BIO: Greg Fox was born in Southport (QLD) and attended Southport High School. Considered by many to be the best basketball point guard to come out of the Gold Coast.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Greg Fox made his NBL debut with the Brisbane Bullets at 20 years of age. He scored four points in his first game.

Entering 1989, the Bullets had lost two of their three leading scorers from last season, rising star Shane Heal (to Geelong) and import Emery Atkinson (to Canberra). The Bullets looked to fill the offensive gap with new import Winston Crite (20.8 points and 7.5 rebounds), who also became the team’s leading rebounder. The development of backup centre Robert Sibley (15.4 points and 6.4 rebounds in 31 minutes), who increased his numbers from 8.6 points and 4.7 rebounds in 21 minutes to provide some additional scoring punch.

After finishing the season in eighth place (11-13), Brisbane missed out on the playoffs for the first time since 1983. Even with Leroy Loggins (22.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 4.2 assists) leading the team in scoring and being second in assists, the Bullets poor record no doubt played a part in Loggins being absent from the All-NBL First Team for the first time since 1981. Fox added 3 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists while appearing in 20 games.

1990
Brisbane entered the season with a new-look squad, ready to rebound from their dismal eighth-placed finish in ’89, which saw the Bullets miss the playoffs for the first time under coach Brian Kerle. Only three of the 13 players who wore a Bullets singlet the previous year returned – Leroy Loggins, Robert Sibley, and Greg Fox.

Those exiting included captain Larry Sengstock and Ron Radliff, who had been with the team for eight and seven seasons, respectively, leaving to join the new Queensland expansion team, the Gold Coast Cougars and second-year guard Rodger Smith, joining them. John Dorge (to Geelong), Darren Perry (to Eastside), and Dan Clausen (to Adelaide) all headed elsewhere. Greg Giddings, Shane Edwards and import Winston Crite were not offered a contract to return, and Danny Morseu retired.

Loggins, who was used with mixed success in the off-guard spot the previous season, reverted to his more familiar and preferred small forward position. Moore and Sibley headed up a frontline that also included comeback player Chris McGraw and young Melbourne pair Paul Rees and Craig Adams, with locals Steve McLeod and Chris Clarkson making up the 12-man list. In a flash, the Bullets went from the oldest team in the league, a average age of 26.5 years, to probably the youngest at 23.1 years.

Together with new imports Derek Rucker (33.0 points, 3.6 rebounds, 6.7 assists, and 2.6 steals) and Andre Moore (26.9 points, 12.6 rebounds, and 1.3 steals), the Bullets revamped roster saw them finish in third place (18-8) and reach the grand final. There, they would face Perth in a rematch of the 1987 series.

Brisbane lost the opening game in Perth (112–106) before levelling the series in game two (106–90) in front of the largest crowd in NBL history at that time. 13,221 fans filled the Brisbane Entertainment Centre to watch the Bullets even the series (1-1), the attendance number remaining the largest grand final crowd played outside of Melbourne until 2013.

Game three was held in front of a near-equal crowd of (13,159), but this time, the Bullets would fall short (86–109), losing to Perth, who would win their first NBL championship.

Brian Kerle was the recipient of the Coach of the Year award for the second time, and Brisbane would become the first team to have three players, Rucker, Moore and Loggins (33.0 points, 3.6 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 2.6 steals) selected to the All-NBL First Team, something which has never been replicated since. Rucker, additionally, won the league’s MVP award, becoming the second Bullets player to do so.

Fox appeared in all 34 of the Bullets games, averaging 8.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 4.7 assists.

1991
The 1991 season saw Fox average 5.5 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 2.9 assists and play a key role in helping the Bullets to a tenth place finish in the regular season (13-13).

1992
During the 1992 season, Fox averaged 2.2 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 1.6 assists and helped the Bullets finish the regular season in seventh place (12-12).

GOLD COAST ROLLERS
1993
In 1993, Fox appeared in 21 games for Gold Coast, averaging 1.7 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 2.0 assists during a season where the Rollers struggled to find wins, finishing with their second consecutive tenth place finish (12-14 record).

Greg Fox played five seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Brisbane Bullets and the Gold Coast Rollers. He averaged 4.6 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 2.8 assists in 119 NBL games.

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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.