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2024–25 Brisbane Bullets season

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2024–25 Brisbane Bullets season
Head coachAustralia Justin Schueller
CaptainAustralia Mitch Norton
ArenaBrisbane Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record3–5 (37.5%)
Ladder8th
Finals finishTBD

Stats at NBL.com.au
All statistics correct as of 10 November 2024.
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The 2024–25 Brisbane Bullets season is the 39th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL), and their second under the leadership of their head coach Justin Schueller.[1]

Roster

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

Brisbane Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
F 0 Australia Kunen, Josh (DP) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 1 United States Cook, Keandre (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
G 2 Australia White, Isaac 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
G 3 Australia Savage, Kye (DP) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 5 United States Batemon III, James (I) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
G 6 Australia Devers, Tristan (DP) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 8 Australia Norton, Mitch (C) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (198 lb)
F 10 South Sudan Adel, Deng Injured 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 89 kg (196 lb)
C 11 Australia Zikarsky, Rocco (NS) 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
F 13 Australia Bannan, Josh 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
F 18 New Zealand Smith-Milner, Tohi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 117 kg (258 lb)
F 21 Australia Bairstow, Jarred 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb)
G/F 23 United States Prather, Casey (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
C 24 New Zealand Harrison, Tyrell 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 115 kg (254 lb)
G 26 Australia McDaniel, Sam Injured 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 41 Australia Naar, Emmett (NRP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
Head coach
  • Australia Justin Schueller
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Australia Matt Hardiman

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (SRP) Special restricted player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured

Updated: 29 October 2024

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Development
PG Mitch Norton Jame Batemon Kye Savage
SG Keandre Cook Isaac White Tristan Devers
SF Casey Prather Sam McDaniel Josh Kunen
PF Josh Bannan Deng Adel Jarred Bairstow
C Tyrell Harrison Rocco Zikarsky Tohi Smith-Milner

Standings

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Ladder

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Pos 2024–25 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 13 9 4 69.23% 4–1 W2 5–3 4–1 1221 1131 107.96%
2 New Zealand Breakers 9 6 3 66.67% 3–2 L1 4–1 2–2 775 756 102.51%
3 Illawarra Hawks 10 6 4 60.00% 2–3 L2 2–2 4–2 966 898 107.57%
4 Adelaide 36ers 10 6 4 60.00% 3–2 W1 5–1 1–3 905 925 97.84%
5 Sydney Kings 12 7 5 58.33% 2–3 W2 3–2 4–3 1046 988 105.87%
6 Perth Wildcats 11 5 6 45.45% 3–2 L1 4–2 1–4 976 1020 95.69%
7 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 12 5 7 41.67% 3–2 W1 2–3 3–4 1037 998 103.91%
8 Brisbane Bullets 8 3 5 37.50% 3–2 L1 1–3 2–2 715 748 95.59%
9 Tasmania JackJumpers 12 4 8 33.33% 2–3 W1 3–2 1–6 931 993 93.76%
10 Cairns Taipans 11 3 8 27.27% 0–5 L7 2–4 1–4 920 1035 88.89%

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: NBL.com.au

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.

Ladder progression

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Leader and qualification to semifinals
Qualification to semifinals
Qualification to play-in
Last place
2024–25 NBL season
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920
Adelaide 36ers88655444
Brisbane Bullets610997878
Cairns Taipans10746691010
Illawarra Hawks11221123
Melbourne United23534231
New Zealand Breakers52112312
Perth Wildcats45878666
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix791010101087
Sydney Kings34343555
Tasmania JackJumpers96789799
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log

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Pre-season

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2024 NBL Blitz game log
Total: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
September: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 7 September @ Tasmania W 76–89 James Batemon (20) Casey Prather (5) three players (3) Carrara Indoor Stadium
n/a
1–0
2 10 September Melbourne W 111–104 Tyrell Harrison (21) Tyrell Harrison (10) James Batemon (6) Gold Coast Sports Centre
n/a
0–2
3 14 September Cairns W 85–82 Keandre Cook (20) Harrison, Prather (7) James Batemon (4) Gold Coast Sports Centre
n/a
3–0

Regular season

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2024–25 game log
Total: 3–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–2)
September: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 21 September @ New Zealand L 91–87 Keandre Cook (25) Tyrell Harrison (5) James Batemon (4) Perth Superdrome
2,691
0–1
2 27 September @ Illawarra L 113–101 Keandre Cook (17) Tyrell Harrison (10) Casey Prather (6) Wollongong Entertainment Centre
3,542
0–2
October: 2–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
3 5 October Sydney L 82–91 Casey Prather (17) Josh Bannan (11) Tyrell Harrison (5) Brisbane Entertainment Centre
7,009
0–3
4 12 October @ S.E. Melbourne W 85–87 Tyrell Harrison (21) Tyrell Harrison (17) Josh Bannan (5) John Cain Arena
6,521
1–3
5 17 October New Zealand W 84–73 James Batemon (21) Josh Bannan (9) four players (3) Brisbane Entertainment Centre
4,391
2–3
6 26 October Tasmania L 79–87 Mitch Norton (20) Tyrell Harrison (10) Mitch Norton (5) Brisbane Entertainment Centre
4,756
2–4
November: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
7 2 November @ Cairns W 88–92 James Batemon (21) Tyrell Harrison (20) Batemon, Cook (3) Cairns Convention Centre
4,445
3–4
8 7 November Melbourne L 103–120 Keandre Cook (23) Casey Prather (8) Keandre Cook (5) Brisbane Entertainment Centre
4,101
3–5
9 15 November @ Tasmania 0–0 Derwent Entertainment Centre
10 17 November Perth 0–0 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
11 29 November @ Perth 0–0 Perth Arena
December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
12 6 December Adelaide 0–0 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
13 8 December @ Melbourne 0–0 John Cain Arena
14 12 December S.E. Melbourne 0–0 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
15 15 December @ Sydney 0–0 Sydney SuperDome
16 20 December Cairns 0–0 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
17 24 December @ Adelaide 0–0 Adelaide Entertainment Centre
18 27 December Illawarra 0–0 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
19 29 December @ Tasmania 0–0 Derwent Entertainment Centre
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
20 4 January Sydney 0–0 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
21 8 January New Zealand 0–0 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
22 11 January @ S.E. Melbourne 0–0 Gippsland Indoor Stadium
23 15 January Perth 0–0 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
24 17 January Cairns 0–0 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
25 20 January @ Illawarra 0–0 Wollongong Entertainment Centre
26 24 January @ New Zealand 0–0 Wolfbrook Arena
27 26 January Melbourne 0–0 Brisbane Entertainment Centre
28 31 January @ Adelaide 0–0 Adelaide Entertainment Centre
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
29 6 February @ Cairns 0–0 Cairns Convention Centre
2024–25 season schedule

Transactions

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Re-signed

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Player Date Signed Contract Ref.
Isaac White 10 April 2024 1-year deal [2]
Mitch Norton 10 April 2024 3-year deal [3]
Casey Prather 10 April 2024 1-year deal [4]
Tristan Devers 14 June 2024 3-year deal (club option)
Tyrell Harrison 29 September 2024 2-year deal [5]

Additions

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Player Date Signed Contract Former team Ref.
Deng Adel 15 April 2024 1-year deal Boulazac Basket Dordogne [6]
Tohi Smith-Milner 19 April 2024 2-year deal (club option) Adelaide 36ers [7]
Keandre Cook 21 May 2024 1-year deal Crailsheim Merlins
Jarred Bairstow 12 July 2024 1-year deal Tasmania JackJumpers
James Batemon 17 July 2024 2-year deal Ironi Kiryat Ata

Subtractions

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Player Reason left Date Left New Team Ref.
Nathan Sobey Mutual release 29 March 2024 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix [8]
Chris Smith Parted ways 11 April 2024 Chiba Jets [9]
Aron Baynes Retired 17 October 2024 n/a [10]

Awards

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Club awards

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  • Club MVP:
  • Players Player:
  • Members Moment of the Year:
  • Defensive Player of the Year:
  • Youth Player of the Year:
  • Narelle Kelly Award:
  • Volunteer of the Year:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bullets hire Justin Schueller as head coach". ESPN.com.au. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Core quartet signs on with Bullets". NBL.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Bullets Core Locked in for NBL25". BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Prather among Bullets' signings for post-Sobey era". CanberraTimes.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Harrison commits to Bullets". NBL.com.au. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Adel secures NBL return". NBL.com.au. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Brisbane adds championship-winning big". NBL.com.au. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Sobey, Bullets agree to mutual parting of ways". ESPN.com.au. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Smith, Bullets part ways". NBL.com.au. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Australian basketball star, NBA champion Baynes retires". NBL.com.au. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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