Brett Maher (basketball)
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Personal information | |
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Born | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | 17 April 1973
Listed height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
Listed weight | 82 |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1992–2009 |
Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
Number | 5 |
Career history | |
1992–2009 | Adelaide 36ers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Brett Steven Maher (born 17 April 1973) is an Australian retired professional basketball player. He played his entire seventeen-year career for his hometown Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League (NBL) from 1992 to 2009. Maher also represented Australia at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games, as well as at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
Maher gained his highest international basketball honour when he captained the Boomers at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane.
Professional career
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Maher was spotted playing for the Sturt Sabres in the Australian Basketball Association where his outstanding form saw him earn a contract with the Adelaide 36ers. He took up an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship between 1989 and 1991.[1] Maher played 526 games for the 36ers between 1992 and 2009, averaging 16.9 points, 4.2 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game.
By 1994, Maher was regarded as one of the NBL's best guards and the 36ers would make its first Grand Final in eight years. Unfortunately for Maher and the 36ers they were defeated 2–0 in the Grand Final series by the North Melbourne Giants. He averaged 16.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists over the series while averaging 13.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists over the season.
Brett Maher took over from
On 7 February 2009 in front of a sellout crowd in excess of 8,000, the main court of The Dome was renamed The Brett Maher Court in honor of Maher who was playing his last home game before retiring from the NBL at the end of the 2008-09 season. The court that now bears his name is the only home court that Maher ever played on during his NBL career as the 36ers had moved to the then named Clipsal Powerhouse from their former home at the Apollo Stadium the same year that Maher started with the club. Maher has also been honored as one of only four players to have their number retired by the Adelaide 36ers.
Brett Maher retired as the Adelaide 36ers all-time leader in: games played (525), points (8,941), field goals (3,140), field goals attempted (7,072), three points made (1,162), three-point attempts (2,835), assists (2,267) and steals (703). He is one of only four players to have won 3 or more NBL championships with the 36ers alongside Mark Davis, Paul Rees and Rupert Sapwell, and one of only two 36ers championship winning captains along with American import Bill Jones who captained the club to its first title in 1986.
International career
During his career Maher also won selection for the
Media work
Since retiring, Maher also co-hosted an Internet Television show on
Maher was named as the Adelaide 36ers Community Services Manager before the start of the 2013–14 NBL season.
NBL career stats
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
† | Denotes season(s) in which Maher won an NBL championship |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1992 | Adelaide 36ers | 23 | 0 | 25.6 | .364 | .130 | .750 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 6.3 |
1993 | Adelaide 36ers | 26 | 0 | 22.6 | .419 | .400 | .789 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 8.3 |
1994 | Adelaide 36ers | 33 | 32 | 33.7 | .462 | .467 | .833 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 13.3 |
1995 | Adelaide 36ers | 31 | 31 | 37.2 | .419 | .384 | .891 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 14.1 |
1996 | Adelaide 36ers | 31 | 31 | 36.2 | .434 | .411 | .913 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 15.5 |
1997 | Adelaide 36ers | 30 | 30 | 42.9 | .467 | .465 | .798 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 18.8 |
1998† | Adelaide 36ers | 34 | 34 | 36.7 | .450 | .403 | .845 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 17.8 |
1998–99† | Adelaide 36ers | 32 | 32 | 40.0 | .445 | .386 | .798 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 19.2 |
1999–2000 | Adelaide 36ers | 31 | 31 | 41.0 | .445 | .432 | .857 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 20.2 |
2000–01 | Adelaide 36ers | 33 | 33 | 39.8 | .473 | .436 | .899 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 20.9 |
2001–02† | Adelaide 36ers | 38 | 38 | 42.1 | .463 | .423 | .873 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 21.9 |
2002–03 | Adelaide 36ers | 31 | 31 | 43.4 | .439 | .399 | .866 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 21.7 |
2003–04 | Adelaide 36ers | 24 | 24 | 35.4 | .435 | .414 | .854 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 17.5 |
2004–05 | Adelaide 36ers | 27 | 27 | 41.2 | .419 | .373 | .822 | 4.3 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 19.2 |
2005–06 | Adelaide 36ers | 29 | 29 | 40.0 | .428 | .379 | .861 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 18.6 |
2006–07 | Adelaide 36ers | 27 | 27 | 39.3 | .451 | .396 | .912 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 18.9 |
2007–08 | Adelaide 36ers | 18 | 18 | 34.7 | .472 | .411 | .822 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 16.6 |
2008–09 | Adelaide 36ers | 27 | 27 | 28.2 | .429 | .403 | .807 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.5 |
Career | 525 | 475 | 37.0 | .444 | .410 | .850 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 17.0 |
References
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- ISBN 174013060X.
- ^ "Inside the Game". AustraliaLiveTV.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
External links
- EntertainOZ profile
- Hudson Maher Website
- Brett Maher Profile
- Inside the Game Archived 31 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine