2021–22 Sydney Kings season

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2021–22 Sydney Kings season
Head CoachUnited States Chase Buford
Co-CaptainsAustralia Shaun Bruce
Australia Xavier Cooks
StadiumQudos Bank Arena, Sydney
NBL results
Ladder6th
Wins6
Losses7
Player Records
Scoring leaderUnited States Jaylen Adams
20.0
Rebounding leaderAustralia Xavier Cooks
9.5
Assists leaderUnited States Jaylen Adams
5.8
All statistics correct as of 6 February 2022.

The 2021–22 NBL season will be the 33rd season for the Sydney Kings in the NBL.

Roster[]

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

2021–22 Sydney Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
C 1 Australia  Injured 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 24 – (1997-08-20)20 August 1997
G 2 United States Adams, Jaylen (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 25 – (1996-05-04)4 May 1996
G 3 Australia Vasiljevic, Dejan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 24 – (1997-04-26)26 April 1997
C 4 Australia Maker, Makur Injured (NS) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 21 – (2000-11-04)4 November 2000
G 5 Australia Glover, Angus 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 23 – (1998-09-08)8 September 1998
F 6 Australia  (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 19 – (2002-12-21)21 December 2002
G 7 Australia Bruce, Shaun (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 31 – (1991-01-13)13 January 1991
F/C 8 South Sudan Maker, Matur 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 24 – (1998-01-01)1 January 1998
G/F 9 Australia Swaka Lo Buluk, Wani 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 20 – (2001-06-09)9 June 2001
F 10 Australia Cooks, Xavier (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1995-09-19)19 September 1995
G 11 United States Hunter, R. J. Injured (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1993-10-24)24 October 1993
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
G 14 Australia Bayles, Biwali Injured 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 19 – (2002-02-15)15 February 2002
G 20 Australia  (DP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 30 Australia  (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (SRP) Special Restricted Player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 12 January 2022

Pre-season[]

Main article: 2021–22 NBL pre-season

Ladder[]

2021–22 NBL pre-season ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Illawarra 2 2 0 2–0 W2 0–0 2–0 213 202 105.45% 100.00%
2 Australia Adelaide 5 5 0 5–0 W5 2–0 3–0 401 383 104.70% 100.00%
3 Australia Brisbane 4 3 1 3–1 L1 1–1 2–0 350 327 107.03% 75.00%
4 New Zealand New Zealand 3 2 1 2–1 W2 2–0 0–1 273 273 100.00% 66.67%
5 Australia S.E. Melbourne 4 2 2 2–2 W1 1–0 1–2 376 375 100.27% 50.00%
6 Australia Perth 5 2 3 2–3 L1 2–1 0–2 433 415 104.34% 40.00%
7 Australia Tasmania (NT) 5 2 3 2–3 W1 1–1 1–2 391 403 97.02% 40.00%
8 Australia Sydney 3 1 2 1–2 L1 1–1 0–1 248 253 98.02% 33.33%
9 Australia Melbourne (RC) 4 1 3 1–3 L3 1–1 0–2 342 350 97.71% 25.00%
10 Australia Cairns 5 0 5 0–5 L5 0–3 0–2 394 447 88.14% 0.00%

Total Rounds
2 weeks

Total Games
21 games

Legend
  • (NT) New Team
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Updated: 28 November 2021

Game log[]

2021 NBL Blitz game log
Total: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
November: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 13 November S.E. Melbourne L 75–81 Jarell Martin (15) Martin, Vodanovich (9) Xavier Cooks (3) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event 		0–1
2 15 November Melbourne W 80–75 Angus Glover (18) Xavier Cooks (14) Bayles, Cooks (4) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event 		1–1
3 18 November @ New Zealand L 97–93 Jaylen Adams (16) Xavier Cooks (11) Adams, Cooks (3) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event 		1–2
Cancelled
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 27 November @ Illawarra Cancelled[1]

Regular season[]

Main article: 2021–22 NBL regular season

Ladder[]

2021–22 NBL ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Perth 11 8 3 3–2 W1 4–1 4–2 981 888 110.47% 72.73%
2 Australia S.E. Melbourne 10 7 3 4–1 W1 3–1 4–2 853 824 103.52% 70.00%
3 Australia Melbourne (RC) 12 8 4 3–2 L2 2–2 6–2 1016 924 109.96% 66.67%
4 Australia Tasmania (NT) 12 6 6 4–1 W4 4–3 2–3 928 922 100.65% 50.00%
5 Australia Illawarra 12 6 6 2–3 L2 3–4 3–2 1049 1054 99.53% 50.00%
6 Australia Sydney 13 6 7 3–2 W1 6–3 0–4 1043 1052 99.14% 46.15%
7 Australia Cairns 7 3 4 2–3 W1 2–2 1–2 561 578 97.06% 42.86%
8 Australia Adelaide 10 4 6 2–3 W1 3–2 1–4 805 854 94.26% 40.00%
9 Australia Brisbane 11 4 7 1–4 L4 3–4 1–3 938 982 95.52% 36.36%
10 New Zealand New Zealand 12 3 9 2–3 L1 1–2 2–7 931 1027 90.65% 25.00%

Current Round
Round 10
Total Rounds
21
Games per Team
28
Total Games
140

Legend
  • (NT) New Team
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Ladder
    Updated: 7 February 2022

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 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Adelaide 36ers 8 6 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8
Brisbane Bullets 7 5 7 6 6 7 6 5 7 9
Cairns Taipans 9 7 4 4 5 5 5 6 9 7
Illawarra Hawks 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5
Melbourne United 6 9 6 5 4 4 1 1 2 3
New Zealand Breakers 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Perth Wildcats 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 1 2
Sydney Kings 5 4 5 7 7 6 8 7 5 6
Tasmania JackJumpers 4 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 4

Game log[]

2021–22 game log
Total: 6–7 (Home: 6–3; Road: 0–4)
December: 3–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 5 December Melbourne W 79–74 Jaylen Adams (15) Adams, Martin (8) Xavier Cooks (5) Qudos Bank Arena
8,632 		1–0
2 11 December Illawarra L 84–92 Angus Glover (16) Xavier Cooks (11) Bruce, Cooks (5) Qudos Bank Arena
6,212 		1–1
3 16 December @ Melbourne L 89–47 Xavier Cooks (12) Xavier Cooks (6) Biwali Bayles (4) John Cain Arena
4,786 		1–2
4 18 December S.E. Melbourne W 84–73 Xavier Cooks (19) Jarell Martin (13) Bayles, Bruce, Cooks, Glover (2) Qudos Bank Arena
6,379 		2–2
5 22 December Tasmania W 83–71 Jarell Martin (24) Jarell Martin (11) Shaun Bruce (5) Qudos Bank Arena
4,612 		3–2
6 26 December Melbourne L 68–82 Jarell Martin (19) Xavier Cooks (10) Xavier Cooks (4) Qudos Bank Arena
4,725 		3–3
January: 2–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 13 January @ Illawarra L 97–89 Jarell Martin (23) Xavier Cooks (14) Jaylen Adams (8) WIN Entertainment Centre
1,994 		3–4
8 16 January New Zealand L 75–82 Xavier Cooks (19) Xavier Cooks (12) Bruce, Vasiljevic (4) Qudos Bank Arena
4,356 		3–5
9 21 January @ Brisbane L 96–87 Jaylen Adams (33) Jarell Martin (12) Jaylen Adams (7) Nissan Arena
2,574 		3–6
10 23 January Brisbane W 97–73 Dejan Vasiljevic (23) Jarell Martin (12) Jaylen Adams (6) Qudos Bank Arena
4,237 		4–6
11 30 January Perth W 96–81 Jaylen Adams (30) Xavier Cooks (9) Jaylen Adams (9) Qudos Bank Arena
5,864 		5–6
February: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
12 4 February @ Tasmania L 77–70 Jaylen Adams (24) Xavier Cooks (15) Jaylen Adams (3) MyState Bank Arena
4,643 		5–7
13 6 February New Zealand W 84–65 Dejan Vasiljevic (23) Jarell Martin (12) Jaylen Adams (7) Qudos Bank Arena
5,011 		6–7
14 10 February @ S.E. Melbourne boxscore John Cain Arena
15 13 February Brisbane boxscore Qudos Bank Arena
16 19 February Perth boxscore Qudos Bank Arena
17 27 February @ Adelaide boxscore Adelaide Entertainment Centre
2021–22 season schedule

Transactions[]

Main article: List of 2021–22 NBL season transactions

Re-signed[]

Player Signed
[2] 18 June
Jarell Martin[3] 26 June
Tom Vodanovich[4] 27 June
Xavier Cooks[5] 30 June
[6] 22 July

Additions[]

Player Signed Former team
Biwali Bayles[7] 27 April Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Wani Swaka Lo Buluk[8] 9 July Perth Wildcats
R. J. Hunter[9] 23 July Galatasaray
Makur Maker[10] 21 August Howard Bison
Jaylen Adams[11] 22 August Milwaukee Bucks
Matur Maker[12] 27 August Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Subtractions[]

Player Reason left New team
Craig Moller[13] Free agent s.Oliver Würzburg
Brad Newley[14] Free agent Melbourne United
Jarrad Weeks[15] Free agent Tasmania JackJumpers
Casper Ware[16] Free agent Enisey
Dexter Kernich-Drew[17] Free agent Waverley Falcons
Daniel Kickert[18][19] Retired Sydney Kings (assistant)

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Sydney Sign Hunter to Contract Extension | NBL". NBL.com.au. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Jarell Martin Returns to Sydney for NBL22 | NBL". NBL.com.au. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  5. ^ "Sydney Re-Sign Xavier Cooks | NBL". NBL.com.au. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  12. ^ "Sydney Complete Roster with Matur Maker | NBL". NBL.com.au. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Craig Moller is joining Wurzburg". Sportando. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  14. ^ "NBL Champions add veteran Brad Newley to NBL22 Roster". MelbourneUTD.com.au. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  16. ^ "Casper Ware (ex Sydney) is a newcomer at Enisey". Eurobasket. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Dexter Kernich-Drew Signs". waverleybasketball.com. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Daniel Kickert Announces Retirement | NBL". NBL.com.au. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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