Aaron Trahair

Nationality: AUS
Date of Birth: 3/02/76
Place of Birth: Bendigo (VIC)
Position: GRD
Height (CM): 194
Weight (KG): 101
Junior Assoc: VIC - Bendigo
College: None

NBL DEBUT: 16/04/94
AGE AT DEBUT: 18
LAST NBL GAME: 16/02/08
AGE AT LAST GAME: 32
NBL History: Perth 1994-96, 2008 | Sydney 1997-00 | Cairns 2001-02 | West Sydney 2003-05 | Hunter 2006 | Singapore 2007 | Wollongong 2008
Championships: 1
Perth (1995)

NICKNAME/S: Yeah Yeah Trahair

BIO: Aaron Trahair was born in Bendigo (VIC) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Bendigo basketball program. Trahair received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 1992. He spent two years year there and played for the program’s state league team (1992, 1993).

NBL EXPERIENCE

Aaron Trahair made his NBL debut with the Perth Wildcats at 18 years of age. He scored two points in his first game.

Trahair began his NBL career with the Perth Wildcats in 1994, and was named runner-up to Sam Mackinnon in the Rookie of the Year award for that season. The following year, Trahair was a member of the Australian under 19’s team that won silver at the Junior World Championships, and won his only NBL championship with the Wildcats. In doing so, he was a member of the Wildcat’s squad that travelled to the McDonald’s Championship in London that competed against the NBA’s Houston Rockets and Spain’s Real Madrid.

When the Sydney Kings lost guard Shane Heal to the Minnesota Timberwolves In 1997, the signed Trahair as a replacement. The Kings had high hopes when they signed Aaron Trahair at the beginning of the season, with Trahair was expected to step up and take the reigns of the Kings. Trahair faced a certain degree of difficulty in doing this, up until that time his NBL career had consisted of playing most of his time at shooting guard alongside Ricky Grace at Perth. Stepping into a role as the starting point guard included its challenges and Trahair saw his production decline from 13.4 points (41% from the field) and 3.8 assists with the Wildcats to 11.4 points (36% from the field) and 3.2 assists at the Kings.

Mid-season Trahair was moved to the off-guard role and the Kings allowed Isaac Burton to play point-guard. In his first outing in his new position, Trahair played a nice all around game, scoring 11 points and also contributing 6 assists, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals. He scored in double figures in his next seven outings, and actually improved his assists average even though he wasn’t running the point. Aaron played his best game of the season in a 88-89 loss to the South East Melbourne on 21st June, scoring a team-high 19 points on 7-11 shooting to go along with 7 rebounds, and 4 assists. Trahair suffered a season ending foot injury after the All-Star break, missing the final 6 games of the season.

Prior to the commencement of the 2007/08 season, the unsigned Trahair trained and appeared in several pre-season matches with the Wildcats while in Perth visiting family. Despite early reports that the Wildcats would not sign Trahair (as they held out for the possibility that American forward Shawn Redhage would become a Australian citizen), the guard was officially signed up shortly before the first match of the season against his previous club, the Singapore Slingers. However, after appearing in just eight games with limited minutes for the Wildcats, Trahair was released by the club in December 2007 to allow him to sign with the Wollongong Hawks for the remainder of the season.

Aaron Trahair played sixteen seasons in the NBL. He averaged 12.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 3.2 assists in 422 NBL games.

CAREER RANKINGS:
– 40th in total games played.
– 44th in total points
– 21st in total assists
– 39th in total steals

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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
2007-08	32	Perth	18-12 (4)	8	102.0	12	9	5	2	7	4	2	3	7	4	18	22%	19	50	38%	0	0	0%	33%	75%	9
2007-08	32	Wollongong	9-21 (11)	12	238.0	87	26	27	4	22	7	3	12	14	29	75	39%	4	15	27%	10	15	67%	53%	41%	18
2006-07	31	Singapore	13-20 (8)	32	929.0	321	94	88	23	71	17	3	59	60	109	268	41%	69	173	40%	34	44	77%	56%	54%	28
2005-06	30	Hunter	13-19 (8)	31	1,118.0	419	123	109	19	104	27	1	67	58	126	326	39%	88	214	41%	79	96	82%	56%	52%	35
2004-05	29	West Sydney	11-21 (9)	32	1,184.0	387	149	121	35	114	41	10	88	103	133	384	35%	62	220	28%	59	82	72%	46%	43%	27
2003-04	28	West Sydney	22-11 (3)	38	1,259.0	516	144	100	40	104	31	15	83	81	173	455	38%	78	230	34%	92	127	72%	50%	47%	31
2002-03	27	West Sydney	14-16 (7)	26	763.0	251	99	66	28	71	20	8	42	62	81	228	36%	40	125	32%	49	63	78%	49%	44%	23
2001-02	26	Cairns	9-21 (11)	30	1,070.0	429	131	120	22	109	31	2	118	68	141	375	38%	60	184	33%	87	105	83%	50%	46%	32
2000-01	25	Cairns	6-22 (9)	28	1,176.0	558	108	152	23	85	18	6	118	67	168	471	36%	70	216	32%	152	183	83%	50%	43%	43
1999-00	24	Sydney	11-17 (7)	28	1,143.0	425	128	124	38	90	32	5	73	82	139	382	36%	71	209	34%	76	89	85%	50%	46%	32
1998-99	23	Sydney	9-17 (10)	26	1,126.0	408	154	76	39	115	33	5	71	59	139	418	33%	66	208	32%	64	94	68%	44%	41%	30
1998	22	Sydney	13-17 (8)	27	886.0	353	95	80	28	67	25	5	43	40	124	297	42%	63	171	37%	42	54	78%	55%	52%	40
1997	21	Sydney	12-18 (9)	22	841.0	251	82	70	19	63	32	2	40	35	83	231	36%	44	137	32%	41	47	87%	50%	45%	21
1996	20	Perth	16-10 (3)	28	1,085.0	375	119	105	22	97	43	2	69	43	130	318	41%	67	179	37%	48	63	76%	54%	51%	29
1995	19	Perth	19-7 (4)	32	1,000.0	310	111	100	24	87	40	3	53	45	113	267	42%	61	146	42%	23	28	82%	55%	54%	25
1994	18	Perth	16-10 (6)	22	493.0	118	74	43	18	56	16	2	38	27	41	118	35%	16	52	31%	20	31	65%	44%	42%	19
Totals				422	14413	5220	1646	1386	384	1262	417	74	977	851	1733	4631	37.4%	878	2529	34.7%	876	1121	78.1%	51%	47%	43

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
2007-08	32	Perth	18-12 (4)	8	12.8	1.5	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.5	2.3	22%	2.4	6.3	38%	0.0	0.0	0%	33%	75%	9
2007-08	32	Wollongong	9-21 (11)	12	19.8	7.3	2.2	2.3	0.3	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.4	6.3	39%	0.3	1.3	27%	0.8	1.3	67%	53%	41%	18
2006-07	31	Singapore	13-20 (8)	32	29.0	10.0	2.9	2.8	0.7	2.2	0.5	0.1	1.8	1.9	3.4	8.4	41%	2.2	5.4	40%	1.1	1.4	77%	56%	54%	28
2005-06	30	Hunter	13-19 (8)	31	36.1	13.5	4.0	3.5	0.6	3.4	0.9	0.0	2.2	1.9	4.1	10.5	39%	2.8	6.9	41%	2.5	3.1	82%	56%	52%	35
2004-05	29	West Sydney	11-21 (9)	32	37.0	12.1	4.7	3.8	1.1	3.6	1.3	0.3	2.8	3.2	4.2	12.0	35%	1.9	6.9	28%	1.8	2.6	72%	46%	43%	27
2003-04	28	West Sydney	22-11 (3)	38	33.1	13.6	3.8	2.6	1.1	2.7	0.8	0.4	2.2	2.1	4.6	12.0	38%	2.1	6.1	34%	2.4	3.3	72%	50%	47%	31
2002-03	27	West Sydney	14-16 (7)	26	29.3	9.7	3.8	2.5	1.1	2.7	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.4	3.1	8.8	36%	1.5	4.8	32%	1.9	2.4	78%	49%	44%	23
2001-02	26	Cairns	9-21 (11)	30	35.7	14.3	4.4	4.0	0.7	3.6	1.0	0.1	3.9	2.3	4.7	12.5	38%	2.0	6.1	33%	2.9	3.5	83%	50%	46%	32
2000-01	25	Cairns	6-22 (9)	28	42.0	19.9	3.9	5.4	0.8	3.0	0.6	0.2	4.2	2.4	6.0	16.8	36%	2.5	7.7	32%	5.4	6.5	83%	50%	43%	43
1999-00	24	Sydney	11-17 (7)	28	40.8	15.2	4.6	4.4	1.4	3.2	1.1	0.2	2.6	2.9	5.0	13.6	36%	2.5	7.5	34%	2.7	3.2	85%	50%	46%	32
1998-99	23	Sydney	9-17 (10)	26	43.3	15.7	5.9	2.9	1.5	4.4	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.3	5.3	16.1	33%	2.5	8.0	32%	2.5	3.6	68%	44%	41%	30
1998	22	Sydney	13-17 (8)	27	32.8	13.1	3.5	3.0	1.0	2.5	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.5	4.6	11.0	42%	2.3	6.3	37%	1.6	2.0	78%	55%	52%	40
1997	21	Sydney	12-18 (9)	22	38.2	11.4	3.7	3.2	0.9	2.9	1.5	0.1	1.8	1.6	3.8	10.5	36%	2.0	6.2	32%	1.9	2.1	87%	50%	45%	21
1996	20	Perth	16-10 (3)	28	38.8	13.4	4.3	3.8	0.8	3.5	1.5	0.1	2.5	1.5	4.6	11.4	41%	2.4	6.4	37%	1.7	2.3	76%	54%	51%	29
1995	19	Perth	19-7 (4)	32	31.3	9.7	3.5	3.1	0.8	2.7	1.3	0.1	1.7	1.4	3.5	8.3	42%	1.9	4.6	42%	0.7	0.9	82%	55%	54%	25
1994	18	Perth	16-10 (6)	22	22.4	5.4	3.4	2.0	0.8	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.2	1.9	5.4	35%	0.7	2.4	31%	0.9	1.4	65%	44%	42%	19
Total				422	34.2	12.4	3.9	3.3	0.9	3.0	1.0	0.2	2.3	2.0	4.1	11.0	37.4%	0.0	0.0	34.7%	2.1	6.0	78.1%	51%	47%	43

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
43	17	16	6	3	8	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

AIS 1992-93 | Rockingham 2007-08, 2010 | Mandurah 2009, 2011-13 | Mackay 2017-18

In 2007 and 2008, Trahair played in the State Basketball League (SBL) for the Rockingham Flames, then between 2009 and 2013, he played for the Mandurah Magic.

FIBA EXPERIENCE

Trahair won a gold medal for Australia at the FIBA Under 23 World Championships in 1997.

Season	Team	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%
1	0	75%	91%	80%	61%
2	0	43	16	6	3
Total						1733	4631	37.4%	878	2529	34.7%

NBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	TEAM	POS	GP	GS	MINS	PTS	TRB	AST	ORB	DRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%
2007-08	32	Perth	18-12 (4)	8	102.0	12	9	5	2	7	4	2	3	7	4	18	22%	19	50	38%	0	0	0%	33%	75%	9
2007-08	32	Wollongong	9-21 (11)	12	238.0	87	26	27	4	22	7	3	12	14	29	75	39%	4	15	27%	10	15	67%	53%	41%	18
2006-07	31	Singapore	13-20 (8)	32	929.0	321	94	88	23	71	17	3	59	60	109	268	41%	69	173	40%	34	44	77%	56%	54%	28
2005-06	30	Hunter	13-19 (8)	31	1,118.0	419	123	109	19	104	27	1	67	58	126	326	39%	88	214	41%	79	96	82%	56%	52%	35
2004-05	29	West Sydney	11-21 (9)	32	1,184.0	387	149	121	35	114	41	10	88	103	133	384	35%	62	220	28%	59	82	72%	46%	43%	27
2003-04	28	West Sydney	22-11 (3)	38	1,259.0	516	144	100	40	104	31	15	83	81	173	455	38%	78	230	34%	92	127	72%	50%	47%	31
2002-03	27	West Sydney	14-16 (7)	26	763.0	251	99	66	28	71	20	8	42	62	81	228	36%	40	125	32%	49	63	78%	49%	44%	23
2001-02	26	Cairns	9-21 (11)	30	1,070.0	429	131	120	22	109	31	2	118	68	141	375	38%	60	184	33%	87	105	83%	50%	46%	32
2000-01	25	Cairns	6-22 (9)	28	1,176.0	558	108	152	23	85	18	6	118	67	168	471	36%	70	216	32%	152	183	83%	50%	43%	43
1999-00	24	Sydney	11-17 (7)	28	1,143.0	425	128	124	38	90	32	5	73	82	139	382	36%	71	209	34%	76	89	85%	50%	46%	32
1998-99	23	Sydney	9-17 (10)	26	1,126.0	408	154	76	39	115	33	5	71	59	139	418	33%	66	208	32%	64	94	68%	44%	41%	30
1998	22	Sydney	13-17 (8)	27	886.0	353	95	80	28	67	25	5	43	40	124	297	42%	63	171	37%	42	54	78%	55%	52%	40
1997	21	Sydney	12-18 (9)	22	841.0	251	82	70	19	63	32	2	40	35	83	231	36%	44	137	32%	41	47	87%	50%	45%	21
1996	20	Perth	16-10 (3)	28	1,085.0	375	119	105	22	97	43	2	69	43	130	318	41%	67	179	37%	48	63	76%	54%	51%	29
1995	19	Perth	19-7 (4)	32	1,000.0	310	111	100	24	87	40	3	53	45	113	267	42%	61	146	42%	23	28	82%	55%	54%	25
1994	18	Perth	16-10 (6)	22	493.0	118	74	43	18	56	16	2	38	27	41	118	35%	16	52	31%	20	31	65%	44%	42%	19
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0

COACHING HISTORY

In 2015, he served as an assistant coach for the Rockingham Flames in Western Australia's state league (SBL).

In November 2015, Trahair was appointed the head coach of the SBL's Geraldton Buccaneers for the 2016 season. In October 2016, he parted ways with the Buccaneers and returned to the Mandurah Magic, where he was appointed the men's team head coach for the 2017 season.

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