FAMILY: Robbie’s son Jason Cadee also played 388 games in the NBL.

Robbie’s wife Debbie (formerly Debbie Lee) represented the Opals at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Robbie Cadee made his NBL debut with the St. Kilda Saints at 27 years of age. He scored 14 points in his first game.

Trailing by one point against Canberra Cannons in the NBL’s historic first Grand Final in 1979, Robbie Cadee threaded a super pass to a cutting Peter Vitols for a easy basket and St Kilda had won the league’s inaugural championship 94-93.

Recruited from St Kilda to Bankstown Bruins, he finished on 100 NBL games, a 9.1ppg average and a 0.9 apg average to which you should pay zero attention because assists stats were not taken for the first few years of the league, his totals erroneously calculated across his full career.

In 1983, Cadee, whilst still a player of the Bankstown Bruins, was named team captain and head coach and helped the Bruins improve from a 2–24 record in 1982 to a 12–10 record in 1983 (fifth place) before being eliminated in the postseason by the St. Kilda Saints.

Cadee averaged 6.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game and at seasons end Cadee was named NBL coach of the year as a player/coach, a rare feat and something that only Cadee and Cal Bruton (1982) have ever achieved.

Robbie Cadee played five seasons in the NBL, playing for both the St. Kilda Saints and the Bankstown Bruins. He averaged 9.1 points, 0.7 rebounds, and 0.9 assists in 100 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.