2013–14 Adelaide 36ers season
Player Reason Left New Team
Tom Daly Not re-signed Mount Gambier Pioneers ( SEABL )
Scott Christopherson Not re-signed BC Boncourt Red Team ( Switzerland )
Nathan Crosswell Retired
Stephen Weigh Not re-signed Cairns Taipans
Pero Vasiljevic Not re-signed North Adelaide Rockets ( CABL )
Off-season -- Subtractions
( From the squad at the end of the 2012–13 NBL season )
The 2013-14 NBL season is the 32nd season for the Adelaide 36ers in the Australasian based National Basketball League. In 2012-13, the 36ers missed out on the playoffs for the 6th time in the past 7 seasons, finishing the season with the club's third wooden spoon (the third in four years) with a record equalling worst ever 8-20 record. The Adelaide 36ers have won the NBL championship four times (1986, 1998, 1998-99 and 2001-02), earning Adelaide the nickname of Title Town. The 36ers have played their home games at the 8,000 seat Adelaide Arena since 1992. The arena is the largest purpose built basketball venue in Australia and the fifth largest venue currently used in the NBL behind the Perth Arena (14,846 - set at 13,000 for regular season NBL games), the Sydney Entertainment Centre (10,517), Hisense Arena in Melbourne (10,500) and the Vector Arena (9,300) in Auckland. Along with the North Shore Events Centre (Auckland) which also opened in 1992, the Adelaide Arena is also the second oldest venue currently used by the NBL, with the Sydney Entertainment Centre the oldest having opened in 1983. After three disappointing seasons under former Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) coach Marty Clarke which saw the club finish second last, last, and last again, the 36ers signed former Brisbane Bullets NBL championship winning coach Joey Wright as its head coach for 2013-14. Former 36ers championship player and 1998 NBL Grand Final MVP Kevin Brooks has re-joined the team as assistant coach.