2023–24 New Zealand Breakers season

The 2023–24 New Zealand Breakers season is the 21st season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).[1][2]

2023–24 New Zealand Breakers season
Head coachIsrael Mody Maor
CaptainNew Zealand Thomas Abercrombie
ArenaSpark Arena
NBL results
Record1–3 (25%)
Ladder10th
Stats at NBL.com.au
All statistics correct as of 26 October 2023.

Roster

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

2023–24 New Zealand Breakers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G 0 New Zealand McNaught, Alex (DP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 21 – (2002-06-21)21 June 2002
G 2 New Zealand Le'afa, Izayah 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 26 – (1996-11-07)7 November 1996
G 3 Australia Gliddon, Cameron 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 34 – (1989-08-16)16 August 1989
G 6 United States Jackson-Cartwright, Parker (I) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 28 – (1995-07-12)12 July 1995
G 7 Australia McDowell-White, Will 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 25 – (1998-04-13)13 April 1998
C 8 South Sudan Mathiang, Mangok 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992
G/F 10 New Zealand Abercrombie, Thomas (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 36 – (1987-07-05)5 July 1987
F 12 New Zealand Darling, Max (DP) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 117 kg (258 lb) 23 – (2000-09-30)30 September 2000
G 17 Lithuania Rubštavičius, Mantas (NS) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 21 – (2002-05-06)6 May 2002
G 21 New Zealand Davison, Carlin (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 20 – (2003-08-21)21 August 2003
C 22 Australia Pineau, Dane 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – (1994-08-02)2 August 1994
F 25 New Zealand Kelman-Poto, Dominique (NRP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 28 – (1994-12-11)11 December 1994
G 37 United States Jessup, Justinian Injured (IN) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 25 – (1998-05-23)23 May 1998
F 42 New Zealand Fotu, Dan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (1999-06-24)24 June 1999
F 44 United States Lamb, Anthony (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 25 – (1998-01-20)20 January 1998
F 45 United States Cheatham, Zylan Injured (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1995-11-17)17 November 1995
F 70 New Zealand Delany, Finn 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 28 – (1995-08-12)12 August 1995
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • United States Daniel Sokolovsky
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Australia Emily Nolan
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (SRP) Special restricted player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 26 October 2023

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
PG Will McDowell-White Parker Jackson-Cartwright Alex McNaught
SG Izayah Le'afa Justinian Jessup Cameron Gliddon
SF Mantas Rubštavičius Thomas Abercrombie Dan Fotu Carlin Davison
PF Zylan Cheatham Finn Delany Max Darling Dominique Kelman-Poto
C Mangok Mathiang Dane Pineau

Standings

Ladder
Pos 2023–24 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 7 6 1 85.71% 4–1 W4 3–1 3–0 614 559 109.84%
2 Tasmania JackJumpers 6 4 2 66.67% 4–1 W1 2–0 2–2 548 502 109.16%
3 Sydney Kings 6 4 2 66.67% 3–2 L1 2–1 2–1 584 554 105.42%
4 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 7 4 3 57.14% 3–2 W3 3–0 1–3 647 624 103.69%
5 Cairns Taipans 4 2 2 50.00% 2–2 L1 1–0 1–2 346 348 99.43%
6 Adelaide 36ers 8 3 5 37.50% 3–2 W2 2–2 1–3 680 704 96.59%
7 Brisbane Bullets 6 2 4 33.33% 1–4 L4 1–2 1–2 514 542 94.83%
8 Perth Wildcats 6 2 4 33.33% 1–4 L3 2–1 0–3 527 556 94.78%
9 Illawarra Hawks 6 2 4 33.33% 2–3 W1 2–2 0–2 522 578 90.31%
10 New Zealand Breakers 4 1 3 25.00% 1–3 L3 1–2 0–1 355 370 95.95%

Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source: NBL.com.au

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
Leader and qualification to semifinals
Qualification to semifinals
Qualification to play-in
Last place
2023–24 NBL season
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920
Adelaide 36ers910109
Brisbane Bullets1267
Cairns Taipans8634
Illawarra Hawks108910
Melbourne United3111
New Zealand Breakers4756
Perth Wildcats6588
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix5975
Sydney Kings2323
Tasmania JackJumpers7442
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log

Pre-season
Main article: 2023 NBL pre-season
2023 NBL Blitz game log
Total: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
September: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 17 September @ Adelaide W 75–101 Cameron Gliddon (19) Zylan Cheatham (9) Parker Jackson-Cartwright (8) Gold Coast Convention Centre
n/a		 1–0
2 19 September Tasmania W 85–92 Cameron Gliddon (17) Zylan Cheatham (10) Gliddon, Jackson-Cartwright (5) Gold Coast Convention Centre
n/a		 1–1
3 21 September @ Perth L 93–89 Delany, Jackson-Cartwright (15) Cheatham, Mathiang (6) Parker Jackson-Cartwright (10) Gold Coast Convention Centre
n/a		 1–2

NBLxNBA games
Main article: NBLxNBA
2023 pre-season game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 10 October @ Portland L 66–106 Parker Jackson-Cartwright (19) Zylan Cheatham (10) Zylan Cheatham (4) Moda Center
12,694		 0–1
2 16 October @ Utah L 94–114 Anthony Lamb (23) Anthony Lamb (7) Parker Jackson-Cartwright (6) Delta Center
14,190		 0–2

Regular season
Main article: 2023–24 NBL regular season
2023–24 game log
Total: 1–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–1)
September: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 30 September Cairns W 98–87 Parker Jackson-Cartwright (25) Mangok Mathiang (5) Parker Jackson-Cartwright (8) Spark Arena
6,400		 1–0
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
2 5 October Brisbane L 84–89 Parker Jackson-Cartwright (20) Zylan Cheatham (6) Parker Jackson-Cartwright (5) Spark Arena
6,280		 1–1
3 22 October @ Melbourne L 97–88 Zylan Cheatham (30) Will McDowell-White (7) Will McDowell-White (9) John Cain Arena
9,579		 1–2
4 26 October Adelaide L 85–97 Anthony Lamb (25) Zylan Cheatham (8) Will McDowell-White (11) Spark Arena
4,646		 1–3
5 28 October @ S.E. Melbourne John Cain Arena
November: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
6 3 November Cairns TBC
7 5 November Sydney Sydney SuperDome
8 10 November @ Perth Perth Arena
9 16 November @ Tasmania Silverdome
10 19 November Illawarra Spark Arena
11 30 November Adelaide TBC
December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
12 2 December @ S.E. Melbourne John Cain Arena
13 9 December Tasmania Spark Arena
14 15 December @ Cairns Cairns Convention Centre
15 22 December Sydney Spark Arena
16 27 December @ Brisbane Nissan Arena
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
17 1 January @ Tasmania Derwent Entertainment Centre
18 7 January Perth Spark Arena
19 12 January Melbourne TBC
20 14 January @ Sydney Sydney SuperDome
21 20 January S.E. Melbourne Spark Arena
22 26 January Tasmania TBC
23 28 January @ Illawarra Wollongong Entertainment Centre
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
24 4 February @ Perth Perth Arena
25 9 February Illawarra Spark Arena
26 11 February @ Melbourne John Cain Arena
27 16 February Brisbane Spark Arena
28 18 February @ Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
2023–24 season schedule

Transactions

Re-signed
Player Date Signed Contract Ref.
Alex McNaught27 March 20233-year deal[3]
Will McDowell-White11 April 20232-year deal (club option)[4]
Thomas Abercrombie10 May 20231-year deal[5]

Additions
Player Date Signed Contract Former team Ref.
Mangok Mathiang13 June 20231-year dealHapoel Eilat[6]
Mantas Rubštavičius14 June 20231-year deal (next star)Lietkabelis Panevėžys[7]
Dane Pineau20 June 20232-year dealS.E. Melbourne Phoenix[8]
Finn Delany13 July 20232-year dealTelekom Baskets Bonn[9]
Zylan Cheatham18 July 20231-year dealBayern Munich[10]
Parker Jackson-Cartwright2 August 20231-year dealBeşiktaş[11]
Justinian Jessup10 August 20231-year dealZaragoza[12]
Carlin Davison1 September 20233-year deal (club option)Taranaki Airs[13]
Dominique Kelman-Poto5 September 20231-year deal (NRP)Franklin Bulls[14]
Max Darling12 September 20233-year deal (club option)Canterbury Rams[15]
Anthony Lamb10 October 20231-year dealGolden State Warriors[16]

Subtractions
Player Reason left Date Left New Team Ref.
Jarrell BrantleyFree agent18 March 2023Utah Jazz[17]
Barry Brown Jr.Free agent15 May 2023Metropolitans 92[18]
Robert LoeRetired7 June 2023Auckland Tuatara[19]
Tom VodanovichReleased21 June 2023Wellington Saints[20]
Rayan RupertNBA draft23 June 2023Portland Trail Blazers[21]
Dererk PardonFree agent28 June 2023Altiri Chiba[22]
Sam TimminsFree agent20 July 2023Sydney Kings[23]


See also

References
  1. "Anatomy of a roster rebuild: Smoke, mirrors and rebuilding the NZ Breakers". Stuff.co.nz. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. "NZ Breakers boss Mody Maor talks roster build, Dererk Pardon, culture, and import hunt". ESPN.com.au. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  3. "Boyhood Breaker Inks Three-Year Extension". NBL.com.au. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. "NBL free agent McDowell-White returns to NZ Breakers". ESPN.com.au. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. "NZ Breakers captain Tom Abercrombie signs on for another ANBL season". NewsHub.co.nz. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. "NZ Breakers hail signing of 'under-rated' Mangok Mathiang for '23-24 NBL season". Stuff.co.nz. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  7. "Breakers sign Lithuanian NBA prospect through Next Stars". ESPN.com.au. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  8. "NZ Breakers sign ex-South East Melbourne centre Dane Pineau". Stuff.co.nz. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  9. "Finn Delany signs 2 year deal with NZ Breakers". ESPN.com.au. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  10. "Breakers lock in first import Zylan Cheatham ahead of NBL24". ESPN.com.au. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  11. "Breakers sign Bundesliga MVP". RNZ.co.nz. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  12. "Mody Maor lauds lineup after Justinian Jessup completes NZ Breakers roster for NBL24". Stuff.co.nz. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  13. "Breakers add DP for three". NBL.com.au. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  14. "Breakers secure key replacement". NBL.com.au. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  15. "Breakers sign NZNBL Champion". NBL.com.au. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  16. "Golden State Warrior Joins Breakers on Eve of NBA Pre-Season Game in Portland". NZBreakers.basketball. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  17. "Utah Jazz Sign Jarrell Brantley to 10-Day Contract". NBA.com. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  18. "BARRY BROWN JOINS THE MET 92". Metropolitans92.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  19. "Rob Loe announces retirement from NBL". NZBreakers.Basketball. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  20. "Vodanovich Released From Breakers Contract". NBL.com.au. 21 June 2023. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023.
  21. "Rupert Drafted by Portland Trail Blazers". NBL.com.au. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  22. "デレク・パードン選手 契約締結のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Altiri Chiba. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  23. "Kings pen Tall Black Timmins to one-year contract". SydneyKings.com. 20 July 2023. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023.
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