Jason Cadee

Jason Cadee
No. 5 – Sydney Kings
Position Point guard
League NBL
Personal information
Born (1991-04-15) 15 April 1991
Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality Australian
Listed height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
High school Westfields Sports
(Sydney, New South Wales)
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2012 Gold Coast Blaze
2012–2014 Adelaide 36ers
2014–2015 Super City Rangers
2014–present Sydney Kings
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Australia
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan Team competition

Jason Cadee (born 15 April 1991) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL).

Early life and career

Cadee was born and raised in the Sydney suburb of Greenacre. He attended Westfields Sports High School in the nearby suburb of Fairfield West. He graduated from Westfields, a sports dedicated school, in 2008 and was later named in the school's Hall of Fame.[1]

Cadee began playing for the Bankstown Bruins men's team in the Waratah League during 2008, making four appearances and scoring seven points. The following year, he moved to Canberra to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and play for the program's SEABL team. Over 18 games for the AIS in 2009 and 2010, he averaged 12 points per game.[2][3] He also played 10 games for Bankstown in 2010, and with a 20.5-point-per-game average, he was named the Waratah League's Australian U/21 Youth Player of the Year and earned All-Star Five honours.[4]

On 10 April 2010, Cadee participated in the Nike Hoop Summit for the World Select Team where he recorded seven points, three rebounds and three assists in a 101–97 loss to the USA Junior Select Team.[5][6]

Cadee also played for the Australian U19 national team at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship,[7] where in nine games, he averaged 9.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per name.[8]

Professional career

On 29 April 2010, Cadee signed a two-year deal with the Gold Coast Blaze of the National Basketball League.[2][9] However, just two months after signing with the Blaze, Cadee was involved in a car accident on Sydney's M7 Motorway.[10] A semi-trailer had veered out of its lane and pushed him off the road. His car went into a spin and parked itself at right angles across one of Sydney's busiest highways. In an instant, Cadee was crumpled against the middle console of the car. After being trapped for 90 minutes, somehow, he escaped with just a broken pelvis. This broken pelvis, however, delayed his NBL debut and forced him out of the 2010 Australian Boomers squad.[11]

On 17 December 2010, Cadee made his long-awaited debut for the Blaze,[12] scoring 11 points in 16 minutes off the bench in a 93–81 win over the Townsville Crocodiles.

On 15 May 2012, Cadee signed a two-year deal with the Adelaide 36ers.[13] After the 36ers finished on the bottom of the ladder in 2012–13 with an 8–20 record (a season that included a club record eight-game losing streak), coach Marty Clarke was replaced with former Brisbane Bullets championship-winning coach, and Cadee's former mentor at the Blaze, Joey Wright. Under Wright, the 36ers turned their fortunes around and finished the 2013–14 regular season in second place behind the Perth Wildcats with an 18–10 record. They then went on to defeat the Melbourne Tigers 2–1 in the semi-finals before going down 2–1 to Perth in the Grand Final series. Cadee played in 61 games for Adelaide over two years, averaging 6.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

On 25 April 2014, Cadee signed with the Super City Rangers for the rest of the 2014 New Zealand NBL season.[14][15] He made his debut for the Rangers the following day, scoring 20 points in 36 minutes off the bench against the Waikato Pistons.[16] He went on to win the league's scoring title with a 26.7-point-per-game average and earned All-Star Five honours.

On 27 May 2014, Cadee signed a two-year deal with the Sydney Kings.[17] He appeared in all 28 games for the Kings in 2014–15, averaging 8.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

On 24 January 2015, Cadee re-signed with Super City Rangers for the 2015 New Zealand NBL season.[18] On 17 April 2015, he set a franchise record with 41 points against the Manawatu Jets, and tied a NZNBL record with nine made three-pointers in a 115–94 win.[19]

On 20 May 2015, Cadee signed a new one-year deal with the Sydney Kings.[20] On 16 December 2015, he scored a career-high 28 points in a 96–81 win over Melbourne United.[21][22] He appeared in all 28 games for the Kings in 2015–16, averaging 14.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, all career highs.

On 8 April 2016, Cadee re-signed with the Kings on a two-year deal.[23]

Off-season stints

During the 2011 and 2012 NBL off-seasons, Cadee played in the Waratah League for the Bankstown Bruins. After a season with the West Adelaide Bearcats in 2013,[24] Cadee returned to the Bruins in 2014 following his stint with the Super City Rangers.[25] He did not play for Bankstown in 2015, choosing instead to rest following his second stint with the Rangers. In 2016, he re-joined the Bruins and helped them win the Waratah League championship.[26][27]

National team career

In July 2012, Cadee was named in the 2012 Australian Stanković Cup squad.[28] The Boomers went on to finish in second place[29] and Cadee was named in the tournament's All-Star Five.[30]

In June 2013, Cadee was named in the Boomers' Sino-Australia Challenge squad to take on China in a four-game series.[31] Australia went on to draw the series with China 2–2.[32] Later that month, he was named in the Australian squad for the 2013 Stanković Cup[33] and the World University Games.[34] Australia went on to win gold and silver, respectively.[35] Cadee then narrowly missed out on the Boomers squad for the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship against New Zealand.[35]

Personal

Cadee has a strong basketball family. His mother, Debbie (née Lee), played for the Australian Opals at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and his father, Robbie, played for the Boomers at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, and later coached the Opals at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Robbie is also a former CEO of the now defunct NBL team, the Western Sydney Razorbacks.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Hall of Fame – Westfields Sports High School". NSW.edu.au. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 "FUTURE STAR CADEE SIGNS WITH THE BLAZE". Basketball.net.au. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Past Athletes". ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "2010 Waratah League Awards". FoxSportsPulse.com. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "World Select 97, USA Select 101". RealGM.com. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Adelaide pair showing plenty of promise". NBL.com.au. 12 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "CADEE SHOOTS FOR NATIONAL TEAM". NSW.edu.au. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Jason Cadee's profile". FIBA.com. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Bankstown Bruins basketballer Jason Cadee is flying high". FoxSportsPulse.com. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  10. ↑ Thomson, Warren (8 November 2014). "The remarkable story of Sydney Kings star Jason Cadee". HeraldSun.com.au. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Take 40: Jason Cadee". NBL.com.au. 5 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Cadee to make remarkable NBL debut". ABC.net.au. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "CADEE JOINS ADELAIDE". NBL.com.au. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012.
  14. ↑ McAuliffe, Hugh (26 April 2014). "Rangers sign Jason Cadee". Australiabasket.com. Sports I.T. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  15. ↑ Anderson, Niall (24 April 2014). "Rangers Sign Cadee". NZhoops.co.nz. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  16. ↑ "Hawks upset Sharks". Basketball.org.nz. 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  17. ↑ "JASON CADEE NOW A SYDNEY KING". SydneyKings.com. NBL.com.au. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  18. ↑ Anderson, Niall (24 January 2015). "Cadee and Garlepp Sign On For Rangers". NZhoops.co.nz. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  19. ↑ Anderson, Niall (17 April 2015). "Cadee Sets Records In Rangers Win". NZhoops.co.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "Cadee inks fresh deal". SydneyKings.com. NBL.com.au. 20 May 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  21. ↑ "KINGS CELEBRATE GARLEPP'S 200TH WITH BIG WIN". SydneyKings.com. NBL.com.au. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  22. ↑ "A new career-high from @JasonCadee5 last...". Twitter. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  23. ↑ "KINGS RE-SIGN CADEE". NBL.com.au. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  24. ↑ "Season Preview – West Adelaide Men". SportingPulse.com. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  25. ↑ "KINGS PROMINENT IN WARATAH CHAMPIONSHIP". SydneyKings.com. NBL.com.au. 17 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  26. ↑ "2016 All-Star Fives' Announced". FoxSportsPulse.com. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  27. ↑ "2016 MOLTEN WARATAH LEAGUE CHAMPIONS". FoxSportsPulse.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  28. ↑ "STANKOVIC CUP TEAM NAMED". Basketball.net.au. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  29. ↑ "AUSTRALIANS FINISH SECOND IN STANKOVIC CUP". Basketball.net.au. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  30. ↑ "'Baby Boomer' Cadee picked in All Stars quintet". News.com.au. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  31. ↑ "BOOMERS TEAM NAMED FOR SINO-AUSTRALIA CHALLENGE". Basketball.net.au. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  32. ↑ White, Robert (16 June 2013). "Boomers Split Sino-Australia Challenge". CraveOnline.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  33. ↑ "EMERGING BOOMERS TALENT READY FOR STANKOVIC CUP". Basketball.net.au. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  34. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN TEAMS NAMED FOR 2013 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Basketball.net.au. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  35. 1 2 Nagy, Boti (5 August 2013). "Boomers squad – without Jason Cadee and Chris Goulding – 'best in years'". HeraldSun.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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