143 .500 1.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 3.1
Pero Vasiljevic 13 50:53 .313 .000 .000 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.8

* C. J. Massingale was released on December 5, 2012.

Awards

Player of the Week

NBL Award Winners

Season Summary

After a strong start to the season where they were 5-3 after Round 7, including two wins over the Perth Wildcats, one at the opening of the 14,856 seat Perth Arena, Adelaide were sitting third on the NBL ladder and were looking good for a return to the playoffs. That was as good as it got for the 36ers though, following the 69-65 win over the Wildcats in Perth, Adelaide went on to a club record equaling eight-game losing streak from which they would never recover. The 36ers 5-3 start had come to a grinding halt and they went 3-17 over the final two-thirds of the season.

Import player C. J. Massingale was cut from the team on 5 December, while young gun Mitch Creek was lost for the season with an Achilles tendon suffered against the Crocodiles on 15 December. Former Iowa State guard Scott Christopherson was signed as Massingale's replacement, but had a season he would rather forget, only scoring in double figures once in 14 games, a 16 point effort against the Cairns Taipans on 15 March. Starting centre Luke Schenscher also missed seven games through injury after a heavy fall against the Sydney Kings on 13 January. Adelaide won the game against the Kings 84-62 at the Adelaide Arena, snapping their eight-game losing streak.

Bright spots for the 36ers were 6'11" power forward/centre Daniel Johnson who won two "NBL Player of the Week" awards (the only 36er to win one during the season) and was selected to the All-NBL Second Team, improving on his 2011–12 selection to the All-NBL Third Team. DJ completed eight double-double's during the season and easily led the team in scoring, averaging 16.2 points per game (next best in the team was co-captain Adam Gibson with 11.6 ppg). His points average was also the 5th best in the NBL and he also led the league in rebounding with 8.1 per game. Johnson was also selected as the starting centre for the South All-Stars in the NBL All-Star Game played in Adelaide on 22 December.

Hard working forward Anthony Petrie was nominated for NBL's Best Sixth Man award. Petrie generally started from the bench for the 36ers until Schenscher's injury thrust him into a starting role and he responded by averaging over 18 ppg as a starter. Petrie was an original bench selection for the NBL All-Star Game but withdrew with a back injury.

Local guard Tom Daly was elevated from being a Development Player to having a spot on the roster after Creek was injured and was rewarded for his good performances with nomination for the NBL's Rookie of the Year award.

The 36ers finished the season in 8th and last place on the NBL ladder, their second wooden spoon in a row and the clubs third in four seasons. They became the first team since the Bankstown Bruins in 1979 and 1980 to earn consecutive wooden spoons in the NBL.

Before the last game of the season against the Wollongong Hawks at the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong, co-captain Nathan Crosswell announced his retirement and that the game would be his 350th and last in the NBL. Crosswell started his career with the Melbourne Tigers in 1999 and won the 2007–08 NBL championship with the Tigers.

Despite finishing on the bottom of the NBL ladder at the end of the regular season and only having a 4-10 record at the Adelaide Arena, the Adelaide 36ers finished 4th in average attendances with 60,576 attending the 14 home games for an average of 4,327 per game. The highest attendance was 5,309 for the final home game of the season against the Cairns Taipans (Round 22), while the lowest home attendance was 3,485 for the Round 10 overtime game with the Perth Wildcats.

Adelaide 36ers Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schenscher to Return Home
  2. ↑ Jason Cadee joins 36ers
  3. ↑ Anthony Petrie joins 36ers
  4. ↑ Adelaide Signs Olympian
  5. ↑ Massingale Signs With 36ers
  6. ↑ Scott Christopherson joins 36ers
  7. ↑ Daniel Johnson wins NBL Player of the Week
  8. ↑ 36ers star Daniel Johnson wins NBL Player of the Week

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