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Jordan Ngatai
No. 11 – Otago Nuggets
PositionSmall forward
LeagueNZNBL
Personal information
Born (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 31)
Porirua, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Listed height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
High schoolMana College
(Porirua, New Zealand)
College
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012Wellington Saints
2014Wellington Saints
2014–2020New Zealand Breakers
2015Manawatu Jets
2016Taranaki Mountainairs
2017–2019Wellington Saints
2020–presentOtago Nuggets
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast

Jordan Ngatai (born 7 March 1993) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Otago Nuggets of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). He is also a regular New Zealand Tall Black and has played six seasons with the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian NBL. He has won three championships with the Wellington Saints in the NZNBL.[1]

Early life and career

Born and raised in Porirua, New Zealand, Ngatai graduated from Mana College before attending Sierra College in the United States for one year.[2] For the 2013–14 season, he played basketball for BYU–Hawaii.[3]

Professional career

Ngatai made his debut in the New Zealand NBL in 2012 with the Wellington Saints.[4] In his second season with Wellington in 2014, he won his first championship. He subsequently joined the New Zealand Breakers as a development player for the 2014–15 NBL season and was a member of the Breakers' championship-winning team. After a season with the Manawatu Jets in 2015, Ngatai re-joined the Breakers as a development player for the 2015–16 NBL season.[5]

After a season with the Taranaki Mountainairs in 2016, Ngatai was promoted to the full-time playing roster of the Breakers for the 2016–17 NBL season.[6]

In 2017 and 2019, Ngatai won championships with the Wellington Saints.[7][8][9] He was acquired by the Otago Nuggets for the 2020 season.[10]

National team career

Ngatai made his senior international debut for the Tall Blacks in 2013 at the FIBA Oceania Championships. He represented New Zealand at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Lebanon, where the team ended up in fourth position.[2][11] He was a key member of the national side which claimed the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[12] He was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[13]

References

  1. ^ "National Basketball League | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Jordan Ngatai | Basketball New ZealandBasketball New Zealand". nz.basketball. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Jordan Ngatai Basketball Player Profile, New Zealand Breakers, BYU-Hawaii, News, NBL stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Player statistics for Jordan Ngatai". SportsTG.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Basketball: Breakers name development players". nzherald.co.nz. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Jordan Ngatai earns fulltime Breakers contract". newshub.co.nz. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. ^ "SAINTS CREATE HISTORY CLAIMING THEIR TENTH TITLE". Basketball.org.nz. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  8. ^ Smith, Tony (21 July 2019). "Wellington Saints claim 11th NBL title with stunning comeback win over Hawks". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Team". Wellington Saints. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  10. ^ Egan, Brendon (11 June 2020). "Otago Nuggets select Jordan Ngatai first in NBL Showdown draft". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Jordan NGATAI at the FIBA Asia Cup 2017". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Basketball | Athlete Profile: Jordan NGATAI - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  13. ^ Proballers. "Jordan Ngatai, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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