2024–25 Adelaide 36ers season

2024–25 Adelaide 36ers season
Head coach	Mike Wells
Captain	Dejan Vasiljevic
Arena	Adelaide Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record	13–16 (44.8%)
Ladder	6th
Finals finish	TBD
Stats at NBL.com.au
All statistics correct as of 7 February 2025.

The 2024–25 Adelaide 36ers season is the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).

On 22 February 2024, Scott Ninnis signed a two-year contract as head coach.[1][2] However, on 12 August 2024, the 36ers replaced Ninnis with Mike Wells.[3][4][5]

Roster

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2024–25 Adelaide 36ers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 1 Marshall, Nick 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) G 3 Davis, Kendric (I) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) G 7 Cadee, Jason 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) C 8 Humphries, Isaac 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 114 kg (251 lb) G 10 D'Arcy, Patrick (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) F 11 Mayen, Lat 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) F 13 Ipassou, Fiston (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) C 14 Griscti, Ben 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) G 22 Rasmussen, Keanu (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) F 23 Martin, Jarell (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) F/C 24 Harrell, Montrezl (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb) F 25 Rigoni, Jacob 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) G 27 Kubank, Tom (NRP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) G 34 Vasiljevic, Dejan (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) G 44 Dech, Sunday 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb)	Head coach Mike Wells Assistant coach(es) Igor Cvjetkovic Michael Lake Marko Marinović Strength & conditioning coach(es) Nik Popovic Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (IN) Inactive (I) Import player (SRP) Special restricted player (NS) Next Star player Injured Roster Updated: 24 December 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Development
PG	Kendric Davis	Jason Cadee
SG	Dejan Vasiljevic	Nick Marshall	Keanu Rasmussen	Fiston Ipassou
SF	Lat Mayen	Sunday Dech	Patrick D'Arcy	Tom Kubank
PF	Montrezl Harrell	Jarell Martin	Jacob Rigoni
C	Isaac Humphries	Ben Griscti

Standings

Ladder

Pos	2024–25 NBL season v t e
	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Illawarra Hawks	29	20	9	68.97%	4–1	W3	10–4	10–5	2941	2645	111.19%
2	Melbourne United	28	18	10	64.29%	4–1	W3	8–6	10–4	2668	2559	104.26%
3	Perth Wildcats	29	18	11	62.07%	3–2	W3	10–5	8–6	2903	2811	103.27%
4	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	28	16	12	57.14%	3–2	W1	10–4	6–8	2694	2553	105.52%
5	Sydney Kings	29	16	13	55.17%	2–3	L3	7–7	9–6	2630	2557	102.85%
6	Adelaide 36ers	29	13	16	42.83%	2–3	L3	9–6	4–10	2736	2796	97.85%
7	Tasmania JackJumpers	28	12	16	42.86%	0–5	L6	8–5	4–11	2345	2470	94.94%
8	Brisbane Bullets	29	12	17	41.38%	2–3	L1	6–8	6–9	2678	2838	94.36%
9	New Zealand Breakers	29	10	19	34.48%	1–4	L1	6–9	4–10	2485	2650	93.77%
10	Cairns Taipans	28	8	20	28.57%	3–2	W1	4–11	4–9	2478	2679	92.50%

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2025. Source: NBL.com.au

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.

Ladder progression

	Leader and qualification to semifinals
	Qualification to semifinals
	Qualification to play-in
	Last place

2024–25 NBL season

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Adelaide 36ers	8	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6
Brisbane Bullets	6	10	9	9	7	8	7	8	7	9	8	7	5	7	7	8	8	8	8
Cairns Taipans	10	7	4	6	6	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Illawarra Hawks	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Melbourne United	2	3	5	3	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
New Zealand Breakers	5	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	2	3	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Perth Wildcats	4	5	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	6	5	4	3	4	5	3
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	7	9	10	10	10	10	8	7	8	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	4
Sydney Kings	3	4	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	3	5
Tasmania JackJumpers	9	6	7	8	9	7	9	9	9	8	7	5	4	3	6	6	6	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2025. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log

Pre-season

Main article: 2024 NBL pre-season

2024 NBL Blitz game log Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)

September: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 9 September Tasmania W 96–64 Dejan Vasiljevic (22) Sunday Dech (7) Kendric Davis (5) Gold Coast Sport Centre n/a 1–0 2 11 September @ New Zealand 91–98 Kendric Davis (23) Isaac Humphries (11) Kendric Davis (5) Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a 2–0 3 13 September S.E. Melbourne L 49–101 Nick Marshall (14) Nick Marshall (8) Rasmussen, Starling (2) Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a 2–1

Regular season

Main article: 2024–25 NBL regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 13–16 (Home: 9–6; Road: 4–10)
September: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 22 September Sydney 94–102 Mayen, Vasiljevic (23) Montrezl Harrell (13) Kendric Davis (8) Perth Arena 4,168 0–1 2 28 September @ Cairns L 101–97 Dejan Vasiljevic (24) Sunday Dech (8) Kendric Davis (8) Cairns Convention Centre 4,141 0–2
October: 5–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 3 October S.E. Melbourne W 93–83 Humphries, Vasiljevic (22) Montrezl Harrell (11) Kendric Davis (7) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,377 1–2 4 5 October @ Illawarra W 100–102 Kendric Davis (32) Montrezl Harrell (10) Cadee, Davis (4) Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,770 2–2 5 11 October Sydney W 89–79 Dejan Vasiljevic (26) Montrezl Harrell (14) three players (3) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,466 3–2 6 13 October @ Melbourne L 106–79 Kendric Davis (17) Montrezl Harrell (9) Dech, Marshall (3) John Cain Arena 9,050 3–3 7 20 October Tasmania W 77–73 Kendric Davis (23) Harrell, Humphries (7) Kendric Davis (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,384 4–3 8 25 October Cairns W 99–93 (OT) Montrezl Harrell (36) Montrezl Harrell (16) Kendric Davis (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,382 5–3
November: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 9 2 November @ New Zealand L 109–82 Montrezl Harrell (25) Montrezl Harrell (6) Kendric Davis (6) Spark Arena 5,537 5–4 10 10 November Illawarra W 93–79 Montrezl Harrell (25) Davis, Harrell (7) Kendric Davis (10) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,423 6–4 11 17 November @ Melbourne L 113–93 Kendric Davis (30) Jarell Martin (9) Kendric Davis (11) John Cain Arena 9,747 6–5 12 30 November Tasmania L 73–77 Isaac Humphries (19) Isaac Humphries (11) Keanu Rasmussen (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,428 6–6
December: 2–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 6 December @ Brisbane L 102–83 Isaac Humphries (16) Humphries, Marshall (6) Keanu Rasmussen (5) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,142 6–7 14 8 December Perth L 105–115 Kendric Davis (37) Jarell Martin (7) Kendric Davis (11) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,352 6–8 15 14 December New Zealand W 111–94 Kendric Davis (36) Montrezl Harrell (10) Kendric Davis (9) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,449 7–8 16 21 December @ S.E. Melbourne L 106–86 Kendric Davis (24) Isaac Humphries (10) Kendric Davis (8) John Cain Arena 10,175 7–9 17 24 December Brisbane L 90–111 Kendric Davis (32) Montrezl Harrell (9) Kendric Davis (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,457 7–10 18 28 December Perth L 92–116 Dejan Vasiljevic (23) Isaac Humphries (8) Kendric Davis (10) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,495 7–11 19 30 December @ Sydney W 96–111 Kendric Davis (30) Montrezl Harrell (10) Kendric Davis (9) Sydney SuperDome 11,765 8–11
January: 5–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 20 4 January Melbourne W 100–81 Davis, Harrell (28) Montrezl Harrell (9) Kendric Davis (11) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,588 9–11 21 10 January @ Tasmania L 104–103 (OT) Kendric Davis (39) Isaac Humphries (10) Davis, Harrell (7) Derwent Entertainment Centre 4,340 9–12 22 13 January Illawarra W 91–88 Montrezl Harrell (26) Harrell, Martin (9) Kendric Davis (7) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,475 10–12 23 17 January @ Perth L 110–103 Kendric Davis (31) Montrezl Harrell (9) Kendric Davis (10) Perth Arena 13,570 10–13 24 19 January @ Cairns W 75–99 Dejan Vasiljevic (32) Montrezl Harrell (15) Kendric Davis (9) Cairns Convention Centre 4,109 11–13 25 24 January @ Sydney W 96–105 Kendric Davis (30) Montrezl Harrell (11) Kendric Davis (6) Sydney SuperDome 10,356 12–13 26 26 January New Zealand W 94–78 Montrezl Harrell (26) Montrezl Harrell (8) Kendric Davis (13) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,505 13–13 27 31 January Brisbane L 89–92 Kendric Davis (24) Harrell, Vasiljevic (10) Kendric Davis (10) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,521 13–14
February: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 28 2 February @ S.E. Melbourne L 105–99 Montrezl Harrell (25) Montrezl Harrell (11) Kendric Davis (7) John Cain Arena 8,230 13–15 29 7 February @ Perth L 112–104 Kendric Davis (34) Dech, Harrell (6) Kendric Davis (8) Perth Arena 13,559 13–16
2024–25 season schedule

Transactions

Re-signed

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Ref.
Dejan Vasiljevic	29 January 2024	3-year deal	[6]
Isaac Humphries	7 March 2024	3-year deal	[7]
Alex Starling	29 April 2024	1-year deal
Jacob Rigoni	7 May 2024	2-year deal (club option)
Fiston Ipassou	30 July 2024	1-year deal
Keanu Rasmussen	30 July 2024	1-year deal

Additions

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Former team	Ref.
Lat Mayen	16 April 2024	1-year deal	Cairns Taipans	[8]
Ben Griscti	21 May 2024	3-year deal	UC Riverside Highlanders
Kendric Davis	17 July 2024	1-year deal	Santa Cruz Warriors
Patrick D’Arcy	30 July 2024	1-year deal	Sturt Sabres
Jarell Martin	2 August 2024	1-year deal	Galatasaray
Tom Kubank	5 September 2024	1-year deal (NRP)	South Adelaide Panthers
Montrezl Harrell	11 September 2024	1-year deal	Philadelphia 76ers

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date Left	New Team	Ref.
Jacob Wiley	Free agent	20 February 2024	Covirán Granada	[9]
Tohi Smith-Milner	Free agent	19 April 2024	Brisbane Bullets	[10]
Mitch McCarron	Free agent	26 April 2024	New Zealand Breakers	[11]
Kyrin Galloway	Free agent	29 April 2024	Cairns Taipans	[12]
Trey Kell	Free agent	28 June 2024	Illawarra Hawks	[13]
Akech Aliir	Free agent	5 July 2024	Melbourne United	[14]
Trentyn Flowers	NBA draft	25 July 2024	Los Angeles Clippers	[15]
Alex Starling	Released	18 October 2024	TBC	[16]

Awards

Club awards

• Club MVP:
• Most Improved:
• Coaches Award:
• Members Choice:
• Best Defensive Player:
• Chairman's Award:

See also

• 2024–25 NBL season
• Adelaide 36ers

References

1. "36ers' head coach Scott Ninnis signs a multi-year extension". ESPN.com.au. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
2. Randall, Michael (12 August 2024). "Adelaide 36ers sack coach and club legend Scott Ninnis less than a year after taking job". The Advertiser. Archived from the original on August 12, 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
3. Uluc, Olgun (12 August 2024). "Adelaide 36ers sack head coach Scott Ninnis". ESPN. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
4. "Ninnis released as 36ers coach". NBL. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
5. "Adelaide 36ers sack head coach Scott Ninnis, name American Mike Wells as replacement". ABC. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
6. "Boyhood Breaker Inks Three-Year Extension". NBL.com.au. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
7. "NBL star Humphries signs fresh deal with Adelaide 36ers". Examiner.com.au. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
8. "Adelaide secures services of hometown hero". NBL.com.au. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
9. "Jacob Wiley (ex Adelaide) signs at Granada". eurobasket.com. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
10. "Brisbane adds championship-winning big". NBL.com.au. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
11. "'The right decision' - Former NBL champ joins Breakers". 1news.co.nz. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
12. "Done deal: Taipans officially sign Kyrin Galloway". Taipans.com. 29 April 2024. Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
13. "Hawks land on Import Guard Trey Kell III". Hawks.com.au. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
14. "Akech Aliir elevated into main roster ahead of NBL25". MelbourneUtd.com.au. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
15. Maher, Rory (25 July 2024). "Clippers Sign Trentyn Flowers To Two-Way Deal". HoopsRumors.com. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
16. "Harrell to stay for NBL25 season". adelaide36ers.com. 18 October 2024. Archived from the original on 18 October 2024.

External links

• Official Website