2018–19 Cairns Taipans season

The 2018–19 NBL season was the 20th season for the Cairns Taipans in the National Basketball League (NBL).

2018–19 Cairns Taipans season
logo
Head coachMike Kelly
CaptainAlex Loughton
ArenaCairns Convention Centre
NBL results
Record6–22 (21.4%)
Ladder8th
Finals finishDid not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
Uniforms
City Jersey jersey
Team colours
City Jersey
Blackout Jersey jersey
Team colours
Blackout Jersey

Roster
2018–19 Cairns Taipans roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 1 United States Trimble, Melo (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
F 3 Australia Young, Mitchell 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb)
G 5 United States Hall, Devon (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
G 6 New Zealand Kenny, Jarrod 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb)
G 7 Australia Kuany, Kuany 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
G 9 Australia Kernich-Drew, Dexter 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb)
F 10 Australia Jurlina, Christian (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F 12 Australia Walker, Lucas 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
C 14 New Zealand Loe, Robert 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 111 kg (245 lb)
C 15 Australia Jawai, Nathan 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 140 kg (309 lb)
F 20 Australia Krslovic, Fabijan (DP) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
G 25 United States Newbill, D. J. (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
F/C 40 Australia Loughton, Alex (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb)
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: 13 October 2018

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
C Nate Jawai Rob Loe
PF Alex Loughton Lucas Walker Mitchell Young Fabijan Krslovic
SF D. J. Newbill Kuany Kuany Christian Jurlina
SG Melo Trimble Devon Hall Dexter Kernich-Drew
PG Jarrod Kenny

Pre-season
Main article: 2018 NBL pre-season

As part of their pre-season, the Taipans played eight pre-season games. Their first game was held in Cairns against Drexel University, the second in Rockhampton against the Brisbane Bullets and the following two games were against Melbourne United. As a club in the NBL they also took part in the NBL Blitz, and played games against the Sydney Kings, the Perth Wildcats and the New Zealand Breakers, however they opted out of the NBLxNBA games.[1] To finish their pre-season they played a final game in Adelaide against the Adelaide 36ers.

Game log
2018–19 pre-season game log
Pre-Season: 3–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 23 August Drexel University W 92-76 Not announced Not announced Not announced Early Settler Stadium 1-0
2 31 August @ Brisbane W 74-95 Not announced Not announced Not announced CQUniversity Community Sports Centre 2-0
3 11 September @ Melbourne L 89-88 Melo Trimble (19) Nate Jawai (6) Melo Trimble (6) Dandenong Basketball Stadium 2-1
4 13 September @ Melbourne W 75-78 Not announced Not announced Not announced Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 3-1
NBL Blitz: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 20 September Sydney L 75-60 Devon Hall (20) Devon Hall (9) D. J. Newbill (3) Bendigo Stadium 3-2
2 22 September Perth L 78-99 Melo Trimble (17) Devon Hall (7) Rob Loe, D. J. Newbill (3) Ballarat Minerdome 3-3
3 23 September New Zealand W 89-96 D. J. Newbill (24) Kuany Kuany (6) D. J. Newbill, Melo Trimble (5) Ballarat Minerdome 4-3
Pre-Season: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
5 25 September @ Adelaide L 99-75 Not announced Not announced Not announced Titanium Security Arena 4-4

Regular season

The regular season of the NBL consists of 28 games, with the Taipans' 14 home games to be played at the Cairns Convention Centre.[2]

Standings
Pos 2018–19 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Perth Wildcats1 28 18 10 64.29% 4–1 L1 12–2 6–8 2499 2355 106.11%
2 Melbourne United1 28 18 10 64.29% 3–2 W1 10–4 8–6 2586 2478 104.36%
3 Sydney Kings1 28 18 10 64.29% 4–1 W1 9–5 9–5 2438 2380 102.44%
4 Brisbane Bullets2 28 14 14 50.00% 2–3 W1 9–5 5–9 2503 2480 100.93%
5 Adelaide 36ers2 28 14 14 50.00% 2–3 L2 6–8 8–6 2687 2681 100.22%
6 New Zealand Breakers3 28 12 16 42.86% 2–3 L1 7–7 5–9 2649 2641 100.30%
7 Illawarra Hawks3 28 12 16 42.86% 1–4 L3 8–6 4–10 2493 2664 93.58%
8 Cairns Taipans 28 6 22 21.43% 2–3 L1 3–11 3–11 2400 2576 93.17%

Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2019. 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 between the teams will determine order of seeding.

1Perth Wildcats won on overall points percentage. Melbourne United finished 2nd on overall points percentage.

2Brisbane Bullets won on overall points percentage.

3New Zealand Breakers won on overall points percentage.

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.
2018–19 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Adelaide 36ers 344675565555555445
Brisbane Bullets 566356444444444554
Cairns Taipans 238888888888888888
Illawarra Hawks 877767756667666667
Melbourne United 422222223133221122
New Zealand Breakers 685544677776777776
Perth Wildcats 111111111322332211
Sydney Kings 753433332211113333

Game log
2018–19 game log
October: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 13 October @ Brisbane W 70-88 Melo Trimble (32) D. J. Newbill (10) Devon Hall (6) Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre 1-0
2 21 October Illawarra L 93-104 Melo Trimble (28) Mitchell Young (7) D. J. Newbill (7) Cairns Convention Centre 1-1
3 26 October Adelaide L 83-91 Dexter Kernich-Drew (17) Nate Jawai (9) Dexter Kernich-Drew, Melo Trimble, Jarrod Kenny (3) Cairns Convention Centre 1-2
4 28 October @ Sydney L 98-90 Melo Trimble (29) D. J. Newbill (10) Melo Trimble (8) Qudos Bank Arena 1-3
November: 0–5 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
5 3 November Melbourne L 85-98 Melo Trimble (34) D. J. Newbill (9) Melo Trimble (8) Cairns Convention Centre 1-4
6 9 November @ New Zealand L 104-81 Melo Trimble (23) Kuany Kuany, Rob Loe (6) Melo Trimble (3) Cairns Convention Centre 1-5
7 11 November @ Melbourne L 87-80 Melo Trimble (19) Nate Jawai (10) Melo Trimble, Jarrod Kenny (4) Melbourne Arena 1-6
8 17 November Perth L 83-99 Melo Trimble, Devon Hall (18) Melo Trimble (12) Melo Trimble (7) Cairns Convention Centre 1-7
9 23 November @ Adelaide L 109-95 Melo Trimble (23) Rob Loe (6) Devon Hall (6) Titanium Security Arena 1-8
December: 0–6 (Home: 0–4; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
10 7 December Illawarra L 84-95 D. J. Newbill (21) Devon Hall (9) Melo Trimble, Nate Jawai (5) Cairns Convention Centre 1-9
11 9 December @ Perth L 94-72 D. J. Newbill (17) Nate Jawai (9) D. J. Newbill (4) RAC Arena 1-10
12 16 December New Zealand L 78-89 Melo Trimble (23) Nate Jawai (9) Melo Trimble (6) Cairns Convention Centre 1-11
13 20 December Sydney L 70-81 Melo Trimble (14) Nate Jawai (8) Melo Trimble (7) Cairns Convention Centre 1-12
14 22 December @ Adelaide L 87-82 Melo Trimble, Nate Jawai (18) Nate Jawai (9) Melo Trimble (6) Titanium Security Arena 1-13
15 31 December Perth L 78-93 Melo Trimble (14) Lucas Walker, Rob Loe (6) Melo Trimble (4) Cairns Convention Centre 1-14
January: 3–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
16 3 January Brisbane W 109-80 Devon Hall (24) Lucas Walker (8) Devon Hall, D. J. Newbill (6) Cairns Convention Centre 2-14
17 7 January Sydney L 82-86 Melo Trimble (22) D. J. Newbill (9) Nate Jawai (7) Cairns Convention Centre 2-15
18 11 January @ Perth W 79-81 Melo Trimble (32) Nate Jawai, Lucas Walker (8) Nate Jawai (5) RAC Arena 3-15
19 13 January Melbourne L 89-99 Melo Trimble (42) Alex Loughton (8) Melo Trimble, Devon Hall (2) Cairns Convention Centre 3-16
20 19 January @ Brisbane L 99-68 Melo Trimble (23) Rob Loe (7) Devon Hall (3) Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre 3-17
21 21 January New Zealand W 106-98 Melo Trimble (32) Lucas Walker (8) Melo Trimble, Rob Loe (5) Cairns Convention Centre 4-17
22 24 January @ New Zealand L 113-106 D. J. Newbill (32) Lucas Walker (9) Melo Trimble (6) TSB Stadium 4-18
23 26 January @ Illawarra L 82-81 Melo Trimble (24) Alex Loughton (8) D. J. Newbill (5) WIN Entertainment Centre 4-19
February: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
24 2 February Adelaide L 91-100 Melo Trimble (21) Devon Hall, Fabijan Krslovic (7) Melo Trimble (4) Cairns Convention Centre 4-20
25 4 February @ Illawarra L 110-95 D. J. Newbill (20) Lucas Walker, Rob Loe (8) Melo Trimble (11) WIN Entertainment Centre 4-21
26 9 February Brisbane W 79-68 Melo Trimble (23) Jarrod Kenny (7) Devon Hall (5) Cairns Convention Centre 5-21
27 14 February @ Melbourne W 85-87 Melo Trimble (21) Rob Loe (10) Melo Trimble (9) Melbourne Arena 6-21
28 16 February @ Sydney L 89-84 Melo Trimble (21) Melo Trimble (8) Melo Trimble (5) Qudos Bank Arena 6-22

Player statistics

Updated: 1/9/2019[3]

Player # Position GP GS Min Pts FGM FGA FG% 2PM 2PA 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RB AS ST BL TO
Devon Hall 6 SG 28 19 29 9.2 3.2 9.0 36 1.7 4.4 1.7 4.5 34 1.1 1.5 75 4.3 2.5 0.7 0.2 1.2
Nathan Jawai 15 PF/C 27 20 21 10.1 4.0 7.1 57 4.0 7.1 0.0 0.0 0 2.0 2.6 75 5.2 1.9 0.4 0.3 2.3
Christian Jurlina 10 SF 3 0 1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jarrod Kenny 6 PG 28 9 18 4.9 1.7 4.2 41 0.7 2.0 0.9 2.1 44 0.4 0.6 72 2.4 1.7 0.3 0.0 0.9
Dexter Kernich-Drew 9 SG 18 2 11 3.1 1.0 3.3 30 0.2 1.3 0.7 2.0 35 0.5 0.6 83 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.3
Fabijan Krslovic 20 C 8 0 4 1.8 0.8 1.2 70 0.7 1.0 0.1 0.2 50 0.0 0.2 0 1.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Kuany Kuany 7 SG 22 0 6 2.1 0.7 1.7 44 0.7 1.2 0.0 0.5 9 0.5 0.7 75 1.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
Robert Loe 14 C 28 14 19 7.6 2.8 6.3 45 2.0 3.7 0.7 2.5 31 1.1 1.6 70 5.0 1.3 0.4 0.7 0.8
Alex Loughton 40 PF/C 25 9 19 6.6 2.3 6.1 38 1.2 2.8 1.0 3.2 33 0.8 1.0 81 3.0 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.6
D. J. Newbill 25 SG 27 26 32 14.6 5.1 12.3 42 3.4 7.3 1.6 5.0 33 2.6 4.3 62 4.2 2.5 1.1 0.2 2.2
Melo Trimble 1 SG 28 28 34 22.5 7.3 16.2 45 4.6 9.7 2.7 6.5 42 5.0 6.0 83 3.6 4.6 1.2 0.1 3.2
Lucas Walker 12 PF 26 13 17 6.1 2.3 5.3 45 1.9 3.9 0.4 1.3 31 0.9 1.2 78 4.0 0.8 0.8 0.1 1.0
Mitchell Young 3,9 PF 23 0 8 1.9 0.7 1.6 47 0.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 0 0.3 0.6 64 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Melo Trimble - "Melo Trimble was the clear choice for Taipans MVP this year, after breaking numerous club records and becoming the first player in over a decade to have at least 600 points, 100 rebounds, 100 assists and 50 made three-pointers in a regular season. The first-year import was also second in the NBL in scoring (22.6 points per game) third in assists (4.5 per game) seventh in three-pointers (43.1 per cent) and tied sixth for steals (1.2 per game)."[4]

Coaches Award

Jarrod Kenny - "Selected by the coaches, the recipient of this award fulfils a variety of factors that they determine, whether that is the traits and values they bring to the team, their on-court efforts or their off-court contributions. This year, Jarrod Kenny was presented with the Coaches Award for bringing a competitive mentality and work ethic to training every day, while on game night he was consistently ready and was available to fill any role the team needed. Kenny is one of two players rostered for next season and alongside Rob Loe will return in the 2019/20 NBL season."[4]

Best Defensive Player

D. J. Newbill - "DJ Newbill has been named Best Defensive Player by his club for two straight seasons now, after winning the same award with the New Zealand Breakers last year. Newbill often had the task of stopping some of the most lethal scorers the NBL, and proved to be a problem for opposition teams with his basketball IQ, strength, energy and quick hands. Newbill was also tied sixth in the NBL for steals, averaging 1.2 per game."[4]

Member's Choice MVP

Melo Trimble - "As one of the many benefits of being a Taipans member, the Orange Army get the privilege for voting for their very own MVP and ensuring their favourite player gets recognised at the end of the season. Melo Trimble took out the Member's Choice MVP Award within an hour of voting being open, and the American gained the majority of votes from the 2018-19 Taipans members by a landslide."[4]

Player's Player

Kuany Kuany - "Voted on by the playing group, each player confidentially provided a 3-2-1 vote for the best team mate throughout the season, with Kuany Kuany taking out the honour this season. Kuany is known for being the first to put his hand up to help, sticking to the team values, and always going the extra mile for his peers. His great attitude and warmth has made him a huge fan favourite in Cairns, with his outgoing personality and infectious energy a constant source of positivity for the Taipans."[4]

Club Person of the Year

Anthony Fisher - "Previously awarded to a volunteer, part-time member of staff or external individual that contributes to the Taipans, Anthony Fisher became the first player to ever be named Club Person of the Year on Friday. As a training player, he was an integral part of the Taipans training squad throughout the 2018-19 season, focusing on improving his game and his team mates. He has also been recognised for actively engaged in the Cairns community through Taipans promotions, school visits and clinics at Cairns Basketball."[4]

Commitment to Community

Nathan Jawai - "While all Taipans players and staff deliver a number of appearances, engagements and activities in the Cairns community, the Commitment to Community Award is presented to the player that goes above and beyond their Taipans duty. Nate Jawai took out this award for the second year in a row, thanks to his ongoing efforts with the Taipans Indigenous Program and Queensland Government commitments. Jawai continues to be a superstar in the local community and is extremely passionate about the work he conducts as an Indigenous role model."[4]

See also

References
  1. "NBL Blitz Landing Page". landing.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. "Cairns Taipans - Australia: Results". www.flashscore.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. "Cairns Taipans stats | National Basketball League". www.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. "2019 Taipans Award Winners". www.taipans.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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