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2019–20 Sydney Kings Season
The 2019–20 NBL season was the 31st season for the Sydney Kings in the National Basketball League (Australia), NBL. Roster Depth chart Preseason The Kings' pre-season games consisted of three regular pre-season games and two NBL Blitz games. The first game was against Hills Select, before the Kings travelled to Tasmania to participate in the NBL Blitz during September, with games against the South East Melbourne Phoenix and the Perth Wildcats. They then had games against the New Zealand Breakers and the Illawarra Hawks. Ladder Game log , - style="background-color:#ccffcc;" , 1 , 14 September , @ Hills Select W 109-67, Craig Moller (22) , Jordan Hunter (basketball, born 1997), Jordan Hunter, Jae'Sean Tate (8) , Shaun Bruce, Bruce, Kevin Lisch, Lisch, Lucas Walker, Walker (4) , Hills Basketball Stadium , 1-0 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 1 , 20 September , South East Melbourne Phoenix L 87-96, Casper Ware (19) , Jae'S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Kickert
Daniel Michael Kickert (born 29 May 1983) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as an assistant coach for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played professionally for 15 seasons throughout Europe and Australia, with his stints in the NBL including Melbourne United (2014–16), Brisbane Bullets (2016–18) and Sydney Kings (2018–21). In 2017, he became the first player in NBL history to join the exclusive 50–40–90 club, an achievement he replicated the following year. Kickert played college basketball for Saint Mary's, leaving in 2006 as the program's all-time scoring leader. He spent the next eight years playing in Europe, winning a Ukrainian SuperLeague championship in 2013 with BC Budivelnyk. He also played for Australia at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and 2018 Commonwealth Games. He retired from basketball in June 2021. Early life and career Kickert was born in Melbourne, Victoria, where he at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South East Melbourne Phoenix
The South East Melbourne Phoenix are an Australian professional basketball team based in the south–eastern Melbourne suburb of Wantirna South, Victoria. The Phoenix entered the National Basketball League (NBL) in the 2019–20 season. The team play the majority of their home games at John Cain Arena, which they share with fellow NBL team Melbourne United, with some games being played at the State Basketball Centre. Franchise history With plans to expand the National Basketball League (NBL) beginning with the 2019–20 season, the league sold a franchise licence to Swansea City co-owner Romie Chaudhari in July 2018. It was later announced that the league's ninth franchise would be based in south-eastern Melbourne. On 17 November 2018, the team's name was announced as South East Melbourne Phoenix. The team logo and colours were also revealed. Former NBL player Tommy Greer was the inaugural general manager, Simon Mitchell was the inaugural head coach, and forward Mitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the List of islands by area#Islands, 26th-largest island in the world, and the List of islands of Tasmania, surrounding 1000 islands. It is Australia's smallest and least populous state, with 573,479 residents . The List of Australian capital cities, state capital and largest city is Hobart, with around 40% of the population living in the Greater Hobart area. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Tasmania is the most decentralised state in Australia, with the lowest proportion of its residents living within its capital city. Tasmania's main island was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal peoples, who today generally identify as Palawa or Pakana. It is believed that Abori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lochlan Hutchison
In the modern Gaelic languages, () signifies Scandinavia or, more specifically, Norway. As such it is cognate with the Welsh name for Scandinavia, (). In both old Gaelic and old Welsh, such names literally mean 'land of lakes' or 'land of swamps'. It may originally have referred to the mythical, undersea otherworldly abode of the Fomorians of Irish mythology. At times it may have referred to an early Norse settlement in Scotland. Classical Gaelic literature and other sources from early medieval Ireland first featured the name, in earlier forms like Lothlend and Laithlind. In Irish, the adjectival noun (, 'person belonging to Lochlann') has an additional sense of 'raider' or, more specifically, a Viking. Historical uses All uses of the word relate it to Nordic realms of Europe. While the traditional view has identified Laithlind with Norway, some have preferred to locate it in a Norse-dominated part of Scotland, perhaps the Hebrides or the Northern Isles. states that Lai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deshon Taylor
Deshon Davion Taylor (born March 17, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for KTP Basket of the Korisliiga. He played college basketball for the UMKC Kangaroos and Fresno State Bulldogs. High school career Taylor was born in Los Angeles, California, to Desha Taylor and Terri Bailey. He played at John W. North High School in Riverside, California, and helped lead his team to four consecutive league titles. As a senior, Taylor averaged 24.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.6 steals a game while earning conference MVP, first-team all-state and all-county honors. He was recruited by Hawaii, UC Riverside and Portland State, but committed to play for the UMKC Kangaroos. College career UMKC As a freshman at the University of Missouri–Kansas City in 2014–15, Taylor started 10 of his 33 games. He averaged 7.6 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists a game. At the season's end, he elected to transfer from the program. Fresno State Taylor chose to tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Bruce
Shaun Bruce (born 13 January 1991) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL). He began his NBL career in 2012 and has played for the Cairns Taipans, Brisbane Bullets, Adelaide 36ers and Sydney Kings. He helped the Kings win back-to-back NBL championships in 2022 and 2023. Early life Bruce hails from Horsham, Victoria. He grew up playing for the Horsham Hornets. Basketball career NBL In January 2012, Bruce had a training stint with the Melbourne Tigers of the National Basketball League. Bruce joined the Cairns Taipans as a development player for the 2012–13 NBL season. He subsequently won the inaugural Aron Baynes Award for Most Outstanding Athlete. In August 2013, Bruce signed a full-time contract with the Taipans for the 2013–14 season. He re-signed with the club for the 2014–15 season in April 2014. On 31 December 2014, he recorded his first double-digit scoring game of his NBL career with 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter Madden
Hunting is the Human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, bone/tusks, horn (anatomy), horn/antler, etc.), for recreation/taxidermy (see trophy hunting), although it may also be done for resourceful reasons such as removing predators dangerous to humans or domestic animals (e.g. wolf hunting), to pest control, eliminate pest (organism), pests and nuisance animals that damage crops/livestock/poultry or zoonosis, spread diseases (see varmint hunting, varminting), for trade/tourism (see safari), or for conservation biology, ecological conservation against overpopulation and invasive species (commonly called a culling#Wildlife, cull). Recreationally hunted species are generally referred to as the ''game (food), game'', and are usually mammals and birds. A person participating in a hunt is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
