2021–22 South East Melbourne Phoenix season

The 2021–22 NBL season will be the 3rd season for the South East Melbourne Phoenix in the NBL.

2021–22 South East Melbourne Phoenix season
Head Coach Simon Mitchell
Captain Kyle Adnam
Stadium
NBL results
Ladder1st
Wins3
Losses0

Roster

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2021–22 South East Melbourne Phoenix roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F/C 2 Thomas, Devin (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 27 – (1994-05-17)17 May 1994
G 3 Gliddon, Cameron 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 32 – (1989-08-16)16 August 1989
G 4 Adnam, Kyle (C) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 28 – (1993-11-18)18 November 1993
G 5 Munford, Xavier (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 29 – (1992-06-01)1 June 1992
G/F 7 Te Rangi, Reuben 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 27 – (1994-10-14)14 October 1994
G 8 Le'afa, Izayah (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1996-11-07)7 November 1996
G 9 Sapwell, Koen (DP) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 14 Smith-Milner, Tohi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 26 – (1995-10-06)6 October 1995
G 22 Pineau, Dane 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 27 – (1994-08-02)2 August 1994
C 26 Zhou Qi (SRP) 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 25 – (1996-01-16)16 January 1996
G 30 Foxwell, Owen (DP) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2003-08-17)17 August 2003
F/C 34 Forsyth, Tristan (DP) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 23 – (1998-01-19)19 January 1998
G/F 45 Broekhoff, Ryan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1990-08-23)23 August 1990
G/F 55 Creek, Mitch 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 29 – (1992-04-27)27 April 1992
Head coach
  • Simon Mitchell
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (SRP) Special Restricted Player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured
Updated: 3 December 2021

Pre-season
Main article: 2021–22 NBL pre-season

Ladder
2021-22 NBL pre-season ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 Illawarra Hawks 2 2 0 2-0 W2 0-0 2-0 213 202 105.45% 100.00%
2 Adelaide 36ers 5 5 0 5-0 W5 2-0 3-0 401 383 104.70% 100.00%
3 Brisbane Bullets 4 3 1 3-1 L1 1-1 2-0 350 327 107.03% 75.00%
4 NZ Breakers 3 2 1 2-1 W2 2-0 0-1 273 273 100.00% 66.67%
5 SEM Phoenix 4 2 2 2-2 W1 1-0 1-2 376 375 100.27% 50.00%
6 Perth Wildcats 5 2 3 2-3 L1 2-1 0-2 433 415 104.34% 40.00%
7 Tasmania JackJumpers (NT) 5 2 3 2-3 W1 1-1 1-2 391 403 97.02% 40.00%
8 Sydney Kings 3 1 2 1-2 L1 1-1 0-1 248 253 98.02% 33.33%
9 Melbourne United (RC) 4 1 3 1-3 L3 1-1 0-2 342 350 97.71% 25.00%
10 Cairns Taipans 5 0 5 0-5 L5 0-3 0-2 394 447 88.14% 0.00%

Total Rounds
2 weeks

Total Games
21 games

Legend
  • (NT) New Team
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Updated: 28 November 2021

Game log
2021 NBL Blitz game log
Total: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
November: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 13 November @ Sydney W 75–81 Adnam, Creek (17) Ryan Broekhoff (9) Izayah Le'afa (4) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event		 1–0
2 15 November Illawarra L 112–116 (OT) Reuben Te Rangi (18) Zhou Qi (12) Kyle Adnam (12) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event		 1–1
3 20 November @ New Zealand L 92–90 Kyle Adnam (21) Zhou Qi (9) Xavier Munford (4) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event		 1–2
4 28 November Melbourne W 89–87 Ryan Broekhoff (21) Ryan Broekhoff (7) Le'Afa, Munford (4) Melbourne Sports Centre
closed event		 2–2

Regular season
Main article: 2021–22 NBL regular season

Ladder
2021-22 NBL ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 SEM Phoenix 3 3 0 3-0 W3 2-0 1-0 278 239 116.32% 100.00%
2 Illawarra Hawks 2 2 0 2-0 W2 0-0 2-0 173 155 111.61% 100.00%
3 Perth Wildcats 3 2 1 2-1 L1 2-1 0-0 269 237 113.50% 66.67%
4 Sydney Kings 2 1 1 1-1 L1 1-1 0-0 171 158 108.23% 50.00%
5 Brisbane Bullets 2 1 1 1-1 W1 0-0 1-1 171 168 101.79% 50.00%
6 Adelaide 36ers 4 2 2 2-2 W2 1-1 1-1 325 331 98.19% 50.00%
7 Cairns Taipans 2 1 1 1-1 W1 1-0 0-1 136 152 89.47% 50.00%
8 Tasmania JackJumpers (NT) 3 1 2 1-2 L2 1-1 0-1 225 226 99.56% 33.33%
9 Melbourne United (RC) 2 0 2 0-2 L2 0-1 0-1 160 173 92.49% 0.00%
10 NZ Breakers 3 0 3 0-3 L3 0-0 0-3 238 282 84.40% 0.00%

Current Round
Round 2
Total Rounds
21
Games per Team
28
Total Games
140

Legend
  • (NT) New Team
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Ladder
    Updated: 12 December 2021

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
Adelaide 36ers 85
Brisbane Bullets 76
Cairns Taipans 97
Illawarra Hawks 32
Melbourne United 69
New Zealand Breakers 1010
Perth Wildcats 23
South East Melbourne Phoenix 11
Sydney Kings 54
Tasmania JackJumpers 48

Game log
2021–22 game log
Total: 3–0 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–0)
December: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 4 December New Zealand W 89–65 Xavier Munford (27) Munford, Pineau (7) Xavier Munford (4) John Cain Arena
3,453		 1–0
2 10 December New Zealand W 95–88 Mitch Creek (36) Cameron Gliddon (6) Xavier Munford (6) John Cain Arena
3,752		 2–0
3 12 December @ Melbourne W 86–94 Zhou Qi (22) Zhou Qi (10) Izayah Le'afa (5) John Cain Arena
6,361		 3–0
4 18 December @ Sydney boxscore Qudos Bank Arena
5 23 December @ Illawarra boxscore WIN Entertainment Centre
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
6 2 January @ Adelaide boxscore Adelaide Entertainment Centre
7 8 January @ Cairns boxscore Cairns Convention Centre
8 10 January Tasmania boxscore State Basketball Centre

Transactions
Main article: List of 2021–22 NBL season transactions

Re-signed
Player Signed
Mitch Creek[1]18 June
Kyle Adnam[2]22 June
Izayah Mauriohooho-Le'afa[3]24 June
Ryan Broekhoff[4]28 June
Tristan Forsyth[5]20 October

Additions
Player Signed Former team
Zach Hankins[6]28 July Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Tohi Smith-Milner[7]13 AugustWellington Saints
Xavier Munford[8]1 SeptemberBursaspor Basketbol
Zhou Qi[9]8 SeptemberXinjiang Flying Tigers
Owen Foxwell[10]18 NovemberBulleen Boomers
Devin Thomas[11]19 NovemberBC Kalev
Koen Sapwell[12]3 DecemberHobart Chargers

Subtractions
Player Reason left New team
Yanni Wetzell[13] Free agent New Zealand Breakers
Keifer Sykes[14][15]Free agentIndiana Pacers
Devondrick Walker[16]Free agentVEF Rīga
Zach Hankins[8]ReleasedN/A

See also

References
  1. "Creek Takes Player Option, Commits to Phoenix for NBL22 | NBL". NBL.com.au. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. "Kyle Adnam Re-signs with South East Melbourne | NBL". NBL.com.au. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. "Izayah Le'Afa Re-signs with South East Melbourne | NBL". NBL.com.au. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. "Broekhoff Back with the Phoenix | NBL". NBL.com.au. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. "Forsyth Returns as Development Player". SEMPhoenix.com.au. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  6. "S.E Melbourne Sign US Import Zach Hankins". NBL.com.au. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. "Smith-Milner Signs in South East Melbourne". NBL.com.au. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. "Phoenix Sign Point Guard Xavier Munford". NBL.com.au. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  9. "Phoenix Add 7'1 Team China Star Zhou Qi". NBL.com.au. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. "Phoenix Add Foxwell as DP". NBL.com.au. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  11. "Phoenix Finalise Roster". NBL.com.au. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  12. "Koen Sapwell Signs as Development Player". semphoenix.com.au. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  13. "Rising Kiwi Star Turns Back on Australia to Join Sky Sport Breakers on 3-Year Deal". nzbreakers.basketball. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  14. "Pacers Sign Washington Jr., Sykes, Taylor". nba.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  15. "Keifer Sykes Signs with Indiana". semphoenix.com.au. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  16. "Devondrick Walker joins VEF Riga". Sportando. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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