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 Coach	Marty Clarke
Captain	Adam Ballinger
Stadium	Adelaide Arena (8,000)
NBL results
Ladder	9th (last)
Finals	DNQ
Wins	8
Losses	20

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. 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 Marty Clarke Assistant coach(es) Mark Radford Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster 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	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	For	Against	% Pts	% Won
1	New Zealand Breakers	28	21	7	4-1	L1	13-1	8-6	2,382	2,177	109.42%	75.00%
2	Perth Wildcats	28	19	9	3-2	W3	10-4	9-5	2,434	2,171	112.11%	67.86%
3	Gold Coast Blaze	28	17	11	3-2	W2	10-4	7-7	2,387	2,253	105.95%	60.71%
4	Townsville Crocodiles	28	15	13	2-3	L2	11-3	4-10	2,213	2,210	100.14%	53.37%
5	Cairns Taipans	28	15	13	2-3	W1	9-5	6-8	2,025	2,107	96.11%	53.37%
6	Melbourne Tigers	28	11	17	1-4	L3	7-7	4-10	2,156	2,239	96.29%	39.29%
7	Sydney Kings	28	11	17	2-3	L1	5-9	6-8	2,279	2,423	94.06%	39.29%
8	Wollongong Hawks	28	9	19	3-2	W3	4-10	5-9	2,093	2,232	93.77%	32.14%
9	Adelaide 36ers	28	8	20	1-4	L4	4-10	4-10	2,297	2,454	93.60%	28.57%

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	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9
	Cairns Taipans	4	3	4	5	5	8	4	5	6	4	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
	Gold Coast Blaze	7	7	7	8	8	7	5	4	4	7	4	4	4	7	6	5	4	4	3	5	3	3	3	3	3
	Melbourne Tigers	3	6	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	5	3	3	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
	New Zealand Breakers	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Perth Wildcats	2	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	Sydney Kings	6	9	5	6	6	5	7	6	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
	Townsville Crocodiles	5	4	6	4	4	4	6	7	5	3	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	5	4	4	4	4
	Wollongong Hawks	8	5	8	7	7	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8

Game log

• Games with a * are televised on One HD. Games with ** shown on Sky Sport NZ

2011–12 season game log
Pre-season: 2–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 3 September Hawks L 84-100 @ Schweppes Arena Ulverstone, Tasmania 0-1 2 3 September Hawks L 81-83 @ Devenport Basketball Stadium Devonport, Tasmania 0-2 3 10 September Taipans W 91-86 @ STARplex Gawler Adelaide 1-2 4 11 September Taipans W 87-82 Darren Ng (23) Adelaide Arena 1,500 2-2
Pre-season : 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 22 September Blaze L 78-94 @ The Southport School Gold Coast 0-1 2 23 September Kings W 96-88 @ Auchenflower Stadium Brisbane 1-1 2 23 September Hawks W 79-69 @ Chandler Arena Brisbane 2-1
October : 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1* 8 October Wildcats L 69-102 Chris Warren (17) Stephen Weigh (10) Stephen Weigh, Chris Warren, Daniel Johnson, Nathan Crosswell (2) Adelaide Arena 5,683 0-1 2 16 October @ Hawks L 89-97 Chris Warren (25) Stephen Weigh, Diamon Simpson (6) Chris Warren (3) WIN Entertainment Centre 2,966 0-2 3 21 October Kings L 71-94 Chris Warren, Daniel Johnson (14) Daniel Johnson, Diamon Simpson (9) Darren Ng (4) Adelaide Arena 4,495 0-3 4* 28 October @ Wildcats W 100-92 Daniel Johnson (22) Stephen Weigh (10) Nathan Crosswell (4) Challenge Stadium 4,200 1-3
November: 1–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 5** 3 November @ Breakers L 90-99 Diamon Simpson (20) Diamon Simpson (8) Nathan Crosswell (7) North Shore Events Centre 2,893 1-4 6 12 November Kings L 104-113 (OT) Daniel Johnson (25) Diamon Simpson (10) Chris Warren (7) Adelaide Arena 5,049 1-5 7 19 November Tigers W 95-89 Stephen Weigh (24) Daniel Johnson (13) Nathan Crosswell (9) Adelaide Arena 6,175 2-5 8* 26 November Blaze L 95-89 Darren Ng (20) Diamon Simpson (13) Chris Warren (5) Adelaide Arena 4,708 2-6
December : 3–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 9 4 December @ Wildcats W 96-84 Diamon Simpson (22) Daniel Johnson, Diamon Simpson (10) Chris Warren (6) Challenge Stadium 4,000 3-6 10 8 December @ Kings L 103-107 (OT) Daniel Johnson (24) Daniel Johnson (9) Chris Warren, Nathan Crosswell (5) Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,624 3-7 11 11 December Breakers L 73-86 Daniel Johnson (17) Diamon Simpson (8) Nathan Crosswell (4) Adelaide Arena 4,350 3-8 12* 16 December Hawks W 87-63 Diamon Simpson (22) Diamon Simpson (10) Chris Warren (4) Adelaide Arena 3,597 4-8 13 23 December @ Blaze L 77-96 Daniel Johnson (24) Diamon Simpson (5) Nathan Herbert, Chris Warren, Mitch Creek (3) Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,280 4-9 14* 30 December @ Kings W 96-77 Daniel Johnson (21) Daniel Johnson (14) Everard Bartlett (4) Sydney Entertainment Centre 6,165 5-9
January : 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 15 7 January Taipans L 67-72 Diamon Simpson (16) Diamon Simpson (12) Chris Warren (4) Adelaide Arena 6,194 5-10 16** 13 January @ Breakers L 63-80 Chris Warren (14) Diamon Simpson (6) Chris Warren (2) North Shore Events Centre 4,400 5-11 17* 22 January Taipans L 74-87 Stephen Weigh (21) Daniel Johnson (9) Daniel Johnson (3) Adelaide Arena 5,076 5-12 18 25 January @ Crocodiles L 69-79 Daniel Johnson (21) Daniel Johnson (16) Stephen Weigh, Diamon Simpson (2) Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,622 5-13
February : 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 19* 3 February @ Tigers L 81-87 Chris Warren (31) Daniel Johnson (11) Chris Warren (4) State Netball Centre 2,126 5-14 20* 5 February @ Crocodiles L 71-89 Mitch Creek (19) Stephen Weigh (6) Mitch Creek (3) Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,322 5-15 21* 12 February Crocodiles W 79-74 Daniel Johnson (20) Diamon Simpson (12) Stephen Weigh (8) Adelaide Arena 5,072 6-15 22 24 February Wildcats L 79-90 Daniel Johnson (24) Daniel Johnson (8) Stephen Weigh (3) Adelaide Arena 4,255 6-16 23* 25 February @ Tigers W 92-83 Chris Warren (26) Diamon Simpson (10) Chris Warren (8) State Netball Centre 3,500 7-16
March: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 24* 3 March Hawks W 77-73 Daniel Johnson (16) Diamon Simpson, Everard Bartlett (6) Chris Warren (5) Adelaide Arena 4,585 8-16 25* 10 March Breakers L 76-91 Daniel Johnson (21) Diamon Simpson (11) Everard Bartlett (4) Adelaide Arena 4,936 8-17 26* 17 March Blaze L 83-84 Diamon Simpson (21) Diamon Simpson (11) Chris Warren, Daniel Johnson (3) Adelaide Arena 5,177 8-18 27 23 March @ Taipans L 75-79 Diamon Simpson (20) Diamon Simpson (16) Chris Warren (6) Cairns Convention Centre 4,813 8-19 28 25 March @ Hawks L 78-92 Stephen Weigh (15) Diamon Simpson, Daniel Johnson (7) Daniel Johnson (5) WIN Entertainment Centre 5,032 8-20

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	28	875:17	.395	.346	.778	4.9	1.8	0.5	0.3	11.4
Nathan Herbert	28	457:23	.346	.290	.875	2.4	0.7	0.7	0.1	4.4
Tom Daly	12	072:26	.438	.333	.455	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.8
Darren Ng	28	425:23	.386	.375	.950	1.7	0.7	0.6	0.1	6.1
Wade Helliwell	27	301:24	.392	.000	.667	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	2.3
Chris Warren	28	896:15	.406	.364	.844	2.3	3.2	0.8	0.2	14.2
Jan Warbout	2	002:59	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Daniel Johnson	28	862:12	.443	.378	.758	7.7	1.9	0.4	1.0	16.5
Mitch Creek	28	436:27	.442	.333	.552	3.0	1.2	0.4	0.2	5.4
Nathan Crosswell (VC)*	9	201:59	.458	.000	.714	2.0	4.7	0.6	0.0	7.7
Everard Bartlett	15	307:43	.393	.364	.800	2.1	1.9	0.9	0.1	5.9
Diamon Simpson	27	664:53	.592	.000	.542	8.6	0.9	0.9	1.5	14.3
Adam Ballinger (C)*	8	144:45	.333	.150	.750	4.1	0.9	0.4	0.6	5.5
Matthew Lycett	0	000:00	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

* 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.

Finals

Awards

Player of the Week

• Week 4: Daniel Johnson - 22 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block vs Perth Wildcats @ Challenge Stadium[9]

Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

NBL Award Winners

• NBL Most Improved Player - Daniel Johnson
• All-NBL Third team - - Daniel Johnson

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

• 2011-12 NBL season

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.

External links

• Official Site of the 36ers