2020–21 Brisbane Bullets season

2020–21 Brisbane Bullets season
Head coachAustralia Andrej Lemanis
CaptainAustralia Jason Cadee
ArenaNissan Arena
NBL results
Record18–18 (50%)
Ladder6th
Finals finishDid not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
Cup results
Record5–3 (62.5%)
Ladder3rd
Cup finishThird place

The 2020–21 NBL season was the 35th season for the Brisbane Bullets in the NBL, and the 5th since their return to the league.

Squad

Signings

  • The Bullets retained Nathan Sobey, Jason Cadee, Matt Hodgson, Cameron Gliddon and Tyrell Harrison who had all signed multiple season contracts that covered the 2020–21 season.[1]
  • On 19 February 2020, following rumours that he was bound for the NBA, Will Magnay announced that he had re-signed with the Bullets on a two-year deal.[2]
  • On 2 May 2020, Hodgson announced that he had decided to opt out of his contract under the Australian Basketball Players' Association agreement which was designed to protect players during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
  • After exploring his options, on 20 May 2020 Hodgson announced that he would return to the Bullets.[4]
  • On 17 June 2020, the Bullets released Gliddon from the last year of his contract.[5]
  • On 15 July 2020, the Bullets signed Anthony Drmic on a two-year plus option deal. He previously played for the Adelaide 36ers.[6]
  • On 16 July 2020, Tanner Krebs signed his first professional contract with the Bullets on a two-year deal.[7]
  • On 17 July 2020, Harry Froling, another former 36er, signed a one-year plus option deal with the Bullets.[8]
  • On 20 July 2020, youngster Tamuri Wigness signed his first professional contract with the Bullets on a two-year deal.[9]
  • On 13 October 2020, development player Callum Dalton re-signed with the club for his fourth season with the Bullets.[10]
  • On 28 November 2020, Magnay was released by the club after he was signed by the New Orleans Pelicans on a two-way deal.[11]
  • On 4 December 2020, the Bullets signed their second import Vic Law.[12]
  • On 17 March 2021, the Bullets released Johnson and signed former Bullet Lamar Patterson as his replacement.[13] As Patterson was injured, Jamaal Robateu was signed as an injury replacement player.
  • On 19 April 2021, the Bullets signed B. J. Johnson to replace Law after he was ruled out of the remainder of the season due to injury.[14][15]

Roster

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2020–21 Brisbane Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 0 Australia Wigness, Tamuri 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 22 – (2002-03-26)26 March 2002
G 1 Australia Jones, Blake (DP) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 22 – (2002-02-28)28 February 2002
F 2 Australia Dennis, Kian (DP) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 22 – (2001-04-09)9 April 2001
G/F 3 Australia Drmic, Anthony 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1992-02-25)25 February 1992
F 4 United States Law, Vic Injured (IN) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1995-12-19)19 December 1995
G 5 Australia Cadee, Jason (C) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 32 – (1991-04-15)15 April 1991
C 6 Australia Hodgson, Matt 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 32 – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991
F/C 9 Australia Dalton, Callum (DP) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 23 – (2000-05-04)4 May 2000
C 11 Australia Froling, Harry 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 25 – (1998-04-20)20 April 1998
F 12 United States Johnson, B. J. (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 28 – (1995-12-21)21 December 1995
G/F 13 United States Patterson, Lamar (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1991-08-12)12 August 1991
G 17 Australia Krebs, Tanner 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1996-01-04)4 January 1996
G 18 Australia Robateau, Jamaal 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1994-05-18)18 May 1994
G 20 Australia Sobey, Nathan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 33 – (1990-07-14)14 July 1990
C 24 New Zealand Harrison, Tyrell 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 24 – (1999-07-06)6 July 1999
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
  • Roster
Updated: 19 April 2021

Pre-season

To launch their season after the delayed start, the Bullets will first face the Adelaide 36ers.[16]

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: 2–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–2)
November: 0–2 (home: 0–0; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 13 November @ Adelaide L 93–75 Anthony Drmic (17) Tyrell Harrison (9) Jeremy Kendle (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
4,516 		0–1
2 15 November @ Adelaide L 87–62 Nathan Sobey (14) Harry Froling (9) Nathan Sobey (4) Titanium Security Arena
200 		0–2
December : 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 18 December South East Melbourne W 108–98 Anthony Drmic (21) Matt Hodgson (10) Cadee, Sobey (7) Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre
1,120 		1–2
4 20 December South East Melbourne W 102–100 Harry Froling (30) Froling, Hodgson (9) Jason Cadee (8) Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre
not announced 		2–2

Regular season

Ladder

Pos 2020–21 NBL season
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Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 36 28 8 77.78% 4–1 W3 14–4 14–4 3189 2956 107.88%
2 Perth Wildcats 36 25 11 69.44% 3–2 L2 13–5 12–6 3133 2900 108.03%
3 Illawarra Hawks 36 20 16 55.56% 4–1 L1 11–7 9–9 2962 2954 100.27%
4 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 36 19 17 52.78% 2–3 L1 9–9 10–8 3217 3124 102.98%
5 Sydney Kings 36 19 17 52.78% 4–1 W3 11–7 8–10 3112 3087 100.81%
6 Brisbane Bullets 36 18 18 50.00% 4–1 W1 9–9 9–9 3204 3274 97.86%
7 Adelaide 36ers 36 13 23 36.11% 0–5 L7 10–8 3–15 2985 3156 94.58%
8 New Zealand Breakers 36 12 24 33.33% 2–3 L1 8–10 4–14 2937 3021 97.22%
9 Cairns Taipans 36 8 28 22.22% 1–4 L2 6–12 2–16 2940 3207 91.67%

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2021. Source: NBL.com.au

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.
2020–21 NBL season
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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
S.E. 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: 17–18 (Home: 8–9; Road: 9–9)
January: 2–2 (home: 2–2; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 16 January The Hawks L 84–90 Nathan Sobey (19) Harry Froling (12) Harry Froling (4) Nissan Arena
1,746 		0–1
2 21 January The Hawks L 82–90 Nathan Sobey (24) Froling, Harrison, Law (11) Jason Cadee (9) Nissan Arena
1,591 		0–2
3 26 January Sydney W 90–87 Vic Law (27) Tyrell Harrison (11) Nathan Sobey (7) Nissan Arena
3,406 		1–2
4 30 January Cairns W 105–103 (OT) Nathan Sobey (30) Vic Law (11) Nathan Sobey (5) Nissan Arena
4,065 		2–2
February : 1–2 (home: 0–2; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 5 February Melbourne L 96–109 Nathan Sobey (27) Johnson, Law (7) Vic Law (4) Nissan Arena
2,234 		2–3
6 13 February Adelaide L 70–85 Nathan Sobey (25) Vic Law (10) Johnson, Sobey (2) Nissan Arena
4,240 		2–4
7 15 February @ Adelaide W 74–93 Vic Law (27) Law, Johnson (9) Cadee, Sobey (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
5,183 		3–4
NBL Cup: 5–3 (home: 3–1; road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
8 21 February @ South East Melbourne L 99–83 Matt Hodgson (20) Matt Hodgson (9) Nathan Sobey (4) John Cain Arena
2,566 		3–5
9 26 February Illawarra W 97–91 Vic Law (29) Vic Law (9) Cadee, Sobey (6) John Cain Arena
809 		4–5
10 28 February Cairns W 115–95 Nathan Sobey (30) Harry Froling (11) Jason Cadee (6) John Cain Arena
3,195 		5–5
11 3 March @ New Zealand L 97–92 Vic Law (19) Vic Law (10) Jason Cadee (6) State Basketball Centre
2,257 		5–6
12 5 March @ Perth W 92–95 Nathan Sobey (31) Matt Hodgson (9) Nathan Sobey (4) John Cain Arena
3,421 		6–6
13 7 March @ Melbourne W 88–96 Matt Hodgson (24) Vic Law (15) Nathan Sobey (5) John Cain Arena
3,696 		7–6
14 11 March Adelaide W 109–104 Nathan Sobey (30) Matt Hodgson (7) Vic Law (4) John Cain Arena
997 		8–6
15 13 March Sydney L 108–119 Nathan Sobey (35) Hodgson, Law (9) Cadee, Sobey (6) John Cain Arena
4,183 		8–7
March: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
16 20 March New Zealand W 88–67 Harry Froling (20) Matt Hodgson (10) Jason Cadee (4) Nissan Arena
3,386 		9–7
17 27 March New Zealand L 76–81 (OT) Anthony Drmic (25) Tyrell Harrison (16) Harry Froling (3) Nissan Arena
2,935 		9–8
18 29 March @ Illawarra L 96–72 Jason Cadee (17) Matt Hodgson (9) Nathan Sobey (6) WIN Entertainment Centre
2,521 		9–9
April: 2–4 (home: 0–0; road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
19 3 April @ Sydney L 90–71 Nathan Sobey (31) Tyrell Harrison (19) Harry Froling (5) Qudos Bank Arena
5,439 		9–10
20 7 April @ Illawarra W 82–88 Jason Cadee (22) Matt Hodgson (14) Nathan Sobey (6) WIN Entertainment Centre
2,426 		10–10
21 12 April @ Melbourne L 98–89 Nathan Sobey (30) Matt Hodgson (8) Jason Cadee (7) John Cain Arena
3,422 		10–11
22 16 April @ New Zealand L 91–71 Matt Hodgson (16) Harrison, Hodgson, Sobey (6) Nathan Sobey (2) Silverdome
1,559 		10–12
23 23 April @ Perth L 92–74 Harry Froling (20) Lamar Patterson (10) Nathan Sobey (5) RAC Arena
4,737 		10–13
24 29 April @ South East Melbourne W 82–94 Lamar Patterson (27) Matt Hodgson (9) Nathan Sobey (8) John Cain Arena
1,026 		11–13
May: 5–4 (home: 2–3; road: 3–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 1 May @ Adelaide L 101–79 Nathan Sobey (20) Matt Hodgson (9) Nathan Sobey (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,683 		11–14
26 8 May @ Cairns W 87–96 Nathan Sobey (25) Harrison, Sobey (9) Nathan Sobey (5) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,903 		12–14
27 13 May Sydney W 93–70 Anthony Drmic (28) Tyrell Harrison (7) Nathan Sobey (8) Nissan Arena
1,373 		13–14
28 15 May Perth L 90–102 Nathan Sobey (24) Hodgson, Patterson (9) Lamar Patterson (7) Nissan Arena
3,405 		13–15
29 19 May Perth W 91–88 Lamar Patterson (23) Matt Hodgson (12) Jason Cadee (5) Nissan Arena
1,332 		14–15
30 22 May South East Melbourne L 66–95 Anthony Drmic (20) Tyrell Harrison (8) Cadee, Sobey (4) Nissan Arena
2,533 		14–16
31 24 May Melbourne L 88–99 Nathan Sobey (20) Matthew Hodgson (9) Jason Cadee (5) Nissan Arena
1,614 		14–17
32 26 May @ Cairns W 96–101 Nathan Sobey (21) Harry Froling (8) Nathan Sobey (8) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,908 		15–17
33 30 May @ New Zealand W 83–95 Lamar Patterson (21) Matt Hodgson (9) Jason Cadee (8) Spark Arena
7,612 		16–17
June: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
34 2 June @ South East Melbourne W 84–91 Nathan Sobey (22) Nathan Sobey (9) Cadee, Sobey (6) Cairns Pop-Up Arena[17]
closed event 		17–17
35 5 June @ Sydney L 83–82 Nathan Sobey (22) Nathan Sobey (8) Nathan Sobey (8) Qudos Bank Arena
9,267 		17–18
36 8 June South East Melbourne W 94–84 Lamar Patterson (19) Nathan Sobey (11) Nathan Sobey (4) Nissan Arena
2,508 		18–18

Awards

Player of the Week

Round 3, Vic Law, Nathan Sobey

Round 21, Nathan Sobey

See also

References

  1. ^ "NBL21 Free Agency Preview: Everything You Need to Know | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  2. ^ "Will Magnay Re-Signs With Brisbane Bullets | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Matt Hodgson to Explore Options | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Brisbane Bullets centre Matt Hodgson returns". ESPN.com. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Gliddon to leave Bullets for Phoenix". ESPN.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. ^ Monteverde, Marco (15 July 2020). "Bullets lure Drmic to Brisbane". NewsComAu. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Bullets Sign Tanner Krebs | NBL". nbl.com.au. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Bullets Sign Harry Froling | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  9. ^ Gerran, Jordan. "FNQ hoops prodigy signs first pro deal". www.couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Talented Youngster Returns To Bullets". www.brisbanebullets.com.au. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  11. ^ Logue, Matt (3 December 2020). "Will Magnay anointed the NBL's perfect poster boy after picking up an NBA contract". NewsComAu. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Bullets Sign NBA Talent Vic Law | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Bullets Release Orlando Johnson, Sign Lamar Patterson | NBL". NBL.com.au. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Bullets Sign Import BJ Johnson | NBL". NBL.com.au. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  15. ^ Logue, Matt (8 April 2021). "Bullets import ruled out for season". News.Com.Au. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Hungry Jack's NBL Preseason Games". NBL.com.au. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  17. ^ This game is a home game for the SEM Phoenix and was originally due to be played at John Cain Arena, but COVID-19 induced border closures forced the team to relocate to Cairns.

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