Cairns Taipans all-time roster

The Cairns Taipans are an Australian professional basketball team based in Cairns, Australia, and play in the National Basketball League. The team was established in 1999, and they play all their regular season games at the Cairns Convention Centre.

The following is a list of all the players, both past and current, who have appeared in at least one game for the club.^[1]^[2]^[3] (Updated 27 June 2022)

2000s[edit]

Players[edit]

Player	#	Position	Nationality	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
Larry Abney	21	PF	American									Player	Player
Ben Arkell	4	G	Australian				Player	Player
Tim Behrendorff	32	C	Australian						Player
Steven Black	31	G	Italian/Australian									Player	Player
Gary Boodnikoff	20,29	PF	Australian						Player	Player	Player	Player	Player
Troy Boundy	11	F/G	Australian	Player	Player
Chris Burgess	34	C	American						MVP	Player
Martin Cattalini	6	SF	Australian							MVP	MVP	Captain	MVP
Andrew Clarke	11,13	G	Australian			Player	Player
Brendan Clowry	11	SF	Australian						Player
Scott Cook	5	PG	Australian									Player	Player
David Cooper	6	C/PF	Australian					Player
Nathan Crosswell	21	SG	Australian						Player	Player
Ian Crosswhite	9	C	Australian										Player
Brad Davidson	14,20	PG	Australian				Captain	Captain
Tim Duggan	4	G	Australian	Player	Player	Player
Aaron Fearne	14	F	Australian	Player	Player
Matt Garrison	44	F	American			Player
Deba George	15	PG	Australian							Player
Aaron Grabau	8	SG	Australian	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player
Rowan Gray	15,24	F/C	New Zealander/Australian			Player	Player
Nathan Jawai	15	PF/C	Australian									MVP
Terry Johnson	31	G	Australian	Captain
Rashamel Jones	32	F	American	Player
Ron Kelly	44	C	American				Player
Ben Knight	33,40	PF	Australian		MVP	Player	MVP
Grant Kruger	51	F	Australian	Player
Luke Martin	11	PG	Australian								Player
Darnell Mee	13	SG/SF	Australian							Player	Captain		Player
Dewey Michaels	40	C	American/Australian			Player
Nikola Mirich	30	F/C	Australian	Player	Player
Keiron Mitchelhill	22	G	Australian	Player
Andre Moore	41	PF	American	Player	Player
Jared Newson	10	F	American									Player
Kane Oakley	10,20,21	PF	Australian			Player	Player	Player		Player	Player
Kevin Owens	15	C	American								Player
Kenny Payne	22	SF	American		Player
Jamie Pearlman	21	G	Australian		Player	Player
Tony Rampton	12,15,24	C	New Zealander			Player	Player	Player	Player
Brad Robbins	5	SG	Australian						Player
Ricky Robinson	21	F/C	American	Player
Robert Rose	21	SG	American								Player
Rupert Sapwell	9,11	PF/C	Australian				Player	Player
Matt Smith	50	C	Australian								Player	Player	Player
Anthony Stewart	23	SG	Australian		Captain	Captain	MVP	Player	Captain	Captain
Dave Thomas	11	SF/SG	Canadian										Player
Melvin Thomas	33	PF/C	American/Australian					Player	Player	Player
Marcus Timmons	7	SF	American					MVP	Player
Aaron Trahair	13	SF/SG	Australian		MVP	Player
Rashard Tucker	11	F	American									Player
Dwayne Vale	4,5	SF	Australian								Player	Player	Player
Jayson Wells	31,33	PF	American			MVP	Captain
Michael Wicks	7	G	Australian	Player
Kerry Williams	1	SG	Australian										Player

Coaching Staff[edit]

Coach	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
Mark Beecroft							Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Head Coach
Alan Black							Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach
John Dorge		Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant
Aaron Fearne			Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant
Wayne Hayres	Assistant
Guy Molloy			Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach
Rod Popp	Head Coach	Head Coach

2010s[edit]

Players[edit]

Player	#	Position	Nationality	2009/2010	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Matthew Andronicos	32	C	Australian					Player	Player
Dean Brebner	32	PF	Australian		Player	Player
Gary Boodnikoff	20	PF	Australian	Player
Shaun Bruce	7	PG	Australian					Player	Player	Player
Matt Burston	22	C	Australian					Player	Player	Player
Michael Carrera	24	SF	Venezuelan									Player
Michael Chitham	5	SG	Australian	Player
James Comino	3	SG/SF	Australian	Player
Ashley Constable	1	PG	Australian						Player	Player
Torrey Craig	2	SF	American						Player	Player
Ian Crosswhite	9,11	C	Australian	Player	Captain	Captain
Daniel Dillon	12	PG/SG	Australian		Player
Ron Dorsey	7	SF/SG	American		Player
Jeffrey Dowdell	10	SF	Australian			Player
Shane Edwards	0	SF	American				Player
Fuquan Edwin	23	SF	American								Player
Nnanna Egwu	21	PF/C	American								Player	Player
Jerry Evans	60	PF	American									Player
Anthony Fisher	32	PG	Australian							Player	Player	Player
Deba George	3,5	PG	Australian		Player	Player
Cameron Gliddon	3	SG	Australian				Player	MVP	Captain	Captain	Captain	MVP
Aaron Grabau	8	SG	Australian	Player	Player	Player	Player
Devon Hall	6	SG	American										Player
Damon Heuir	6	PG	Australian						Player	Player	Player	Player
Brad Hill	9	SF/SG	Australian			Player	Player
Tevin Jackson	22	SF	Australian								Player	Player
Nathan Jawai	15	PF/C	Australian								Player	Player	Player
Phil Jones	13	PF/C	American	Captain	Captain
Christian Jurlina	10	SF	Australian										Player
Jarrod Kenny	6	PG	New Zealander										Player
Dexter Kernich-Drew	9	SG	Australian										Player
Fabijan Krslovic	20	C	Australian										Player
Kuany Kuany	7	SG	Australian									Player	Player
Robert Loe	14	C	Australian										Player
Alex Loughton	40	PF/C	Australian		Captain	Captain	Captain	Player	Player	Player	Player	Player	Captain
Corey Maynard	1	PG/SG	Australian						Player
Demetri McCamey	30	PG	American					Player
Mitchell McCarron	10	SG	Australian								Player	MVP
Rich Melzer	34	SF/PF	American	Player
Julien Mills	24	SG	American	Player
Tony Mitchell	50	SF	American								Player
D. J. Newbill	25	SG	American										Player
Chris Patton	45	PF/C	Australian									Player
Tony Rampton	12	C	New Zealander	Player
Brooke Ruscoe	8	SG	New Zealander					Player
Dusty Rychart	45	PF/C	Australian	MVP	Player	Player	Player
Will Sinclair	9	C	Australian							Player
Scoochie Smith	11	PG	American									Player
Nathan Sobey	20	PG/SG	Australian						Player
Markel Starks	5	PG	Australian							Player
Clint Steindl	10	SF/SG	Australian				Player	Player
Lindsay Tait	4	PG/SG	New Zealander		Player
Cameron Tragardh	11	PF	Australian				Player	Captain	Player	Player
Travis Trice	0	PG	American								MVP
Melo Trimble	1	SG	American										MVP
Ayinde Ubaka	3	PG/SG	American		MVP
Dwayne Vale	4	SF	Australian	Player
Lucas Walker	12	PF	Australian										Player
Andrew Warren	24	SG	American			Player
Jarrad Weeks	97	PG	Australian								Player	Player
Stephen Weigh	13	SG/SF	Australian					Player	Player	Player	Player	Player
Scottie Wilbekin	5	PF	American						MVP	MVP
Kerry Williams	1	SG	Australian	Player	Player	Player	Player
Jamar Wilson	5	PG	American			MVP	MVP	Player
Mark Worthington	33	PF	Australian							Player	Player
Mitchell Young	3,9	PF	Australian					Player	Player				Player

Coaching Staff[edit]

Coach	2009/2010	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Mick Downer	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant
Aaron Fearne	Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach	Head Coach
Brad Hill										Assistant
Mike Kelly										Head Coach
Gordie McLeod							Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant
Jamie O'Loughlin									Assistant	Assistant
Jamie Pearlman				Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant	Assistant

2020s[edit]

Players[edit]

Player	#	Position	Nationality	2019/2020	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
Jonah Antonio	6	PG	Australian				Signed	Signed	Signed
George Blagojevic	9	SF	Australian	Player	Player
Majok Deng	13	PF	South Sudanese/Australian	Player	Player	Player	Signed	Signed
Mirko Djeric	5	PG	Australian	Player	Player	Signed	Signed	Option
Tad Dufelmeier	4	PG	Australian	Player	Player
Anthony Fisher	32	PG	Australian	Player
Jordan Hunt	13	C	New Zealand		Player
Hyrum Harris	22	F	New Zealander		Player
Robbie Heath	45	G	Australian			Player
Brayden Inger	9	F	New Zealander			Player
Nathan Jawai	15	PF/C	Australian	Captain	Player	Player
Venky Jois	45	PF	Australian		Player
Jarrod Kenny	6	PG	New Zealander	Player	Player	Player
Mojave King	1	SG	Australian		Player
Fabijan Krslovic	20	PF/C	Australian	Player	Player
Bul Kuol	42	F	Australian			Player	Option
Scott Machado	3	PG	Brazilian	MVP	Captain	Captain
Nelson Marshall	44	G	Australian			Player
Tahjere McCall	22	SG	American			Player	Signed	Signed
D. J. Newbill	25	SG	American	Captain
Jordan Ngatai	11	SF	New Zealander		Player	Player
Kouat Noi	12	PF	Australian	Player	Player	Player	Option
Cameron Oliver	0	C	American	Player	Player
Keanu Pinder	25	PF/C	Australian			Player	Option
Sam Waardenburg	21	PF	New Zealander				Signed	Signed
Tai Wynyard	14	PF/C	New Zealander	Player
Stephen Zimmerman	33	C	American			Player

Coaching Staff[edit]

Coach	2019/2020	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
Adam Forde			Head Coach	Signed
Sam Gruggen			Assistant	Signed
Brad Hill	Assistant	Assistant
Mike Kelly	Head Coach	Head Coach
Jamie O'Loughlin	Assistant	Assistant
Kerry Williams			Assistant

References[edit]

^ "National Basketball League | NBL". www.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
^ Proballers. "Cairns Taipans All-Time Roster". Proballers. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
^ "Cairns Taipans former players". Australian Basket. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[1] "National Basketball League | NBL". www.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[2] Proballers. "Cairns Taipans All-Time Roster". Proballers. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[3] "Cairns Taipans former players". Australian Basket. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

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