Daniel George

Nationality: AUS/JAM
Date of Birth: 26/08/82
Place of Birth: Brisbane (QLD)
Position: F/C
Height (CM): 209
Weight (KG): 108
Junior Assoc: QLD - Mackay
College: Metro State Denver / Seton Hill

NBL DEBUT: 18/09/05
AGE AT DEBUT: 23
LAST NBL GAME: 29/10/06
AGE AT LAST GAME: 24
NBL History: Hunter 2006 | Cairns 2007
Championships: 0
None

BIO: Daniel George was born in Brisbane (QLD) and attended Whitsunday Anglican High School.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Daniel George made his NBL debut with the Brisbane Bullets at 23 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.

“One of the highlights in my basketball career was playing on a Australian select team on tours of China in 2007 and 2008 which was coached by Andrew Gaze … I feel eternally grateful to have enjoyed playing sport for so long,” George said in 2012.

Daniel George played four seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Brisbane Bullets and the Cairns Taipans. He averaged 1.4 points, 1 rebounds, and 0 assists in 13 NBL games.

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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%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
2006-07	24	Cairns	17-16 (6)	3	17.0	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	1		3	0%	0%	3	4	75%	31%	0%	2
2005-06	23	Brisbane	17-15 (6)	3	19.0	6	5	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	6	33%	0%	2	3	67%	40%	0%	4
2005-06	23	Hunter	13-19 (8)	2	12.0	6	6	1	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	5	20%	0%	4	4	100%	43%	0%	6
2005-06	23	Wollongong	19-13 (3)	5	15.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	5	40%	0%	0	0	0%	40%	0%	2
Totals				13	63	19	14	1	4	10	1	2	2	7	5	19	26.3%	0.0%	9	11	81.8%	40%	26%	6

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
2006-07	24	Cairns	17-16 (6)	3	5.7	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0%	0.0	0%	1.0	1.3	75%	31%	0%	2
2005-06	23	Brisbane	17-15 (6)	3	6.3	2.0	1.7	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	33%	0.0	0%	0.7	1.0	67%	40%	0%	4
2005-06	23	Hunter	13-19 (8)	2	6.0	3.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	20%	0.0	0%	2.0	2.0	100%	43%	0%	6
2005-06	23	Wollongong	19-13 (3)	5	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	40%	0.0	0%	0.0	0.0	0%	40%	0%	2
Total				13	4.8	1.5	1.1	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.4	1.5	26.3%		0.0%			81.8%	40%	26%	6

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
6	5	1	1	1	1	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

Hobart 2006-07 | Geelong 2010 | Brisbane 2013 | USC Rip City 2019

Season	Team	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%
1	0	22%	20%	26%	57%
2	0	6	1	1	1
Total						5	19	26.3%	0	0	0.0%

NBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	TEAM	POS	GP	GS	MINS	PTS	TRB	AST	ORB	DRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%
2006-07	24	Cairns	17-16 (6)	3	17.0	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	1		3	0%	0	0%	3	4	75%	31%	0%	2
2005-06	23	Brisbane	17-15 (6)	3	19.0	6	5	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	6	33%	0	0%	2	3	67%	40%	0%	4
2005-06	23	Hunter	13-19 (8)	2	12.0	6	6	1	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	5	20%	0	0%	4	4	100%	43%	0%	6
2005-06	23	Wollongong	19-13 (3)	5	15.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	5	40%	0	0%	0	0	0%	40%	0%	2
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0

COLLEGE

During the 2001-02 season, Geprge was a part of Metro State’s second national championship in a three-year span, compiling a record of 29-6, including 16-3 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. A relatively young team, which had a starting lineup containing just one senior, the Roadrunners entered the postseason as underdogs after finishing second in the RMAC during the regular season and being eliminated in the semifinals of the RMAC Tournament.

As a senior, George was a first team American Mideast Conference First Team selection and a NAIA All American Honorable Mention selection. He earned AMC Player of the Week three times and was a NAIA National Player of the Week once. He also recorded Seton Hill's one and only 20-20 game with 26 points and 20 rebounds at Point Park in 2005

LIFE AFTER BASKETBALL

At 29 years of age George was diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer (2012) and since beating it has became a proud spokesman for testicular cancer treatments.

Daniel created the Still I Rise Foundation. The foundation is a non profit where 100% of the funds raised are used to fund a free counseling service for cancer patients and their families. He also runs his own financial planning business which has won a national award two of the past three years.

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