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2020–21 Adelaide 36ers season

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.

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

Squad

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Signings

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Main article: List of 2020–21 NBL season transactions
  • 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   Crocker, Tony (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 37 – (1987-01-17)17 January 1987
G 3   Paul, Brandon (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1991-04-30)30 April 1991
G 6   Giddey, Josh (NS & IN) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 22 – (2002-10-10)10 October 2002
G 7   Teys, Brendan (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 34 – (1990-02-22)22 February 1990
C 8   Humphries, Isaac 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 26 – (1998-01-05)5 January 1998
G 9   McVeigh, Jack 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1996-06-27)27 June 1996
G 10   Mudronja, Alex 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1999-09-03)3 September 1999
F 11   Purchase, Jack 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-06-26)26 June 1995
G 12   Dillon, Daniel (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 38 – (1986-03-19)19 March 1986
C 21   Johnson, Daniel (C) 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 36 – (1988-04-03)3 April 1988
F 25   Pinder, Keanu 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 29 – (1995-05-28)28 May 1995
F 32   Hulland, Owen (DP) 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 25 – (1999-10-04)4 October 1999
G 44   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)
  •   Jamie Pearlman
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  •   Injured
Updated: 18 May 2021

Pre-season

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

Ladder

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

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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

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Main article: 2020–21 NBL regular season

Ladder

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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

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  • 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

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2020–21 game log
Total: 13–23 (Home: 10–8; Road: 3–15)
January: 4–2 (home: 4–2; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 15 January Melbourne L 65–89 Daniel Johnson (29) Dech, Giddey, Johnson, Pinder (6) Josh Giddey (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,539 		0–1
2 17 January South East Melbourne W 116–108 (2OT) Daniel Johnson (33) Isaac Humphries (12) Josh Giddey (7) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,518 		1–1
3 20 January South East Melbourne L 83–89 Isaac Humphries (20) Daniel Johnson (10) Daniel Johnson (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,946 		1–2
4 22 January New Zealand W 94–91 (OT) Isaac Humphries (24) Isaac Humphries (11) Daniel Johnson (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,589 		2–2
5 27 January New Zealand W 88–78 Isaac Humphries (21) Josh Giddey (10) Josh Giddey (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
5,706 		3–2
6 30 January Sydney W 85–80 Isaac Humphries (27) Isaac Humphries (9) Giddey, Johnson, Sloan (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
7,087 		4–2
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

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Player of the Week

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Round 2, Isaac Humphries

Round 9, Josh Giddey

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NBL21 Free Agency Preview: Everything You Need to Know | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  2. ^ "Adelaidenow.com.au | Adelaide 36ers, head coach Joey Wright officially part ways after weeks of discussions, financial negotiations". www.adelaidenow.com.au.
  3. ^ "Former Adelaide 36ers coach apologises for suggesting players should 'hang themselves'". www.abc.net.au. 28 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Josh Giddey to Become NBL Next Star with Adelaide 36ers | NBL". nbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. ^ "36ers Release Kevin White". NBL. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Johnson stays loyal to NBL's Adelaide". 7NEWS.com.au. 6 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Sixers Sign Isaac Humphries | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  8. ^ "Keanu Pinder Signs With 36ers". NBL.com.au. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Sixers Land Sunday Dech | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  10. ^ "Adelaide 36ers welcome Jamie Pearlman as Lead Assistant Coach". www.adelaide36ers.com. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Adelaide 36ers Sign US Import Donald Sloan | NBL". NBL.com.au. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Adelaide 36ers Agree to Obi Kyei's Release". www.adelaide36ers.com. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Adelaide Complete Roster with Tony Crocker". NBL.com.au. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Adelaide 36ers sign young local talent Owen Hulland". www.adelaide36ers.com. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Donald Sloan Granted Release by Adelaide 36ers". NBL.com.au. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Adelaide Add Jeremy Kendle". NBL.com.au. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  17. ^ Logue, Matt (18 February 2021). "Ex-NBA guard ready to bring 36ers 'spark'". NewsComAu. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Isaac Humphries sidelined". www.adelaide36ers.com. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Jack Purchase signs with 36ers". www.adelaide36ers.com. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Jeremy Kendle released from short term contract". www.Adelaide36ers.com. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Josh Giddey released from Adelaide 36ers active playing roster as Club supports his next step". Adelaide 36ers. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  22. ^ Uluc, Olgun (17 May 2021). "Josh Giddey released from 36ers' playing roster as he prepares for NBA Draft". ESPN. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  23. ^ "Hungry Jack's NBL Preseason Games". NBL.com.au. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  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.
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