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Thaddeus Ford (born March 22, 2007) is an Australian semi-professional basketball player for Holy Rosary Newman Raiders Basketball Club of the Perry Lakes Hawks Senior Competition. Originally from Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, Ford moved to Perth at the age of 6 to pursue a full time basketball career with the academy of the Holy Rosary Newman Raiders Basketball Club

Almost immediately, Ford was promoted to the first team for his respective age group of under 8's. Ford has continued to play for the Holy Rosary Newman Basketball Club until the present day, amassing a total of 216 first team games played. Setting the record for the most appearances in franchise history.

High school career

Ford was born on March 22, 2007. He was raised in Randwick in Sydney, New South Wales. He attends John XXIII College in Mount Claremont and in currently in year 12, his final year of school. Although he does play semi-professionally for the Holy Rosary Newman Raiders Basketball Club. Ford attends and plays in his school's annual sports competition, called NAS (Northern Associated Schools). This competition is comprised of other schools in the nearby area including Newman College, Servite College, Sacred Heart College and Chisholm Catholic College. In this comptetion Ford has averaged 6.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 9.8 assists in 26.8 minutes per game over a total of 12 games. In the NAS competition, the 5 aforementioned schools participate in a round robin tournament with wins, draws and losses being awarded a certain amount of points depending on the outcome of the match. Wins are worth more points than draws which are worth more points than a loss. The school with the most points at the end of the competition is crowned as the victor. In this competition, Ford and his team have claimed victory twice.

Professional career

Holy Rosary Newman Raiders Basketball Club (2013–present)

In October 2013, at the age of 6, Ford was flown out from Sydney down to Perth to join the academy of the Holy Rosary Newman Raiders Basketball Club; Due to his impressive 'natural skill' on the ball noted by academy coach Ron Peterson. Ford was immediately promoted into the under 8's first team. He has remained in the 1st team of every age group he has been in until he reached the senior first team which currently play in the 1st division of the Perry Lakes Senior Basketball Competition (PLSBC). Ford holds the club's record for most games/appearances made in a career, suiting up for 216 games in his career, making him their most tenured player. In 216 games for The Raiders, Ford averaged 13.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 8.6 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.2 blocks.^[1] Ford's notable achievements include winning the league's Most Improved Players in 2023 and making the PLSBC All-Star Squad 3 times over his career.

Career statistics

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	Bold	Career high

Perry Lakes Basketball Senior Competition

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Career		216	197	19.4	.457	.149	.987	2.7	8.6	1.2	.2	13.2

Personal life

Not much is known about Ford's life due to the fact he is very reluctant to talk to the media. What is known is that:

He is the oldest child in a family of six
Has starred in a short film called Good Trouble.^[2]
Ford is also known to have recieved a predicted ATAR score of 92.86.
Ford has publicly stated his "Love of making Ms" which in a more civilised sense means his love of making millions of dollars.^[3]
In the same public statement, Ford gave his fans a deep look into his freakish sexual nature when he said "I also love when she lowkey give that shit a little nibble".^[4]
It is also rumoured among tabloid media sources that Thaddeus is actively in a relationship with Sophie Rain. However, other reports state that he is a relationship with a classmate, Freddy Gleghorn. Due to the lack of reputable evidence for these claims, neither should be taken very seriously.

References

^ Play, HQ (April 24, 2024). "Thaddeus Ford Statistics from 2022-2024 seasons". PlayHQ. Retrieved August 14, 2024.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Lippiat, Luke (August 2, 2024). "Good Trouble". Retrieved August 14, 2024.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Ford, Thaddeus (August 14, 2024). "Semi-pro basketball player Thaddeus Ford makes a wild online statement". X. Retrieved August 14, 2024.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Ford, Thaddeus (August 14, 2024). "Semi-pro basketball player Thaddeus Ford makes a wild online statement". X. Retrieved August 14, 2024.^{[dead link‍]}

External links

Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference

[1] Play, HQ (April 24, 2024). "Thaddeus Ford Statistics from 2022-2024 seasons". PlayHQ. Retrieved August 14, 2024.^{[dead link‍]}

[2] Lippiat, Luke (August 2, 2024). "Good Trouble". Retrieved August 14, 2024.^{[dead link‍]}

[3] Ford, Thaddeus (August 14, 2024). "Semi-pro basketball player Thaddeus Ford makes a wild online statement". X. Retrieved August 14, 2024.^{[dead link‍]}

[4] Ford, Thaddeus (August 14, 2024). "Semi-pro basketball player Thaddeus Ford makes a wild online statement". X. Retrieved August 14, 2024.^{[dead link‍]}

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