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December 16, 2025
Flynn Cameron
- Nationality: NZL
- Date of Birth: 30/06/00
- Place of Birth: Henderson (New Zealand)
- Position: GRD
- Height (CM): 198
- Weight (KG): 96
- Junior Assoc: QLD - Gold Coast
- College: DePaul (2018-2020) / UC Riverside (2020-2023)
- NBL DEBUT: 28/09/23
- AGE AT DEBUT: 23
- LAST NBL GAME: 8/02/25
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 24
- NBL History: Melbourne 2024-25 | Adelaide 2026
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Flynn Cameron was born in Henderson (New Zealand) before moving to Queensland as a teenager, where his father played basketball for the Gold Coast Blaze. There he attended Hillcrest Christian College in Reedy Creek, before moving to the USA, where he attended Miami State High School.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Flynn Cameron made his NBL debut with the Melbourne United at 23 years of age. He scored three points in his first game.
“I was just super excited to have Melbourne interested,” Cameron said after inking a deal with United.
“Knowing who we have as a coach – coach Dean (Vickerman) – I’ve seen him throughout the NZNBL and the NBL. He coached my dad in the NZNBL I thought that was pretty cool to have the opportunity to play for him. its a bit of a full circle moment.”
United coach Dean Vickerman was also excited about the prospect of coaching Cameron in his first NBL season.
“He’s a combo guard that’s big and strong at 6’5. We love his strength, he’s a good athlete that we believe will be able to sit down in a stance and defend multiple positions and shoot the basketball at a really high level.” said Vickerman.
2024/25
Flynn Cameron currently plays for the Adelaide 36ers and has played 102 games in his NBL career. He has averaged 7.4 points, 3 rebounds, and 1.8 assists since entering the league in 2023.
CURRENT CONTRACT:
Adelaide 36ers – 3 Year Deal (2025-28)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25 | Adelaide | 23-10 (2) | 42 | 343.8 | 470 | 182 | 134 | 149 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 55 | 113 | 157 | 367 | 43% | 73 | 198 | 37% | 83 | 103 | 81% | 57% | 53% | 25 |
| 2024-25 | 24 | Melbourne | 19-10 (2) | 29 | 373.1 | 173 | 61 | 28 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 50 | 58 | 137 | 42% | 31 | 80 | 39% | 26 | 29 | 90% | 57% | 54% | 21 |
| 2023-24 | 23 | Melbourne | 20-8 (1) | 31 | 290.9 | 116 | 65 | 27 | 21 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 88 | 44% | 21 | 49 | 43% | 17 | 25 | 68% | 58% | 56% | 15 | Totals | 102 | 1008 | 759 | 308 | 189 | 214 | 94 | 49 | 9 | 83 | 194 | 254 | 592 | 42.9% | 125 | 327 | 38.2% | 126 | 157 | 80.3% | 57% | 53% | 21 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25 | Adelaide | 23-10 (2) | 42 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 43% | 1.7 | 4.7 | 37% | 2.0 | 2.5 | 81% | 57% | 53% | 25 |
| 2024-25 | 24 | Melbourne | 19-10 (2) | 29 | 12.9 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 42% | 1.1 | 2.8 | 39% | 0.9 | 1.0 | 90% | 57% | 54% | 21 |
| 2023-24 | 23 | Melbourne | 20-8 (1) | 31 | 9.4 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 44% | 0.7 | 1.6 | 43% | 0.5 | 0.8 | 68% | 58% | 56% | 15 | Total | 102 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 42.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.2% | 1.2 | 3.2 | 80.3% | 57% | 53% | 21 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Gold Coast (2016–2017)
Cameron joined Gold Coast for the 2016 Queensland Basketball League season, beginning his state league career with the Rollers while still coming through the junior ranks on the Gold Coast.
Cameron returned to Gold Coast for the 2017 Queensland Basketball League season, with his state league tenure extending across 2016 and 2017, and during the same year he also helped Gold Coast Basketball win the state under-18 championship, with reports from the title run noting that he starred in an 83-72 semi-final win over Townsville.
FIBA EXPERIENCE
In 2022, Cameron played for New Zealand during the FIBA World Cup Qualifying window and with the bronze medal winning Tall-Blacks side that finished fourth at the FIBA Asia Cup in Indonesia.
Cameron was later selected as part of the New Zealand national team that participated at the 2023 FIBA World Cup and finished in 22nd place.
Flynn was a part of the New Zealand national team that participated in the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024. There, the Tall Blacks beat Croatia but lost to Slovenia, allowed Greece to win the final Olympic berth.
Flynn Cameron made the New Zealand team for the 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers in November 2025.
FIBA TOTAL STATISTICS
| YEAR | AGE | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23 | 5 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 25.0% | 2 | 7 | 28.6% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | Total | 5 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 25% | 2 | 7 | 29% | 0 | 0 | 0% |
FIBA PER GAME STATISTICS
| YEAR | AGE | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23 | 5 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 25.0% | 0.4 | 1.4 | 28.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | Total | 5 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 25% | 0.4 | 1.4 | 29% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% |
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- New Zealand - Taranaki Airs (2024), Franklin Bulls (2025)
Cameron joined Taranaki Airs for the 2024 New Zealand National Basketball League season, playing his first season in New Zealand, and he played under coach Sam MacKinnon after signing on January 30, 2024.
Across 17 games with Taranaki in 2024, Cameron averaged 16.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
Cameron helped the Airs reach the 2024 NZNBL semi-finals and scored a season-high 25 points with six made three-pointers in the 112–111 double-overtime loss to the Canterbury Rams.
Cameron joined the Franklin Bulls for the 2025 NZNBL season on February 14, 2025, with the move reuniting him with his brother Tobias at the South Auckland club.
He played eight games for Franklin in 2025 and averaged 16.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, including a 27-point, nine-rebound, five-assist, two-steal outing against Southland in June.
Franklin missed the 2025 postseason after a 107–91 loss to the Canterbury Rams on July 6, with Cameron posting 15 points, six rebounds and seven assists in the defeat.
COLLEGE
Flynn Cameron began his NCAA career at DePaul, joining the Blue Demons program in January 2018 and then playing two seasons in Chicago from 2018–19 to 2019–20 before transferring to UC Riverside.
As a freshman at DePaul in 2018–19, Cameron appeared in 28 games as a reserve guard and produced several late-season moments during the CBI run, including 11 points and four rebounds against Creighton and two strong games in the CBI Finals versus San Francisco, scoring nine points and grabbing three rebounds in Game 2 before adding two points, three assists, a steal, and three rebounds in Game 3.
In 2019–20, his role narrowed to 11 appearances, but he recorded a seven-point outing against Villanova and scored four points at Xavier, while also earning BIG EAST All-Academic Team recognition and NABC Honors Court recognition during his time at DePaul.
Cameron transferred to UC Riverside and became a long-term starter, playing three seasons with the Highlanders from 2020–21 to 2022–23 and starting 86 of his 88 games with the program while developing into an all-conference guard in the Big West.
In his first season at UC Riverside in 2020–21, he started 21 of 22 games and averaged 8.9 points per game while leading the team in rebounding at 5.4 per contest, and he finished second on the squad in made threes with 34 while shooting 36.6 percent on 93 three-point attempts.
In 2021–22, Cameron started 27 of 28 games and lifted his production to 10.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, highlighted by a 6-of-8 three-point performance at Arizona State and a pair of 18-point efforts at Arizona State and against California Baptist, while also finishing with a team-high 91 defensive rebounds and 57 made threes and earning Big West All-Academic recognition.
He reached his peak as a graduate season player in 2022–23, averaging 13.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game while earning Second Team All-Big West honours and another Big West All-Academic selection, and he added multiple weekly accolades with two Big West Player of the Week awards (11/28 and 2/20) plus CollegeInsiders National Player of the Week recognition (2/20).
During that 2022–23 campaign, Cameron became the seventh Division I Highlander to record 100 assists in a season and produced a major mid-February stretch that earned Big West Player of the Week after he averaged 22.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists in two wins.
Cameron’s UC Riverside tenure also overlapped with fellow NBL talent Lachlan Olbrich, with the pair sharing the Highlanders roster as Cameron handled primary guard duties while Riverside’s frontcourt rotation included Olbrich.
Across his UC Riverside career, Cameron started 86 of 88 games, and in his final game for the Highlanders he delivered a 31-point, six-assist performance in a five-point loss to UC Santa Barbara, closing his college career with his biggest scoring night at the program level.
AWARDS
- NBL Most Improved Player (2026)- All-Big West Second Team (2023)
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Big West All-Tournament Team (2023)
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