2019–20 Melbourne United season

The 2019–20 NBL season was the 37th season for Melbourne United in the NBL, and the 6th under the banner of Melbourne United.

2019–20 Melbourne United season
Head coachAustralia Dean Vickerman
CaptainAustralia Chris Goulding
ArenaMelbourne Arena
NBL results
Record15–13 (53.6%)
Ladder4th
Finals finishSemifinalist
(lost to Kings 1–2)
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsUnited States Trimble
19.4
ReboundsUnited States Long
9.4
AssistsUnited States Trimble
4.5
EfficiencyUnited States Stith
71%
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2020.

Roster
2019–20 Melbourne United roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
C 0 South Sudan Lual-Acuil, Jo 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 1 United States Trimble, Melo (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
F 2 United States Stith, Dillon (IN) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
G 5 Australia Short, Sam (DP) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
G 10 Australia McCarron, Mitch 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 97 kg (214 lb)
F 11 United States Kidd, Stanton (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
F 12 Australia Purchase, Jack (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
F 14 New Zealand Smith-Milner, Tohi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
F 20 Australia Barlow, David 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb)
C 21 United States Long, Shawn (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
F 23 United States Prather, Casey Injured (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 96 kg (212 lb)
G/F 30 Australia McDaniel, Sam 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
C 35 New Zealand Pledger, Alex 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
G 43 Australia Goulding, Chris (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
G 55 New Zealand Ili, Shea 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Australia Nik Popovic
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 20 December 2019

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
C Shawn Long Jo Lual-Acuil Alex Pledger
PF David Barlow Tohi Smith-Milner Jack Purchase
SF Mitch McCarron Dillon Stith Casey Prather
SG Chris Goulding Sam McDaniel
PG Melo Trimble Shea Ili Sam Short

Preseason

Ladder
2019–20 NBL pre-season ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 Australia Sydney 5 4 1 4–1 W3 1–0 3–1 486 394 123.35% 80.00%
2 Australia Cairns 9 6 3 4–1 W4 3–1 3–2 811 763 106.29% 66.67%
3 Australia S.E. Melbourne (NT) 9 6 3 4–1 W2 3–2 3–1 819 784 104.46% 66.67%
4 Australia Melbourne 12 6 6 2–3 L2 4–3 2–3 1167 1095 106.58% 50.00%
5 Australia Brisbane 8 4 4 3–2 W3 1–1 3–3 676 676 100.00% 50.00%
6 Australia Illawarra 6 3 3 2–3 L2 1–1 2–2 598 631 94.77% 50.00%
7 Australia Adelaide 10 4 6 1–4 L2 1–1 3–5 892 920 96.96% 40.00%
8 Australia Perth (RC) 7 2 5 1–4 L1 1–2 1–3 625 671 93.14% 28.57%
9 New Zealand New Zealand 6 1 5 0–5 L5 0–0 1–5 501 574 87.28% 16.67%

Total Rounds
11 weeks

Total Games
46 games

Legend
  • (NT) New Team
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Updated: 17 October 2019

Game log
2019–20 pre-season game log
Pre-Season: 4–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 6 August California Baptist Lancers L 78-79 David Barlow (30) Short, Lual-Acuil & Diing (6) Sam Short (5) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 0-1
2 18 August Zhejiang Lions W 97-77 Jo Lual-Acuil (20) Jack Purchase (11) Mitch McCarron (6) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 1-1
3 3 September Shanxi Loongs W 111-66 Shawn Long (22) Mitch McCarron (10) Casey Prather (6) State Basketball Centre 2-1
4 6 September Cairns Taipans W 104-88 Jo Lual-Acuil (25) Jo Lual-Acuil (9) Mitch McCarron (6) Casey Stadium 3-1
5 8 September Brisbane Bullets L 80-102 Shawn Long (22) Shawn Long, Jo Lual-Acuil (10) Melo Trimble (4) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 3-2
6 13 September Illawarra Hawks W 111-70 Casey Prather (31) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (6) Ballarat Sports Events Centre 4-2
NBL Blitz: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 20 September New Zealand Breakers L 76-97 Shawn Long (24) Shawn Long (8) Melo Trimble (3) Kingborough Sports Centre 0-1
2 22 September Illawarra Hawks W 110-91 Casey Prather (23) Shawn Long (11) Shea Ili (5) Derwent Entertainment Centre 1-1
Pre-Season: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
7 25 September Perth Wildcats L 90-92 Melo Trimble (17) Long, Pledger, Trimble (5) Melo Trimble (7) Geelong Arena 4-3
8 27 September @ Adelaide 36ers W 91-100 Melo Trimble (19) Jo Lual-Acuil, Mitch McCarron (8) Mitch McCarron (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 5-3
NBLxNBA: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 13 October @ Los Angeles Clippers L 110-118 Melo Trimble (22) Shawn Long (9) Melo Trimble (6) STAPLES Center 5-4
2 16 October @ Sacramento Kings L 110-124 Chris Goulding (25) Shawn Long (15) Melo Trimble (6) Golden 1 Center 5-5

Regular season

Ladder
Pos 2019–20 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Sydney Kings 28 20 8 71.43% 4–1 W2 12–2 8–6 2642 2472 106.88%
2 Perth Wildcats 28 19 9 67.86% 4–1 W3 11–3 8–6 2529 2409 104.98%
3 Cairns Taipans 28 16 12 57.14% 3–2 L2 11–3 5–9 2587 2547 101.57%
4 Melbourne United 28 15 13 53.57% 4–1 W3 9–5 6–8 2638 2560 103.05%
5 Brisbane Bullets 28 15 13 53.57% 3–2 W1 10–4 5–9 2607 2557 101.96%
6 New Zealand Breakers 28 15 13 53.57% 4–1 W4 9–5 6–8 2514 2468 101.86%
7 Adelaide 36ers 28 12 16 42.86% 1–4 L2 8–6 4–10 2654 2768 95.88%
8 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 28 9 19 32.14% 0–5 L8 6–8 3–11 2671 2761 96.74%
9 Illawarra Hawks 28 5 23 17.86% 0–5 L10 3–11 2–12 2354 2654 88.70%

Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2020. 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.
2019–20 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Adelaide 36ers –8445665564555577777
Brisbane Bullets 24554556777787654455
Cairns Taipans 77668877646444333333
Illawarra Hawks 65799998999999999999
Melbourne United 56886433433333445664
New Zealand Breakers ––977789888876866546
Perth Wildcats 42322322222222222222
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 33233244355668788888
Sydney Kings 11111111111111111111

Game log
2019–20 game log
October: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 3 October South East Melbourne Phoenix L 88-91 Chris Goulding (27) Shawn Long (13) Melo Trimble (6) Melbourne Arena 0-1
2 5 October @ Perth Wildcats L 94-93 Melo Trimble (25) Melo Trimble (8) Melo Trimble (5) RAC Arena 0-2
3 20 October Perth Wildcats L 93-95 Melo Trimble (21) Shawn Long 12 Melo Trimble 5 Melbourne Arena 0-3
4 26 October New Zealand Breakers W 104-98 Shawn Long (27) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (7) Melbourne Arena 1-3
5 28 October @ Cairns Taipans L 90-85 Shawn Long, Melo Trimble (21) Shawn Long (17) Chris Goulding (5) Cairns Convention Centre 1-4
November: 6–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
6 2 November @ South East Melbourne Phoenix W 98-110 Shawn Long (31) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (4) Melbourne Arena 2-4
7 4 November Sydney Kings W 107-104 Melo Trimble (27) Shawn Long (14) Melo Trimble (5) Melbourne Arena 3-4
8 7 November @ New Zealand Breakers W 101-104 Chris Goulding (24) Shawn Long (8) Melo Trimble (5) Spark Arena 4-4
9 10 November Adelaide 36ers W 109-90 Melo Trimble (32) David Barlow (7) Mitch McCarron (5) Melbourne Arena 5-4
10 16 November South East Melbourne Phoenix W 96-95 Melo Trimble (22) Shawn Long, Mitch McCarron (8) Shea Ili (4) Melbourne Arena 6-4
11 24 November Brisbane Bullets W 108-94 Melo Trimble (25) Jo Lual-Acuil (13) Mitch McCarron (7) Melbourne Arena 7-4
12 29 November @ Cairns Taipans L 93-86 Chris Goulding (19) Shawn Long (14) Chris Goulding, Melo Trimble (4) Cairns Convention Centre 7-5
December: 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
13 1 December @ Sydney Kings L 111-101 Melo Trimble (32) Mitch McCarron (6) Melo Trimble (4) Qudos Bank Arena 7-6
14 7 December Adelaide 36ers W 112-90 Shawn Long (34) Shawn Long (15) Chris Goulding, Mitch McCarron (4) Melbourne Arena 8-6
15 14 December Sydney Kings L 81-104 Melo Trimble (19) Jo Lual-Acuil (6) Melo Trimble (5) Melbourne Arena 8-7
16 16 December @ Illawarra Hawks W 73-94 Melo Trimble (22) Shawn Long (14) Melo Trimble (6) WIN Entertainment Centre 9-7
17 21 December @ Perth Wildcats W 74-87 Shawn Long, Melo Trimble (23) Shawn Long (13) Melo Trimble (6) RAC Arena 10-7
18 26 December Cairns Taipans L 75-77 Melo Trimble (16) Shawn Long (12) Goulding, Ili, McCarron (2) Melbourne Arena 10-8
19 29 December Brisbane Bullets L 96-102 Shawn Long (25) Stanton Kidd, Shawn Long (8) Melo Trimble (7) Melbourne Arena 10-9
January: 2–3 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
20 4 January @ Illawarra Hawks W 91-104 Chris Goulding, Stanton Kidd (21) Shawn Long (7) Melo Trimble (5) WIN Entertainment Centre 11-9
21 11 January @ Adelaide 36ers L 100-86 Chris Goulding (26) Shawn Long (15) Mitch McCarron, Melo Trimble (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 11-10
22 19 January @ New Zealand Breakers L 90-68 Shawn Long (18) Kidd, Long, Lual-Acuil, Trimble (4) Melo Trimble 5 Spark Arena 11-11
23 26 January @ Sydney Kings L 106-88 Melo Trimble (26) Stanton Kidd (7) Melo Trimble (2) Qudos Bank Arena 11-12
24 29 January Perth Wildcats W 77-67 Chris Goulding (17) Jo Lual-Acuil (10) Ili, McCarron, Trimble (3) Melbourne Arena 12-12
February: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
25 1 February @ Brisbane Bullets L 87-83 Melo Trimble (36) Shawn Long (9) Melo Trimble (6) Nissan Arena 12-13
26 8 February Illawarra Hawks W 95-72 Chris Goulding (20) Stanton Kidd (10) Melo Trimble (9) Melbourne Arena 13-13
27 13 February Cairns Taipans W 99-83 Chris Goulding (23) Shawn Long (10) Mitch McCarron (8) Melbourne Arena 14-13
28 16 February @ South East Melbourne Phoenix W 90-109 Chris Goulding (28) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (7) Melbourne Arena 15-13

Postseason
2020 finals game log
Semifinals: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 29 February @ Sydney Kings L 86-80 Melo Trimble (34) Shawn Long (11) Melo Trimble (5) Qudos Bank Arena 0-1
2 2 March Sydney Kings W 125-80 Shawn Long (26) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (5) Melbourne Arena 1-1
3 5 March @ Sydney Kings L 89-87 Chris Goulding (11) Shawn Long (9) Shea Ili (5) Qudos Bank Arena 1-2

Transactions

Re-signed
Player Signed
David Barlow[1]29 April
Alex Pledger[2]30 April
Tohi Smith-Milner[3]7 May

Additions
Player Signed Former team
Melo Trimble[4]26 AprilCairns Taipans
Shawn Long[5]30 MayNew Zealand Breakers
Shea Ili[6]20 JuneNew Zealand Breakers
Casey Prather[7]17 JulyPromitheas Patras
Jack Purchase[8]9 AugustMelbourne Tigers (NBL1)
Jo Lual-Acuil[9]20 AugustHapoel Galil Elyon
Dillon Stith[10]15 DecemberBelfast Star
Stanton Kidd[11]20 DecemberUtah Jazz

Subtractions
Player Reason left New team
Dan Trist[12] Released South East Melbourne Phoenix
Casper Ware[13] Free agent Sydney Kings
Craig Moller[14] Free agent Sydney Kings
Josh Boone[15] Free agent Illawarra Hawks
Casey Prather[16] Released Hapoel Eilat

Awards

Player of the Week

Melbourne United Awards

See also

References
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  2. "Alex Pledger stands United!". melbourneutd.com.au. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. "Tohi Smith-Milner is UNITED!". melbourneutd.com.au. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. "Melbourne Sign Melo". melbourneutd.com.au. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. "Shawn Long Stands United". melbourneutd.com.au. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. "Shea Ili Stands United". melbourneutd.com.au. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. "Casey Prather Stands United". melbourneutd.com.au. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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  10. "Casey Prather hamstring injury update". 15 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  11. "Stanton Kidd joins Melbourne United". 20 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  12. "South East Melbourne Lock Down Dan Trist". semphoenix.com.au. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  13. "Club Statement: Casper Ware Jr". melbourneutd.com.au. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  14. "Club Statement: Craig Moller". melbourneutd.com.au. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  15. "Thank you Josh Boone". melbourneutd.com.au. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  16. "Melbourne United and Casey Prather part ways". melbourneutd.com.au. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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  18. "NBL20 Club Defensive Player of the Year!". facebook.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  19. "Club Players of the Year!". facebook.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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