2020-2021 NBL Depth Charts
May 19, 2021
Isaac Davidson
- Nationality: NZL
- Date of Birth: 22/06/97
- Place of Birth: Auckland (New Zealand)
- Position: FRD
- Height (CM): 202
- Weight (KG): 100
- Junior Assoc: None
- College: Sonoma State (2016–2020)
- NBL DEBUT: 27/02/21
- AGE AT DEBUT: 23
- LAST NBL GAME: 24/04/22
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 24
- NBL History: New Zealand 2021-22
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Isaac Davidson was born in Auckland (New Zealand).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Isaac Davidson made his NBL debut with the New Zealand Breakers at 23 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
His stint at Sonoma State in America was cut short because of the pandemic last February, and he returned to New Zealand to train with the New Zealand Breakers. After a couple of months practicing every day, the team offered Davidson a development contract and he ended up being a part of 11 NBL games.
As a result of the pandemic, the Breakers were forced to commit to being based in Australia for the majority of the season. They hosted a number of games as the ‘home’ team in Tasmania and only returned to play their last seven games in New Zealand in late May.
New Zealand had added Brisbane Bullets star import Lamar Patterson and Colton Iverson as import players, while Tai Webster returned to the team, having left in 2013 to play college ball for Nebraska. The Breakers suffered another blow when its leading scorer Corey Webster sliced a nerve in his hand while cutting a avocado with a knife in his kitchen and would miss the first month of the season.
As would be expected from a team playing their first 29 games on the road, wins were few and far between. After narrowly losing to Adelaide in overtime in their first game, they would win only one game (a six-point win over Cairns) in the first eight contests. The sluggish start saw New Zealand release Lamar Patterson (10.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists), who had injured his knee against the Hawks on February 22 after just six games. In his previous two seasons with the Bullets, Patterson had averaged 19.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 4.1 assists and twice been named a NBL First Team All-Star, but his form for the Breakers was far from his previous stints in the NBL.
With Patterson removed, New Zealand added Jeremy Kendle as a short-term replacement and saw a marked improvement, going 3-1 over the next four games.
Due to losing numerous players to injury and personal issues throughout the season, Robert Loe (20 games), Thomas Abercrombie (9), Corey Webster (8) and Tai Webster (7), the team added Australian guard William McDowell-White (7.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 5 assists) as a nominated replacement player for the injured Corey Webster (13.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.9 assists) and Levi Randolph (14.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 1.1 steals), who signed as Patterson’s replacement, which also resulted in the release of Jeremy Kendle (7.0 points per game).
The Breakers’ faced additional adversity with COVID-19 forcing them to continually move from city to city, attempting to find places where there was limited COVID impact to be able to play their remaining games. A COVID-19 window saw the team able to return home and play their remaining seven games in New Zealand, where they went 3-4 to finish the season.
Tai Webster (17.2 points, 5 rebounds, 4.9 assists, and 1.2 steals) would lead the team in scoring alongside Finn Delany (16.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.2 assists), who delivered a breakout season and was named club MVP after boosting his scoring from 12 points per game the previous season.
Davidson would average 0.7 points, 0 rebounds, and 0.1 assists over the course of the season, while the Breakers finished second last (12-24).
2021/22
After a season where the Breakers played 29 of 36 games in Australia, things only continued to get worse for the Breakers, with the team unable to play any home games during NBL22 and finishing dead last during the regular season.
After playing the previous season with a trio of Corey Webster, Tai Webster, and William McDowell-White at point guard, the team decided they would build around the younger of the three and move Corey to the bench. The Breakers then allowed him to exit his contract with him choosing to play in Europe instead. Not long after, as a result of the NBL requiring players to be vaccinated for COVID-19, Tai Webster chose to exit his contract as well and play overseas.
While losing the Webster brothers, the team gained the signatures of Kiwi Yanni Wetzell (via South East Melbourne) and import players Peyton Siva, Hugo Besson and Jeremiah Martin. Additionally, the team signed French prodigy Ousmane Dieng under the league’s Next Star program.
Prior to the team’s first game Davidson, who was entering the second year of a three-year development contract at the time, was called called into the office and while he thought the team were going to “fine him for being late” instead they offered him a spot of the full roster. The team signed Davidson to a one-year deal with a club option for a additional year.
The team immediately faced adversity, losing Siva and Thomas Abercrombie to injury and having to absorb a COVID outbreak on the eve of the season. The team signed Chasson Randle (7.8 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 0.9 assists) as a replacement player for Siva, and the team began the season with a 0–6 start.
Siva was able to return to the team a few weeks later which then saw Jeremiah Martin (12.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.2 steals) and the Breakers agree to a mutual release, the move came as a result of high-level play from Randle, who they chose to retain instead of Martin once Peyton Siva (11.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 2 steals) returned from injury.
Although the team had planned to play their home games at the back end of the season, COVID-19 restrictions made that impossible and forced the team to base themselves in Tasmania for the majority of the season.
The Breakers were led by the all-around play of Yanni Wetzell (17.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.6 steals, and 1.1 blocks) who left the team to play in Europe once New Zealand had no chance to make the playoffs. Despite leaving the team with a month of the Breakers season still remaining Wetzell was named club MVP. Hugo Besson (13.9 points, 4 rebounds, and 2.3 assists) and Finn Delany (10 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2 assists) would raise their games during that final month of the season but by mid-February had fallen to 4–10.
Davidson would continue to see limited playing opportunities with the Breakers, appearing in only 4 games, averaging 1.3 points, 0.3 rebounds, and 0 assists as New Zealand finished with a 5–23 record, the Breakers worst season in their 19-year history.
Isaac Davidson played two seasons the New Zealand Breakers..
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 24 | New Zealand | 5-23 (10) | 4 | 10.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 17% | 1 | 6 | 17% | 2 | 2 | 100% | 36% | 0% | 3 |
| 2020-21 | 24 | New Zealand | 12-24 (8) | 11 | 17.4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 75% | 2 | 3 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 5 | Totals | 15 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 40.0% | 3 | 9 | 33.3% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 60% | 55% | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 24 | New Zealand | 5-23 (10) | 4 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 17% | 0.3 | 1.5 | 17% | 0.5 | 0.5 | 100% | 36% | 0% | 3 |
| 2020-21 | 24 | New Zealand | 12-24 (8) | 11 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 75% | 0.2 | 0.3 | 67% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 5 | Total | 15 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 40.0% | 0.0 | 33.3% | 0.2 | 0.6 | 100.0% | 60% | 55% | 5 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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FIBA EXPERIENCE
In 2022 Davidson played for New Zealand during the FIBA World Cup Qualifying window and with the bronze medal winning Tall-Blacks side that competed at the FIBA Asia Cup in Indonesia.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- New Zealand - Franklin (2020-23)
In 2020 Isaac Davidson played in New Zealand for the Franklin Bulls and averaged 16 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.5 assists across 18 games.
In 2021 played a second season for the Franklin Bulls and averaged 13.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 2.7 assists across 18 games.
In 2022, Isaac Davidson played a third season with the Franklin Bulls and averaged 12.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.8 assists across 14 games.
Davidson signed with Franklin to play the 2023 NZNBL season.
COLLEGE
Isaac Davidson played college basketball at Sonoma State from 2016–17 to 2019–20, appearing in four seasons for the Seawolves in NCAA Division II competition.
As a freshman in 2016–17, Davidson played 7 games and did not start, totaling 20 points (2.9 points per game) while shooting 8-for-15 from the field (53.3%), going 1-for-4 on three-pointers (25.0%), and making 3-of-5 free throws (60.0%) in 64 total minutes (9.1 minutes per game).
Across those 7 games in 2016–17, he collected 16 total rebounds (2.3 per game), with 6 offensive rebounds and 10 defensive rebounds, and added 4 assists, 1 steal, 8 turnovers, 6 personal fouls, and 0 blocked shots.
In 2017–18, Davidson took on a larger role, playing 26 games with 23 starts and posting 234 points (9.0 per game) on 88-for-183 shooting (48.1%), including 22-for-50 from three (44.0%), plus 36-of-48 at the line (75.0%) in 623 minutes (24.0 per game).
During the 2017–18 season, he contributed 84 rebounds (3.2 per game), made up of 16 offensive rebounds and 68 defensive rebounds, along with 27 assists, 11 steals, 2 blocks, 44 turnovers, and 47 personal fouls.
As a team in 2017–18, Sonoma State totaled 1,787 points across 26 games (68.7 per game) and allowed 1,814 points (69.8 per game), while shooting 624-for-1,418 from the field (44.0%), 178-for-501 from three (35.5%), and 361-for-489 at the free-throw line (73.8%).
In 2018–19, Davidson started 23 of 27 games and led Sonoma State in scoring at 13.9 points per game while also leading the team in minutes at 30.3 per game (818 total minutes), finishing with 375 points on 133-for-283 shooting (47.0%), 39-for-86 from three (45.3%), and 70-for-86 at the line (81.4%).
Across those 27 games in 2018–19, he added 121 rebounds (4.5 per game), including 16 offensive rebounds and 105 defensive rebounds, plus 31 assists, 14 steals, 3 blocks, 68 turnovers, and 34 personal fouls, and he recorded a season-high 32 points twice (against UC San Diego and Dominican).
Early in the 2018–19 season, Davidson was named to the Ron Logsdon All-Tournament team after totaling 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 1 steal while playing 59 minutes across two games at the Ron Logsdon Basketball Classic.
At the conclusion of the 2018–19 campaign, Davidson earned All-CCAA Second Team recognition as a junior forward for Sonoma State.
As a senior in 2019–20, Davidson started all 27 games and produced 413 points (15.3 per game) in 958 minutes (35.5 per game), shooting 150-for-348 from the field (43.1%), 45-for-119 from three (37.8%), and 68-for-101 on free throws (67.3%).
In 2019–20, he finished with 126 rebounds (4.7 per game), 61 assists (2.3 per game), 25 steals (0.9 per game), and 5 blocks (0.2 per game), alongside 91 turnovers and 58 personal fouls, and his single-game scoring high that season was 27 points against Cal State East Bay on January 18, 2020.
Davidson was again selected to the All-CCAA Second Team in 2019–20, and he was also named to the 2019–20 CCAA Winter All-Academic Team.
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