2011–12 Adelaide 36ers season

The 2011-12 NBL season was the 30th season for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL. After missing out on the playoffs in 2010-11 for the 4th time in the past 5 seasons and finishing the season in 8th position with a worst ever 9-19 record the 36ers, who have won the NBL Championship four times (1986, 1998, 1998–99 and 2001-02) will be looking to get back to a position of power in the league.

2011–12 Adelaide 36ers season
Head CoachMarty Clarke
CaptainAdam Ballinger
StadiumAdelaide Arena (8,000)
NBL results
Ladder9th (last)
FinalsDNQ
Wins8
Losses20

The season is the second year of a 3-year contract for head coach Marty Clarke.

The 36ers played their home games at the 8,000 seat Adelaide Arena, their home since 1992. The arena is the largest purpose built basketball venue in Australia and the third largest venue currently used in the NBL behind the Sydney Entertainment Centre (10,517) and the Vector Arena (8,500) in Auckland (NZ).

Adelaide Arena, home of the Adelaide 36ers

Off-season

Additions
Player Signed Former Team
Stephen Weigh Announced signing on 23 May 2011[1] Perth Wildcats
Nathan Crosswell Announced signing on 25 May 2011.[2] Townsville Crocodiles
Chris Warren Announced signing on 20 July 2011.[3] Ole Miss Rebels
John Williamson* Announced signing on 2 August 2011.[4] Honka Playboys
Wade Helliwell Announced signing on 18 August 2011.[5] Melbourne Tigers
Diamon Simpson* Announced signing on 10 October 2011.[6] Türk Telekom
Everard Bartlett** Announced signing on 17 December 2011.[7] Perth Wildcats

* Williamson was released by the Adelaide 36ers on 30 September 2011 due to a knee injury.[8] He was replaced by the signing of Diamon Simpson on 10 October.
** Everard Bartlett signed as an injury replacement for Nathan Crosswell.

Subtractions

(From the squad at the end of the 2010-11 NBL season)

Player Reason Left New Team
Eddie Shannon Not re-signed
Rhys Carter Signed to play in Sweden Uppsala Basket
Jeff Dowdell Not re-signed Cairns Taipans
Brad Hill Not re-signed Cairns Taipans
Jacob Holmes Not re-signed Townsville Crocodiles
Aaron Bruce Not re-signed Sydney Kings

Current roster
Adelaide 36ers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
SF 3 Weigh, Stephen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (231 lb)
G/F 4 Herbert, Nathan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
PG 6 Daly, Tom (DP) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb)
G 8 Ng, Darren 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 77 kg (170 lb)
C 11 Helliwell, Wade 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb)
PG 12 Warren, Chris (I) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 76 kg (168 lb)
PF 13 Warbout, Jan (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
C 21 Johnson, Daniel 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb)
SF 23 Creek, Mitch 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
G 24 Crosswell, Nathan  1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb)
G 32 Bartlett, Everard 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
PF 34 Simpson, Diamon (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb)
F/C 54 Ballinger, Adam  (C) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
SG – Lycett, Matthew (DP) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Mark Radford
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: 27 January 2012

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Reserve
C Daniel Johnson Wade Helliwell
PF Diamon Simpson Jan Warbout Adam Ballinger
SF Stephen Weigh Mitch Creek
SG Everard Bartlett Nathan Herbert Matthew Lycett Nathan Crosswell
PG Chris Warren Darren Ng Tom Daly

Regular season

Ladder
# Team Played Won Loss Win% Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Points%
1 New Zealand Breakers 28 21 7 75.00% 4-1 Lost 1 13-1 8-6 2,382 2,177 109.42%
2 Perth Wildcats 28 19 9 67.86% 3-2 Won 3 10-4 9-5 2,434 2,171 112.11%
3 Gold Coast Blaze 28 17 11 60.71% 3-2 Won 2 10-4 7-7 2,387 2,253 105.95%
4 Townsville Crocodiles1 28 15 13 53.37% 2-3 Lost 2 11-3 4-10 2,213 2,210 100.14%
5 Cairns Taipans1 28 15 13 53.37% 2-3 Won 1 9-5 6-8 2,025 2,107 96.11%
6 Melbourne Tigers2 28 11 17 39.29% 1-4 Lost 3 7-7 4-10 2,156 2,239 96.29%
7 Sydney Kings2 28 11 17 39.29% 2-3 Lost 1 5-9 6-8 2,279 2,423 94.06%
8 Wollongong Hawks 28 9 19 32.14% 3-2 Won 3 4-10 5-9 2,093 2,232 93.77%
9 Adelaide 36ers 28 8 20 28.57% 1-4 Lost 4 4-10 4-10 2,297 2,454 93.60%

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.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Adelaide 36ers 9899999988888888899888889
Cairns Taipans 4345584564666444554445555
Gold Coast Blaze 7778875447444765443533333
Melbourne Tigers 3633232335333556666666666
New Zealand Breakers 1121113211112221211111111
Perth Wildcats 2212321122221112122222222
Sydney Kings 6956657676777677777777777
Townsville Crocodiles 5464446753555333335354444
Wollongong Hawks 8587768899999999988999998

Game log
2011–12 season game log
Pre-season: 2–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–2)
Pre-season : 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–1)
October : 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)
November: 1–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–1)
December : 3–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–2)
January : 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)
February : 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)
March: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–2)

Finals

The Adelaide 36ers failed to make the NBL playoffs for the third year in succession.

Player statistics

Regular season
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP Min FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Stephen Weigh 28875:17.395.346.7784.91.80.50.311.4
Nathan Herbert 28457:23.346.290.8752.40.70.70.14.4
Tom Daly 12072:26.438.333.4550.70.60.30.01.8
Darren Ng 28425:23.386.375.9501.70.70.60.16.1
Wade Helliwell 27301:24.392.000.6671.40.30.30.22.3
Chris Warren 28896:15.406.364.8442.33.20.80.214.2
Jan Warbout 2002:59.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.0
Daniel Johnson 28862:12.443.378.7587.71.90.41.016.5
Mitch Creek 28436:27.442.333.5523.01.20.40.25.4
Nathan Crosswell (VC)* 9201:59.458.000.7142.04.70.60.07.7
Everard Bartlett 15307:43.393.364.8002.11.90.90.15.9
Diamon Simpson 27664:53.592.000.5428.60.90.91.514.3
Adam Ballinger (C)* 8144:45.333.150.7504.10.90.40.65.5
Matthew Lycett 0000:00.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.0

* Ballinger and Crosswell suffered season ending ankle and Achilles tendon injuries respectively in Round 10. Ballinger against the Sydney Kings and Croswell against New Zealand.

Awards

Player of the Week

NBL Award Winners

Season summary

Along with season ending injuries to the club's captain and vice-captain (Adam Ballinger and Nathan Crosswell) in Round 10, the 36ers performed well at times in 2011-12 but the young team's inability to close out games or win close games saw them ultimately record a club worst ever 8-20 record. For only the second time in its history dating back to when they started as the Adelaide City Eagles in 1982, the club finished the season in last place.

Bright spots for the team were the emergence of centre and the NBL's Most Improved Player for 2012 Daniel Johnson who finally got court time to show his potential and finished the regular season in 3rd place in league average scores (16.5ppg), 5th in rebounding (7.7rpg) and 5th in blocked shots (1.0pg) as well as exciting import power forward Diamon Simpson who led the NBL in shooting percentage (59.2%), was 2nd in blocked shots (1.5pg) was 3rd in rebounding (8.6 rpg). Other bright spots in an otherwise dismal season included rookie import guard Chris Warren (14.2ppg) in his first professional role outside of college, the continued athleticism and defense of youngster Mitch Creek and the outside shooting of veteran Darren Ng.

Adelaide 36ers Awards
  • Most Valuable Player (Mark Davis Trophy): Daniel Johnson
  • Players Player: Daniel Johnson
  • Most Improved Player: Daniel Johnson
  • Best Defensive Player: Mitch Creek
  • Best Club Person: Carmel Margaritis (Choreographer - 36ers Dancers)

See also

References
  1. "Stephen Weigh joins 36ers". Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  2. Nathan Crosswell joins 36ers Archived 2012-09-04 at Archive.today
  3. 36ers sign Ole Miss PG Chris Warren Archived 2011-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "John Williamson joins 36ers". Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  5. "Wade Helliwell joins 36ers". Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  6. Diamon Simpson joins 36ers Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Sixers beat Hawks, sign Bartlett
  8. Williamson departs 36ers Archived 2012-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "NBL Player of the Week Rd.4: Daniel Johnson". Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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