2022–23 Brisbane Bullets season explained

Clubname:Brisbane Bullets
Color1:
  1. 002D73
Color2:
  1. FAA21B
Color3:
  1. FFFFFF
Coach:Greg Vanderjagt
Coach N:AUS
Captain:Aron Baynes
Captain N:AUS
Wins:8
Losses:20
Ladder:9th
Finals:Did not qualify
Arena:Nissan Arena
Ppg N:USA
Ppg:15.8
Rpg N:AUS
Rpg:7.8
Assists Leader:Sobey
Apg N:AUS
Apg:4.7
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24
Updated:4 February 2023

The 2022–23 Brisbane Bullets season was the 37th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).

On 25 November 2022, James Duncan was released as Bullets' head coach after the team started the season with a 3–6 record and was replaced by Sam Mackinnon on an interim basis.[1] On 13 December 2022, Greg Vanderjagt was elevated to the Bullets' interim head coach.[2] Ten days later, he was confirmed as the Bullets' head coach for the rest of the 2022–23 NBL season.[3]

Roster

Standings

Ladder

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

Game log

Pre-season

See main article: 2022 NBL pre-season.

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 1| 8 September| @ Melbourne| W 77–105| Devondrick Walker (18)| Harry Froling (9)| D. J. Mitchell (6)| Selkirk Stadium
2,000| 1–0|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 2| 10 September| @ Melbourne| W 72–76| Devondrick Walker (17)| Gorjok Gak (9)| Rasmus Bach (4)| Casey Stadium
1,500| 2–0

NBL Blitz

|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 1| 18 September| New Zealand| W 81–69| Baynes, Johnson (14)| Gorjok Gak (8)| Gorjok Gak (6)| Darwin Basketball Facility
932| 1–0|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 2| 20 September| @ Cairns| W 76–77| Devondrick Walker (16)| Aron Baynes (9)| Johnson, Walker (3)| Darwin Basketball Facility
660| 2–0|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 3| 23 September| @ Melbourne| L 80–67| Tanner Krebs (21)| Harry Froling (7)| Bach, Johnson (3)| Darwin Basketball Facility
906| 2–1

Regular season

|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 1| 2 October| @ Perth| L 87–73| Devondrick Walker (16)| Aron Baynes (7)| Jason Cadee (6)| RAC Arena
11,083| 0–1|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 2| 7 October| @ Sydney| L 100–90| Baynes, Cadee (16)| Aron Baynes (9)| Tanner Krebs (5)| Qudos Bank Arena
11,478| 0–2|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 3| 9 October| @ Tasmania| L 90–86 (OT)| Tyler Johnson (24)| Aron Baynes (6)| D. J. Mitchell (4)| MyState Bank Arena
4,231| 0–3|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 4| 16 October| Sydney| L 85–102| D. J. Mitchell (20)| D. J. Mitchell (10)| Nathan Sobey (8)| Nissan Arena
4,797| 0–4|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 5| 22 October | @ S.E. Melbourne| L 89–88| Jason Cadee (21)| Tyrell Harrison (8)| Cadee, Sobey (5)| John Cain Arena
5,432| 0–5|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 6| 24 October| @ Illawarra| W 56–82| Aron Baynes (17)| Aron Baynes (14)| Nathan Sobey (7)| WIN Entertainment Centre
2,011| 1–5|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 7| 27 October| Illawarra| W 86–61| Nathan Sobey (22)| Aron Baynes (14)| Nathan Sobey (5)| Nissan Arena
2,583| 2–5|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 8| 5 November| @ Tasmania| W 72–74| Aron Baynes (16)| Baynes, Mitchell (9)| Nathan Sobey (7)| MyState Bank Arena
4,231| 3–5|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 9| 19 November| Cairns| L 82–90| D. J. Mitchell (21)| Aron Baynes (11)| Tyler Johnson (4)| Nissan Arena
4,401| 3–6|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 10| 27 November| @ New Zealand| L 116–79| Tanner Krebs (19)| Gorjok Gak (6)| Nathan Sobey (10)| Spark Arena
3,660| 3–7|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 11| 1 December| Perth| W 106–95 (OT)| Nathan Sobey (28)| Harry Froling (13)| Jason Cadee (8)| Nissan Arena
2,427| 4–7|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 12| 4 December| Tasmania| L 84–99| Nathan Sobey (20)| Gorjok Gak (9)| Cadee, Sobey (5)| Nissan Arena
3,811| 4–8|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 13| 10 December| @ Melbourne| L 104–88| Nathan Sobey (24)| Gak, Mitchell (6)| Jason Cadee (5)| John Cain Arena
5,788| 4–9|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 14| 14 December| @ Cairns| L 85–76| Aron Baynes (17)| Gorjok Gak (11)| Jason Cadee (8)| Cairns Convention Centre
3,497| 4–10|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 15| 17 December| @ Adelaide| L 108–77| Jason Cadee (18)| Aron Baynes (11)| Nathan Sobey (8)| Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,003| 4–11|- style="background:#CCCCCC;"| –| 21 December| New Zealand| colspan="6" | Postponed (COVID-19)[4] (Makeup date: 4 February)[5] |-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 16| 21 December| S.E. Melbourne| L 77–104| Nathan Sobey (31)| Aron Baynes (8)| Jason Cadee (7)| Nissan Arena
3,375| 4–12|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 17| 27 December| Perth| W 97–93 (OT)| Nathan Sobey (30)| Aron Baynes (10)| Nathan Sobey (9)| Nissan Arena
3,737| 5–12|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 18| 29 December | @ Adelaide| L 87–84| Nathan Sobey (24)| Aron Baynes (12)| Cadee, Froling (3)| Adelaide Entertainment Centre
9,263| 5–13|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 19| 1 January| Melbourne| L 86–99| Gorjok Gak (18)| Gorjok Gak (13)| Nathan Sobey (4)| Nissan Arena
4,781| 5–14|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 20| 5 January| Cairns| L 81–107| Tyler Johnson (32)| Gorjok Gak (7)| Tyler Johnson (4)| Nissan Arena
4,258| 5–15|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 21| 11 January| Sydney| L 67–116| Nathan Sobey (14)| Aron Baynes (7)| Jason Cadee (4)| Nissan Arena
4,068| 5–16|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 22| 14 January| Melbourne| L 91–101| Aron Baynes (21)| Aron Baynes (11)| Nathan Sobey (6)| Nissan Arena
4,703| 5–17|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 23| 16 January| @ S.E. Melbourne| W 79–84| Jason Cadee (28)| Froling, Mitchell (5)| Cadee, Froling, Mitchell (3)| State Basketball Centre
3,333| 6–17|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 24| 19 January| Adelaide| W 106–101 (OT)| Tyler Johnson (27)| Aron Baynes (11)| Nathan Sobey (6)| Nissan Arena
3,953| 7–17|-style="background:#BBF3BB;"| 25| 21 January| @ Illawarra| W 86–103| Tyler Johnson (23)| Harry Froling (9)| Nathan Sobey (6)| WIN Entertainment Centre
3,503| 8–17|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 26| 26 January| New Zealand| L 71–99| Tyler Johnson (20)| Baynes, Johnson, Sobey (5)| Nathan Sobey (8)| Nissan Arena
3,636| 8–18|-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 27| 28 January| @ Cairns| L 94–87| Nathan Sobey (27)| D. J. Mitchell (8)| Tyler Johnson (7)| Cairns Convention Centre
4,437| 8–19|- style="background:#CCCCCC;"| –| 4 February| S.E. Melbourne| colspan="6" | Postponed (COVID-19)[4] (Makeup date: 21 December)[5] |-style="background:#FFBBBB;"| 28| 4 February| New Zealand| L 75–80 (OT)| Aron Baynes (17)| D. J. Mitchell (8)| Gorjok Gak (4)| Nissan Arena
5,253| 8–20

Transactions

Re-signed

PlayerSigned
Nathan Sobey[6] 27 April
Tanner Krebs[7] 13 June

Additions

PlayerSignedFormer team
Kody Stattmann[8] 27 May Virginia Cavaliers
Harry Froling[9] 28 May Illawarra Hawks
D. J. Mitchell[10] 8 June Basketball Academie Limburg
Lual Diing[11] 20 June Northside Wizards
Gorjok Gak[12] 6 July ČEZ Nymburk
Aron Baynes[13] 28 July Detroit Pistons
Tyler Johnson[14] 30 July San Antonio Spurs
Devondrick Walker[15] 5 September Rockingham Flames
Rasmus Bach[16] 7 September New Zealand Breakers
Matt Johns[17] 15 September Geelong Supercats
Hunter Clarke[18] 6 October Willetton Tigers
Koen Sapwell[19] 4 December S.E. Melbourne Phoenix
Andrew White[20] 11 December Büyükçekmece Basketbol

Subtractions

PlayerReason leftNew team
Anthony Drmic[21] Mutual option Adelaide 36ers
Deng Deng[22] Free agent Illawarra Hawks
Max Mackinnon[23] Collage Elon Phoenix
Robert Franks[24] Free agent Adelaide 36ers
Chuanxing Liu[25] Free agent Bay Area Dragons
Jack Salt[26] Free agent Hawke's Bay Hawks
Lamar Patterson[27] Free agent Gold Coast Rollers
Devondrick Walker[28] Released N/A

Awards

Club awards

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club Statement - James Duncan. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 25 November 2022. 25 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Club Statement - Head Coach NBL23 . BrisbaneBullets.com.au . 13 December 2022 . 13 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Greg Vanderjagt will continue as Head Coach in NBL23. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 24 December 2022. 23 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Bullets Phoenix to Clash in Updated Round 12 Schedule. NBL.com.au NBL. 18 December 2022. 18 December 2022.
  5. Web site: NBL Announces Schedule Changes. NBL.com.au NBL. 20 December 2022. 20 December 2022.
  6. Web site: Sobey Re-Signs with Brisbane NBL. NBL.com.au. 27 April 2022. 12 May 2022.
  7. Web site: Tanner Krebs re-signs with Brisbane for NBL23 Bullets. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 13 June 2022. 13 June 2022.
  8. Web site: Brisbane Bullets sign Kody Stattmann for NBL23. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 27 May 2022. 27 May 2022.
  9. Web site: Harry Froling returns to Brisbane in NBL23. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 28 May 2022. 28 May 2022.
  10. Web site: Bullets Add Son of a Gun DJ Mitchell. NBL.com.au NBL. 8 June 2022. 8 June 2022.
  11. Web site: Bullets sign Lual Diing as Development Player. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 20 June 2022. 20 June 2022.
  12. Web site: Gorjok Gak Signs with Bullets. NBL.com.au NBL. 6 July 2022. 6 July 2022.
  13. Web site: Brain Windhorst. Aron Baynes to play for NBL's Brisbane Bullets with goal of returning to NBA. ESPN.com.au. 27 July 2022. 28 July 2022.
  14. Web site: Bullets Add "Exciting" Import. NBL.com.au NBL. 30 July 2022. 30 July 2022.
  15. Web site: Devondrick Walker locked in for NBL23. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 5 September 2022. 5 September 2022.
  16. Web site: Bullets add Rasmus Bach as Nominated Replacement Player. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 7 September 2022. 7 September 2022.
  17. Web site: Bullets sign Development Player Matt Johns. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 15 September 2022. 16 September 2022.
  18. Web site: Hunter Clarke added as a Development Player for NBL23. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 6 October 2022. 7 October 2022.
  19. News: Koen Sapwell signs on as Replacement Player. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 11 December 2022. 4 December 2022.
  20. News: Bullets sign Andrew White III. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 11 December 2022. 11 December 2022.
  21. Web site: The Adelaide 36ers are pleased to announce Anthony Drmic’s return to the Club. Adelaide36ers.com. 26 May 2022. 26 May 2022.
  22. Web site: Deng Deng returns to Hawks' nest. Hawks.com.au. 1 June 2022. 1 June 2022.
  23. brisbanebullets. CedCNRDFFLR. Congratulations to @maxxmackinnon who is heading stateside to play college ball! . 6 June 2022. 6 June 2022.
  24. Web site: Adelaide 36ers secure the signature of Robert Franks. Adelaide36ers.com. 10 June 2022. 10 June 2022.
  25. Web site: Big Liu among first 10 recruits for Bay Area Dragons in EASL. Washington Post. 24 June 2022. 24 June 2022.
  26. Web site: "Hawks load up roster with Champion big man Jack Salt.". hawks.org.nz. 13 April 2022. 16 September 2022.
  27. Web site: Lamar Patterson. NBL1.com.au. 16 September 2022. 16 September 2022.
  28. Web site: Bullets Make Roster Move As Import Released. NBL.com.au NBL. November 5, 2022. November 5, 2022.
  29. Web site: Nathan Sobey named Leroy Loggins MVP for NBL23. BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 10 February 2023. 12 February 2023.

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