2020–21 Sydney Kings season
# 2020–21 Sydney Kings season

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

## Roster

### Squad

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

## Pre-season

### 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 AttendanceRecord

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

### Ladder

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| Pos | 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 vte :

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | NBL Cup | NBL Cup | NBL Cup | NBL Cup | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Adelaide 36ers | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Brisbane Bullets | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Cairns Taipans | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Illawarra Hawks | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Melbourne United | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand Breakers | – | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Perth Wildcats | – | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Sydney Kings | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

### 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 AttendanceRecord

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 AttendanceRecord

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 AttendanceRecord

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 AttendanceRecord

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 AttendanceRecord

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 AttendanceRecord

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 AttendanceRecord

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

### Re-signed

| Player | Signed |
| - | - |
| Craig Moller | 3 June |
| Shaun Bruce | 15 June |
| Xavier Cooks | 7 July |
| Casper Ware | 27 August |
| Daniel Kickert | 3 September |

### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| - | - | - |
| Dejan Vasiljevic | 17 July | Miami |
| Angus Glover | 20 July | Illawarra Hawks |
| Jarell Martin | 2 December | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
| Tom Vodanovich | 2 January | BBC Telstar Hesper |
| Jaylin Galloway | 14 January | Australian Institute of Sport |
| Lochlan Hutchison | 14 January | Sutherland Sharks |
| Archie Woodhill | 14 January | Australian Institute of Sport |
| Dexter Kernich-Drew | 5 February | Melbourne United |
| Jarrad Weeks | 5 May | New Zealand Breakers |

### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | New team |
| - | - | - |
| Kevin Lisch | Retired | Sydney Kings (assistant) |
| Jae'Sean Tate | Released | Houston Rockets |
| Andrew Bogut | Retired | N/A |
| Lucas Walker | Retired | N/A |
| Deshon Taylor | Free agent | Canterbury Rams |
| Didi Louzada | Released | New Orleans Pelicans |

## Awards

### Player of the Week

Round 15, Jordan Hunter

