2020–21 Adelaide 36ers season

2020–21 Adelaide 36ers season
Head coachUnited States Conner Henry
Co-captainsAustralia Daniel Dillon
Australia Daniel Johnson
Australia Brendan Teys
ArenaAdelaide Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record13–23 (36.1%)
Ladder7th
Finals finishDid not qualify

Stats at NBL.com.au
Cup results
Record2–6 (25%)
Ladder8th
Cup finishN/A

The 2020–21 NBL season was the 40th season for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL, and their first under new Head Coach Conner Henry.

Squad

Signings

  • The 36ers retained Jack McVeigh, Obi Kyei, Brendan Teys, Daniel Dillon and Alex Mudronja who had all signed multiple season contracts that covered the 2020–21 season.[1]
  • On 26 February 2020, former head coach Joey Wright and the club parted ways despite still have time left on his contract.[2] Following his departure there were accusations of abuse and bullying by Wright across their final season together.[3]
  • On 12 March 2020, the 36ers announced that they had signed Josh Giddey on a Next Stars program contract.[4]
  • On 15 April 2020, club co-captain Kevin White was released from his remaining contract.[5]
  • On 6 May 2020, Daniel Johnson signed a new three-year deal with the club.[6]
  • On 16 July 2020, the 36ers signed 2018 NBL Rookie of the Year Isaac Humphries on a two-year deal.[7]
  • On 17 July 2020, the 36ers announced that Keanu Pinder had signed a one-year deal.[8]
  • On 22 July 2020, former Hawk Sunday Dech joined the 36ers on a three-year deal.[9]
  • On 18 August 2020, Jamie Pearlman was announced as the lead assistant coach.[10]
  • On 20 August 2020, Donald Sloan signed a one-year contract with the 36ers, filling their first import slot.[11]
  • On 29 September 2020, Obi Kyei's request to be released from his contract was granted by the 36ers, releasing him from the final year of his contract.[12]
  • On 1 December 2020, Tony Crocker signed a one-year deal to complete the 36ers roster.[13]
  • On 7 January 2021, the 36ers signed Owen Hulland as a development player for the 2020–21 season.[14]
  • On 7 February 2021, the 36ers granted Donald Sloan a release from the remainder of his contract.[15]
  • On 10 February 2021, Jeremy Kendle was announced as the temporary replacement of former import Sloan.[16]
  • On 18 February 2021, Brandon Paul was announced as the long-term replacement to Sloan.[17]
  • On 2 March 2021, the 36ers announced that Humphries was injured and would be sidelined for four to six weeks.[18] Jack Purchase was announced as his injury replacement player.[19]
  • On 12 March 2021, Kendle was released from his short term contract.[20]
  • On 17 March 2021, Josh Giddey was released from the active playing roster to prepare for the 2021 NBA draft.[21] He averaged 10.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and a league-leading 7.6 assists per game in 28 games played.[22]

Roster

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2020–21 Adelaide 36ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G/F 2 United States Crocker, Tony (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 37 – (1987-01-17)17 January 1987
G 3 United States Paul, Brandon (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1991-04-30)30 April 1991
G 6 Australia Giddey, Josh (NS & IN) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 22 – (2002-10-10)10 October 2002
G 7 Australia Teys, Brendan (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 34 – (1990-02-22)22 February 1990
C 8 Australia Humphries, Isaac 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 26 – (1998-01-05)5 January 1998
G 9 Australia McVeigh, Jack 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1996-06-27)27 June 1996
G 10 Australia Mudronja, Alex 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1999-09-03)3 September 1999
F 11 Australia Purchase, Jack 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-06-26)26 June 1995
G 12 Australia Dillon, Daniel (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 38 – (1986-03-19)19 March 1986
C 21 Australia Johnson, Daniel (C) 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 36 – (1988-04-03)3 April 1988
F 25 Australia Pinder, Keanu 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 29 – (1995-05-28)28 May 1995
F 32 Australia Hulland, Owen (DP) 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 25 – (1999-10-04)4 October 1999
G 44 South Sudan Dech, Sunday 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Australia Jamie Pearlman

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured

Updated: 18 May 2021

Pre-season

To start their first season under their new head coach, the 36ers hosted 2 practice matches against the Brisbane Bullets.[23]

Ladder

2020–21 NBL pre-season ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Melbourne 1 1 0 1–0 W1 0–0 1–0 97 81 119.75% 100.00%
2 Australia Sydney 1 1 0 1–0 W1 1–0 0–0 98 89 110.11% 100.00%
3 Australia Adelaide 3 2 1 2–1 L1 2–0 0–1 276 225 122.67% 66.67%
4 Australia Perth (RC) 2 1 1 1–1 L1 1–1 0–0 165 165 100.00% 50.00%
5 Australia Cairns 2 1 1 1–1 W1 1–1 0–0 177 185 95.68% 50.00%
6 Australia Brisbane 4 2 2 2–2 W2 2–0 0–2 347 378 91.80% 50.00%
7 Australia Illawarra 3 1 2 1–2 L1 0–0 1–2 254 263 96.58% 33.33%
8 Australia S.E. Melbourne 2 0 2 0–2 L2 0–0 0–2 198 210 94.29% 0.00%

Total Rounds
5 weeks

Total Games
11 games


Legend
  • (RC) Reigning Champion

  • Updated: 9 January 2021

Game log

2020 pre-season game log
Total: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
November: 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 13 November Brisbane W 93–75 Daniel Johnson (20) Josh Giddey (8) Josh Giddey (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
4,516
1–0
2 15 November Brisbane W 87–62 Daniel Johnson (19) Isaac Humphries (12) Josh Giddey (7) Titanium Security Arena
200
2–0
January : 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
3 9 January @ Cairns L 96–88 Donald Sloan (24) Daniel Johnson (10) Daniel Dillon (3) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,000
2–1

Regular season

Ladder

Pos 2020–21 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 36 28 8 77.78% 4–1 W3 14–4 14–4 3189 2956 107.88%
2 Perth Wildcats 36 25 11 69.44% 3–2 L2 13–5 12–6 3133 2900 108.03%
3 Illawarra Hawks 36 20 16 55.56% 4–1 L1 11–7 9–9 2962 2954 100.27%
4 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 36 19 17 52.78% 2–3 L1 9–9 10–8 3217 3124 102.98%
5 Sydney Kings 36 19 17 52.78% 4–1 W3 11–7 8–10 3112 3087 100.81%
6 Brisbane Bullets 36 18 18 50.00% 4–1 W1 9–9 9–9 3204 3274 97.86%
7 Adelaide 36ers 36 13 23 36.11% 0–5 L7 10–8 3–15 2985 3156 94.58%
8 New Zealand Breakers 36 12 24 33.33% 2–3 L1 8–10 4–14 2937 3021 97.22%
9 Cairns Taipans 36 8 28 22.22% 1–4 L2 6–12 2–16 2940 3207 91.67%

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2021. Source: NBL.com.au

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
2020–21 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 NBL Cup 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
6 7 8 9
Adelaide 36ers 3 5 3 3 3 4 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Brisbane Bullets 6 9 5 6 6 7 5 4 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Cairns Taipans 4 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Illawarra Hawks 2 3 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3
Melbourne United 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Zealand Breakers 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Perth Wildcats 2 4 7 7 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 7 6 6 4 4 5 3 7 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
Sydney Kings 5 4 7 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 5 4 6 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 5

Game log

2020–21 game log
Total: 13–23 (Home: 10–8; Road: 3–15)
January: 4–2 (home: 4–2; road: 0–0)
February: 1–2 (home: 0–2; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
7 6 February Sydney L 75–94 Daniel Johnson (21) Isaac Humphries (8) Josh Giddey (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
7,317
4–3
8 13 February @ Brisbane W 70–85 Isaac Humphries (24) Isaac Humphries (13) Josh Giddey (7) Nissan Arena
4,240
5–3
9 15 February Brisbane L 74–93 Daniel Johnson (20) Humphries, Johnson (8) Josh Giddey (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
5,183
5–4
NBL Cup: 2–6 (home: 2–2; road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
10 21 February @ Sydney L 94–77 Tony Crocker (15) Josh Giddey (7) Josh Giddey (7) John Cain Arena
2,566
5–5
11 23 February South East Melbourne W 99–94 Daniel Johnson (27) Isaac Humphries (11) Josh Giddey (9) John Cain Arena
1,079
6–5
12 25 February Melbourne L 73–82 Daniel Johnson (14) Giddey, Humphries, Johnson (8) Sunday Dech (4) John Cain Arena
1,991
6–6
13 27 February New Zealand L 62–106 Jack McVeigh (20) Daniel Johnson (8) Daniel Johnson (4) John Cain Arena
4,206
6–7
14 4 March @ Illawarra L 98–89 Tony Crocker (23) Daniel Johnson (8) Josh Giddey (9) State Basketball Centre
1,355
6–8
15 6 March Cairns W 81–71 Daniel Johnson (30) Daniel Johnson (9) Josh Giddey (8) John Cain Arena
3,708
7–8
16 11 March @ Brisbane L 109–104 Daniel Johnson (29) Daniel Johnson (9) Josh Giddey (11) John Cain Arena
997
7–9
17 14 March @ Perth L 97–88 Brandon Paul (25) Josh Giddey (8) Josh Giddey (13) John Cain Arena
4,019
7–10
March: 0–3 (home: 0–0; road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
18 20 March @ South East Melbourne L 96–89 (OT) Brandon Paul (29) Josh Giddey (10) Josh Giddey (7) John Cain Arena
1,682
7–11
19 22 March @ Perth L 92–82 Daniel Johnson (19) Daniel Johnson (8) Brandon Paul (5) RAC Arena
9,550
7–12
20 28 March @ Cairns L 79–65 Daniel Johnson (21) Daniel Johnson (8) Sunday Dech (5) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,945
7–13
April: 3–3 (home: 2–0; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
21 3 April Illawarra W 84–72 Daniel Johnson (26) Daniel Johnson (15) Josh Giddey (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
5,686
8–13
22 10 April Perth W 83–68 Daniel Johnson (28) Sunday Dech (10) Josh Giddey (12) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,339
9–13
23 14 April @ Cairns L 91–88 Daniel Johnson (24) Josh Giddey (7) Josh Giddey (9) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,869
9–14
24 17 April @ South East Melbourne W 81–90 Daniel Johnson (22) Daniel Johnson (8) Josh Giddey (9) John Cain Arena
2,512
10–14
25 24 April @ Melbourne L 92–78 Brandon Paul (20) Josh Giddey (10) Josh Giddey (7) John Cain Arena
3,034
10–15
26 26 April @ New Zealand L 93–77 Daniel Johnson (20) Josh Giddey (10) Josh Giddey (10) Silverdome
893
10–16
May: 3–5 (home: 2–2; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
27 1 May Brisbane W 101–79 Daniel Johnson (26) Josh Giddey (11) Josh Giddey (13) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,683
11–16
28 4 May Cairns W 92–76 Brandon Paul (18) Johnson, Paul (10) Josh Giddey (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
7,001
12–16
29 9 May @ Sydney W 88–97 (OT) Daniel Johnson (20) Josh Giddey (10) Josh Giddey (12) Qudos Bank Arena
4,063
13–16
30 11 May @ Illawarra L 71–66 Tony Crocker (16) Giddey, Pinder (9) Josh Giddey (8) WIN Entertainment Centre
2,036
13–17
31 16 May @ Sydney L 85–75 Daniel Johnson (23) Giddey, Johnson, Pinder 7 Josh Giddey (5) Qudos Bank Arena
5,078
13–18
32 21 May Illawarra L 73–81 Daniel Dillon (17) Daniel Dillon (8) Daniel Dillon (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,090
13–19
33 23 May Perth L 68–76 Daniel Johnson (13) Brandon Paul (11) Crocker, Dillon (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,422
13–20
34 25 May @ New Zealand L 94–76 Daniel Dillon (22) Paul, Pinder (7) Daniel Dillon (6) Christchurch Arena
2,803
13–21
35 30 May @ Illawarra L 97–83 Sunday Dech (15) Keanu Pinder (11) Daniel Dillon (6) WIN Entertainment Centre
3,004
13–22
June: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
36 6 June @ Melbourne L 102–80 Tony Crocker (27) Daniel Johnson (13) Daniel Dillon (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre[24]
1,817
13–23

Awards

Player of the Week

Round 2, Isaac Humphries

Round 9, Josh Giddey

See also

References

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  24. ^ This game is a home game for Melbourne United and was originally due to be played at John Cain Arena, but COVID-19 induced border closures forced the team to relocate to Adelaide.