2020-2021 NBL Depth Charts
May 19, 2021
Owen Hulland
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth: 4/09/99
- Place of Birth: Adelaide (SA)
- Position: FRD
- Height (CM): 212
- Weight (KG): 109
- Junior Assoc: SA - Norwood
- College: Hawaii (2018-2020)
- NBL DEBUT: 15/01/21
- AGE AT DEBUT: 21
- LAST NBL GAME: 6/06/21
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 21
- NBL History: Adelaide 2021
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Owen Hulland was born in Adelaide (SA) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Norwood basketball program. Hulland received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 2017. He spent two years year there and played for the program’s state league team (2017, 2018).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Owen Hulland made his NBL debut with the Adelaide 36ers at 21 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
After finishing seventh with a 12-16 record and missing the playoffs the previous season, Adelaide parted ways with long-time coach Joey Wright despite time remaining on his contract, replacing him with former Perth assistant Conner Henry. Co-captain Kevin White (to Perth), Harry Froling (to Brisbane) and Obi Kyei (released) departed, while Jack McVeigh, Brendan Teys, Daniel Dillon and Alex Mudronja remained. Adelaide added Next Star Josh Giddey (via NBA Global Academy), Sunday Dech (via Illawarra), Donald Sloan (via Bonn) and Tony Crocker (via Izmir), while Daniel Johnson signed a new three-year deal and Isaac Humphries (via Lakeland) and Keanu Pinder (via Warsaw) strengthened the frontcourt.
After returning to Adelaide following time at the University of Hawaii, Owen Hulland was signed as a development player on January 7. Hulland had trained with the 36ers throughout the extended off-season and impressed during a practice game against Brisbane, finishing with 15 points and 3 rebounds to be Adelaide’s second-highest scorer behind Johnson.
“Owen came in and practiced with us and made a mark on our coaching staff, as well as our players,” Henry said.
Hulland’s best game came on his NBL debut against Melbourne at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on January 15, where Hulland (0 points and 2 rebounds) played 3:45 off the bench as United won 89-65. Johnson (27 points and 5 rebounds) and McVeigh (9 points) led Adelaide, while Jo Lual-Acuil (16 points and 12 rebounds) led Melbourne.
Hulland (0.2 points across 11 games) remained at the end of Adelaide’s rotation throughout his development-player season, appearing exclusively off the bench in short stretches. There was no reported injury behind his limited appearances, with his games out of the rotation coming as a result of his development-player role and Adelaide’s established frontcourt rotation.
Adelaide had started the season 4-2 before struggling during the NBL Cup in Melbourne and falling from third to seventh. Sloan was granted a release, Kendle joined as an interim replacement and was later replaced by Paul (via Zhejiang), while Humphries suffered a left foot injury against New Zealand on February 27 and Jack Purchase (via Melbourne) joined as his injury replacement.
Hulland’s only points of the season came against Brisbane at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on May 1, where Hulland (2 points and 1 rebound) made his only field goal attempt during the final 37 seconds as Adelaide defeated the Bullets 101-79 and kept its playoff hopes alive. Johnson (26 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists) and Pinder (19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 blocks) led the 36ers, while Sobey (20 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals) led Brisbane.
Johnson (19.4 points and 7.1 rebounds across 36 games) led Adelaide in scoring for the sixth time and shared the club MVP award with Giddey (10.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 7.6 assists across 28 games), who led the NBL in assists and won Rookie of the Year. Humphries (13.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 2.8 blocks across 19 games) was one of the league’s leading shot blockers when available, while Paul (13.7 points, 5 rebounds, and 1.3 steals across 20 games), Crocker (10.8 points across 32 games) and McVeigh (9.4 points and 3.3 rebounds across 36 games) were Adelaide’s other main contributors.
Hulland made his final appearance against Melbourne at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on June 6, where Hulland (0 points) played the final 1:55 off the bench, with Crocker (27 points and 5 rebounds) and Johnson (18 points and 13 rebounds) leading Adelaide, while Landale (19 points and 9 rebounds) led Melbourne to a 102-80 victory, leaving the 36ers seventh with a 13-23 record.
Owen Hulland played one season in the NBL. He averaged 0.1 points, 0.3 rebounds, and 0 assists in 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 21 | Adelaide | 13-23 (7) | 11 | 17.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20% | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 20% | 0% | 2 | Totals | 11 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20.0% | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 21 | Adelaide | 13-23 (7) | 11 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 20% | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 20% | 0% | 2 | Total | 11 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 20.0% | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.3 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 2 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- BA CoE (2016–2018), Norwood (2018), South Adelaide (2021), Forestville (2023–2025)
Hulland joined BA Centre of Excellence for the 2016 SEABL season, appearing in nine games and playing 197 minutes.
Owen Hulland returned to BA Centre of Excellence for the 2017 SEABL season, averaging 6.4 points and 5.3 rebounds across 14 games.
Owen Hulland stayed with BA Centre of Excellence for the 2018 SEABL season, playing seven games and 117 minutes before finishing the year with Norwood in the Premier League.
Owen Hulland joined South Adelaide for the 2021 NBL1 Central season, signing on 30 March and averaging 18.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists across seven games.
Owen Hulland joined Forestville for the 2023 NBL1 Central season, playing 17 games before returning in 2024 and averaging 5.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.9 blocks across 23 games.
Owen Hulland returned to Forestville for the 2025 NBL1 Central season, continuing with the club after his 2023 and 2024 seasons there.
COLLEGE
Owen Hulland joined the University of Hawai‘i program for the 2018–19 season and saw early minutes off the bench as a freshman, appearing in eight games while averaging 3.0 points and 1.4 rebounds in 6.9 minutes per game on 40.9% shooting, before injury sidelined him for 17 of the final 18 games of the season.
His best NCAA moment came in Westwood on 28 November 2018, when Hulland poured in 14 points and four rebounds in just 17 minutes at UCLA, a breakout cameo that showed why Hawai‘i took a swing on the 7-footer’s upside, and he also chipped in eight points in 15 minutes against Hawai‘i-Hilo during the same freshman campaign.
Hulland returned for 2019–20 but again battled health setbacks, missing the first 17 games of the season due to injury, then coming off the bench in 10 contests once he was back in the rotation, including six points and two rebounds in seven minutes in his first game back against UC Santa Barbara, followed by a season-high seven points in 12 minutes the very next week at UCSB.
Across his two seasons at Hawai‘i (2018–2020), Hulland played 18 games and logged 125 total minutes, finishing with 51 points (2.8 per game) and 26 rebounds (1.4 per game), while shooting 41.7% from the field, 30.0% from three, and 83.3% at the line, with his sophomore year featuring a cleaner perimeter sample (5-of-14 from three, 35.7%).
After the 2019–20 season, Hulland’s time in the Rainbow Warriors program ended when he announced he was leaving Hawai‘i to pursue a professional career back home, closing the book on a college stint defined by short bursts of production around injury interruptions.
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