Jacob Wiley

Jacob Wiley

  • Nationality: USA/MKD
  • Date of Birth: 4/09/94
  • Place of Birth: Bellevue, Washington (USA)
  • Position: F/C
  • Height (CM): 203
  • Weight (KG): 97 
  • Junior Assoc: None
  • College: Montana (2012–2013) / Lewis–Clark (2014–2016) / Eastern Washington (2016–2017)
  • NBL DEBUT: 11/10/18
  • AGE AT DEBUT: 24
  • LAST NBL GAME: 18/02/24
  • AGE AT LAST GAME: 29
  • NBL History: Adelaide 2019, 2024
  • Championships: 0
  • None

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NICKNAME/S: Wiley Coyote

BIO: Jacob Wiley was born in Bellevue, Washington (USA).

FAMILY: Has a my daughter Layla who was born in Adelaide.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Jacob Wiley made his NBL debut with the Adelaide 36ers at 24 years of age. He scored 13 points in his first game.

After narrowly missing out on the NBL championship the previous season, Adelaide was forced into a rebuild during the 2018 offseason, with several key players departing, most notably Mitch Creek. Creek left to pursue his NBA dream following extended negotiations between Adelaide and Basketball Australia.

Creek had initially been granted approval by the 36ers to play in Germany for the offseason, with the expectation he would return for the 2018/19 season. However, strong performances in Germany attracted the attention of the Brooklyn Nets, who signed him to their G-League team. The 36ers filed an injunction to prevent Basketball Australia from approving Creek’s NBA deal without compensation, but a resolution was eventually reached, allowing Creek to pursue his NBA aspirations.

Other departures included Shannon Shorter (to Japan), Josh Childress (retired), and Matthew Hodgson (to Brisbane). Adelaide responded by signing import Jacob Wiley (via Germany), who was spotted by coach Joey Wright at NBA Summer League as a replacement for Creek. The team also added point guard Adris De León to boost their offense and brought in rising stars Harry Froling and Jack McVeigh straight from college, providing youthful energy to the squad.

Adelaide managed to retain core players Nathan Sobey, Majok Deng, Adam Doyle, Brendan Teys, and import Ramone Moore. Leading scorer Daniel Johnson also returned, taking over as team captain.

Adelaide’s season began with a home loss to Perth (91–99), but they rebounded in their next game, defeating the Sydney Kings (94–83) on the road. Sobey delivered one of the season’s highlights in Round 3, recording a triple-double (22 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists) in a win over Cairns (91–83). However, a four-game losing streak followed, starting with a heavy defeat to New Zealand (114–94) and culminating in a narrow loss to Brisbane (93–90) in Round 4.

Key injuries, including a calf issue for Ramone Moore, disrupted Adelaide’s momentum. De León was given a chance to start, delivering 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists in a loss to Sydney, but he was released soon after due to inconsistent performances. Former Illawarra import Demitrius Conger was signed as his replacement, and Shaun Bruce, unsigned after three seasons with Cairns, was also brought in to bolster the team.

Adelaide’s inconsistency persisted throughout the season. While they secured back-to-back wins in Round 7 over Cairns (109–95) and Illawarra (120–109), losses to Illawarra and Melbourne in later rounds derailed their playoff push. Despite a brief four-game winning streak in Round 14, which included a crucial victory over Perth (97–84) and a dominant performance against Sydney (119–99), Adelaide’s playoff hopes were dashed by defeats to Melbourne and Brisbane.

Jacob Wiley had a solid season, contributing 12.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 1 assist per game. He had standout performances, including a 30-point, 2-rebound, and 2-steal game against Cairns (97-84) on November 23, 2018, where he shot an impressive 12/17 from the field. Wiley also put up 23 points and 2 rebounds in a win over New Zealand (114-107) on October 28, 2018, and added 21 points and 2 assists in a victory against Sydney on January 19, 2019. Wiley ended the season with a 53.8% field goal percentage.

Alongside Wiley, Daniel Johnson (17.0 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.4 assists) and Nathan Sobey (16.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 5.3 assists) were both named to the All-NBL Second Team. Key contributions also came from Demitrius Conger (11.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.4 assists), Anthony Drmic (9.3 points, 4.6 rebounds), and Harry Froling (7.9 points, 4.6 rebounds), who earned NBL Rookie of the Year honors.

Despite hovering between fourth and fifth place for most of the second half of the season, Adelaide finished with a 14-14 record, tied with Brisbane. However, Brisbane advanced to the playoffs based on points percentage, leaving Adelaide in fifth place and out of the postseason.

After initially re-signing with Adelaide for another season, Wiley opted out of his contract in June 2019 to join Spanish team Gran Canaria, utilizing his European out-clause.

2023/24
Wiley returned to the club in 2023, signing a two-year deal with a mutual option on the second year.

“Jacob works very hard, and I’m glad he’s super excited to be returning,” 36ers head coach CJ Bruton said upon Wiley’s return.

“I am thrilled to have a guy who can play multiple positions, with his effort to get up and down the floor, he will be able to attack at both ends. He’s a competitor, and I think that will drive us as a group.”

After a second disappointing season under coach CJ Bruton, several changes were made to their roster. Despite imports from last season, Robert Franks and Antonius Cleveland both being contracted for a second season, they were allowed to exit their deals and pursue opportunities overseas.

Anthony Drmic (to Tasmania), Ian Clark (to Melbourne), and Kai Sotto (to Japan) all headed elsewhere, but perhaps the most significant loss for 36ers fans was the decision not to bring back big man Daniel Johnson after 13 years with the club.

Former Sixers Jason Cadee (via Brisbane), Isaac Humphries (via Melbourne), and Wiley all returned to the club for their second stints, to provide much-needed leadership. New faces to the squad included Trentyn Flowers, courtesy of the Next Stars program, AFL to NBL convert Alex Starling, and imports Trey Kell (via South East Melbourne) and Jamaal Franklin.

Franklin’s time with the club was brief; being handed his release during the middle of the NBL Blitz. In a similar fashion to last season, Adelaide got off to yet another slow start (with a 1-4 record) before signing DJ Vasiljevic, who had exited his contract with Sydney early to sign a deal to play with Washington in the NBA, before being released on the eve of the NBL season.

Vasiljevic (19.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.2 assists) added instant firepower to the squad, but after a horrendous loss to Tasmania, where Adelaide’s inability to shoot both inside (29 per cent from the field) and beyond the three-point line (2-11) saw them produce their equal-lowest score since the beginning of the 40-minute era (59-94), Bruton was shown his walking papers. With the team sitting bottom of the ladder (4-9), Bruton was replaced by assistant coach Scott Ninnis, who had coached the team previously from 2008-2010 and managed to turn things around in the second half of the season after an impressive January (5-1) which saw Adelaide back contending for a playoff spot.

Adelaide finished the season as the second-best rebounding team, averaging 43.5 rebounds per game, but also the worst in the competition from behind the three-point line (shooting 29.9 per cent).

Kell (17.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.1 steals) and Humphries (15.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks) both delivered career-best seasons, and Wiley (10.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists) led the team in rebounding. Ultimately, the revitalised side finished a win and percentage away from competing in the Play-In Tournament (12 wins, 16 losses).

Jacob Wiley played two seasons the Adelaide 36ers. He averaged 11.4 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 54 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.


NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASONAGETEAMTEAM RECORDGPMINSPTSREBASTORDRSTLBLKTOPFFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%EFG%HS
2023-2429Adelaide12-16 (9)26654.027318854451431618523811822952%123336%253669%55%54%21
2018-1924Adelaide14-14 (5)28630.03431382949891715465214024856%103033%537076%61%58%30
Totals54128461632683942323333989025847754.1%226334.9%7810673.6%59%56%30

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASONAGETEAMTEAM RECORDGPMINSPTSREBASTORDRSTLBLKTOPFFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%EFG%HS
2023-2429Adelaide12-16 (9)2625.210.57.22.11.75.50.60.72.01.54.58.852%0.51.336%1.01.469%55%54%21
2018-1924Adelaide14-14 (5)2822.512.34.91.01.83.20.60.51.61.95.08.956%0.41.133%1.92.576%61%58%30
Total5423.811.46.01.51.74.30.60.61.81.74.88.854.1%0.00.034.9%0.41.273.6%59%56%30

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKS TURNOVERS TRIPLE DOUBLES
301453380

FIBA EXPERIENCE

On November 12, 2020, Wiley received Macedonian passport and is eligible to play for North Macedonian basketball team. On November 15, 2020, he was included in the preliminary squad for EuroBasket 2021 qualifiers against Italy and Estonia.

NBA EXPERIENCE

After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, Wiley played with the Brooklyn Nets during the 2017 NBA Summer League. He later signed a two-way contract with the Nets on August 14, 2017. Under the terms of the deal, he would split time with Brooklyn and their NBA G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets.

He made his NBA debut on October 29, 2017, playing four minutes and recording two rebounds in a 124–111 loss over the Denver Nuggets.

On January 15, 2018, he was waived by the Nets.

In five games with Brooklyn, Wiley recorded averages of 0.8 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 0.4 assists in 6.7 minutes per game. He also appeared in 16 games with Long Island, averaging 7.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.1 assist in 20.6 minutes per contest.

Played with the Dallas Mavericks during the 2018 NBA Summer League.

Wiley played 5 games in the NBA. He averaged 0.8 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 0.4 assists per game over his NBA career.

NBA TRANSACTIONS:

- August 14, 2017: Signed a two-way contract with the Brooklyn Nets .
- January 15, 2018: Waived by the Brooklyn Nets.

Season Team PTS AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P%
1 0 72% 69% 64% 86%
2 0 30 5 3 3
Total 258 477 54.1% 22 63 34.9%

NBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEARAGETEAMPOSGPGSMINSPTSTRBASTORBDRBSTLBLKTOVPFFGFGAFG%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%TS%EFG%
2017-1823BrooklynPF503341122910041425%1250%1250%41%38%
2017-1823BrooklynPF503341122910041425%1250%1250%41%38%
2017-1823BrooklynPF503341122910041425%1250%1250%41%38%
Total503341122910041425%1250%1250%

NBA PER GAME STATISTICS

YEARAGETEAMPOSGPGSMINSPTSTRBASTORBDRBSTLBLKTOVPFFGFGAFG%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%TS%EFG%
2017-1823BrooklynPF506.60.82.20.40.41.80.20.00.00.80.20.825%0.20.450%0.20.450%41%38%
Total506.60.82.20.40.41.80.20.80.20.825%0.20.450%0.20.450%

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Germany - MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (2018) | Spain - Gran Canaria (2019, 2020-2021), Basket Zaragoza (2021), Coosur Real Betis (2022) | Greece - Panathinaikos (2019–2020), Ermis Schimatari (2022-2023), NE Megaridas (2022-2023) | Montenegro - Budućnost (2021–2022) | Puerto Rico - Vaqueros de Bayamon (2021-2022, 2023-2024) | Japan - Shiga (2022-2023)

On March 4, 2018, Wiley signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.

On February 20, 2019, Wiley signed with Spanish team Gran Canaria.

On July 16, 2019, Wiley signed a one-year contract with Greek Basket League champions Panathinaikos.

On July 14, 2020, Gran Canaria matched a offer made by Joventut Badalona, thus bringing back Wiley under the "tanteo" rules of the Spanish league. On February 26, 2021, Wiley went on loan to Basket Zaragoza.

On July 3, 2021, Wiley signed with Budućnost VOLI of the ABA League. He was suspended by the team on December 3, after failing to come to practice and leaving Podgorica without the team’s consent due to a family issue.

On February 4, 2022, Wiley signed with Real Betis of the Liga ACB.

On May 25, 2022, Wiley signed with the Shiga Lake Stars of the Japanese B-League under former NBL coach of the year Shawn Dennis.

COLLEGE

Wiley played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies, Lewis–Clark State Warriors, and Eastern Washington Eagles.

During his first and only year at Montana, he averaged a very discouraging 1.0 point and 3.0 minutes per game with Montana, including tying a team-high 5 points in a blowout 81–34 2013 NCAA Tournament loss to Syracuse. He also participated in their track team after their NCAA Tournament season was over with before leaving Montana after his first basketball practice as a sophomore, to the point where he stopped playing the sport altogether from October 2013 to March 2014.

After that point, he started over his basketball career, transferring to Lewis–Clark State in the NAIA. His first year at Lewis–Clark led to Wiley earning All-Conference honours and was named a All-American honorable mention there. During his junior year at Lewis–Clark, he was named a First-Team NAIA All-American and helped the program win its first ever NAIA Tournament Championship.

After that, he transferred to Eastern Washington to try and earn a master's degree while also playing basketball.

In 2016/17, during his only year at Eastern Washington, Wiley was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year after averaging 20.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.8 blocks, and 2.3 assists per game for the Eagles.

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