Tom Wright
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth: 11/10/88
- Place of Birth: Sydney (NSW)
- Position: GRD
- Height (CM): 190
- Weight (KG): 88
- Junior Assoc: NSW - Northern Suburbs
- College: Coker (2010-2011)
- NBL DEBUT: 19/02/12
- AGE AT DEBUT: 23
- LAST NBL GAME: 9/03/12
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 23
- NBL History: Sydney 2012
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Tom Wright was born in Sydney (NSW) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Northern Suburbs basketball program.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Tom Wright made his NBL debut with the Sydney Kings at 23 years of age. He scored two points in his first game.
Tom Wright played one season in the NBL. He averaged 1.5 points, 0.5 rebounds, and 0 assists in 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | 23 | Sydney | 11-17 (7) | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 4 | 75% | 79% | 0% | 2 | Totals | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 4 | 75.0% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | 23 | Sydney | 11-17 (7) | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 1.5 | 2.0 | 75% | 79% | 0% | 2 | Total | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 0% | 0% | 2 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Norths 2006, 2008, 2012 | Hobart 2014-16 | Nunawading 2016-19, 2021 | Sandringham 2022-23
Scored a career high 38 points against Melbourne Tigers in 2016.
Wright appeared in 14 games for the Spectres across the 2019 NBL1 season, juggling his commitments with the Australian 3×3 National Team. He returned 17.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game, helping guide Nunawading to the inaugural NBL1 title over the Bendigo Braves.
COLLEGE
Wright played college basketball at Coker during the 2010–11 season in Conference Carolinas. In the 2010–11 season, he started 11 of 12 games and logged 410 minutes (34.2 minutes per game). He made 60 field goals on 108 attempts (55.6%), including 37-for-71 in conference play (52.1%).
A February 2011 preview listed him as Coker’s scoring leader at 14.1 points per game, the team’s steals leader with 25, the team’s field-goal percentage leader at 50.8%, and a 71.0% free-throw shooter, while teammate Liam Kyle led the team in rebounds (7.4 per game) and Delonte Doles led in assists (74).
Wright was named all second team in the Conference Carolinas in 2011.
He also earned Conference Carolinas academic recognition during the season, including being named Academic All-Conference, and he was selected as the league’s 2010–11 Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete.
In Coker’s early-season slate, he was credited with 22 points in a game preview recap of Coker’s matchup buildup, with Liam Kyle noted alongside him as another senior leader.
Across opposing-game recaps and box-score reporting from the season, he was repeatedly cited among Coker’s top contributors alongside teammates Delonte Doles, Liam Kyle, and Vatrick Thompson, including a 16-point effort at Wingate (with four made three-pointers) and a 12-point, six-rebound line at Barton, plus double-figure scoring mentions in other contests where Doles, Kyle, and Thompson also featured prominently.
During January 2011 action, a conference recap noted Coker’s scoring balance with Doles pacing the team while Wright and Kyle also reached double figures in the same game, reflecting the core senior-led rotation that season.
Coker’s season-ending run included reaching the Conference Carolinas championship game, with Wright and Kyle both acknowledged among the program’s senior leaders during that postseason stretch.
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