2023–24 Adelaide 36ers season

The 2023–24 Adelaide 36ers season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).

2023–24 Adelaide 36ers season
Head coach	Scott Ninnis
Captain	Mitch McCarron
Arena	Adelaide Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record	12–16 (42.9%)
Ladder	9th
Finals finish	Did not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
Points	Vasiljevic 19.7
Rebounds	Wiley 7.2
Assists	Kell 3.6
All statistics correct as of 22 February 2024.
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

On 6 December 2023, C. J. Bruton parted ways as 36ers' head coach after the team started the season with a 4–9 record and was replaced by Scott Ninnis on an interim basis.^[1] On 22 February 2024, Ninnis signed a two-year contract to continue as head coach.^[2]

Roster

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2023–24 Adelaide 36ers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 1 Flowers, Trentyn  (NS) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 19 – (2005-03-08)8 March 2005 G 2 Roxburgh, Fraser (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 19 – (2005-03-23)23 March 2005 G 3 Kell, Trey  (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 28 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 G 7 Cadee, Jason 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 33 – (1991-04-15)15 April 1991 C 8 Humphries, Isaac 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 26 – (1998-01-05)5 January 1998 F 9 Marshall, Nick 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1999-07-05)5 July 1999 G 10 McCarron, Mitch (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 32 – (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 F 14 Galloway, Kyrin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 25 – (1999-10-07)7 October 1999 F 18 Smith-Milner, Tohi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 117 kg (258 lb) 29 – (1995-10-06)6 October 1995 G 22 Rasmussen, Keanu (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 21 – (2003-03-02)2 March 2003 F 24 Wiley, Jacob (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 30 – (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 F 25 Rigoni, Jacob (NRP) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 25 – (1998-12-10)10 December 1998 F 30 Aliir, Akech (DP) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 23 – (2000-12-04)4 December 2000 F 32 Starling, Alex 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 35 – (1989-02-06)6 February 1989 G 34 Vasiljevic, Dejan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1997-04-26)26 April 1997 G 43 White, Harvey (DP) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 18 – (2005-11-22)22 November 2005 G 44 Dech, Sunday 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994	Head coach Scott Ninnis Assistant coach(es) Graham Kubank Michael Lake Strength & conditioning coach(es) Nik Popovic Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (IN) Inactive (I) Import player (SRP) Special restricted player (NS) Next Star player Injured Roster Updated: 22 February 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Development
PG	Jason Cadee	Trentyn Flowers	Harvey White
SG	Dejan Vasiljevic	Mitch McCarron	Keanu Rasmussen
SF	Trey Kell	Nick Marshall	Sunday Dech	Fraser Roxburgh
PF	Jacob Wiley	Kyrin Galloway	Alex Starling	Jacob Rigoni
C	Isaac Humphries	Tohi Smith-Milner	Akech Aliir

Standings

Ladder

Pos	2023–24 NBL season v t e
	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Melbourne United	28	20	8	71.43%	3–2	W1	11–3	9–5	2615	2454	106.56%
2	Perth Wildcats	28	17	11	60.71%	2–3	L2	10–4	7–7	2630	2563	102.61%
3	Tasmania JackJumpers	28	16	12	57.14%	4–1	W4	8–6	8–6	2564	2378	107.82%
4	Illawarra Hawks	28	14	14	50.00%	3–2	L1	8–6	6–8	2547	2518	101.15%
5	Sydney Kings	28	13	15	46.43%	2–3	W1	7–7	6–8	2672	2602	102.69%
6	New Zealand Breakers	28	13	15	46.43%	3–2	L1	8–6	5–9	2498	2480	100.73%
7	Brisbane Bullets	28	13	15	46.43%	2–3	L1	8–6	5–9	2458	2534	97.00%
8	Cairns Taipans	28	12	16	42.86%	1–4	W1	7–7	5–9	2506	2589	96.79%
9	Adelaide 36ers	28	12	16	42.86%	3–2	W1	9–5	3–11	2457	2563	95.86%
10	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	28	10	18	35.71%	1–4	L4	7–7	3–11	2425	2691	90.12%

Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2024. Source: NBL.com.au

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.

Ladder progression

	Leader and qualification to semifinals
	Qualification to semifinals
	Qualification to play-in games
	Last place

2023–24 NBL season

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

Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2024. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log

Pre-season

Main article: 2023 NBL pre-season

2023 NBL Blitz game log Total: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)
September: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 17 September New Zealand L 75–101 Isaac Humphries (22) Isaac Humphries (7) three players (3) Gold Coast Convention Centre n/a 0–1 2 19 September @ Perth L 112–80 Cadee, Franklin (15) Trentyn Flowers (6) Jason Cadee (4) Gold Coast Convention Centre n/a 0–2 3 21 September @ Tasmania L 86–82 Tohi Smith-Milner (21) Mitch McCarron (7) Mitch McCarron (10) Gold Coast Convention Centre n/a 0–3

Regular season

Main article: 2023–24 NBL regular season

2023–24 game log Total: 12–16 (Home: 9–5; Road: 3–11)
September: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 29 September @ Brisbane L 86–71 Isaac Humphries (17) Jacob Wiley (9) Kell, Wiley (5) Nissan Arena 4,286 0–1
October: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 1 October Melbourne L 74–82 Jason Cadee (18) Kyrin Galloway (9) Jason Cadee (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 8,165 0–2 3 6 October @ Perth L 82–75 Isaac Humphries (18) Jacob Wiley (8) Cadee, McCarron (4) Perth Arena 11,306 0–3 4 8 October @ Sydney L 109–100 Trey Kell (28) Mitch McCarron (10) Jacob Wiley (5) Sydney SuperDome 14,029 0–4 5 14 October Illawarra W 89–80 Trey Kell (25) Kell, Wiley (9) Jason Cadee (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,108 1–4 6 19 October S.E. Melbourne L 85–102 Trey Kell (21) Jacob Wiley (8) three players (2) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 6,870 1–5 7 21 October Perth W 89–78 Isaac Humphries (26) Humphries, Wiley (8) Dejan Vasiljevic (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 8,140 2–5 8 26 October @ New Zealand W 85–97 Dejan Vasiljevic (24) Jacob Wiley (13) Dejan Vasiljevic (5) Spark Arena 4,646 3–5
November: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 9 4 November @ Perth L 99–88 Trey Kell (25) Alex Starling (6) Trey Kell (6) Perth Arena 11,326 3–6 10 11 November Tasmania L 72–82 Dejan Vasiljevic (16) Mitch McCarron (8) Nick Marshall (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,440 3–7 11 17 November S.E. Melbourne W 96–93 Dejan Vasiljevic (29) Jacob Wiley (14) Jason Cadee (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 7,833 4–7 12 30 November @ New Zealand L 96–83 Dejan Vasiljevic (14) Jacob Wiley (12) Dejan Vasiljevic (4) Christchurch Arena 3,936 4–8
December: 1–5 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 2 December @ Tasmania L 94–59 Dejan Vasiljevic (14) Alex Starling (8) Alex Starling (3) Derwent Entertainment Centre 4,340 4–9 14 9 December Cairns L 101–116 Dejan Vasiljevic (30) Isaac Humphries (9) Trey Kell (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 8,954 4–10 15 16 December @ Melbourne L 107–96 Dejan Vasiljevic (23) Jacob Wiley (9) Dejan Vasiljevic (6) John Cain Arena 7,757 4–11 16 24 December Brisbane W 95–88 Dejan Vasiljevic (23) Jacob Wiley (12) Dejan Vasiljevic (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,440 5–11 17 28 December Perth L 82–100 Isaac Humphries (24) Alex Starling (7) Dejan Vasiljevic (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,468 5–12 18 31 December @ Illawarra L 91–84 Isaac Humphries (26) Trey Kell (10) Trey Kell (12) Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,101 5–13
January: 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 6 January Melbourne W 100–96 Dejan Vasiljevic (30) Trey Kell (10) Trey Kell (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,564 6–13 20 11 January Sydney W 95–82 Trey Kell (27) Isaac Humphries (12) Dejan Vasiljevic (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,580 7–13 21 13 January @ Cairns L 111–101 (OT) Isaac Humphries (28) Isaac Humphries (11) Trey Kell (3) Cairns Convention Centre 4,659 7–14 22 17 January @ S.E. Melbourne W 85–110 Isaac Humphries (25) three players (7) three players (4) State Basketball Centre 3,422 8–14 23 20 January @ Illawarra W 89–96 Trey Kell (26) Isaac Humphries (10) Nick Marshall (3) Wollongong Entertainment Centre 3,555 9–14 24 27 January Cairns W 88–71 Dejan Vasiljevic (28) Kyrin Galloway (8) three players (3) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,471 10–14
February: 2–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 25 2 February Sydney W 85–78 Humphries, Vasiljevic (20) Isaac Humphries (11) Trey Kell (7) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,434 11–14 26 4 February @ Tasmania L 109–86 Trey Kell (29) Trey Kell (10) Nick Marshall (4) Derwent Entertainment Centre 4,340 11–15 27 9 February @ Brisbane L 102–84 Dejan Vasiljevic (28) Trey Kell (10) Mitch McCarron (4) Nissan Arena 4,987 11–16 28 18 February New Zealand W 76–70 Dejan Vasiljevic (25) Dejan Vasiljevic (14) Mitch McCarron (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,513 12–16
2023–24 season schedule

Transactions

Re-signed

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Ref.
Nick Marshall	1 March 2023	3-year deal (club option)	[3]
Fraser Roxburgh	4 July 2023	1-year deal	[4]

Additions

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Former team	Ref.
Jason Cadee	6 April 2023	2-year deal	Brisbane Bullets	[5]
Isaac Humphries	26 April 2023	1-year deal	Melbourne United	[6]
Keanu Rasmussen	1 May 2023	1-year deal	California Baptist Lancers	[7]
Alex Starling	23 May 2023	1-year deal	South Adelaide Panthers	[8]
Akech Aliir	4 July 2023	1-year deal	North Adelaide Rockets	[4]
Harvey White	4 July 2023	1-year deal	Sturt Sabres	[4]
Jacob Wiley	6 July 2023	2-year deal (club option)	Vaqueros de Bayamón	[9]
Jamaal Franklin	28 July 2023	1-year deal	Converge FiberXers	[10]
Trey Kell	31 July 2023	1-year deal	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	[11]
Trentyn Flowers	15 August 2023	1-year deal (next star)	Louisville Cardinals	[12]
Tohi Smith-Milner	26 August 2023	1-year deal	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	[13]
Jacob Rigoni	8 September 2023	1-year deal (NRP)	Sturt Sabres	[14]
Dejan Vasiljevic	17 October 2024	1-year deal	Sydney Kings	[15]

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date Left	New Team	Ref.
Kai Sotto	Free agent	6 February 2023	Hiroshima Dragonflies	[16]
Anthony Drmic	Free agent	17 April 2023	Tasmania JackJumpers	[17]
Hyrum Harris	Free agent	26 April 2023	Perth Wildcats	[18]
Robert Franks	Released	18 July 2023	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins	[19]
Antonius Cleveland	Released	27 July 2023	Maccabi Tel Aviv	[20]
Ian Clark	Free agent	4 August 2023	Melbourne United	[21]
Jamaal Franklin	Mutual release	25 September 2023	TBC	[22]
Daniel Johnson	Parted ways	9 November 2023	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	[23]

Awards

Club awards

• Club MVP: Isaac Humphries^[24]
• Most Improved: Kyrin Galloway
• Coaches Award: Jason Cadee
• Members Choice: Dejan Vasiljevic
• Best Defensive Player: Sunday Dech
• Chairman's Award: Scott Ninnis

See also

• 2023–24 NBL season
• Adelaide 36ers

References

1. "Club Statement: CJ Bruton". Adelaide36ers.com. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
2. "36ers' head coach Scott Ninnis signs a multi-year extension". ESPN.com.au. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
3. "'Dream come true' for re-signing Marshall". Adelaide36ers.com. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
4. "36ers lock in Development Players for NBL24". Adelaide36ers.com. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
5. "Cadee returns to 36ers on two-year deal". Adelaide36ers.com.au. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
6. "Isaac Humphries agrees to join 36ers". ESPN.com.au. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
7. "Adelaide Bring Home College Guard". NBL.com.au. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
8. "Basketballer Alex Starling signs with Adelaide 36ers after becoming an Australian citizen". ABC.net.au. 24 May 2023. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023.
9. "Fan Favourite Returns to Adelaide". NBL.com.au. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
10. "Franklin joins 36ers for NBL24 campaign". Adelaide36ers.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
11. "Swingman Kell signs on for NBL24 season". Adelaide36ers.com. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
12. "NBL scores 'massive coup' as 18yo 'unicorn' Trentyn Flowers follows Giddey, LaMelo in path to NBA". FoxSports.com.au. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
13. "36ers signs big man Tohi Smith-Milner". Adelaide36ers.com. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
14. "36ers sign injury replacement". NBL.com.au. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
15. "Sydney Kings let Dejan Vasiljevic go to Adelaide 36ers". ESPN.com.au. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
16. Agcaoili, Lance (7 February 2023). "Kai Sotto signs with Japan B.League's Hiroshima". Sports.Inquirer.net. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
17. "New ANT in town!". JackJumpers.com.au. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
18. "Wildcats Welcome Hyrum Harris to Perth". Wildcats.com.au. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
19. "Franks to pursue overseas opportunity". Adelaide36ers.com. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
20. "Maccabi adds Antonius Cleveland". Maccabi.co.il. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
21. "Ian Clark agrees to deal with Melbourne United". ESPN.com.au. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
22. "Club statement: Jamaal Franklin". Adelaide36ers.com. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
23. "Phoenix Sign Daniel 'DJ' Johnson as Nominated Replacement Player". SEMPhoenix.com.au. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
24. "Humphries wins Mark Davis Trophy". Adelaide36ers.com. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

External links

• Official Website