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2020–21 Cairns Taipans Season
The 2020–21 Cairns Taipans season was the 22nd season for the Cairns Taipans in the NBL, and their third and final season under the guidance of Head Coach Mike Kelly. Season summary After a successful campaign the season prior, the Taipans faced an early setback when it was announced that the redevelopment of the Cairns Convention Centre had been delayed and was unavailable for use until early February of 2020, two months after the NBL announced the delayed season would start. After meeting with the Queensland Minister for Housing, Public Works and Sports Mick de Brenni, it was announced that the redevelopment timeline would not be adjusted for the Taipans. Following more discussions between the club and the state government, it was announced that the government would redevelop an old warehouse capable to host games across the two month period between the start of the season and when the Convention Centre becomes available, with the temporary stadium able to hold 2,000 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirko Djeric
Mirko ( Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic languages, which together means "the peaceful one". Mirko is sometimes used as a short, hypocoristic form of Miroslav in some Slavic languages. The name is widely popular in Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. The alternative spelling in Italian and German is Mirco. The nationality of those men with the forename Mirko who are from outside the Slavic region is listed next to the name. Notable men with the forename Mirko: *Prince Mirko of Montenegro * Mirko Alilović * Mirko Bašić *Mirko Bellodi, Italian *Mirko Bogović *Mirko Boland, German *Mirko Bolesan, Italian * Mirko Bortolotti, Italian *Mirko Bröder, Hungarian * Mirko Bunjevčević *Mirko Casper, German *Mirko Castillo, Peruvian *Mirko Celestin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruz Roja
Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile, Spain, but later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word means "cross", either the Christian cross or the figure of transecting lines or ways. For example, in the Philippines, the adopted Tagalog word is rendered to "krus" in plain usage, but the Spanish spelling survives as a surname. The word "Cruz" (Spanish for "Cross"), as well as "Vera Cruz" ("True Cross") and "Santa Cruz" ("Holy Cross") are used as surnames and toponyms. Its origin as a surname particularly flourished after the Alhambra Decree of 1492 and the increasing activities of the Spanish Inquisition, when New Christian families with Crypto-Jewish, Moorish, and/or mixed religious heritage converted to the state-enforced religion of Catholicism and subsequently fashioned and adopted surnames with unambiguous religious affiliation. People with the surname General *Alberto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Hill (basketball)
Brad Hill (born 19 November 1986) is an Australian former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League (NBL) and the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). He currently serves as an assistant coach with the NBL's Cairns Taipans and the QBL's Cairns Marlins. Professional career In 2004 and 2005, Hill attended the Australian Institute of Sport and played for the program's SEABL team. Hill made his NBL debut during the 2004/05 season for the Adelaide 36ers. After three seasons with the 36ers, Hill joined the South Dragons in 2007. However, due to injury, he appeared in just four games for the Dragons. In 2008, he re-joined the 36ers and played with them until 2011. During this time, between 2006 and 2011, Hill played in the SA State League for the Eastern Mavericks. Between 2011 and 2013, Hill played for the Cairns Taipans. He finished his NBL career with stints in Sydney (2013/14), Wollongong (2014/15), and Melbourne (2015/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie O'Loughlin
Jamie O'Loughlin is an Australian professional basketball coach. Coaching career O'Loughlin's coaching career started in 1999, when he was the Club Director of Coaching for Geelong's Christian College, whilst also serving as the head coach of the U12 Boys team with Basketball Geelong. After coaching the Basketball Geelong U12 and U16 Boys teams for multiple years, in 2003 O'Loughlin was promoted to coaching the U18 team. In the same year he also took teams from Christian College to multiple championships, including the Hooptime Championships, the Victorian College Championships, and the Australian Schools Championships. In April 2006 O'Loughlin joined the Geelong Supercats as an assistant coach, and helped guide the team to three consecutive championships in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). In October 2009 he was promoted to head coach, and won the SEABL again in 2010. Between 2009 and 2011 O'Loughlin ran team camps for the Australia national under-17 baske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venky Jois
Venkatesha "Venky" Jois (born 7 July 1993) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Helios Suns of the Slovenian League. He played four years of college basketball for Eastern Washington before playing professionally in Estonia, Croatia, Japan, Serbia and Germany. Early life Jois was born in the Melbourne suburb of Upper Ferntree Gully to an Indian father and an Australian mother. He attended Box Hill High School, where he participated in basketball, swimming, soccer, Australian rules football, cross country and athletics. He graduated in 2011. In 2011 and 2012, he played in the SEABL for the Dandenong Rangers, winning SEABL Youth Player of the Year honours in his first season after averaging 9.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. College career Jois played four years of college basketball for Eastern Washington, winning Big Sky Freshman of the Year honours in 2012–13. He also garnered All-Big Sky honorable mention accolades in his first two se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyrum Harris
Hyrum Tipene Harris (born 3 June 1996) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He is also contracted with the Wellington Saints of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). Early life Harris was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and raised in Hamilton. He grew up playing soccer and rugby league. Professional career NZNBL (2015–2019) After playing for the Super City Rangers during the 2015 New Zealand NBL season, Harris relocated to the United States to play college basketball for the Umpqua Community College in Oregon during the 2015–16 season. He played for the Rangers in 2016 and 2017 before joining the Hawke's Bay Hawks in 2018. In 2019, Harris played for the Southland Sharks, where he averaged 11 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists on an average of 26 minutes a game across 19 games that season. Illawarra Hawks (2019–2020) In September 2019, Harris joined the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koen Sapwell
Koen is a Dutch language given name and surname, popular in the Netherlands and Flanders. Although the earliest direct attestation comes from Oudenaarde, East Flanders in 1272, it is known to have been derived from the Proto-Germanic name ''*kōnja-'', meaning "brave". The given name is often an abbreviation of Koenraad. Kôen is a Romanization of an unrelated Japanese family name. People with the given name * Koen Andries, Belgian scientist * Koen Barbé (born 1981), Belgian road bicycle racer * Koen Bauweraerts (born 1983), Belgian hardstyle DJ and producer * Koen Beeckman (born 1973), Belgian road bicycle racer * Koen van der Biezen (born 1985), Dutch footballer * Koen Bouwman (born 1993), Dutch cyclist * Koen Casteels (born 1992), Belgian footballer * Koen Crucke (born 1952), Belgian tenor, actor and politician * Koen Daerden (born 1982), Belgian footballer * Koen De Bouw (born 1964), Flemish actor * Koen De Graeve (born 1972), Belgian actor * Koen de Kort (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tad Dufelmeier
Tad Dufelmeier Jr. (born 9 February 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Cairns Marlins of the NBL1 North. He played college basketball in the United States for Salt Lake Community College and Concordia University Irvine. Early life Born and raised in Canberra, Australia, Dufelmeier attended Erindale College. He was named to the under-17 Australian National Team and won an Asia-Pacific Games Silver Medal. He also played in the SEABL for the Canberra Gunners in 2013 and 2014. College career Dufelmeier played his freshman season as a member of the SLCC Bruins. He averaged 3.7 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. In his sophomore season, he averaged 9.7 points and 3.9 rebounds, starting all the games but one. The Bruins would advance to the national championship game in 2016, winning the school's second title. Dufelmeier was selected to the All-tournament team, and also received the Charles Sesher Sportsmanship Award. Upon completion of his NJCAA eligib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Hunt
Jordan Hunt (born 12 September 1997) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Hawke's Bay Hawks of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). He debuted in the NZNBL in 2015 with the Wellington Saints and won a championship with them in 2016. After four years of college basketball in the United States with the Southern Oregon Raiders, he helped the Otago Nuggets win the NZNBL championship in 2020 while earning grand final MVP. He subsequently spent the 2020–21 NBL season in Australia with the Cairns Taipans as a development player. Early life and career Hunt was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and attended Hutt Valley High School in nearby Lower Hutt. In 2015, he debuted in the New Zealand NBL for the Wellington Saints, playing two games. In 2016, he played eight games for the Saints and was a member of their championship-winning team. He returned to the Saints for a one-game stint in 2018. College career As a freshman at Southern Oregon in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Blagojevic
George Blagojevic (born 18 October 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Geelong Supercats of the NBL1 South. Blagojevic played college basketball for the Hartford Hawks. Early life Blagojevic grew up in Geelong and played for the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport. During the 2014-15 season, he averaged 8.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game in South East Australian Basketball League competition. In March 2019, Blagojevic committed to Hartford over Boise State, Saint Mary's and Grand Canyon. College career Blagojevic averaged 9.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game as a freshman. As a sophomore, his averages declined to 4.4 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. Blagojevic averaged 4.5 points and 3.7 assists per game as a junior. On February 27, 2019, he scored a career-high 32 points in a 96-76 win against Binghamton. As a senior, Blagojevic averaged 14.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Ngatai
Jordan Ngatai (born 7 March 1993) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Wellington Saints of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). He played six seasons with the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian NBL and is a regular New Zealand Tall Black. In the New Zealand NBL, he is a four-time champion. Early life and career Born and raised in Porirua, New Zealand, Ngatai graduated from Mana College before attending Sierra College in the United States for one year. For the 2013–14 season, he played basketball for BYU–Hawaii. Professional career Ngatai made his debut in the New Zealand NBL in 2012 with the Wellington Saints. In his second season with Wellington in 2014, he won his first championship. He subsequently joined the New Zealand Breakers as a development player for the 2014–15 NBL season and was a member of the Breakers' championship-winning team. After a season with the Manawatu Jets in 2015, Ngatai re-joined the Breakers as a develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |