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| updated = 20 December 2021
| updated = 26 December 2021
| prevseason = [[2020–21 Melbourne United season|2020–21]]
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| nextseason = [[2022–23 Melbourne United season|2022–23]]
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Revision as of 08:49, 26 December 2021

{{{NBLyear}}} 2021–22 Melbourne United season season
Head coachAustralia Dean Vickerman
CaptainAustralia Chris Goulding
ArenaJohn Cain Arena, Melbourne
NBL results
Record3–2 (60%)
LadderTemplate:NBL Ladder 2021–22 - Team's Page
Finals finishTemplate:NBL Finals 2021–22 - Team's Page
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsNigeria Caleb Agada
18.4
ReboundsNigeria Caleb Agada
7.0
AssistsAustralia Matthew Dellavedova
5.4
All statistics correct as of 26 December 2021.

The 2021–22 NBL season will be the 39th season for Melbourne United in the NBL, and their 8th under the banner of Melbourne United.

Roster

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

2021–22 Melbourne United roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
C 0 South Sudan Lual-Acuil, Jo 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994
G 1 Australia Triplett, Zac (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 23 – (2001-10-19)19 October 2001
G/F 4 Australia Newley, Brad 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 39 – (1985-02-18)18 February 1985
G 6 Australia Hickey, Will (DP) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1999-01-18)18 January 1999
G 7 Nigeria Agada, Caleb (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1994-08-31)31 August 1994
G 8 Australia Dellavedova, Matthew 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 34 – (1990-09-08)8 September 1990
F/C 12 Australia Dalton, Callum 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 24 – (2000-05-04)4 May 2000
G/F 13 New Zealand Prewster, Dion 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 34 – (1990-01-10)10 January 1990
F 14 Australia White, Jack 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 27 – (1997-08-05)5 August 1997
C 15 Germany Hukporti, Ariel (NS) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 22 – (2002-04-12)12 April 2002
F 20 Australia Barlow, David 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 41 – (1983-10-22)22 October 1983
F 22 Australia Peatling, Mason 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-03-31)31 March 1997
F 35 Australia Okwera, David (DP) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 22 – (2002-07-31)31 July 2002
G 43 Australia Goulding, Chris (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 36 – (1988-10-24)24 October 1988
G 51 New Zealand Ili, Shea 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 32 – (1992-10-06)6 October 1992
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Australia Nik Popovic
Team manager
  • Australia Stephan Semerci
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (SRP) Special restricted player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 1 December 2021

Pre-season

Main article: 2021–22 NBL pre-season

Ladder

2021–22 NBL pre-season ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Illawarra 2 2 0 2–0 W2 0–0 2–0 213 202 105.45% 100.00%
2 Australia Adelaide 5 5 0 5–0 W5 2–0 3–0 401 383 104.70% 100.00%
3 Australia Brisbane 4 3 1 3–1 L1 1–1 2–0 350 327 107.03% 75.00%
4 New Zealand New Zealand 3 2 1 2–1 W2 2–0 0–1 273 273 100.00% 66.67%
5 Australia S.E. Melbourne 4 2 2 2–2 W1 1–0 1–2 376 375 100.27% 50.00%
6 Australia Perth 5 2 3 2–3 L1 2–1 0–2 433 415 104.34% 40.00%
7 Australia Tasmania (NT) 5 2 3 2–3 W1 1–1 1–2 391 403 97.02% 40.00%
8 Australia Sydney 3 1 2 1–2 L1 1–1 0–1 248 253 98.02% 33.33%
9 Australia Melbourne (RC) 4 1 3 1–3 L3 1–1 0–2 342 350 97.71% 25.00%
10 Australia Cairns 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: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
November: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 13 November New Zealand W 90–84 Jo Lual-Acuil (37) Jo Lual-Acuil (11) Matthew Dellavedova (6) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event 		1–0
2 15 November @ Sydney L 80–75 Jo Lual-Acuil (13) Mason Peatling (8) Caleb Agada (4) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event 		1–1
3 20 November Illawarra L 90–97 Jo Lual-Acuil (20) Jo Lual-Acuil (9) Matthew Dellavedova (6) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event 		1–2
4 28 November @ South East Melbourne L 89–87 Chris Goulding (26) Jo Lual-Acuil (10) Matthew Dellavedova (9) Melbourne Sports Centre
closed event 		1–3

Regular season

Main article: 2021–22 NBL regular season

Ladder

Pos 2021–22 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 28 20 8 71.43% 4–1 L1 9–5 11–3 2455 2244 109.40%
2 Illawarra Hawks 28 19 9 67.86% 4–1 W2 8–6 11–3 2498 2345 106.52%
3 Sydney Kings 28 19 9 67.86% 3–2 L1 9–5 10–4 2397 2313 103.63%
4 Tasmania JackJumpers 28 17 11 60.71% 4–1 W4 8–6 9–5 2230 2220 100.45%
5 Perth Wildcats 28 16 12 57.14% 2–3 L2 7–7 9–5 2495 2377 104.96%
6 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 28 15 13 53.57% 3–2 W2 7–7 8–6 2456 2424 101.32%
7 Adelaide 36ers 28 10 18 35.71% 3–2 W1 6–8 4–10 2283 2346 97.31%
8 Brisbane Bullets 28 10 18 35.71% 2–3 L2 6–8 4–10 2379 2500 95.16%
9 Cairns Taipans 28 9 19 32.14% 1–4 W1 5–9 4–10 2228 2408 92.52%
10 New Zealand Breakers 28 5 23 17.86% 0–5 L10 2–12 3–11 2234 2478 90.15%

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2022. 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.
2021–22 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Adelaide 36ers 8 6 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 7
Brisbane Bullets 7 5 7 6 6 7 6 5 7 9 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Cairns Taipans 9 7 4 4 5 5 5 6 9 7 9 10 9 9 10 9 9 8 8 9 9
Illawarra Hawks 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
Melbourne United 6 9 6 5 4 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Zealand Breakers 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
Perth Wildcats 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 5
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
Sydney Kings 5 4 5 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 5 4 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 3
Tasmania JackJumpers 4 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4

Game log

2021–22 game log
Total: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
December: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 5 December @ Sydney L 79–74 Jo Lual-Acuil (12) Mason Peatling (8) Matthew Dellavedova (6) Qudos Bank Arena
8,632 		0–1
2 12 December South East Melbourne L 86–94 Matthew Dellavedova (19) Matthew Dellavedova (10) Matthew Dellavedova (5) John Cain Arena
6,361 		0–2
3 16 December Sydney W 89–47 Caleb Agada (21) Jo Lual-Acuil (8) Matthew Dellavedova (4) John Cain Arena
4,786 		1–2
4 19 December New Zealand W 83–60 Chris Goulding (21) Jo Lual-Acuil (9) Matthew Dellavedova (7) John Cain Arena
5,479 		2–2
5 26 December @ Sydney W 68–82 Caleb Agada (24) Caleb Agada (14) Matthew Dellavedova (4) Qudos Bank Arena
4,725 		3–2
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 1 January @ Tasmania boxscore MyState Bank Arena
7 9 January @ Illawarra boxscore WIN Entertainment Centre
8 15 January @ Cairns boxscore Cairns Convention Centre
9 22 January @ Adelaide boxscore Adelaide Entertainment Centre
10 30 January @ Adelaide boxscore Adelaide Entertainment Centre

Transactions

Main article: List of 2021–22 NBL season transactions

Re-signed

Player Signed
Shea Ili[1] 27 June
Jo Lual-Acuil[2] 30 June
David Barlow[3] 5 July

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Zac Triplett[1] 27 June Portland Pilots
Brad Newley[4] 8 July Sydney Kings
Matthew Dellavedova[5] 9 July Cleveland Cavaliers
Dion Prewster[6] 20 July Wellington Saints
Ariel Hukporti[7] 28 July Nevėžis Kėdainiai
David Okwera[8] 28 July Australian Institute of Sport
Callum Dalton[9] 30 July Brisbane Bullets
Caleb Agada[10] 24 August Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Will Hickey[11] 9 September Ballarat Miners

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
Sam Short[12] Free agent Ballarat Miners
Sam McDaniel[13] Free agent Tasmania JackJumpers
Mitch McCarron[14][15] Free agent Adelaide 36ers
Jock Landale[16] Free agent San Antonio Spurs
Scotty Hopson[17][18] Free agent Oklahoma City Thunder
Yudai Baba[19][20] Free agent Texas Legends
David Andersen[21] Retired N/A

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "NBL Champions begin off-season by re-signing Ili and signing Triplett". www.MelbourneUTD.com.au. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Lual-Acuil Jr re-signs with United for another season". MelbourneUTD.com.au. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "David Barlow re-signs with Melbourne United". MelbourneUTD.com.au. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "NBL Champions add veteran Brad Newley to NBL22 Roster". MelbourneUTD.com.au. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Australian basketball superstar Matthew Dellavedova signs with defending champions Melbourne United". MelbourneUTD.com.au. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Melbourne United Sign NZNBL MVP Dion Prewster". NBL.com.au. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "German NBA Prospect Ariel Hukporti Signs as NBL Next Star with Melbourne United". NBL.com.au. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "United sign German NBA prospect Ariel Hukporti as NBL Next Star and David Okwera as Development Player". MelbourneUTD.com.au. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Melbourne Sign Callum Dalton for NBL22". NBL.com.au. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Melbourne United Sign Olympian Caleb Agada". NBL.com.au. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Melbourne United sign William Hickey as Development Player". MelbourneUTD.com.au. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Sam Short returns to the Hotondo Homes Ballarat Miners". ballarat.nbl1.com.au. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Sam McDaniel Joins the March with JackJumpers". NBL.com.au. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  14. ^ "On behalf of the players, staff, partners, Members & fans at Melbourne United, we want to thank @MitchMcCarron". Melbourne United. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Mitch McCarron Signs with the Adelaide 36ers". NBL.com.au. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "SPURS SIGN JOCK LANDALE". NBA.com. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Knicks Sign Goodwin; Thunder Add Hopson". hoopsrumors.com. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021. The Thunder have signed guard Scotty Hopson to a camp deal, according to the team's PR department.
  18. ^ "In The Post – Friday October 15". NBL.com.au. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  19. ^ "馬場雄大、今季はNBA下部レジェンズでプレー「夢に向かって1日1日全力で頑張ります」（THE ANSWER）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Yudai Baba 馬場雄大 [@yudai_baba] (23 October 2021). "I've signed with Texas Legends of Gleague" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 October 2021 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "Andersen Calls Final Time-Out". NBL.com.au. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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