2022-2023 NBL Depth Charts
February 7, 2023
Joshua Davey
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Perth (WA)
- Position: FRD
- Height (CM): 200
- Weight (KG): 99
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Lubbock Christian
- NBL DEBUT: 17/09/22
- AGE AT DEBUT: 0
- LAST NBL GAME: 19/02/23
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 0
- NBL History: Cairns 2023
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Joshua Davey was born in Perth (WA)
NBL EXPERIENCE
Joshua Davey made his NBL debut with the Cairns Taipans on 17/9/2022. He scored four points in his first game.
Davey joined Cairns as a development player to the already existing core of Tahjere McCall, Majok Deng, Bul Kuol, Mirko Djeric, as well as the league’s Most Improved Player Keanu Pinder. The team then added promising big man Sam Waardenburg (3 Year Deal), who was hotly pursued by most NBL team’s yet chose to sign in Cairns after being offered a starting role. Fellow college grad Lat Mayen (Nebraska) and Jonah Antonio (Czech League) signed multi-year deals, and Ben Ayre, following a memorable stint as an injury replacement player last season, was elevated to the main roster. Imports Scott Machado and Stephen Zimmerman were replaced with DJ Hogg and Shannon Scott, and Cairns, with the youngest roster in the league, surprised everyone with some upset wins to start the season.
Picked by most to finish bottom of the ladder, Cairns opened the season by defeating grand finalists Tasmania (106-84), South East Melbourne (85-76) and the reigning champions Sydney (83-78) to start the season on a 5-1 run, their only loss being to Perth (76-105).
A common Taipans’ trait this season was snapping opposition win streaks. This included snapping Brisbane’s three-game win streak in November (90-82) and ending the Kings’ record 17-game road winning streak (94-88) in a overtime thriller.
The Taipans, who had spent the majority of the season sitting in second or third position on the ladder, then lost star Keanu Pinder to a ankle injury in December. Many in the media expected the team to drop down the ladder without Pinder, where they were originally predicted to finish, but instead, Cairns went on a five-game winning streak. This included wins over Adelaide 36ers (86-83), Illawarra (96-89), Brisbane (107-81), South East Melbourne (94-85), a second win over Illawarra (89-84) and New Zealand (85-83).
During the final month of the season, Cairns lost Pinder again, this time to a eye injury which resulted in him being unable to play any postseason games. Cairns and Zealand bounced back and forth in a battle for second place across the final fortnight of the games, finishing the season off by defeating Perth (84-71). The win momentarily saw Cairns jump to second place before New Zealand responded with wins over both Brisbane and Illawarra (the competition’s bottom two), resulting in both team’s finishing with a equal record (18-10). Due to the Breakers having a higher percentage, Cairns then dropped to third place and would have to go through the NBL’s inaugural play-in tournament to reach the semi finals. Next, Cairns would face Perth with Pinder still on the sidelines. Despite this, a history making effort from DJ Hogg (32 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assist), where he score the most points ever by a Taipan in a playoff game, delivered a 91-78 victory and the chance to face Sydney as the fourth seed in the semifinals.
McCall suffered a partially dislocated shoulder in the Taipans’ Seeding Qualifier against Tasmania and, as a result, was absent from game one of his side’s Playoff Series against Sydney. Without McCall available, Xavier Cooks (27 points and 14 rebounds) was able to power the Kings home to a 95-87 win over the Taipans in the opening game before a drama-filled game two saw Kings’ coach Buford being ejected. The emotions tipped over after Noi and Waardenburg both went down after hits to the head, Cooks suffered yet another ankle injury, and Tim Soares was charged with striking. Amidst the chaos, DJ Hogg (25 points and 8 rebounds) and Tahjere McCall (20 points and 7 assists) caught fire, and Cairns took down Sydney (93-82) to force a do-or-die game three.
In the deciding game, Vasiljevic, who had been almost a non-factor in the first two games, delivered when it mattered most for the Kings landing three crucial three-pointers on his way to 15 points and five rebounds to lead Sydney in scoring. Cooks shook off his rolled ankle from game two with 11 points and 11 rebounds as the Kings locked the Taipans down on defence, holding them to their lowest team score of the season, Sydney beating Cairns 79-64 to advance to the Championship Series. Ben Ayre finished top scorer for the Taipans with 20 points (4-8 from downtown) and 4 assists.
Davey saw minimal playing time over the season, playing 18 games and averaging 0.3 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 0.1 assists.
Joshua Davey played one season in the NBL. He averaged 0.2 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 0 assists in 18 NBL games.
Dan Boyce is a die-hard Sydney Kings fan who grew up in Melbourne during the roaring 90's of Australian Basketball and spent far too much time collecting Futera NBL Basketball cards.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 0 | Cairns | 3-25 (10) | 18 | 79.0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 29% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 2 | 50% | 31% | 0% | 2 | Totals | 18 | 79 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 28.6% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 0% | 0% | 10 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 0 | Cairns | 3-25 (10) | 18 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 29% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 50% | 31% | 0% | 2 | Total | 18 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 28.6% | 0.0 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0% | 0% | 10 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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