2024–25 Brisbane Bullets season

2024–25 Brisbane Bullets season
Head coach	Justin Schueller
Captain	Mitch Norton
Arena	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record	12–17 (41.4%)
Ladder	8th
Finals finish	Did not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
All statistics correct as of 6 February 2025.

The 2024–25 Brisbane Bullets season is the 39th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL), and their second under the leadership of their head coach Justin Schueller.[1]

Roster

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2024–25 Brisbane Bullets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 0 Kunen, Josh (DP) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) G 1 Cook, Keandre (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) G 2 White, Isaac 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) G 3 Savage, Kye (DP) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) G 5 Batemon, James  (IN) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) G 6 Devers, Tristan (DP) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) G 8 Norton, Mitch (C) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (198 lb) F 9 Dalton, Callum 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 115 kg (254 lb) F 10 Adel, Deng 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 89 kg (196 lb) C 11 Zikarsky, Rocco (NS) 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) 103 kg (227 lb) F 13 Bannan, Josh 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) G 14 Adams, Josh (I) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) F 18 Smith-Milner, Tohi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 117 kg (258 lb) F 21 Bairstow, Jarred  2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb) G/F 23 Prather, Casey (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) C 24 Harrison, Tyrell  2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 115 kg (254 lb) G 26 McDaniel, Sam  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) G 41 Naar, Emmett (NRP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb)	Head coach Justin Schueller Assistant coach(es) Luke Cann Darryl McDonald Greg Vanderjagt Strength & conditioning coach(es) Matt Hardiman Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (IN) Inactive (I) Import player (TP) Training player (SRP) Special restricted player (NS) Next Star player Injured Roster Updated: 24 January 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Development
PG	Mitch Norton	James Batemon	Kye Savage
SG	Keandre Cook	Isaac White	Tristan Devers
SF	Casey Prather	Sam McDaniel	Josh Kunen
PF	Josh Bannan	Deng Adel	Jarred Bairstow
C	Tyrell Harrison	Rocco Zikarsky	Tohi Smith-Milner

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: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

September: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 7 September @ Tasmania W 76–89 James Batemon (20) Casey Prather (5) three players (3) Carrara Indoor Stadium n/a 1–0 2 10 September Melbourne W 111–104 Tyrell Harrison (21) Tyrell Harrison (10) James Batemon (6) Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a 0–2 3 14 September Cairns W 85–82 Keandre Cook (20) Harrison, Prather (7) James Batemon (4) Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a 3–0

Regular season

Main article: 2024–25 NBL regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 12–17 (Home: 6–8; Road: 6–9)
September: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 21 September @ New Zealand L 91–87 Keandre Cook (25) Tyrell Harrison (5) James Batemon (4) Perth Superdrome 2,691 0–1 2 27 September @ Illawarra L 113–101 Keandre Cook (17) Tyrell Harrison (10) Casey Prather (6) Wollongong Entertainment Centre 3,542 0–2
October: 2–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 5 October Sydney L 82–91 Casey Prather (17) Josh Bannan (11) Tyrell Harrison (5) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,009 0–3 4 12 October @ S.E. Melbourne W 85–87 Tyrell Harrison (21) Tyrell Harrison (17) Josh Bannan (5) John Cain Arena 6,521 1–3 5 17 October New Zealand W 84–73 James Batemon (21) Josh Bannan (9) four players (3) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,391 2–3 6 26 October Tasmania L 79–87 Mitch Norton (20) Tyrell Harrison (10) Mitch Norton (5) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,756 2–4
November: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 2 November @ Cairns W 88–92 James Batemon (21) Tyrell Harrison (20) Batemon, Cook (3) Cairns Convention Centre 4,445 3–4 8 7 November Melbourne L 103–120 Keandre Cook (23) Casey Prather (8) Keandre Cook (5) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,101 3–5 9 15 November @ Tasmania L 95–92 Keandre Cook (23) Josh Bannan (9) Bannan, Prather (4) Derwent Entertainment Centre 4,340 3–6 10 17 November Perth W 105–84 James Batemon (51) Josh Bannan (9) Mitch Norton (6) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 6,086 4–6 11 29 November @ Perth L 117–89 Casey Prather (31) Rocco Zikarsky (8) Mitch Norton (4) Perth Arena 10,937 4–7
December: 5–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 12 6 December Adelaide W 102–83 Casey Prather (33) Tyrell Harrison (18) Mitch Norton (5) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,142 5–7 13 8 December @ Melbourne W 114–122 Cook, Prather (27) Casey Prather (7) Keandre Cook (5) John Cain Arena 8,639 6–7 14 12 December S.E. Melbourne W 116–108 Keandre Cook (33) Tyrell Harrison (12) Keandre Cook (4) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 3,757 7–7 15 15 December @ Sydney L 93–81 Casey Prather (28) Casey Prather (9) Cook, Norton (4) Sydney SuperDome 11,576 7–8 16 20 December Cairns W 107–104 Casey Prather (35) Bannan, Cook (6) James Batemon (7) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,599 8–8 17 24 December @ Adelaide W 90–111 Casey Prather (36) Tyrell Harrison (12) Norton, Prather (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,457 9–8 18 27 December Illawarra L 84–102 Casey Prather (28) Tyrell Harrison (9) Naar, Smith-Milner (2) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 6,405 9–9 19 29 December @ Tasmania L 95–86 Keandre Cook (20) Tyrell Harrison (12) Mitch Norton (6) Derwent Entertainment Centre 4,340 9–10
January: 3–6 (Home: 1–4; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 20 4 January Sydney L 86–91 Casey Prather (18) Tyrell Harrison (12) Keandre Cook (5) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,028 9–11 21 8 January New Zealand W 83–74 Casey Prather (31) Casey Prather (10) Casey Prather (6) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,341 10–11 22 11 January @ S.E. Melbourne L 105–86 Josh Bannan (23) Casey Prather (11) Casey Prather (2) Gippsland Indoor Stadium 3,082 10–12 23 15 January Perth L 85–112 Casey Prather (32) Bannan, Prather (11) Keandre Cook (5) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,491 10–13 24 17 January Cairns L 80–111 Casey Prather (22) Josh Bannan (12) Adams, Norton (3) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,587 10–14 25 20 January @ Illawarra L 121–87 Keandre Cook (19) Keandre Cook (8) Josh Bannan (5) Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,358 10–15 26 24 January @ New Zealand W 87–93 Keandre Cook (26) Casey Prather (8) Keandre Cook (6) Wolfbrook Arena 4,196 11–15 27 26 January Melbourne L 88–115 Josh Adams (23) Tohi Smith-Milner (8) Josh Adams (4) Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,229 11–16 28 31 January @ Adelaide W 89–92 Casey Prather (26) Tohi Smith-Milner (10) three players (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,521 12–16
February: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 29 6 February @ Cairns L 100–88 Keandre Cook (28) Cook, Smith-Milner (7) Keandre Cook (6) Cairns Convention Centre 4,145 12–17
2024–25 season schedule

Transactions

Re-signed

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Ref.
Isaac White	10 April 2024	1-year deal	[2]
Mitch Norton	10 April 2024	3-year deal	[3]
Casey Prather	10 April 2024	1-year deal	[4]
Tristan Devers	14 June 2024	3-year deal (club option)
Tyrell Harrison	29 September 2024	2-year deal	[5]

Additions

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Former team	Ref.
Deng Adel	15 April 2024	1-year deal	Boulazac Basket Dordogne	[6]
Tohi Smith-Milner	19 April 2024	2-year deal (club option)	Adelaide 36ers	[7]
Keandre Cook	21 May 2024	1-year deal	Crailsheim Merlins
Jarred Bairstow	12 July 2024	1-year deal	Tasmania JackJumpers
James Batemon	17 July 2024	2-year deal	Ironi Kiryat Ata
Emmett Naar	29 October 2024	1-year deal (NRP)	Mackay Meteors	[8]
Josh Adams	2 January 2025	1-year deal	Maroussi	[9]
Callum Dalton	24 January 2025	1-year deal (NRP)	Melbourne United	[10]

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date Left	New Team	Ref.
Shannon Scott	Mutual release	5 March 2024	Kaohsiung Aquas	[11]
Nathan Sobey	Released	29 March 2024	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	[12]
Chris Smith	Mutual release	11 April 2024	Chiba Jets	[13]
D. J. Mitchell	Free agent	25 September 2024	Manchester Basketball	[14]
Aron Baynes	Retired	17 October 2024	n/a	[15]

Awards

Club awards

• Club MVP: Casey Prather[16]
• Players Player: Mitch Norton
• Defensive Player of the Year: Mitch Norton
• Youth Player of the Year: Josh Bannan
• Narelle Kelly Award: Kate Harris
• Volunteer of the Year: Molly Robinson

See also

• 2024–25 NBL season
• Brisbane Bullets

References

1. "Bullets hire Justin Schueller as head coach". ESPN.com.au. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
2. "Core quartet signs on with Bullets". NBL.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
3. "Bullets Core Locked in for NBL25". BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
4. "Prather among Bullets' signings for post-Sobey era". CanberraTimes.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
5. "Harrison commits to Bullets". NBL.com.au. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
6. "Adel secures NBL return". NBL.com.au. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
7. "Brisbane adds championship-winning big". NBL.com.au. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
8. "Bullets sign nominated replacement player". BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
9. "Bullets confirm star signing". NBL Official Website. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
10. "Bullets sign concussion replacement". NBL.com.au. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
11. "高雄海神簽下NBA名人堂球星之子 填補後場戰力空缺". ETtoday. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
12. "Sobey, Bullets agree to mutual parting of ways". ESPN.com.au. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
13. "Smith, Bullets part ways". NBL.com.au. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
14. "DJ Set To Rock Manchester". manchester.basketball. 25 September 2024. Archived from the original on 31 October 2024.
15. "Australian basketball star, NBA champion Baynes retires". NBL.com.au. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
16. "Prather named MVP and re-signs with Bullets". BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.

External links

• Official Website