David Gruber

Nationality: USA
Date of Birth: 23/09/81
Place of Birth: Solon, Iowa (USA)
Position: FRD
Height (CM): 198
Weight (KG): 104
Junior Assoc: None
College: Northern Iowa

NBL DEBUT: 14/09/08
AGE AT DEBUT: 26
LAST NBL GAME: 17/10/14
AGE AT LAST GAME: 33
NBL History: Sydney 2009 | Wollongong 2010-15
Championships: 0
None

BIO: David Gruber was born in Solon, Iowa (USA).

NBL EXPERIENCE

David Gruber made his NBL debut with the Sydney Spirit at 26 years of age. He scored five points in his first game.

During his time with the Hawks Gruber helped the team reach the Grand Final after they finished in second place (16-12) during the 2009/10 season. The Hawks eliminated the third placed Townsville Crocodiles where Gruber played a huge role in the deciding Game 3, scoring 15 points and collecting 5 rebounds, to advance to the NBL finals series to face the Perth Wildcats.

After Perth claimed game one in Perth (75–64), the series moved to Wollongong for game two, where the Hawks returned the favour, defeating Perth 75–63 and setting up a deciding Game 3. Back on their home court Perth comfortably defeated Wollongong in the decider, 96–72, with Gruber scoring 11 points and Perth’s Kevin Lisch being named Finals MVP.

Gruber became a naturalised Australian for 2011/12 season.

David Gruber played seven seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Sydney Spirit and the Wollongong Hawks. He averaged 6.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 0.7 assists in 164 NBL games.

Dan Boyce (833 Posts)

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.

NBL TOTAL 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
2014-15	33	Wollongong	6-22 (8)	2	13.0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0
2013-14	32	Wollongong	13-15 (4)	30	673.0	228	155	27	73	82	17	21	23	72	93	166	56%	0	0%	42	63	67%	58%	56%
2012-13	31	Wollongong	13-15 (3)	30	588.0	198	132	21	44	88	14	14	37	50	77	123	63%	0	0%	44	62	71%	65%	63%	14
2011-12	30	Wollongong	9-19 (8)	18	197.0	63	51	6	20	31	5	4	13	22	24	48	50%	1	0%	15	20	75%	55%	50%	9
2010-11	29	Wollongong	15-13 (5)	20	306.0	92	67	8	34	33	8	9	17	41	40	82	49%	1	0%	12	23	52%	50%	49%	16
2009-10	28	Wollongong	16-12 (4)	34	610.0	210	145	31	55	90	11	10	29	71	83	148	56%	1	0%	44	77	57%	57%	56%	16
2008-09	27	Sydney	11-19 (8)	30	689.0	313	191	26	84	107	23	21	53	80	132	216	61%	0	0%	49	86	57%	61%	61%	26
Totals				164	3076	1104	742	120	310	432	78	79	174	338	449	783	57.3%	3	0.0%	206	331	62.2%	59%	57%	26

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
2014-15	33	Wollongong	6-22 (8)	2	6.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0%	0.0	0%	0.0	0.0	0%	0%	0%	0
2013-14	32	Wollongong	13-15 (4)	30	22.4	7.6	5.2	0.9	2.4	2.7	0.6	0.7	0.8	2.4	3.1	5.5	56%	0.0	0%	1.4	2.1	67%	58%	56%
2012-13	31	Wollongong	13-15 (3)	30	19.6	6.6	4.4	0.7	1.5	2.9	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.6	4.1	63%	0.0	0%	1.5	2.1	71%	65%	63%	14
2011-12	30	Wollongong	9-19 (8)	18	10.9	3.5	2.8	0.3	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.2	1.3	2.7	50%	0.1	0%	0.8	1.1	75%	55%	50%	9
2010-11	29	Wollongong	15-13 (5)	20	15.3	4.6	3.4	0.4	1.7	1.7	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.1	2.0	4.1	49%	0.1	0%	0.6	1.2	52%	50%	49%	16
2009-10	28	Wollongong	16-12 (4)	34	17.9	6.2	4.3	0.9	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	4.4	56%	0.0	0%	1.3	2.3	57%	57%	56%	16
2008-09	27	Sydney	11-19 (8)	30	23.0	10.4	6.4	0.9	2.8	3.6	0.8	0.7	1.8	2.7	4.4	7.2	61%	0.0	0%	1.6	2.9	57%	61%	61%	26
Total				164	18.8	6.7	4.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.1	2.7	4.8	57.3%	0.0	0.0%		0.0	62.2%	59%	57%	26

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
26	13	3	3	4	4	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

Frankston 2005-09

Named to the All SEABL East team 2005 - 2008 while playing for the Frankston Blues. Named the SEABL East Most Valuable Player for 2005 and South conference MVP in 2008

Also was named the South conference defensive player of the year in 2008.

Season	Team	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%
1	0	55%	48%	56%	81%
2	0	26	3	3	4
Total						449	783	57.3%	0	3	0.0%

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%
2014-15	33	Wollongong	6-22 (8)	2	13.0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0
2013-14	32	Wollongong	13-15 (4)	30	673.0	228	155	27	73	82	17	21	23	72	93	166	56%	0	0	0%	42	63	67%	58%	56%
2012-13	31	Wollongong	13-15 (3)	30	588.0	198	132	21	44	88	14	14	37	50	77	123	63%	0	0	0%	44	62	71%	65%	63%	14
2011-12	30	Wollongong	9-19 (8)	18	197.0	63	51	6	20	31	5	4	13	22	24	48	50%	0	1	0%	15	20	75%	55%	50%	9
2010-11	29	Wollongong	15-13 (5)	20	306.0	92	67	8	34	33	8	9	17	41	40	82	49%	0	1	0%	12	23	52%	50%	49%	16
2009-10	28	Wollongong	16-12 (4)	34	610.0	210	145	31	55	90	11	10	29	71	83	148	56%	0	1	0%	44	77	57%	57%	56%	16
2008-09	27	Sydney	11-19 (8)	30	689.0	313	191	26	84	107	23	21	53	80	132	216	61%	0	0	0%	49	86	57%	61%	61%	26
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

New Zealand - Southland (2014)

In 2014 David Gruber played in New Zealand for the Southland Sharks and averaged 12.4 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 0.6 assists across 5 games.

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