June 17, 2023
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Fresh from an impressive college career at Purdue University and a couple of seasons in the NBA with Indiana and Milwaukee, Everette Stephens came out to Australia to play for the Newcastle Falcons in 1992 and lit up the league with his rim-rocking dunks and ability to fill the box score in every column.

After two seasons he made the move to Geelong where he played alongside Cecil Exum, Adrian Branch, Daren Rowe and Simon Kerle where his son Kendall was born and much later followed his father’s footsteps playing in the NBL.

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Across Stephens’ three seasons in the NBL, he averaged 21.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 2.1 steals (34th all-time) in 77 NBL games.

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Podcast Topics include…

An update on what Everette has been up to since playing in the NBL (2:00)
Making the choice to play college basketball at Purdue University (6:00)
Appearing in the Benji Wilson 30 for 30 documentary (8:00)
Memories of college hoops (11:00)
Being drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers (16:00)
A season spent with the Indiana Pacers (21:00)
Arriving in Australia (28:00)
Memories of the Newcastle Falcons team (30:00)
Playing for the Geelong Supercats (37:00)
His son Kendall and his chance to play in the NBL (39:00)
How he chose to end his playing career (43:00)
The highlights and biggest learning moments of his career (49:00)

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Everette Stephens on playing for the Newcastle Falcons and Geelong Supercats during the 1990s