Cairns Taipans Rosters

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2022-2023 Cairns Taipans Roster

# Player Pos Height Weight Age Birth City NBA Draft Status Nationality
6 Jonah Antonio SG 6-5 180 25 Perth 2021 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia
10 Ben Ayre PG 6-2 175 27 Melbourne 2019 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia
31 Joshua Davey F 6-6 - - Perth 2022 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia
13 Majok Deng F 6-10 185 29 Adelaide 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia
South Sudan
5 Mirko Djeric G 6-2 180 27 Canberra 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia
4 Gabe Hadley G 6-4 200 25 Melbourne 2022 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia
1 D.J. Hogg SF 6-9 225 26 Plano (TX) 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
42 Bul Kuol F 6-7 215 26 Canberra 2022 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia
South Sudan
11 Lat Mayen SG 6-9 205 24 Adelaide 2023 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia
22 Tahjere McCall G 6-4 190 28 Philadelphia (PA) 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
25 Keanu Pinder PF 6-9 220 27 Perth 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia
3 Shannon Scott G 6-1 185 30 Alpharetta (GA) 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
21 Sam Waardenburg GF 6-10 225 24 Auckland 2022 NBA Draft, Undrafted New Zealand

2022-2023 Cairns Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Scott T. McCall D. Hogg B. Kuol S. Waardenburg
Rotation B. Ayre L. Mayen   M. Deng  
Rotation   J. Antonio      
Lim PT   M. Djeric J. Davey    

Recent Cairns History

Season League Record Placement
2023-2024 NBL Blitz 1-2 8th
2023-2024 Australian NBL 12-16 8th
2022-2023 NBL Blitz 0-3 9th
2022-2023 Australian NBL 20-13 3rd
2019-2020 NBL Blitz 1-0 N/A
2019-2020 Australian NBL 17-14 3rd

2022-2023 Cairns Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Sam Waardenburg Australian NBL Rookie of the Year (2023)
Keanu Pinder Australian NBL Most Improved Player (2023)
D.J. Hogg Australian NBL All-NBL Second Team (2023)
Keanu Pinder Australian NBL All-NBL Second Team (2023)

2022-2023 Cairns Taipans Front Office

Staff Member Position
Adam Forde Head Coach
Kerry Williams Assistant Coach
Sam Gruggen Assistant Coach