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Jason Robert Cadee (born 15 April 1991) is an Australian professional
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player for the
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of the National Basketball League (NBL). He is also the team captain for the Bullets.


Early life and career

Cadee was born and raised in the
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suburb of
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. He attended
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in the nearby suburb of
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, where he earned Hall of Fame status for
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. He grew up playing for the
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junior program. In 2008, Cadee made his debut in the
Waratah League The NBL1 East, formerly the Waratah League, is a semi-professional basketball league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2021, Basketball New South Wales and the National B ...
for the Bruins. That same year, he was named the NSW Male Athlete and Basketball Player of the Year. In 2009 and 2010, he attended the
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and played for the program's SEABL team. He also played for Bankstown in 2010, earning the Waratah League's Australian U/21 Youth Player of the Year and All-Star Five honours. In April 2010, Cadee participated in the
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in the U.S. for the World Select Team, where he recorded seven points, three rebounds and three assists in a 101–97 loss to the USA Junior Select Team. In July 2010, just months after signing his first professional contract with the
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, Cadee was involved in a car accident on Sydney's M7 Motorway. A semi-trailer had veered out of its lane and pushed him off the road. His car went into a spin and parked itself at right angles across one of Sydney's busiest highways. In an instant, Cadee was crumpled against the middle console of the car. After being trapped for 90 minutes, somehow, he escaped with just a broken pelvis. As a result, his NBL debut was delayed and he was forced to withdraw from the
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squad.


Professional career


NBL

Five months after breaking his pelvis, Cadee made his NBL debut for the Gold Coast Blaze on 17 December 2010 against the
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. He scored 11 points in his debut, which was his highest scoring game of his rookie season. Cadee's second season in the NBL saw him play in all 31 games for the Blaze. On 15 May 2012, Cadee signed a two-year deal with the
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. In
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, Cadee played in all 28 games for the 36ers. In 2013–14, Cadee helped the 36ers reach the NBL Grand Final, where they lost 2–1 to the
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. In May 2014, Cadee signed with the
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. He went on to spend four seasons with the Kings. He averaged career-best numbers with the Kings, including scoring a career-high 28 points in December 2015. On 19 April 2018, Cadee signed a three-year deal with the
Brisbane Bullets The Brisbane Bullets are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) based in Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland. They competed from 1979 to 2008, and returned to th ...
. In February 2020, he was named the
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for the 2019–20 season. On 2 July 2021, Cadee re-signed with the Bullets on a two-year deal. On 20 March 2022, he recorded the 1000th assist of his NBL career in a game against the
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. In November 2022, he played his 350th NBL game.


Off-season stints

In 2011 and 2012, Cadee played in the
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for the
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. In 2013, he played for the
West Adelaide Bearcats West Adelaide Bearcats is a NBL1 Central club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club fields both a men's and women's team. The club is a division of the overarching West Adelaide Basketball Club (WABC), the major administrative basketball o ...
of the Central ABL. In 2014, Cadee moved to New Zealand to play for the
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. He won the league's scoring title and earned All-Star Five honours. He returned to the Bruins following his stint with the Rangers. In 2015, he returned for a second season with the Rangers. In 2016, Cadee helped the Bruins win the Waratah League championship. In February 2017, following the conclusion of the
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, Cadee ventured to Europe to play for Greek team Kymis. In eight games to complete the 2016–17 Greek League season, he averaged 11.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game. In 2019, Cadee played for the
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in the
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(QBL) and earned league MVP and All-League Team honours. He also led them to the QBL championship. He returned to the Capitals in 2020 and helped them win the Queensland State League (QSL). In February 2021, Cadee signed with the
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for the 2021
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season. He re-signed with the Rollers in January 2022 and went on to lead them to the NBL1 North championship while earning Finals MVP honours.


National team career

In May 2008, Cadee was selected to the Australian Emus squad for the first time. He subsequently played for the Emus at the
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, where in nine games, he averaged 9.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per name. In
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, Cadee played for Australia in the
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. The team finished second and Cadee was named to the All-Star Five. In 2013, Cadee played for Australia against China in a four-game series. He also played in the
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and the World University Games, of which Australia won gold and silver respectively. Cadee then narrowly missed out on the Boomers squad for the
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against New Zealand. In 2017, Cadee helped the Boomers win gold at the
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.


Personal

Cadee has a strong basketball family. His mother, Debbie (née Lee), played for the
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at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and his father,
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, played for the Boomers at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, and later coached the Opals at the 1988 Olympics in
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.


References


External links


Sydney Kings player profileNBL statsWaratah League statsCadee's mystery hero
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cadee, Jason 1991 births Living people Australian men's basketball players Adelaide 36ers players Australian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Australian expatriate basketball people in Greece Australian Institute of Sport basketball players Basketball players from Sydney Brisbane Bullets players Gold Coast Blaze players Kymis B.C. players Point guards Super City Rangers players Sydney Kings players Universiade medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in basketball Expatriate basketball people in New Zealand Universiade silver medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade