Tom Vodanovich
July 23, 2020
Maxwell de Geest
- Nationality: NZL
- Date of Birth: 21/01/00
- Place of Birth: Christchurch (New Zealand)
- Position: GRD
- Height (CM): 194
- Weight (KG): 84
- Junior Assoc: NZ - Canterbury
- College: Long Beach State (2020)
- NBL DEBUT: 9/11/18
- AGE AT DEBUT: 18
- LAST NBL GAME: 9/11/18
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 18
- NBL History: New Zealand 2019
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Maxwell De Geest was born in Christchurch (New Zealand).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Maxwell De Geest made his NBL debut with the New Zealand Breakers at 18 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
In 2018, a new regime was brought about at the Breakers organisation. In February, a consortium headed by former NBA player Matt Walsh became the majority shareholders via a newly formed company called Breakers Basketball Ltd, thus ending the 13-year Liz and Paul Blackwell ownership team.
Next came the exodus of four of the franchise’s most long-serving figures during the off-season. Paul Henare’s 15 years as player and coach came to an end, New Zealand’s all-time leading scorer Kirk Penney retired, and Alex Pledger (to Melbourne), Mika Vukona (to Brisbane), and Robert Loe (to Cairns) all signed deals elsewhere.
Thomas Abercrombie would step into the role of captain with Vukona’s exit, and former player Kevin Braswell signed up to be the team’s new head coach. Braswell added Corey Webster (via Europe), Tai Wesley (via Melbourne), Jarrad Weeks (via Cairns), Majok Majok (via Melbourne), Patrick Richard, Armani Moore, and Shawn Long to the roster.
Maxwell de Geest joined New Zealand as a development player in August alongside Tom Vodanovich, Dom Kelman-Poto, and Kruz Perrott-Hunt. The Junior Tall Black had captained Canterbury to the 2018 Under-19 national championship and helped New Zealand win silver at the FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship, with assistant coach Mike Fitchett describing the development group as “skilled, hungry and driven to succeed.”
de Geest’s only and therefore best game of the season came against Cairns at Spark Arena on November 9, where de Geest (0 points) played the final 1:57 of New Zealand’s 104-81 victory. Webster (25 points) and Richard (21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals) led the Breakers, while Melo Trimble (23 points) was Cairns’ leading scorer.
de Geest (0 points across 1 game) remained a development player throughout the season and did not suffer a documented injury that prevented him from appearing more regularly, with his limited NBL opportunities resulting from his development role and competition for minutes on the senior roster.
Long (18.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks) led New Zealand in scoring and earned All-NBL Second Team honours and the Breakers Club MVP award, while Wesley (14.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.5 assists), Richard (11 points and 3.6 rebounds), Webster (10.4 points), Weeks (10.1 points), Abercrombie (8.5 points and 5.1 rebounds), Delany (8 points), Ili (7.9 points), and Moore (7.1 points and 4.3 rebounds) were the team’s other key contributors. Weeks finished runner-up for both Best Sixth Man and Most Improved Player.
After the season de Geest became a free agent and de Geest (to Long Beach State) left New Zealand to begin his college career in the United States, ending his Breakers career after one NBL appearance.
de Geest did not play when New Zealand closed the season in Brisbane on February 16, where Long (23 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks) and Wesley (17 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists) led the Breakers, while Patterson (23 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists) carried Brisbane to an 84-78 victory as New Zealand finished sixth with a 12-16 record.
Maxwell De Geest played in one NBL game during the 2018-19 season, scoring 0 points, 0 rebounds, and 0 assists.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 19 | New Zealand | 12-16 (6) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | Totals | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 19 | New Zealand | 12-16 (6) | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | Total | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 0 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- New Zealand - Canterbury (2017)
De Geest joined the Canterbury Rams for the 2017 New Zealand NBL season, he appeared in two games but failed to score any points. He averaged 2.5 minutes per game and attempted one field goal, as the Rams finished fourth in the regular season before losing 94–73 to the Wellington Saints in the semi-final.
COLLEGE
Maxwell De Geest played his NCAA college season at Long Beach State Beach men's basketball in 2019–20 (the 2020 season year), appearing in 31 games and making five starts as a true freshman guard.
De Geest played in every game after missing the season opener at UCLA Bruins men's basketball, and finished the year shooting 33.3 percent from three-point range while making 24 three-pointers, the fourth-most on the team.
His best scoring performance came on November 12, 2019 at Stanford Cardinal men's basketball, where he led Long Beach State in scoring with a career-high 13 points.
De Geest made the first of five straight starts against USC Trojans men's basketball, scoring 11 points with three assists, and later led the Beach again against CSUN Matadors men's basketball with 11 points that included three made threes.
In non-conference play, he produced an across-the-board line in a win over Providence Friars men's basketball with four rebounds, three assists and a steal, and he recorded a season-best five assists against Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball on December 19, 2019.
Across the season, his listed single-game highs included four rebounds (three times), two steals (vs CSUN on February 26, 2020), three made three-pointers (four times), five field goals made (at Stanford), and four free throws made (vs Cal Poly on March 5, 2020).
De Geest played that freshman season on a 2019–20 Long Beach State team coached by Dan Monson that finished 11–21 overall and 6–10 in Big West Conference play, with the conference tournament canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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