Sam Dempster SG #10

Height: 6-5 (196cm)

Weight: 214 lbs (97kg)

Born: Jun 20, 1990 (35 years old)

Nationality: New Zealand

Current Team: Nelson Giants

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 2012 Undrafted

Pre-Draft Team: Nelson Giants (New Zealand)

Sam Dempster Player Profile

NBA Career
International Career
National Career

NBA Career

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 28, 2012	Sam Dempster went undrafted in the 2012 NBA Draft making him an Unrestricted FA.

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International Basketball Career

International Season Stats

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Advanced
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Season	Age	Team	League	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2011-12	21	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	15	15.1	6.0	3.7	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	.388	.375	.867
2012-13	22	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	11	6.6	1.9	1.5	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.6	.444	.286	1.000
2013-14	23	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	10.4	2.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	.258	.286	.917
2014-15	24	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	27.0	7.3	7.5	1.4	1.1	0.2	0.9	.380	.346	.655
2015-16	25	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	17	31.0	7.2	7.6	2.0	1.0	0.1	1.2	.413	.397	.600
2016-17	26	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	29.9	9.2	8.1	1.9	1.2	0.1	1.1	.384	.392	.714
2017-18	27	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	21.3	6.0	5.8	1.1	1.2	0.4	0.9	.536	.423	.688
2018-19	28	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	22.2	4.3	4.8	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.8	.358	.275	.714
2020-21	30	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	28.4	7.3	7.8	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.5	.423	.367	.778
2021-22	31	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	31.8	12.2	7.7	1.8	1.8	0.4	0.6	.420	.407	.853
2022-23	32	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	32.2	11.9	8.3	1.7	1.7	0.4	0.8	.406	.336	.870
2023-24	33	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	25.5	7.9	5.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.5	.346	.268	.833
2024-25	34	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	18.6	4.6	3.7	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.4	.394	.367	.769
2025-26	35	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	13	26.6	8.7	6.8	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.4	.422	.375	.833

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2011-12	21	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	15	4	15.1	6.0	1.7	4.5	.388	0.8	2.1	.375	1.7	2.0	.867	1.1	2.6	3.7	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.9
2012-13	22	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	11	1	6.6	1.9	0.7	1.6	.444	0.2	0.6	.286	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.3
2013-14	23	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	2	10.4	2.7	0.8	3.3	.258	0.4	1.5	.286	0.6	0.6	.917	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.6
2014-15	24	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	12	27.0	7.3	2.4	6.4	.380	1.4	4.1	.346	1.0	1.5	.655	2.1	5.4	7.5	1.4	1.1	0.2	0.9	2.1
2015-16	25	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	17	17	31.0	7.2	2.5	6.1	.413	1.6	4.0	.397	0.5	0.9	.600	2.2	5.5	7.6	2.0	1.0	0.1	1.2	1.9
2016-17	26	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	16	29.9	9.2	3.0	7.8	.384	1.9	4.9	.392	1.2	1.8	.714	1.8	6.2	8.1	1.9	1.2	0.1	1.1	1.3
2017-18	27	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	2	21.3	6.0	2.3	4.3	.536	0.7	1.6	.423	0.7	1.0	.688	2.3	3.5	5.8	1.1	1.2	0.4	0.9	1.1
2018-19	28	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	14	22.2	4.3	1.6	4.5	.358	0.8	2.8	.275	0.3	0.4	.714	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.1
2020-21	30	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	16	28.4	7.3	2.8	6.5	.423	1.4	3.8	.367	0.4	0.6	.778	2.2	5.6	7.8	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.5	1.3
2021-22	31	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	19	31.8	12.2	3.8	9.2	.420	3.0	7.4	.407	1.5	1.8	.853	1.7	5.9	7.7	1.8	1.8	0.4	0.6	1.7
2022-23	32	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	18	32.2	11.9	3.8	9.4	.406	2.0	5.9	.336	2.2	2.6	.870	1.9	6.4	8.3	1.7	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.3
2023-24	33	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	6	25.5	7.9	2.6	7.4	.346	1.4	5.4	.268	1.4	1.7	.833	1.8	3.5	5.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.7
2024-25	34	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	4	18.6	4.6	1.5	3.7	.394	1.2	3.2	.367	0.5	0.7	.769	0.6	3.1	3.7	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.4	1.7
2025-26	35	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	13	2	26.6	8.7	2.9	6.9	.422	2.1	5.5	.375	0.8	0.9	.833	1.3	5.5	6.8	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.4	1.8

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2011-12	21	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	15	4	226.7	90	26	67	.388	12	32	.375	26	30	.867	17	39	56	10	6	5	10	14
2012-13	22	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	11	1	73.1	21	8	18	.444	2	7	.286	3	3	1.000	6	10	16	2	6	0	7	3
2013-14	23	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	2	198.4	51	16	62	.258	8	28	.286	11	12	.917	9	31	40	11	5	0	7	30
2014-15	24	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	12	513	138	46	121	.380	27	78	.346	19	29	.655	39	103	142	27	21	4	17	40
2015-16	25	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	17	17	527.6	122	43	104	.413	27	68	.397	9	15	.600	37	93	130	34	17	2	20	33
2016-17	26	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	16	478.5	147	48	125	.384	31	79	.392	20	28	.714	29	100	129	30	20	2	18	21
2017-18	27	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	2	340.9	96	37	69	.536	11	26	.423	11	16	.688	37	56	93	17	19	6	15	17
2018-19	28	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	14	399.3	77	29	81	.358	14	51	.275	5	7	.714	22	64	86	23	12	2	15	19
2020-21	30	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	16	454.8	117	44	104	.423	22	60	.367	7	9	.778	35	90	125	28	14	4	8	21
2021-22	31	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	19	603.8	232	73	174	.420	57	140	.407	29	34	.853	33	113	146	35	34	8	11	32
2022-23	32	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	18	580	214	69	170	.406	36	107	.336	40	46	.870	35	115	150	30	31	7	15	24
2023-24	33	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	6	459.2	143	46	133	.346	26	97	.268	25	30	.833	33	63	96	14	14	9	9	30
2024-25	34	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	4	353.9	88	28	71	.394	22	60	.367	10	13	.769	12	58	70	13	11	2	7	32
2025-26	35	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	13	2	346.2	113	38	90	.422	27	72	.375	10	12	.833	17	72	89	20	13	4	5	24

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2011-12	21	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	15	4	.561	.478	8.6	20.5	14.4	6.9	11.1	1.4	1.8	18.2	163.0	-1.6	1.3	118.6	111.4	15.7
2012-13	22	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	11	1	.543	.500	8.9	15.7	12.2	3.9	26.6	4.2	0.0	15.3	173.0	-8.2	1.2	95.0	99.6	11.9
2013-14	23	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	2	.379	.323	5.2	17.3	11.3	7.6	9.4	1.3	0.0	16.8	146.0	0.2	0.8	91.1	109.0	6.1
2014-15	24	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	12	.516	.492	8.0	21.6	14.7	6.9	11.3	2.0	0.6	12.3	138.1	0.2	1.1	114.9	105.7	12.0
2015-16	25	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	17	17	.552	.543	7.9	19.2	13.7	9.4	15.3	1.6	0.3	10.7	141.1	0.5	1.2	118.4	110.1	11.5
2016-17	26	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	16	.535	.508	6.5	23.4	14.8	10.5	11.6	2.1	0.3	14.5	149.1	0.4	1.2	110.8	110.8	13.4
2017-18	27	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	2	.631	.616	13.0	18.3	15.7	6.8	16.5	2.8	1.5	11.4	164.7	-1.1	1.4	128.9	104.6	15.1
2018-19	28	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	14	.458	.444	5.9	18.4	11.9	7.4	15.1	1.5	0.5	10.5	134.7	0.1	1.0	102.6	112.5	7.7
2020-21	30	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	16	.542	.529	8.3	25.4	16.1	8.5	6.9	1.5	0.9	11.1	156.8	2.4	1.1	125.8	111.4	12.9
2021-22	31	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	19	.614	.583	5.5	22.5	13.3	9.2	5.5	2.9	1.3	14.5	168.0	2.1	1.3	131.5	101.1	17.8
2022-23	32	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	18	.562	.512	6.9	23.6	15.1	7.9	7.3	2.7	1.2	15.7	161.2	0.9	1.3	120.9	111.8	15.8
2023-24	33	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	6	.489	.444	7.7	16.4	11.8	4.2	5.8	1.5	1.8	14.6	144.7	0.1	1.1	111.0	111.8	11.1
2024-25	34	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	4	.574	.549	3.7	18.0	10.8	4.9	8.4	1.5	0.5	10.1	153.0	0.5	1.2	119.8	112.2	9.1
2025-26	35	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	13	2	.593	.572	5.2	21.5	13.4	9.3	5.0	1.9	1.1	12.5	163.1	2.4	1.3	126.5	107.6	13.9

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2011-12	21	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	15	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.077	1.0	0.6	0.4	6	9	.400	0.6	0.2	0.7
2012-13	22	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.028	0.3	0.9	0.2	8	3	.727	-0.0	0.2	0.1
2013-14	23	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.044	1.6	0.7	0.2	11	8	.579	-0.2	0.2	0.0
2014-15	24	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	1.6	1.2	0.2	13	6	.684	0.6	1.0	1.6
2015-16	25	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	17	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.148	1.7	0.8	0.1	9	8	.529	0.8	0.5	1.3
2016-17	26	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.173	1.7	1.1	0.2	3	13	.188	0.5	0.5	1.0
2017-18	27	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	1.1	1.3	0.2	12	4	.750	0.7	0.8	1.5
2018-19	28	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.084	1.5	0.8	0.1	8	10	.444	0.1	0.3	0.4
2020-21	30	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.134	3.5	1.8	0.1	6	10	.375	1.0	0.4	1.4
2021-22	31	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.189	3.2	3.1	0.2	12	7	.632	2.2	1.1	3.3
2022-23	32	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.177	2.0	2.1	0.3	6	12	.333	1.2	0.6	1.8
2023-24	33	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	1.6	1.6	0.2	8	10	.444	0.5	0.4	0.9
2024-25	34	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065	1.9	1.6	0.2	8	11	.421	0.5	0.3	0.8
2025-26	35	Nelson Giants	NZ NBL	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.153	4.0	2.6	0.1	4	9	.308	0.7	0.6	1.3

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International Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x New Zealand NBL Most Improved Player	2022

National Basketball Career

Nationality: New Zealand

Non-FIBA Events Stats

Year	Age	Event	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	Place
2011	20	Universiade	7	14:18	4.4	1.7	3.3	.522	0.4	1.3	.333	0.6	0.6	1.000	4.4	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.0	21st
AVERAGES			7	14:18	4.4	1.7	3.3	.522	0.4	1.3	.333	0.6	0.6	1.000	4.4	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.0	-
TOTAL			7	100:09	31	12	23	.522	3	9	.333	4	4	1.000	31	4	4	0	3	7	-