2020–21 Sydney Kings season

The 2020–21 NBL season was the 32nd season for the Sydney Kings in the NBL.

2020–21 Sydney Kings season
Head coachAustralia Adam Forde
Co-captainsAustralia Daniel Kickert
United States Casper Ware
ArenaSydney SuperDome
NBL results
Record19–17 (52.8%)
Ladder5th
Finals finishDid not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
Cup results
Record4–4 (50%)
Ladder5th
Cup finishN/A

Roster

Squad

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

2020–21 Sydney Kings roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
C 1 Australia Hunter, Jordan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1997-08-20)20 August 1997
G 2 Australia Hutchison, Lochlan (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 23 – (1999-10-29)29 October 1999
G 3 Australia Vasiljevic, Dejan Injured 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 26 – (1997-04-26)26 April 1997
G 5 Australia Glover, Angus Injured 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 25 – (1998-09-08)8 September 1998
G 7 Australia Bruce, Shaun 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 32 – (1991-01-13)13 January 1991
G/F 8 Australia Newley, Brad 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 38 – (1985-02-18)18 February 1985
F 9 Australia Moller, Craig 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – (1994-08-22)22 August 1994
F 10 Australia Cooks, Xavier 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1995-09-19)19 September 1995
F 12 United States Martin, Jarell (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 29 – (1994-05-24)24 May 1994
F 13 New Zealand Vodanovich, Tom 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1994-07-28)28 July 1994
F/C 14 Australia Kickert, Daniel (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 40 – (1983-05-29)29 May 1983
F/C 15 Australia Woodhill, Archie (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 – (2001-11-15)15 November 2001
G 22 United States Ware, Casper (I & C) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 33 – (1990-01-17)17 January 1990
F 25 Australia Galloway, Yalin (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 20 – (2002-12-21)21 December 2002
G 30 Australia Kernich-Drew, Dexter 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1991-10-16)16 October 1991
G 97 Australia Weeks, Jarrad 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 34 – (1989-07-11)11 July 1989
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: 5 May 2021


Pre-season

Ladder
2020–21 NBL pre-season ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %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: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
December: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 20 December The Hawks W 98–89 Shaun Bruce (14) Craig Moller (8) Casper Ware (4) Qudos Bank Arena
closed event		 1–0

Regular season
Main article: 2020–21 NBL regular season

Ladder
Pos 2020–21 NBL season
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
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 353334657777777777777
Brisbane Bullets 695667545566566666666
Cairns Taipans 478888999999999999999
Illawarra Hawks 231222433435455554433
Melbourne United 112111111222111111111
New Zealand Breakers –89999888888888888888
Perth Wildcats –24773222111222222222
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 766445374343334443344
Sydney Kings 547556766654643335555

Game log
2020–21 game log
Total: 19–17 (Home: 11–7; Road: 8–10)
January: 1–3 (home: 0–0; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 16 January @ Cairns L 87–86 Casper Ware (18) Jarell Martin (8) Shaun Bruce (4) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,919		 0–1
2 23 January @ Cairns W 91–99 Martin, Ware (22) Jarell Martin (10) Bruce, Moller (4) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,930		 1–1
3 26 January @ Brisbane L 90–87 Jarell Martin (26) Jarell Martin (11) Bruce, Louzada, Moller, Ware (3) Nissan Arena
3,406		 1–2
4 30 January @ Adelaide L 85–80 Dejan Vasiljevic (28) Craig Moller (9) Casper Ware (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
7,087		 1–3
February : 2–1 (home: 1–1; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
5 6 February @ Adelaide W 75–94 Casper Ware (27) Jordan Hunter (11) Shaun Bruce (7) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
7,317		 2–3
6 12 February New Zealand W 84–74 Casper Ware (22) Martin, Newley (6) Shaun Bruce (4) Qudos Bank Arena
5,833		 3–3
7 14 February Illawarra L 82–85 Casper Ware (21) Craig Moller (8) Shaun Bruce (9) Qudos Bank Arena
6,534		 3–4
NBL Cup: 4–4 (home: 2–2; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
8 21 February Adelaide W 94–77 Casper Ware (23) Jordan Hunter (9) Brad Newley (4) John Cain Arena
2,566		 4–4
9 23 February Perth L 106–113 Casper Ware (34) Casper Ware (5) Casper Ware (4) John Cain Arena
1,079		 4–5
10 25 February New Zealand 96–78 Jordan Hunter (24) Dejan Vasiljevic (10) Casper Ware (5) John Cain Arena
1,991		 5–5
11 27 February @ Melbourne L 83–80 Dejan Vasiljevic (22) Brad Newley (8) Casper Ware (5) John Cain Arena
4,206		 5–6
12 4 March @ Cairns L 96–92 Dejan Vasiljevic (32) Jordan Hunter (6) Moller, Ware (4) State Basketball Centre
1,355		 5–7
13 6 March @ South East Melbourne W 85–91 Dejan Vasiljevic (19) Casper Ware (10) Casper Ware (6) John Cain Arena
3,708		 6–7
14 11 March Illawarra L 69–89 Dejan Vasiljevic (12) Craig Moller (6) Bruce, Moller (4) John Cain Arena
997		 6–8
15 13 March @ Brisbane W 108–119 Casper Ware (25) Jordan Hunter (8) Casper Ware (10) John Cain Arena
4,183		 7–8
March: 2–1 (home: 2–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
16 19 March Melbourne W 103–75 Jordan Hunter (18) Martin, Moller (6) Moller, Ware (6) Qudos Bank Arena
5,089		 8–8
17 21 March Cairns W 75–73 Martin, Ware (16) Craig Moller (8) Louzada, Martin, Moller, Vasiljevic, Ware (2) Qudos Bank Arena
5,187		 9–8
18 28 March Perth L 65–89 Jarell Martin (18) Craig Moller (7) Casper Ware (6) Qudos Bank Arena
5,067		 9–9
April: 5–3 (home: 3–2; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
19 1 April @ Perth L 95–89 Jarell Martin (27) Jarell Martin (11) Didi Louzada (4) RAC Arena
10,123		 9–10
20 3 April Brisbane W 90–71 Craig Moller (20) Jarell Martin (10) Casper Ware (9) Qudos Bank Arena
5,439		 10–10
21 8 April Perth L 69–73 Casper Ware (20) Jordan Hunter (13) Bruce, Ware (3) Qudos Bank Arena
4,115		 10–11
22 11 April South East Melbourne L 84–98 Jarell Martin (23) Jordan Hunter (9) Didi Louzada (7) Qudos Bank Arena
4,236		 10–12
23 15 April South East Melbourne W 97–90 Didi Louzada (28) Didi Louzada (8) Casper Ware (6) Qudos Bank Arena
4,476		 11–12
24 17 April Cairns W 89–84 Casper Ware (40) Jordan Hunter (8) Shaun Bruce (4) Qudos Bank Arena
5,214		 12–12
25 22 April @ South East Melbourne W 81–101 Hunter, Ware (19) Jordan Hunter (10) Casper Ware (5) John Cain Arena
1,268		 13–12
26 24 April @ Illawarra W 75–79 (OT) Casper Ware (18) Shaun Bruce (13) Casper Ware (4) WIN Entertainment Centre
3,724		 14–12
May: 3–5 (home: 2–1; road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
27 2 May @ Melbourne L 103–78 Casper Ware (25) Craig Moller (11) Shaun Bruce (5) John Cain Arena
2,214		 14–13
28 9 May Adelaide L 88–97 (OT) Jarell Martin (25) Jordan Hunter (9) Casper Ware (8) Qudos Bank Arena
4,063		 14–14
29 13 May @ Brisbane L 93–70 Jordan Hunter (15) Hunter, Moller (11) Casper Ware (3) Nissan Arena
1,374		 14–15
30 16 May Adelaide W 85–75 Jarell Martin (20) Craig Moller (11) Casper Ware (12) Qudos Bank Arena
5,078		 15–15
31 20 May @ New Zealand L 89–81 Casper Ware (20) Jarell Martin (6) Bruce, Ware (3) The Trusts Arena
3,800		 15–16
32 22 May @ New Zealand W 76–81 Jarell Martin (29) Jarell Martin (9) Shaun Bruce (5) TSB Stadium
2,066		 16–16
33 27 May @ Perth L 81–67 Jarell Martin (20) Jordan Hunter (9) Xavier Cooks (3) RAC Arena
10,650		 16–17
34 29 May Melbourne W 100–98 (2OT) Shaun Bruce (21) Craig Moller (12) Shaun Bruce (7) Qudos Bank Arena
6,238		 17–17
June: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
35 3 June @ Illawarra W 73–79 Jarell Martin (23) Cooks, Martin (10) Casper Ware (8) WIN Entertainment Centre
3,217		 18–17
36 5 June Brisbane W 83–82 Jarell Martin (28) Xavier Cooks (7) Xavier Cooks (5) Qudos Bank Arena
9,267		 19–17

Transactions
Main article: List of 2020–21 NBL season transactions

Re-signed
Player Signed
Craig Moller[1]3 June
Shaun Bruce[2]15 June
Xavier Cooks[3]7 July
Casper Ware[4]27 August
Daniel Kickert[5]3 September

Additions
Player Signed Former team
Dejan Vasiljevic[6]17 JulyMiami
Angus Glover[7]20 JulyIllawarra Hawks
Jarell Martin[8]2 DecemberRio Grande Valley Vipers
Tom Vodanovich[9]2 JanuaryBBC Telstar Hesper
Jaylin Galloway[10]14 JanuaryAustralian Institute of Sport
Lochlan Hutchison[10]14 JanuarySutherland Sharks
Archie Woodhill[10]14 JanuaryAustralian Institute of Sport
Dexter Kernich-Drew[11]5 FebruaryMelbourne United
Jarrad Weeks[12]5 MayNew Zealand Breakers

Subtractions
Player Reason left New team
Kevin Lisch[13] Retired Sydney Kings (assistant)
Jae'Sean Tate[14] Released Houston Rockets
Andrew Bogut[15] Retired N/A
Lucas Walker[16][17] Retired N/A
Deshon Taylor[18] Free agent Canterbury Rams
Didi Louzada[19] Released New Orleans Pelicans

Awards

Player of the Week

Round 15, Jordan Hunter

See also

References
  1. "Kings Take Moller Contract Option | NBL". nbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. "Shaun Bruce Re-Signs with Sydney | NBL". nbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. "Cooks Re-signs with Kings | NBL". nbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. "Casper Ware Recommits to Kings | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  5. "Daniel Kickert Re-Signs With Sydney | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  6. "Sydney Sign Dejan Vasiljevic on Multi-Year Deal | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  7. "Kings Ink Angus Glover on Three-Year Deal | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  8. "Sydney Sign Former First Round Pick Jarell Martin". nbl.com.au.
  9. "Kings Name Vodanovich as Cooks Injury Replacement". nbl.com.au.
  10. "Kings lock in young trio ahead of NBL21 tip off". sydneykings.com.
  11. "Kings Add Dexter Kernich-Drew as Injury Replacement". NBL.com.au. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  12. "Jarrad Weeks Signs with Sydney". nbl.com.au. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  13. "Kevin Lisch Announces Retirement | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  14. "NBL Congratulates Will Magnay and Jae'Sean Tate | NBL". nbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  15. "Andrew Bogut Announces Retirement | NBL". NBL.com.au.
  16. "Waxy Calls Time on Playing Career". NBL.com.au.
  17. "Lucas Walker moves to Wollongong to launch new national fitness company". illawarramercury.com.au. 25 September 2020.
  18. "Canterbury Rams Announce The Signing Of Deshon Taylor". Canterbury Rams. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  19. "Pelicans sign Didi Louzada". New Orleans Pelicans. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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