BIO: Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Brandt grew up in the Blue Mountains region.

Living in his hometown of Springwood, he attended Blaxland High School in Blaxland, where he graduated from in 2007.

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FAMILY: Angus’s brother, Louis Brandt also played 1 games in the NBL.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Angus Brandt made his NBL debut with the Sydney Kings at 24 years of age. He scored 13 points in his first game.

During his rookie season, Brandt averaged 7.4 points, 4 rebounds, and 0.3 assists for the Sydney Kings, who finished with a record of 9-19 and in seventh place.

2015/16
Since re-entering the league in 2010, Sydney had never finished with a winning record, something they came narrowly close to last season, until a season-ending injury to star Josh Childress derailed things.

The Kings bounced back by loading up on talent to surround Childress and blossoming young stars like Jason Cadee, Tom Garlepp and reigning Rookie of the Year Angus Brandt. Veterans Julian Khazzouh, Steven Markovic and Rhys Carter were brought in, and NBA draftee Marcus Thornton was signed as the team’s second import.

Although Childress would miss the first four games of the season (1-3) with a foot injury, he returned to the court to face Adelaide (Oct 23) at home, only to break his right hand. Childress still managed to score 23 points and played out the Kings’ loss to the 36ers (91–80) before being ruled out for a further four to six games with a boxer’s fracture.

Childress returned in late November, but two games later, he suffered a fractured left hand back and was subsequently ruled out for three weeks. He was reactivated once again on December 29 and played out the rest of the season.

All in all, Childress (21.0 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.7 blocks) played in only 13 games for the Purple and Gold. Starting centre Khazzouh (13.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.8 blocks) delivered great numbers in his return before ripping his right quadriceps tendon off the bone in mid-December, missing a third of the season and Markovic (3.0 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 1.7 assists) played a grand total of 3 games for the season due to illness and subsequent recovery. With most of the team’s starting line-up missing, the Kings were so decimated at one stage that assistant coach Ben Knight suited up for four games.

In early January 2016, Craig Moller and Jordan Vandenberg were also brought in to help cover the loss of Khazzouh and backup forward Jeromie Hill (4.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 0.4 assists).

During the absence of Childress, the Kings brought in former NBA players Damion James (7.0 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 0.6 assists) for 5 games, Al Harrington (17.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.7 assists) for 6 games with James being a disappointment and Harrington becoming a fan favourite during their brief stints, but both failed to deliver team success and coach Damian Cotter was released mid-season.

Former Washington Wizards assistant Joe Connelly was brought in as a new head coach and helped youngsters Cadee (14.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.5 assists), Garlepp (14.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists) and Brandt (8.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks) continued to develop, it wasn’t enough for the under-manned Kings to avoid finishing dead last (6-22) during the regular season.

Brandt appeared in every game for the Kings this season and in the absence of Khazzouh, upped his numbers across the board, including in points, minutes, rebounds, and blocks, while developing a handy three-point shot (41.1 percent, , good for fifth in the league) and earning a training spot with the Australian Boomers at the end of the year.

2016/17
The 2016 off-season saw a lot of change in personnel, with three key players from the 16 championship team (Nathan Jawai, Tom Jervis and Jermaine Beal) moving on. To replace them, coach Trevor Gleeson brought in Angus Brandt, Jameel McKay and Jaron Johnson and headed into the 2016/17 season attempting to secure the team’s first back-to-back championships since 1991.

In April 2016, the team re-signed both Damian Martin (three-year deal) and Matthew Knight (two-year deal), who had just undergone shoulder stabilisation surgery on his left arm. Shortly after, injury struck Knight again, this time during the 2016 pre-season. This led to him being ruled out for two months. To cover for the loss of Knight, the team added veteran forward Lucas Walker, who had been training with Melbourne United after not being re-signed by the Adelaide 36ers.

After adding Walker, the Wildcats started the season off strong with a 4–1 record, but things went south quickly after that.
Long-term injuries to Martin, Knight and Jarrod Kenny were hurting the Wildcats, and by December, Perth had slumped to a 7–9 record and sat in last spot on the ladder.

Import Jaron Johnson would take the brunt of the Wildcats’ poor start and was replaced with three-point specialist Andre Ingram just three games into the season. In a bizarre twist, Ingram left the team and returned to the US after just two games, citing mental issues, and Johnson was then brought back into the squad. Johnson’s reinstatement was a temporary solution, and he was shown the door again in December with the Wildcats seising the opportunity to sign former NBA guard Bryce Cotton. It was around this time also that Perth legend Shawn Redhage announced that the 2016/17 season would be his last in the NBL.

With Cotton (23.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.1 assists) leading the league in scoring, Perth would win win eight of their remaining twelve regular-season games, the last two being must win games in order to reach the playoffs. Prather’s efforts didn’t go unnoticed either as he was named in the All-NBL First Team, and finished second in NBL MVP voting (107 votes) behind Jerome Randle (147) of the Adelaide 36ers. Alongside Perth’s two import stars, Brandt averaged 6 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.1 assists as the team finished in third place with a 15–13 record.

in the semifinals, Perth (15-13) would face Cairns (15-13) at home, where Cotton (34 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists) and Prather (22 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals) led the way offensively for a easy win in game one (91-69). In game two, Perth closed out the series (74-66) with Prather (24 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists) leading the team in scoring and Jesse Wagstaff (20 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals) having a huge game off the bench

In the NBL Grand Final series, Prather (22 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists), Cotton (18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists), and Knight (18 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 steals) delivered a balanced offensive attack, winning the opening game by twelve points (89-77). The series moved to Wollongong for game two, but the Wildcat’s continued their playoff winning streak (89-77), with Cotton (20 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals) and Prather (18 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists) being the team’s primary scorers on a night the Wildcats had five different players deliver double figure scoring efforts. Perth won game three comfortably (95-86), finishing undefeated in the postseason, claiming their eighth championship and winning back-to-back for the first time since 1991.

A number of record-breaking moments occurred in the game three win. Most prominently, it was Bryce Cotton who was named Grand Final MVP after putting up 45 points, the most ever scored in a NBL Grand Final game. Cotton’s 27.7 points per game over the Grand Final series marked the most from any player in 20 years.

Trevor Gleeson became the first coach to win back-to-back championships in Perth while Prather delivered a historical season. Prather was voted Wildcats MVP for the second year in a row, becoming the only player to be a club MVP in more than one championship season, as well as becoming the first Perth player to win two championships in his first two seasons.

2017/18
The Wildcats were able to re-sign Grand Final MVP Bryce Cotton for the 2017/18 season but lost two-time Club MVP Casey Prather, who was unable to commit to the Wildcats season due to pursuing NBA opportunities. Perth would replace him with Devondrick Walker in the meantime, leaving Prather with no place on the roster after he had exhausted his NBA options. Unable to play with the Wildcats, he signed a contract to play with Melbourne.

In a bizarre twist, Devondrick Walker then suffered a foot injury during the pre-season and was replaced by JP Tokoto without having ever played a regular season game. Other changes to the roster included Derek Cooke Jr replacing Jameel McKay and Lucas Walker being elevated from a training player role to a full-time squad member to replace the retired Shawn Redhage.

Around this time, Matthew Knight (5.4 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 0.6 assists) made it public that he would retire at the end of the season, but as a result of three early-season head knocks, he chose to bring his retirement forward and retired in early November, playing in only five games.

The Wildcats started the season 10–3, as they sat atop the ladder following Round 9, but on 14 December 2017, Damian Martin (4.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 3.3 assists 1.5 steals) was ruled out for two games with an ankle injury.

Other injuries to Clint Steindl (2.8 points, 1.3 rebounds) and Greg Hire (2.1 points, 2 rebounds, and 0.6 assists) saw the team drop to 13–9 record in mid-January but as all three returned to the court, Perth finished the regular season off strongly and secured third place on the ladder (16–12) by season’s end. with Brandt averaging 9.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.4 assists for the season.

On the eve of their finals campaign, Martin was named the league’s Best Defensive Player, earning the honour for a record-breaking sixth time. Tokoto (15.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 2.8 assists 1.7 steals) earned a spot on the All-NBL Second Team, and Cotton (19.8 points, 3 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.3 steals) was selected to the All-NBL first team, as well as being named league MVP, becoming just the third Wildcat to win the award after Paul Rogers (2000) and Kevin Lisch (2012).

In game one of their semi finals series against the second-seeded Adelaide 36ers, the Wildcats were defeated 109–74, thus recording their second biggest finals loss in club history. The only time the Wildcat’s have lost by a larger margin in their 32-year finals streak was in 1989, when they lost to North Melbourne by 55 points. The Wildcats went on to lose 89–88 to the 36ers in game two, stopping Perth from winning a third championship in a row.

2018/19
After finishing third with a 16-12 record and being swept 2-0 by Adelaide in the 2018 semifinals, Trevor Gleeson reshaped Perth’s roster around its returning championship core. Matt Knight (retired), JP Tokoto (to Israel), Lucas Walker (to Cairns), Jarrod Kenny (to Cairns), Dexter Kernich-Drew (to Cairns) and Derek Cooke Jr departed, while Bryce Cotton re-signed on a three-year deal. Nick Kay (via Illawarra), Mitch Norton (via Illawarra), Tom Jervis (via Brisbane) and import Terrico White (via Seoul) joined the Wildcats, while Rhys Vague was elevated from development player to the full roster.

A two-year contract extension signed in July 2017 had Angus Brandt committed to Perth through the 2019/20 season. His preseason was interrupted while representing Australia against Kazakhstan in September, when he suffered a high-grade lateral sprain to his right ankle and was initially ruled out for three to six weeks. The injury forced him to miss the NBL Blitz and Perth’s two games against NBA teams in the United States, where the Wildcats suffered a 130-72 loss to the Utah Jazz before improving in a 96-88 loss to the Denver Nuggets, with Gleeson later describing the Utah defeat as a catalyst for the season. Brandt recovered quicker than expected and was cleared for the opening round.

Perth opened the regular season in Adelaide on October 11, where Brandt (4 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist) returned from the ankle injury as the Wildcats defeated the 36ers 99-91, with Cotton (22 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 steal) and White (20 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists) leading Perth, while Daniel Johnson (23 points, 11 rebounds, and 1 block) was Adelaide’s best.

Brandt (8 points and 5.5 rebounds across 31 games) remained Perth’s starting centre for most of the season, providing rebounding and a physical presence inside despite the ankle problems that interrupted the first half of his campaign.

On October 25, Brandt (16 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal) made six of eight shots in a 100-96 road loss to Brisbane, with White (19 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 steals) and Cotton (17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal) leading Perth’s scoring, while Cameron Bairstow (18 points) led the Bullets.

Brandt’s best game of the season came two days later against Melbourne, where he finished with 14 points, a club-record 20 rebounds, including 12 offensive rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block as Perth defeated United 101-96 in double overtime at RAC Arena. Cotton (31 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals) and White (27 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists) led the scoring, while Chris Goulding (29 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals) was Melbourne’s best. The game was Perth’s second Pink Game to raise money for breast cancer research, with Brandt saying, “This one means a little bit more.”

Perth surged to a 10-1 start, but Brandt re-injured the same right ankle after less than five minutes against Brisbane on November 9, leaving the game with 2 points and 1 steal. Scans revealed a minor strain, but he was unable to train and missed Perth’s next three games against Illawarra, Cairns and New Zealand. The injury also prevented him from joining the Boomers for their World Cup qualifiers, before he returned on limited minutes against New Zealand on November 25 with 4 points and 2 rebounds.

The Wildcats’ injury problems extended beyond Brandt, with Martin (5.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1.6 steals across 28 games) missing six games with a right calf tear, while White and Cotton also missed games during the season. Perth’s 10-1 opening deteriorated into a stretch where the Wildcats lost eight of ten games and fell to 12-9 by mid-January, creating external pressure for the club to make roster changes and add a third import. Gleeson instead backed the existing group as the roster returned to health.

Brandt produced a double-double against Sydney on December 14, finishing with 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 assists as Perth surrendered a nine-point fourth-quarter lead in a 98-97 loss at RAC Arena. Cotton (26 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 steals) and Kay (17 points and 9 rebounds) led the Wildcats, while David Wear (18 points) hit the game-winning three-pointer in the dying seconds for Sydney after Brandt had produced a strong performance matched against Andrew Bogut.

Brandt’s best scoring game of the season came against Sydney on February 10, where he finished with a season-high 19 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 assists as Perth defeated the Kings 95-86 in overtime. Cotton (27 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal) and Martin (15 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals) provided support, while Jerome Randle (25 points, 3 rebounds, and 10 assists) led Sydney. The victory formed part of a six-game winning streak that returned the Wildcats to the top of the ladder after their mid-season slump.

Cotton (21.8 points, 4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.3 steals across 31 games) led the NBL in scoring and finished third in MVP voting behind Casper Ware and winner Andrew Bogut, while White (17 points and 4.3 rebounds across 30 games) emerged as Perth’s second-leading scorer. Kay (14.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.2 steals across 34 games) produced a career-best season, with Cotton and Kay both selected to the All-NBL First Team. Norton (8.3 points across 27 games), Steindl (6.9 points across 34 games) and Wagstaff (5.6 points across 34 games) provided further depth throughout the season.

Perth closed the regular season against Melbourne on February 17, where Brandt (2 points and 2 rebounds), Kay (22 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 steals) and Wagstaff (12 points) were unable to prevent United from winning 81-70 in overtime, with DJ Kennedy (21 points, 15 rebounds, 6 assists, and 1 block) leading Melbourne. Despite the loss, Perth finished first with an 18-10 record and secured its 33rd consecutive postseason appearance.

Perth opened its semifinal series against Brisbane at RAC Arena, where Brandt (12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 block), Cotton (22 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block), White (19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals) and Kay (18 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks) led the Wildcats to an 89-59 victory, while Cameron Gliddon (18 points and 4 rebounds) was Brisbane’s leading scorer.

Game two moved to Brisbane, where Brandt (8 points and 4 rebounds), White (24 points and 3 rebounds), Cotton (19 points and 10 assists) and Kay (16 points, 15 rebounds, and 1 steal) led Perth to an 84-79 victory and a series sweep, while Lamar Patterson (19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals) and Matthew Hodgson (15 points and 2 blocks) led Brisbane.

The Grand Final series opened at RAC Arena, where Brandt (14 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists) produced one of his strongest postseason games as White (19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals) and Cotton (10 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 2 steals) helped Perth defeat Melbourne 81-71. Casper Ware (19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 steal) and Goulding (15 points) led United as Perth took a 1-0 series lead.

Melbourne responded in game two with a 92-74 victory at Melbourne Arena. Brandt (6 points, 2 rebounds, and 1 assist), Cotton (19 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists) and White (17 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists) led Perth, while Ware (14 points), Goulding (14 points) and Kennedy (12 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals) helped United level the series 1-1.

Back in Perth for game three, Brandt (9 points, 5 rebounds, and 1 assist) provided support as White (31 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists) and Cotton (16 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block) powered the Wildcats to a 96-67 victory. Kennedy (13 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 1 steal) and David Barlow (13 points and 5 rebounds) were Melbourne’s best as Perth moved within one victory of the championship.

Game four returned to Melbourne Arena, where Brandt (8 points and 3 rebounds), Cotton (28 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 steals), White (20 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists) and Kay (12 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block) led Perth, while Ware (18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 block), Barlow (15 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals) and Goulding (15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals) led Melbourne. White was awarded the Larry Sengstock Medal after averaging 21.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 3.3 assists across the Grand Final series as Perth defeated Melbourne 97-84, won the series 3-1 and claimed its ninth NBL championship, giving Brandt his second championship in three seasons with the Wildcats.

On March 29, Brandt exercised the European out-clause in the remaining year of his contract and parted ways with Perth to pursue opportunities in Europe.

Angus Brandt played five seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Sydney Kings and the Perth Wildcats. He averaged 7.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 0.9 assists in 140 NBL games.