Everette Stephens on playing for the Newcastle Falcons and Geelong Supercats during the 1990s
June 17, 2023
Everette Stephens
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 21/10/66
- Place of Birth: Evanston, Illinois (USA)
- Position: PG
- Height (CM): 190
- Weight (KG): 82
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Purdue (1984–1988)
NBL CAREER OVERVIEW
NBL DEBUT
3/04/92
Age 25
LAST NBL GAME
24/09/94
Age 27
TEAM HISTORY
3 seasons | 2 teams- 1992-93NF
Newcastle Falcons2 seasons - 1994GSGeelong Supercats1 season
CHAMPIONSHIPS
None
BIO: Everette Stephens was born in Evanston, Illinois (USA) where he attended Evanston Township High School.
FAMILY: Everette’s son Kendall Stephens also played 39 games in the NBL.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Everette Stephens made his NBL debut with the Newcastle Falcons at 25 years of age. He scored 22 points in his first game.
After taking over from coach Ken Cole mid-season in 1991, head coach Tom Wiseman was able to redesign the Falcons lineup. Newcastle utilised three imports the season prior (Jerry Everett, Troy Truvillion, James Bullock) but having won only five games, Wiseman chose to go in a different direction, adding former NBA players Terry Dozier (via Geelong) and Everette Stephens.
The only major change to the roster saw the Falcons swap Peter Harvey (to Gold Coast) for Paul Kuiper (via Gold Coast) and a young local Shawn Dennis join the squad as a rookie.
Everette Stephens (23.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2.1 steals, and 1.3 blocks) and Terry Dozier (22.8 points, 11.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.1 steals, and 1.8 blocks) delivered an amazing season statistically, filling the stats sheet in all categories. Michael Johnson (20.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 4.1 assists) and 39 year old Al Green (18.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1.1 steals) put up big numbers as well but once it got to the remaining roster there was little left in the tank. Injuries saw Kuiper (7 games) and Jason Joynes (10 games) play less than half the season and the remainder of the Newcastle bench just simply wasn’t up to NBL standards.
In his first full season as coach, Wiseman was able to improve the team result from 5 wins to 9 wins, but this saw minimal improvement in the standings with Newcastle improving from bottom of the ladder to second from the bottom as a result.
Everette Stephens earned All-NBL Third Team honours with the Newcastle Falcons during the 1992 season.
1993
After struggling to compete in the NBL for four straight seasons, Wiseman was able to retain the majority of his core roster for his second full season as head coach, which delivered the Falcons most successful season since 1985.
The key to the Falcon’s success was being able to retain Terry Dozier (21.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1 steals, 1.2 blocks) and Everette Stephens (21.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 1.5 steals), who had developed into one of the league’s most potent import duos. A healthy Paul Kuiper (11.2 points, 7 rebounds, and 0.2 assists) who had managed to play in only a third of the prior season made a big difference and ever reliable Michael Johnson (20.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 1 steals) firing away saw Newcastle win four of their first five games.
They would finish the season with a record of 15-11 which was equal with Illawarra Hawks but thanks to a +9 points percentage in their head to head with the Hawks, they would finish in fifth place on the ladder.
Newcastle faced Brisbane in the Quarter-finals but the strength of their stars Leroy Loggins, Dave Colbert, Andre Moore and Shane Heal proved too difficult in the postseason. Brisbane would win games one (125-99) and two (122-118) ending the Falcons season.
GEELONG SUPERCATS
1994
The 1994 season saw Stephens averaged 19.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 4.6 assists as the Supercats finished the regular season with a 7-19 record.
Everette Stephens played three seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Geelong Supercats and the Newcastle Falcons. He averaged 21.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 5.2 assists in 77 NBL games.
CAREER RANKINGS:
– 35th in steals per game.
HIGHLIGHTS:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 27 | Geelong | 7-19 (12) | 25 | 1,032 | 495 | 94 | 115 | 22 | 72 | 72 | 26 | 105 | 83 | 169 | 318 | 53% | 40 | 92 | 43% | 117 | 143 | 82% | 65% | 59% | 32 |
| 1993 | 27 | Newcastle | 15-11 (5) | 28 | 1,151 | 611 | 92 | 153 | 22 | 70 | 41 | 22 | 98 | 76 | 218 | 463 | 47% | 38 | 107 | 36% | 137 | 167 | 82% | 57% | 51% | 36 |
| 1992 | 25 | Newcastle | 9-15 (12) | 24 | 986 | 571 | 113 | 135 | 27 | 86 | 51 | 31 | 106 | 90 | 206 | 418 | 49% | 49 | 123 | 40% | 110 | 135 | 81% | 60% | 55% | 38 | Totals | 77 | 3169 | 1677 | 299 | 403 | 71 | 228 | 164 | 79 | 309 | 249 | 593 | 1199 | 49.5% | 127 | 322 | 39.4% | 364 | 445 | 81.8% | 60% | 55% | 38 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 27 | Geelong | 7-19 (12) | 25 | 41.3 | 19.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 12.7 | 53% | 1.6 | 3.7 | 43% | 4.7 | 5.7 | 82% | 65% | 59% | 32 |
| 1993 | 27 | Newcastle | 15-11 (5) | 28 | 41.1 | 21.8 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 7.8 | 16.5 | 47% | 1.4 | 3.8 | 36% | 4.9 | 6.0 | 82% | 57% | 51% | 36 |
| 1992 | 25 | Newcastle | 9-15 (12) | 24 | 41.1 | 23.8 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 8.6 | 17.4 | 49% | 2.0 | 5.1 | 40% | 4.6 | 5.6 | 81% | 60% | 55% | 38 | Total | 77 | 41.2 | 21.8 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 7.7 | 15.6 | 49.5% | 1.6 | 4.2 | 39.4% | 4.7 | 5.8 | 81.8% | 60% | 55% | 38 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 38 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
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NBA EXPERIENCE
Everette Stephens was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with pick #31 in the 1988 NBA Draft.
Stephens played in two NBA seasons for the Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks. In his NBA career, Stephens played in 38 games and scored a total of 71 points.
Stephens spent a number of seasons playing in the NBAs development league, the CBA before, during and after his NBA career ended. This included stints with the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets (1989–1990), Rockford Lightning (1991–1992), Fargo-Moorhead Fever (1992) and La Crosse Catbirds (1992–1993).
Everette Stephens averaged 13.1 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game in his 144-game career in the CBA which began in 1989 season and finished in 1992. He also won the 1992 Long Distance Shootout Contest.
Stephens played 38 games in the NBA. He averaged 1.9 points, 0.6 rebounds, and 1 assists per game over his NBA career.
NBA TRANSACTIONS:
- November 4, 1983: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs (as a future 1988 2nd round draft pick) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Mark McNamara.
- June 28, 1988: Drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round (31st pick) of the 1988 NBA Draft.
- October 4, 1988: Traded by the Philadelphia 76ers to the Indiana Pacers for Ron Anderson.
- October 5, 1988: Signed a multi-year contract with the Indiana Pacers.
- October 31, 1989: Waived by the Indiana Pacers.
- November 2, 1989: Became a free agent after the Indiana Pacers waiver.
- February 27, 1991: Signed a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
- October 3, 1991: Signed a contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.
- October 28, 1991: Waived by the Milwaukee Bucks.
- October 30, 1991: Became a free agent after Milwaukee waived him.
| Season | Team | PTS | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 96% | 98% | 98% | 94% | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 593 | 1199 | 49.5% | 127 | 322 | 39.4% |
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | 24 | Milwaukee | PG | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 77% | 67% | |||
| 1988-89 | 22 | Indiana | PG | 35 | 0 | 209 | 65 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 23 | 72 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 40% | 33% | Total | 38 | 0 | 215 | 71 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 75 | 33% | 2 | 10 | 20% | 19 | 24 | 79% |
NBA PER GAME 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | 24 | Milwaukee | PG | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 67% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 77% | 67% | ||
| 1988-89 | 22 | Indiana | PG | 35 | 0 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 32% | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 40% | 33% | Total | 38 | 0 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 33% | 0.1 | 0.3 | 20% | 0.5 | 0.6 | 79% |
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Cyprus
- Omonia1995–1997
France
- Paris SG1998–1999
Germany
- Bayreuth1995–1996
Spain
- Menorca1997–1998
- Ourense1998–1999
Venezuela
- Marinos de Oriente1999
Everette Stephens played overseas in Germany, Cyprus, Spain, France, and Venezuela during the later stages of his professional career.
Stephens is listed with Basket Bayreuth in Germany during 1995–96 in multiple historical career summaries. A distinct documented European appearance with Cypriot club Omonia came on 13 September 1995, when he recorded 24 points, two rebounds, five assists and three steals in 39 minutes against Hapoel Holon in the FIBA Korać Cup. The contemporary Omonia European appearance overlaps the calendar year assigned to his Bayreuth stint, and the precise transfer sequence has not been established. The Omonia match is not evidence of a German Bundesliga appearance and its numbers cannot be added to Bayreuth domestic statistics. No individual German match totals are asserted without a separate BBL ledger.
In the Korac Cup on November 4, 1996, he scored 23 points with three rebounds, four assists and three steals against Limoges, with Omonia’s squad in those competitions featuring teammates such as Daryl Conway Battles, Georgios Karampatakis and Brandon Brantley.
Stephens moved to Menorca Bàsquet in 1997–98 for Spains second-division Liga LEB, not Liga ACB. He scored 330 points in 14 games, averaging 23.6 points, ranking third in the league scoring table behind Tony Smith and Velimir Perasović. He also accumulated 309 total player-efficiency valuation points (22.07 per game), ranking fourth in the league according to the Spanish Basketball Federations historical account. Menorca finished sixth in the 13-team regular-season standings with an 11–13 record and qualified for the promotion playoffs. His roster included Patricio Reynés and Lamont Randolph under José Luis Oliete.
He returned to Spain with Club Ourense Baloncesto in 1998–99, a season in which Ourense finished sixth in the Liga LEB regular-season standings at 14–12, and he was replaced on the roster in February 1999 by Curtis Staples.
Stephens finished 1998–99 with PSG Racing in the French top-division LNB Pro A, joining the Paris club late in the season alongside Brad Sellers. The French federations original team season archive records FOUR regular-season appearances, totaling four points, zero rebounds and zero assists in 18 minutes, or 1.0 point in 4.5 minutes per game. He made one of three two-point attempts, missed three three-pointers and converted two of three free throws. A surviving domestic match against Dijon records one scoreless minute. Paris finished fifth in the league, with Laurent Sciarra leading the competition in assists, but Stephenss four games cannot be represented as a full seasons contribution. His last documented overseas playing stop after Paris was Marinos de Oriente in Venezuela in 1999. These are French league appearances, not French Cup or postseason games.
COLLEGE
Everette Stephens, who was born in Evanston, Illinois, suited up for Purdue from 1984–85 through 1987–88 under head coach Gene Keady, playing 119 games in a four-year career that ended with career averages of 8.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game while helping Purdue reach the NCAA tournament three times during his tenure.
As a freshman, Everette Stephens appeared in 25 games and averaged 2.3 points, 0.7 rebounds and 1 assists, as Purdue finished 20–9 overall (11–7 Big Ten), earned an at-large NCAA tournament bid as a No. 6 seed in the Southeast Region, and lost 59–58 to Auburn in the opening round to close the season.
As a sophomore Stephens boosted his numbers to 6.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists, appearing in 31 games, during a 22–10 season (11–7 Big Ten) that again put Purdue in the NCAA tournament as a No. 6 seed in the Southeast Region, where the Boilermakers lost 94–87 in double overtime to LSU in a first-round game played on LSU’s home floor.
In his junior year, Stephens appeared in 30 games and averaged 12 points, 2.6 rebounds and 6.3 assists, as Purdue went 25–5 overall (15–3 Big Ten), finished as Big Ten regular-season co-champions, and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament before its season ended there, with Stephens also posting 190 assists across the season as part of a year that placed him among Purdue’s single-season assist leaders.
During his senior year, Stephens appeared in 33 games and averaged 12.8 points, 3 rebounds and 5.5 assists, as Purdue surged to a 29–4 record (16–2 Big Ten), won the Big Ten championship by three games, earned a No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament to finish the season ranked third in the final AP poll.
Stephens would rank in the top 10 in assists, steals and blocks during his junior and senior seasons in the Big Ten, and across his Purdue career he totaled 1,044 points and 481 assists (tied for third on Purdue’s career assists list), along with 161 steals and 94 blocks, finishing as a career 49.9% shooter from the field and 44.7% from three-point range while maintaining his profile as a high-assist guard who also produced unusual shot-blocking numbers for his position.
AWARDS
- 1x All-NBL Third Team
COACHING HISTORY
Stephens' son Kendall played basketball at St. Charles East High School in suburban Chicago and played College Basketball at Purdue University and University of Nevada, ReNo. Stephens served as an assistant coach for his son's team.
Kendall would later sign with NBL team the South East Melbourne Phoenix in 2019.
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