Brett Wheeler
July 23, 2020
Marcus Wright
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth: 26/03/82
- Place of Birth: Melbourne (VIC)
- Position: G/F
- Height (CM): 195
- Weight (KG): 99
- Junior Assoc: VIC - Coburg
- College: None
- NBL DEBUT: 22/10/00
- AGE AT DEBUT: 18
- LAST NBL GAME: 29/02/04
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 21
- NBL History: Victoria 2001, 2003-04
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Marcus Wright was born in Melbourne (VIC) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Coburg basketball program. Wright received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 1999. He spent two years year there and played for the program’s state league team (1999, 2000).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Marcus Wright made his NBL debut with the Victoria Titans at 18 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
Following a Grand Final sweep at the hands of Perth, Victoria retained Jason Smith, Tony Ronaldson, Darryl McDonald, Brett Wheeler, Ben Pepper, Brad Sheridan and Glen Siegle, while Frank Drmic (to Sydney), Nathan Taylor (to Melbourne) and David Smith (released) departed.
Brian Goorjian brought Chris Anstey (via Chicago) back to Australia after three seasons in the NBA, added Darren Smith (via Sydney) and signed Mark Dickel (via UNLV). Marcus Wright (via AIS) joined the development roster after spending two seasons at the Australian Institute of Sport.
Wright (2.4 points) appeared in five games during his rookie season, seeing limited minutes behind Victoria’s experienced guard and wing rotation.
Wright scored his first NBL points against Brisbane on November 11, finishing with 2 points and 1 rebound in 3:12 minutes as Victoria defeated the Bullets 112-92 at Vodafone Arena. Wheeler (24 points and 17 rebounds) and Ronaldson (22 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists) led the Titans to the comfortable home win.
Wright played 40 seconds against Townsville on December 1, collecting 2 rebounds as Victoria defeated the Crocodiles 111-94 at the Townsville Entertainment Centre. Jason Smith (27 points) and Anstey (24 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 blocks) led the Titans during the road victory.
The following night, Wright played 34 seconds as Victoria completed its Queensland road double with a 98-81 win over Cairns at the Cairns Convention Centre. Jason Smith (20 points and 6 rebounds) and Anstey (20 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks) led the Titans, while Wright went scoreless in his fourth appearance.
Wright’s best game came against Canberra on December 30, where he made three three-pointers and finished with 10 points and 1 assist in 8:23 minutes as Victoria defeated the Cannons 138-99 at Vodafone Arena. Ronaldson (23 points) and Dickel (17 points and 6 assists) led the Titans, while Wright produced his first double-figure performance and accounted for 10 of his 12 points for the season.
Injuries to Pepper, Anstey and Darren Smith led to Wright and fellow development player Pero Vasiljevic being elevated to the full roster during the season, although the Canberra win proved to be Wright’s final appearance of the campaign.
Jason Smith (20.5 points and 5.4 rebounds) produced the highest-scoring season of his career, while Anstey (16.4 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 2 blocks) provided scoring, rebounding and shot-blocking from the bench. Ronaldson (16.3 points and 5.7 rebounds), McDonald (15.4 points, 5 rebounds, 7.9 assists, and 2.7 steals), Dickel (13.2 points, 3 rebounds, and 5.1 assists), Wheeler (13 points and 8 rebounds), Darren Smith (6.6 points and 3.7 rebounds) and Sheridan (6 points) helped Victoria finish first with a 22-6 record.
Anstey was named Titans MVP and NBL Best Sixth Man, Jason Smith earned All-NBL First Team honours and McDonald was selected to the All-NBL Third Team.
Victoria defeated Adelaide 101-96 in the opening qualifying final before losing the next two games 96-83 and 115-103, advancing as the highest-placed losing team. The Titans then defeated Townsville 106-97 before losses of 98-82 and 101-97 ended their season. Wright did not play as Townsville defeated Victoria 101-97 in the deciding game.
Marcus Wright played three seasons in the NBL, playing for both the Victoria Giants and the Victoria Titans. He averaged 3.6 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 0.7 assists in 39 NBL games.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | 22 | Victoria | 11-22 (11) | 17 | 252 | 56 | 41 | 19 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 31 | 18 | 68 | 26% | 13 | 35 | 37% | 7 | 14 | 50% | 38% | 36% | 10 |
| 2002-03 | 21 | Victoria | 9-21 (10) | 17 | 214 | 73 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 40 | 23 | 77 | 30% | 12 | 45 | 27% | 15 | 34 | 44% | 39% | 38% | 12 |
| 2000-01 | 19 | Victoria | 22-6 (1) | 5 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 40% | 3 | 7 | 43% | 1 | 2 | 50% | 55% | 55% | 10 | Totals | 39 | 480 | 141 | 72 | 27 | 19 | 53 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 72 | 45 | 155 | 29.0% | 28 | 87 | 32.2% | 23 | 50 | 46.0% | 40% | 38% | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | 22 | Victoria | 11-22 (11) | 17 | 14.8 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 26% | 0.8 | 2.1 | 37% | 0.4 | 0.8 | 50% | 38% | 36% | 10 |
| 2002-03 | 21 | Victoria | 9-21 (10) | 17 | 12.6 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 30% | 0.7 | 2.6 | 27% | 0.9 | 2.0 | 44% | 39% | 38% | 12 |
| 2000-01 | 19 | Victoria | 22-6 (1) | 5 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 40% | 0.6 | 1.4 | 43% | 0.2 | 0.4 | 50% | 55% | 55% | 10 | Total | 39 | 12.3 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 29.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.2% | 0.7 | 2.2 | 46.0% | 40% | 38% | 12 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- AIS 1999-00 | Illawarra 2001 | Latrobe City 2009 | Nunawading 2012
COACHING HISTORY
Acted as head coach of the Victoria Giants during their two seasons in the NBL (2002-2004). During this time he also acted as head coach of the Australian under-22 women's team, the Sapphires.
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