Durrell McDonald

Nationality: AUS/USA
Date of Birth: 25/02/94
Place of Birth: New York, New York (USA)
Position: GRD
Height (CM): 188
Weight (KG): 78
Junior Assoc: VIC - Bulleen
College: DePaul (2012-2015) / Mercyhurst (2016-2017)

NBL DEBUT: 18/02/18
AGE AT DEBUT: 23
LAST NBL GAME: 18/02/18
AGE AT LAST GAME: 23
NBL History: Melbourne 2018
Championships: 1
Melbourne (2018)

NICKNAME/S: Nugget

BIO: Durrell McDonald was born in New York, New York (USA).

NBL EXPERIENCE

Durrell McDonald made his NBL debut with the Melbourne United at 23 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.

2017 saw the beginning of the ‘Dean Vickerman’ era with the Sydney assistant coach replacing Dean Demopoulos, who had struggled to fit in with the playing group during his tenure. Vickerman signed on for two seasons and shortly after, the team re-signed David Barlow and imports Josh Boone and Casper Ware. Vickerman brought with him forward Craig Moller (via Sydney) as a replacement for the departing Todd Blanchfield (to Illawarra) and added Casey Prather (via Perth) as the team’s third import. McDonald was later signed as a development player.

Melbourne won their season opener against Adelaide (99–97) with Prather (20 points) leading the team offensively. Despite United’s hot start, they would win only five of their first ten games.

On December 16, Prather went down with a dislocated elbow in the second quarter of Melbourne’s win over Illawarra (84–78) and was subsequently ruled out for a minimum of eight weeks. While United looked for an injury replacement, development player Felix Von Hofe was elevated into the team until they signed former NBA talent Carrick Felix. Felix joined the team in December and with his addition, the team sparked a strong run home, finishing 15-3 for the remainder of the season.

McDonald would appear in only one game for the season, failing to score.

Melbourne finish in first place (20-8) during the regular season, before going on to meet fourth-seed New Zealand in the semifinals. In game one, Prather (15 points) led the team in scoring despite starting on the bench and led United to an 11-point win (88–77). Prather (12 points) then helped Melbourne win game two in overtime (88–86) and progress to the Grand Final to face Adelaide.

The series would go to the full five games with Melbourne defeating Adelaide (100-82) in front of a sold-out crowd at Hisense Arena to win their first title since re-branding from the Tigers.

Durrell McDonald played in one NBL game during the 2017-18 season, scoring 0 points, 0 rebounds, and 1 assists.

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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%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
2017-18	24	Melbourne	20-8 (1)	1	5.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	0	2	0%	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0
Totals				1	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0%	0%	0

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
2017-18	24	Melbourne	20-8 (1)	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0%	0.0	2.0	0%	0.0	0.0	0%	0%	0%	0
Total				1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	0.0%			0.0%		2.0	0.0%	0%	0%	0

CAREER HIGHS

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

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

Waverley 2021 | North Adelaide 2023-2024

DURRELL 'NUGGET' MCDONALD YOU ARE JOKING 🚨

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Season	Team	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%
1	0	0%	55%	0%	0%
2	0	0	1	0	0
Total						0	2	0.0%	0	2	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%
2017-18	24	Melbourne	20-8 (1)	1	5.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	0	2	0%	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0

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