2024–25 Brisbane Bullets season

2024–25 Brisbane Bullets season
2024–25 Brisbane Bullets season
Head coach	Justin Schueller
Captain	Mitch Norton
Arena	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record	11–15 (42.3%)
Ladder	8th
Finals finish	TBD
	Stats at NBL.com.au
	All statistics correct as of 24 January 2025.
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Brisbane Bullets season is the 39th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL), and their second under the leadership of their head coach Justin Schueller.^[1]

Roster

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

Brisbane Bullets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
F	0	Kunen, Josh (DP)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
G	1	Cook, Keandre (I)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
G	2	White, Isaac	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
G	3	Savage, Kye (DP)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
G	5	Batemon, James (IN)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
G	6	Devers, Tristan (DP)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G	8	Norton, Mitch (C)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
F	10	Adel, Deng	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	89 kg (196 lb)
C	11	Zikarsky, Rocco (NS)	2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)	103 kg (227 lb)
F	13	Bannan, Josh	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
G	14	Adams, Josh (I)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
F	18	Smith-Milner, Tohi	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	117 kg (258 lb)
F	21	Bairstow, Jarred	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	101 kg (223 lb)
G/F	23	Prather, Casey (I)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)
C	24	Harrison, Tyrell	2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)	115 kg (254 lb)
G	26	McDaniel, Sam	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
G	41	Naar, Emmett (NRP)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
F	81	Dalton, Callum	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	115 kg (254 lb)

Head coach

Justin Schueller

Assistant coach(es)

Strength & conditioning coach(es)

Matt Hardiman

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(IN) Inactive
(I) Import player
(TP) Training player
(SRP) Special restricted player
(NS) Next Star player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 24 January 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Development
PG	Mitch Norton	James Batemon	Kye Savage
SG	Keandre Cook	Isaac White	Tristan Devers
SF	Casey Prather	Sam McDaniel	Josh Kunen
PF	Josh Bannan	Deng Adel	Jarred Bairstow
C	Tyrell Harrison	Rocco Zikarsky	Tohi Smith-Milner

Standings

Ladder

Pos	2024–25 NBL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Illawarra Hawks	27	18	9	66.67%	3–2	W1	9–4	9–5	2750	2488	110.53%
2	Melbourne United	27	17	10	62.96%	4–1	W2	7–6	10–4	2574	2467	104.34%

3	Sydney Kings	27	16	11	59.26%	3–2	L1	7–6	9–5	2458	2358	104.24%
4	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	26	15	11	57.69%	4–1	W1	9–4	6–7	2490	2354	105.78%
5	Perth Wildcats	26	15	11	57.69%	3–2	L2	8–5	7–6	2587	2511	103.03%
6	Adelaide 36ers	26	13	13	50.00%	4–1	W3	9–5	4–8	2444	2487	98.27%

7	Tasmania JackJumpers	27	12	15	44.44%	0–5	L5	8–5	4–10	2253	2376	94.82%
8	Brisbane Bullets	27	11	16	40.74%	1–4	L1	6–8	5–8	2498	2649	94.30%
9	New Zealand Breakers	27	9	18	33.33%	1–4	L3	5–8	4–10	2304	2462	93.58%
10	Cairns Taipans	26	7	19	26.92%	3–2	W2	3–11	4–8	2286	2492	91.73%

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2025. 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

2024–25 NBL season
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Adelaide 36ers	8	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6
Brisbane Bullets	6	10	9	9	7	8	7	8	7	9	8	7	5	7	7	8	8	8
Cairns Taipans	10	7	4	6	6	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Illawarra Hawks	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Melbourne United	2	3	5	3	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
New Zealand Breakers	5	2	1	1	2	3	1	2	2	3	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Perth Wildcats	4	5	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	6	5	4	3	4	5
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	7	9	10	10	10	10	8	7	8	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4
Sydney Kings	3	4	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	3
Tasmania JackJumpers	9	6	7	8	9	7	9	9	9	8	7	5	4	3	6	6	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2025. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log

Pre-season

2024 NBL Blitz game log
Total: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

September: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	7 September	@ Tasmania	W 76–89	James Batemon (20)	Casey Prather (5)	three players (3)	Carrara Indoor Stadium n/a	1–0
2	10 September	Melbourne	W 111–104	Tyrell Harrison (21)	Tyrell Harrison (10)	James Batemon (6)	Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a	0–2
3	14 September	Cairns	W 85–82	Keandre Cook (20)	Harrison, Prather (7)	James Batemon (4)	Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a	3–0

Regular season

2024–25 game log
Total: 11–15 (Home: 6–7; Road: 5–8)

September: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	21 September	@ New Zealand	L 91–87	Keandre Cook (25)	Tyrell Harrison (5)	James Batemon (4)	Perth Superdrome 2,691	0–1
2	27 September	@ Illawarra	L 113–101	Keandre Cook (17)	Tyrell Harrison (10)	Casey Prather (6)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 3,542	0–2

October: 2–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	5 October	Sydney	L 82–91	Casey Prather (17)	Josh Bannan (11)	Tyrell Harrison (5)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,009	0–3
4	12 October	@ S.E. Melbourne	W 85–87	Tyrell Harrison (21)	Tyrell Harrison (17)	Josh Bannan (5)	John Cain Arena 6,521	1–3
5	17 October	New Zealand	W 84–73	James Batemon (21)	Josh Bannan (9)	four players (3)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,391	2–3
6	26 October	Tasmania	L 79–87	Mitch Norton (20)	Tyrell Harrison (10)	Mitch Norton (5)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,756	2–4

November: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	2 November	@ Cairns	W 88–92	James Batemon (21)	Tyrell Harrison (20)	Batemon, Cook (3)	Cairns Convention Centre 4,445	3–4
8	7 November	Melbourne	L 103–120	Keandre Cook (23)	Casey Prather (8)	Keandre Cook (5)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,101	3–5
9	15 November	@ Tasmania	L 95–92	Keandre Cook (23)	Josh Bannan (9)	Bannan, Prather (4)	Derwent Entertainment Centre 4,340	3–6
10	17 November	Perth	W 105–84	James Batemon (51)	Josh Bannan (9)	Mitch Norton (6)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 6,086	4–6
11	29 November	@ Perth	L 117–89	Casey Prather (31)	Rocco Zikarsky (8)	Mitch Norton (4)	Perth Arena 10,937	4–7

December: 5–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
12	6 December	Adelaide	W 102–83	Casey Prather (33)	Tyrell Harrison (18)	Mitch Norton (5)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,142	5–7
13	8 December	@ Melbourne	W 114–122	Cook, Prather (27)	Casey Prather (7)	Keandre Cook (5)	John Cain Arena 8,639	6–7
14	12 December	S.E. Melbourne	W 116–108	Keandre Cook (33)	Tyrell Harrison (12)	Keandre Cook (4)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 3,757	7–7
15	15 December	@ Sydney	L 93–81	Casey Prather (28)	Casey Prather (9)	Cook, Norton (4)	Sydney SuperDome 11,576	7–8
16	20 December	Cairns	W 107–104	Casey Prather (35)	Bannan, Cook (6)	James Batemon (7)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,599	8–8
17	24 December	@ Adelaide	W 90–111	Casey Prather (36)	Tyrell Harrison (12)	Norton, Prather (5)	Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,457	9–8
18	27 December	Illawarra	L 84–102	Casey Prather (28)	Tyrell Harrison (9)	Naar, Smith-Milner (2)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 6,405	9–9
19	29 December	@ Tasmania	L 95–86	Keandre Cook (20)	Tyrell Harrison (12)	Mitch Norton (6)	Derwent Entertainment Centre 4,340	9–10

January: 2–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
20	4 January	Sydney	L 86–91	Casey Prather (18)	Tyrell Harrison (12)	Keandre Cook (5)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,028	9–11
21	8 January	New Zealand	W 83–74	Casey Prather (31)	Casey Prather (10)	Casey Prather (6)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,341	10–11
22	11 January	@ S.E. Melbourne	L 105–86	Josh Bannan (23)	Casey Prather (11)	Casey Prather (2)	Gippsland Indoor Stadium 3,082	10–12
23	15 January	Perth	L 85–112	Casey Prather (32)	Bannan, Prather (11)	Keandre Cook (5)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,491	10–13
24	17 January	Cairns	L 80–111	Casey Prather (22)	Josh Bannan (12)	Adams, Norton (3)	Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,587	10–14
25	20 January	@ Illawarra	L 121–87	Keandre Cook (19)	Keandre Cook (8)	Josh Bannan (5)	Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,358	10–15
26	24 January	@ New Zealand	W 87–93	Keandre Cook (26)	Casey Prather (8)	Keandre Cook (6)	Wolfbrook Arena 4,196	11–15
27	26 January	Melbourne	0–0				Brisbane Entertainment Centre	–
28	31 January	@ Adelaide	0–0				Adelaide Entertainment Centre	–

February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
29	6 February	@ Cairns	0–0				Cairns Convention Centre	–

2024–25 season schedule

Transactions

Re-signed

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Ref.
Isaac White	10 April 2024	1-year deal	^[2]
Mitch Norton	10 April 2024	3-year deal	^[3]
Casey Prather	10 April 2024	1-year deal	^[4]
Tristan Devers	14 June 2024	3-year deal (club option)
Tyrell Harrison	29 September 2024	2-year deal	^[5]

Additions

Player	Date Signed	Contract	Former team	Ref.
Deng Adel	15 April 2024	1-year deal	Boulazac Basket Dordogne	^[6]
Tohi Smith-Milner	19 April 2024	2-year deal (club option)	Adelaide 36ers	^[7]
Keandre Cook	21 May 2024	1-year deal	Crailsheim Merlins
Jarred Bairstow	12 July 2024	1-year deal	Tasmania JackJumpers
James Batemon	17 July 2024	2-year deal	Ironi Kiryat Ata
Emmett Naar	29 October 2024	1-year deal (NRP)	Mackay Meteors	^[8]
Josh Adams	2 January 2025	1-year deal	Maroussi	^[9]
Callum Dalton	24 January 2025	1-year deal (NRP)	Melbourne United	^[10]

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date Left	New Team	Ref.
Shannon Scott	Mutual release	5 March 2024	Kaohsiung Aquas	^[11]
Nathan Sobey	Released	29 March 2024	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	^[12]
Chris Smith	Mutual release	11 April 2024	Chiba Jets	^[13]
D. J. Mitchell	Free agent	25 September 2024	Manchester Basketball	^[14]
Aron Baynes	Retired	17 October 2024	n/a	^[15]

Awards

Club awards

Club MVP:
Players Player:
Members Moment of the Year:
Defensive Player of the Year:
Youth Player of the Year:
Narelle Kelly Award:
Volunteer of the Year:

References

^ "Bullets hire Justin Schueller as head coach". ESPN.com.au. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ "Core quartet signs on with Bullets". NBL.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Bullets Core Locked in for NBL25". BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Prather among Bullets' signings for post-Sobey era". CanberraTimes.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Harrison commits to Bullets". NBL.com.au. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
^ "Adel secures NBL return". NBL.com.au. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
^ "Brisbane adds championship-winning big". NBL.com.au. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
^ "Bullets sign nominated replacement player". BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
^ "Bullets confirm star signing". NBL Official Website. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
^ "Bullets sign concussion replacement". NBL.com.au. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
^ "高雄海神簽下NBA名人堂球星之子填補後場戰力空缺". ETtoday. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
^ "Sobey, Bullets agree to mutual parting of ways". ESPN.com.au. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
^ "Smith, Bullets part ways". NBL.com.au. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "DJ Set To Rock Manchester". manchester.basketball. 25 September 2024. Archived from the original on 31 October 2024.
^ "Australian basketball star, NBA champion Baynes retires". NBL.com.au. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

External links

Official Website

[1] "Bullets hire Justin Schueller as head coach". ESPN.com.au. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.

[2] "Core quartet signs on with Bullets". NBL.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

[3] "Bullets Core Locked in for NBL25". BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

[4] "Prather among Bullets' signings for post-Sobey era". CanberraTimes.com.au. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

[5] "Harrison commits to Bullets". NBL.com.au. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[6] "Adel secures NBL return". NBL.com.au. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

[7] "Brisbane adds championship-winning big". NBL.com.au. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

[8] "Bullets sign nominated replacement player". BrisbaneBullets.com.au. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

[9] "Bullets confirm star signing". NBL Official Website. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

[10] "Bullets sign concussion replacement". NBL.com.au. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.

[11] "高雄海神簽下NBA名人堂球星之子填補後場戰力空缺". ETtoday. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

[12] "Sobey, Bullets agree to mutual parting of ways". ESPN.com.au. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.

[13] "Smith, Bullets part ways". NBL.com.au. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

[14] "DJ Set To Rock Manchester". manchester.basketball. 25 September 2024. Archived from the original on 31 October 2024.

[15] "Australian basketball star, NBA champion Baynes retires". NBL.com.au. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

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