BIO: Kyrin Galloway was born in Honolulu, Hawaii (USA) before growing up in Townsville (QLD). As a teenager he returned to the US and attended Sprayberry High School first, then Milton High School.

FAMILY: Kyrin’s brother, Jaylin Galloway also played 76 games in the NBL. Galloway has an American father Erin and an Australian mother Kylie, who both played collegiately at Hawaii. His mother also played professionally in Townsville.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Kyrin Galloway made his NBL debut with the New Zealand Breakers at 21 years of age. He scored three points in his first game.

On 14 July 2020, Galloway signed a three-year deal with the New Zealand Breakers, the first season as a developmental player and the next two as a fully contracted player.

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.

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.

Galloway would appear in 21 games and average 2.8 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 0.2 assists as New Zealand finished with a 5–23 record, the Breakers worst season in their 19-year history.

ADELAIDE 36ERS
2022/23
With New Zealand choosing not to continue their three-year deal with Galloway, he signed with Adelaide the following season.

He joined an Adelaide squad recovring from a season where they struggled to build a cohesive core, battled injuries decimating the team’s frontcourt and brought in head coach CJ Bruton mere weeks before the opening round.

The core group of Mitch McCarron (captain), Anthony Drmic, Daniel Johnson, Sunday Dech, Hyrum Harris, and Kai Sotto would all return. Adelaide spent big during the off-season also, inking proven NBL imports Antonius Cleveland (via Illawarra) and Robert Franks (via Brisbane) to multi-year deals and adding G-League star Craig Randall II (Long Island Nets) for offensive firepower.

Their season began with a historic preseason win over the NBA’s Phoenix Suns (Adelaide became the first overseas team to beat NBA opposition since Turkish side Fenerbahce beat the Nets in 2015) and a strong showing against Oklahoma City a few days later.

Then the wheels fell off.

Adelaide returned to Australia with the 36ers viewed as championship favourites, but instead, they amassed a 3–4 record in their first month.

During this time, Randall II (20.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.0 steals), the team’s leading scorer at the time, had multiple on-court verbal altercations with coach Bruton, and after a negative response to coming off the bench from a game, he was released six games into the season.

Imports Franks (17.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.3 assists) and Cleveland (15.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.9 steals) picked up the offensive slack, while Johnson (11.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 2.1 assists) put in his lowest-scoring campaign in almost a decade, and the side lost six of its final eight games of the season to end their campaign with a whimper to not even make the Play-In.

McCarron (7.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.6 steals) and Drmic (10.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.0 steals) had solid contributions, while NBL Next Star Sotto (6.8 points and 4.5 rebounds) showed glimpses of NBA talent.

Mid-way through the season Adelaide (6-8) brought former King Ian Clark (12.2 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists) in for the final 10 games of the season, hoping he could propel them into the post-season, but ultimately they fell short. At the time of adding Clark, Adelaide was vying for the final two playoff spots with Melbourne, Perth and South East Melbourne, but they ended their season with just two wins from their last eight games.

The win over the Phoenix Suns may have placed what became unrealistic expectations on the 36ers, who, despite possibly the greatest NBL preseason of all time, finished in eighth place (13-18).Galloway averaged 2.5 points, 0.8 rebounds, and 0.3 assists across 22 games.

2023/24
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 import Jacob Wiley all returned to the club 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 released 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 on 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) with Galloway producing his best season to date, averaging 5.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1 blocks across 27 games.

Kyrin Galloway currently plays for the Adelaide 36ers and has played 97 games in his NBL career. He has averaged 3.1 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 0.2 assists since entering the league in 2021.

CURRENT CONTRACT:

Adelaide 36ers – 2 Year Deal (2024-26)

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