BIO: Christopher Cedar was born in Townsville (QLD) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Townsville basketball program.
FAMILY: Christopher’s brother, Michael Cedar also played 219 games in the NBL.
Christopher Cedar made his NBL debut with the Townsville Crocodiles at 19 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
In 2007/08, Chris Cedar would join the Crocodiles as a rookie, getting the chance to play alongside his brother Michael. He went on to average 1.3 points, 0.3 rebounds, and 0.1 assists as the Crocodiles finished in fifth place (17-13).
2009/10
The 2009/10 season saw Cedar average 1.3 points, 0.4 rebounds, and 0.6 assists while getting limited opportunities to play. The Crocodiles would finish in second place finish in the regular season (16-12).
2010/11
During the 2010/11 season Cedar averaged 0.7 points, 1 rebounds, and 0.2 assists assists while continuing to see minimal playing time. The Crocodiles finished the regular season in second place (17-11) for the second year in a row.
2011/12
After losing in the semifinals for three straight years under coach Trevor Gleeson, the Crocodiles chose to move in a different direction, replacing him with US coach Paul Woolpert. Townsville also chose to move on from imports Will Blalock and Rosell Ellis, replacing them with former NBA guard Eddie Gill and Elvin Mims. The team retained the majority of their local roster from the previous season, the only major change being Jacob Holmes (via Adelaide) and Townsville junior Mitchell Norton replacing Nathan Crosswell (to Adelaide) and the retiring Brad Williamson.
Just prior to the season kicking off, Russell Hinder would suffer a broken leg that would see his sidelined for the entire NBL season. Greg Vanderjagt, who was unable to make a NBL roster the season before, signed on as a late replacement.
Peter Crawford (14.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.6 assists) and import Eddie Gill (13.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists) led the way statistically, but a breakout season from Todd Blanchfield (7.2 points and 3.3 rebounds) who shot 47% from the field and gave Townsville a completely different look through his ability to space the floor. Blanchfield saw his minutes double from 9.7 to 21.3 per game, delivering the best shooting season of his career while, frontcourt players Jacob Holmes (10.4 points, 9 rebounds, and 2.1 assists), Luke Schenscher (10.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 2.2 assists) and Mims (9.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.3 steals) saw their ability to score inside increase as Blanchfield earned more time on the court.
Townsville floated between third and fifth spot all season but a late season slump, where they lost the final two games of the season, dropped them to equal fourth place, equal to record to the Cairns Taipans (15-13). With Townsville and Cairns also having a 2-2 record in their head to head matchups, Townsville’s higher points percentage gave them the final playoff spot and dropped Cairns into fifth place.
Under the guidance of head coach Shawn Dennis, Townsville faced off against first seed New Zealand in the semifinals, comfortably winning game one (99-82) on the Breakers home court. Despite Townsville’s strong form in game one, the Breakers evened the series on the Crocodiles home floor in game two (83–94), before closing out the series in 17-point win in game three (97–80). New Zealand would go on to defeat Perth in the Grand Final series.
Cedar would deliver his most productive season to date, playing in all of the Crocodiles 31 games and averaging 4.6 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists.
2012/13
In 2012/13 Cedar averaged 1.8 points and 1.2 rebounds, and 0.7 assists, and helped guide the Crocodiles to a seventh place finish in the regular season with a 10-18 record. At the end of the season, both Chris and his brother Michael left the club to purse a career outside of basketball.
2015/16
With Townsville reeling from injuries, Chris Cedar was called back into the lineup to help fill the gaps. He appeared in two games and score a total of three points.
Christopher Cedar played six seasons the Townsville Crocodiles. He averaged 2.5 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 0.7 assists in 88 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.
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 |
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2015-16 | 28 | Townsville | 11-17 (7) | 2 | 21.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14% | 1 | 5 | 20.0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 21% | 0% | 3 |
2012-13 | 25 | Townsville | 10-18 (7) | 26 | 221.8 | 47 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 15 | 59 | 25% | 8 | 29 | 27.6% | 9 | 14 | 64% | 36% | 32% | 8 |
2011-12 | 24 | Townsville | 15-13 (4) | 31 | 411.4 | 144 | 39 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 53 | 49 | 127 | 39% | 17 | 61 | 27.9% | 29 | 39 | 74% | 49% | 45% | 15 |
2010-11 | 23 | Townsville | 17-11 (2) | 6 | 26.5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 33% | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 33% | 0% | 2 |
2009-10 | 22 | Townsville | 16-12 (2) | 15 | 74.5 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21% | 3 | 10 | 30.0% | 8 | 8 | 100% | 42% | 29% | 7 |
2007-08 | 20 | Townsville | 17-13 (5) | 8 | 26.8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11% | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 8 | 10 | 80% | 36% | 0% | 4 | Totals | 88 | 782 | 227 | 85 | 70 | 25 | 60 | 19 | 3 | 49 | 102 | 72 | 227 | 31.7% | 29 | 113 | 25.7% | 54 | 71 | 76.1% | 44% | 38% | 15 |
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 |
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2015-16 | 28 | Townsville | 11-17 (7) | 2 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 14% | 0.5 | 2.5 | 20.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 21% | 0% | 3 |
2012-13 | 25 | Townsville | 10-18 (7) | 26 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 25% | 0.3 | 1.1 | 27.6% | 0.3 | 0.5 | 64% | 36% | 32% | 8 |
2011-12 | 24 | Townsville | 15-13 (4) | 31 | 13.3 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 39% | 0.5 | 2.0 | 27.9% | 0.9 | 1.3 | 74% | 49% | 45% | 15 |
2010-11 | 23 | Townsville | 17-11 (2) | 6 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 33% | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 33% | 0% | 2 |
2009-10 | 22 | Townsville | 16-12 (2) | 15 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 21% | 0.2 | 0.7 | 30.0% | 0.5 | 0.5 | 100% | 42% | 29% | 7 |
2007-08 | 20 | Townsville | 17-13 (5) | 8 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 11% | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0% | 1.0 | 1.3 | 80% | 36% | 0% | 4 | Total | 88 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 31.7% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.7% | 0.3 | 1.3 | 76.1% | 44% | 38% | 15 |
POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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