2020–21 Sydney Kings season

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2020–21 Sydney Kings season
Head CoachAustralia Adam Forde
Co-CaptainsAustralia Daniel Kickert
United States Casper Ware
StadiumQudos Bank Arena, Sydney
NBL results
Ladder5th
NBL Cup5th
FinalsDNQ
Wins19
Losses17

The 2020–21 NBL season was the 32nd season for the Sydney Kings in the NBL.

Roster[]

Squad[]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

2020–21 Sydney Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
C 1 Australia 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 24 – (1997-08-20)20 August 1997
G 2 Australia  (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 22 – (1999-10-29)29 October 1999
G 3 Australia Vasiljevic, Dejan Injured 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 24 – (1997-04-26)26 April 1997
G 5 Australia Glover, Angus Injured 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 23 – (1998-09-08)8 September 1998
G 7 Australia Bruce, Shaun 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 31 – (1991-01-13)13 January 1991
G/F 8 Australia Newley, Brad 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 36 – (1985-02-18)18 February 1985
F 9 Australia Moller, Craig 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1994-08-22)22 August 1994
F 10 Australia Cooks, Xavier 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1995-09-19)19 September 1995
F 12 United States Martin, Jarell (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 27 – (1994-05-24)24 May 1994
F 13 New Zealand Vodanovich, Tom 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 27 – (1994-07-28)28 July 1994
F/C 14 Australia Kickert, Daniel (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 38 – (1983-05-29)29 May 1983
F/C 15 Australia  (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 20 – (2002-01-01)1 January 2002
G 22 United States Ware, Casper (I & C) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 32 – (1990-01-17)17 January 1990
F 25 Australia  (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 19 – (2002-12-21)21 December 2002
G 30 Australia Kernich-Drew, Dexter 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 30 – (1991-10-16)16 October 1991
G 97 Australia Weeks, Jarrad 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 32 – (1989-07-11)11 July 1989
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 5 May 2021


Pre-season[]

Ladder[]

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

2020 pre-season game log
Total: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
December: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 20 December The Hawks W 98–89 Shaun Bruce (14) Craig Moller (8) Casper Ware (4) Qudos Bank Arena
closed event 		1–0

Regular season[]

Main article: 2020–21 NBL regular season

Ladder[]

2020–21 NBL ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Melbourne 36 28 8 4–1 W3 14–4 14–4 3189 2956 107.88% 77.78%
2 Australia Perth (RC) 36 25 11 3–2 L2 13–5 12–6 3133 2900 108.03% 69.44%
3 Australia Illawarra 36 20 16 4–1 L1 11–7 9–9 2962 2954 100.27% 55.56%
4 Australia S.E. Melbourne 36 19 17 2–3 L1 9–9 10–8 3217 3124 102.98% 52.78%
5 Australia Sydney 36 19 17 4–1 W3 11–7 8–10 3112 3087 100.81% 52.78%
6 Australia Brisbane 36 18 18 4–1 W1 9–9 9–9 3204 3274 97.86% 50.00%
7 Australia Adelaide 36 13 23 0–5 L7 10–8 3–15 2985 3156 94.58% 36.11%
8 New Zealand New Zealand 36 12 24 2–3 L1 8–10 4–14 2937 3021 97.22% 33.33%
9 Australia Cairns 36 8 28 1–4 L2 6–12 2–16 2940 3207 91.67% 22.22%

Total Rounds
21
Games per Team
36
Total Games
162

Legend
  • (RC) Reigning Champion

Ladder progression[]

  • 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.
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
South East 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[]

2020–21 game log
Total: 19–17 (Home: 11–7; Road: 8–10)
January: 1–3 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 16 January @ Cairns L 87–86 Casper Ware (18) Jarell Martin (8) Shaun Bruce (4) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,919 		0–1
2 23 January @ Cairns W 91–99 Martin, Ware (22) Jarell Martin (10) Bruce, Moller (4) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,930 		1–1
3 26 January @ Brisbane L 90–87 Jarell Martin (26) Jarell Martin (11) Bruce, Louzada, Moller, Ware (3) Nissan Arena
3,406 		1–2
4 30 January @ Adelaide L 85–80 Dejan Vasiljevic (28) Craig Moller (9) Casper Ware (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
7,087 		1–3
February : 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 6 February @ Adelaide W 75–94 Casper Ware (27) (11) Shaun Bruce (7) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
7,317 		2–3
6 12 February New Zealand W 84–74 Casper Ware (22) Martin, Newley (6) Shaun Bruce (4) Qudos Bank Arena
5,833 		3–3
7 14 February Illawarra L 82–85 Casper Ware (21) Craig Moller (8) Shaun Bruce (9) Qudos Bank Arena
6,534 		3–4
NBL Cup: 4–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
8 21 February Adelaide W 94–77 Casper Ware (23) (9) Brad Newley (4) John Cain Arena
2,566 		4–4
9 23 February Perth L 106–113 Casper Ware (34) Casper Ware (5) Casper Ware (4) John Cain Arena
1,079 		4–5
10 25 February New Zealand 96–78 (24) Dejan Vasiljevic (10) Casper Ware (5) John Cain Arena
1,991 		5–5
11 27 February @ Melbourne L 83–80 Dejan Vasiljevic (22) Brad Newley (8) Casper Ware (5) John Cain Arena
4,206 		5–6
12 4 March @ Cairns L 96–92 Dejan Vasiljevic (32) (6) Moller, Ware (4) State Basketball Centre
1,355 		5–7
13 6 March @ South East Melbourne W 85–91 Dejan Vasiljevic (19) Casper Ware (10) Casper Ware (6) John Cain Arena
3,708 		6–7
14 11 March Illawarra L 69–89 Dejan Vasiljevic (12) Craig Moller (6) Bruce, Moller (4) John Cain Arena
997 		6–8
15 13 March @ Brisbane W 108–119 Casper Ware (25) (8) Casper Ware (10) John Cain Arena
4,183 		7–8
March: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
16 19 March Melbourne W 103–75 (18) Martin, Moller (6) Moller, Ware (6) Qudos Bank Arena
5,089 		8–8
17 21 March Cairns W 75–73 Martin, Ware (16) Craig Moller (8) Louzada, Martin, Moller, Vasiljevic, Ware (2) Qudos Bank Arena
5,187 		9–8
18 28 March Perth L 65–89 Jarell Martin (18) Craig Moller (7) Casper Ware (6) Qudos Bank Arena
5,067 		9–9
April: 5–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
19 1 April @ Perth L 95–89 Jarell Martin (27) Jarell Martin (11) Didi Louzada (4) RAC Arena
10,123 		9–10
20 3 April Brisbane W 90–71 Craig Moller (20) Jarell Martin (10) Casper Ware (9) Qudos Bank Arena
5,439 		10–10
21 8 April Perth L 69–73 Casper Ware (20) (13) Bruce, Ware (3) Qudos Bank Arena
4,115 		10–11
22 11 April South East Melbourne L 84–98 Jarell Martin (23) (9) Didi Louzada (7) Qudos Bank Arena
4,236 		10–12
23 15 April South East Melbourne W 97–90 Didi Louzada (28) Didi Louzada (8) Casper Ware (6) Qudos Bank Arena
4,476 		11–12
24 17 April Cairns W 89–84 Casper Ware (40) (8) Shaun Bruce (4) Qudos Bank Arena
5,214 		12–12
25 22 April @ South East Melbourne W 81–101 , Ware (19) (10) Casper Ware (5) John Cain Arena
1,268 		13–12
26 24 April @ Illawarra W 75–79 (OT) Casper Ware (18) Shaun Bruce (13) Casper Ware (4) WIN Entertainment Centre
3,724 		14–12
May: 3–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
27 2 May @ Melbourne L 103–78 Casper Ware (25) Craig Moller (11) Shaun Bruce (5) John Cain Arena
2,214 		14–13
28 9 May Adelaide L 88–97 (OT) Jarell Martin (25) (9) Casper Ware (8) Qudos Bank Arena
4,063 		14–14
29 13 May @ Brisbane L 93–70 (15) , Moller (11) Casper Ware (3) Nissan Arena
1,374 		14–15
30 16 May Adelaide W 85–75 Jarell Martin (20) Craig Moller (11) Casper Ware (12) Qudos Bank Arena
5,078 		15–15
31 20 May @ New Zealand L 89–81 Casper Ware (20) Jarell Martin (6) Bruce, Ware (3) The Trusts Arena
3,800 		15–16
32 22 May @ New Zealand W 76–81 Jarell Martin (29) Jarell Martin (9) Shaun Bruce (5) TSB Stadium
2,066 		16–16
33 27 May @ Perth L 81–67 Jarell Martin (20) (9) Xavier Cooks (3) RAC Arena
10,650 		16–17
34 29 May Melbourne W 100–98 (2OT) Shaun Bruce (21) Craig Moller (12) Shaun Bruce (7) Qudos Bank Arena
6,238 		17–17
June: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
35 3 June @ Illawarra W 73–79 Jarell Martin (23) Cooks, Martin (10) Casper Ware (8) WIN Entertainment Centre
3,217 		18–17
36 5 June Brisbane W 83–82 Jarell Martin (28) Xavier Cooks (7) Xavier Cooks (5) Qudos Bank Arena
9,267 		19–17

Transactions[]

Main article: List of 2020–21 NBL season transactions

Re-signed[]

Player Signed
Craig Moller[1] 3 June
Shaun Bruce[2] 15 June
Xavier Cooks[3] 7 July
Casper Ware[4] 27 August
Daniel Kickert[5] 3 September

Additions[]

Player Signed Former team
Dejan Vasiljevic[6] 17 July Miami
Angus Glover[7] 20 July Illawarra Hawks
Jarell Martin[8] 2 December Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Tom Vodanovich[9] 2 January BBC Telstar Hesper
[10] 14 January Australian Institute of Sport
[10] 14 January Sutherland Sharks
[10] 14 January Australian Institute of Sport
Dexter Kernich-Drew[11] 5 February Melbourne United
Jarrad Weeks[12] 5 May New Zealand Breakers

Subtractions[]

Player Reason left New team
Kevin Lisch[13] Retired Sydney Kings (assistant)
Jae'Sean Tate[14] Released Houston Rockets
Andrew Bogut[15] Retired N/A
Lucas Walker[16][17] Retired N/A
Deshon Taylor[18] Free Agent Canterbury Rams
Didi Louzada[19] Released New Orleans Pelicans

Awards[]

Player of the Week[]

Round 15,

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kings Take Moller Contract Option | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 3 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Shaun Bruce Re-Signs with Sydney | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 3 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Cooks Re-signs with Kings | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 7 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Casper Ware Recommits to Kings | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  5. ^ "Daniel Kickert Re-Signs With Sydney | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  6. ^ "Sydney Sign Dejan Vasiljevic on Multi-Year Deal | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  7. ^ "Kings Ink Angus Glover on Three-Year Deal | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  8. ^ "Sydney Sign Former First Round Pick Jarell Martin". nbl.com.au.
  9. ^ "Kings Name Vodanovich as Cooks Injury Replacement". nbl.com.au.
  10. ^ a b c "Kings lock in young trio ahead of NBL21 tip off". sydneykings.com.
  11. ^ "Kings Add Dexter Kernich-Drew as Injury Replacement". NBL.com.au. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Jarrad Weeks Signs with Sydney". nbl.com.au. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Kevin Lisch Announces Retirement | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  14. ^ "NBL Congratulates Will Magnay and Jae'Sean Tate | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 30 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Andrew Bogut Announces Retirement | NBL". NBL.com.au.
  16. ^ "Waxy Calls Time on Playing Career". NBL.com.au.
  17. ^ "Lucas Walker moves to Wollongong to launch new national fitness company". illawarramercury.com.au. 25 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Canterbury Rams Announce The Signing Of Deshon Taylor". Canterbury Rams. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Pelicans sign Didi Louzada". New Orleans Pelicans. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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