 Gibson in 2014 | |
| South East Melbourne Phoenix | |
|---|---|
| Position | Development coach |
| League | NBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1986-10-30)30 October 1986 (age 38) Launceston,Tasmania, Australia |
| Listed height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Listed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Prospect (Launceston, Tasmania) |
| Playing career | 2005–2022 |
| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2008 | Brisbane Bullets |
| 2006 | Hobart Chargers |
| 2007–2008 | Southern Districts Spartans |
| 2008–2009 | South Dragons |
| 2009 | Northside Wizards |
| 2009–2012 | Gold Coast Blaze |
| 2010 | Brisbane Spartans |
| 2011 | Gold Coast Rollers |
| 2012–2016 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 2013–2014 | Forestville Eagles |
| 2016 | Gold Coast Rollers |
| 2016–2019 | Brisbane Bullets |
| 2017–2018 | Brisbane / Southern Districts Spartans |
| 2019 | Canterbury Rams |
| 2019 | Rockhampton Rockets |
| 2019–2021 | South East Melbourne Phoenix |
| 2021–2022 | Knox Raiders |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Adam Matthew Gibson (born 30 October 1986)[1] is an Australian former professionalbasketball player who is a development coach for theSouth East Melbourne Phoenix of theNational Basketball League (NBL). He played 16 years in the NBL for theBrisbane Bullets,South Dragons,Gold Coast Blaze,Adelaide 36ers and Phoenix. He is a two-timeNBL champion, having won his first in 2007 with the Bullets and his second in 2009 with the Dragons. He is also a five-timeAll-NBL Team member and was crowned theNBL Best Defensive Player in 2009.
Gibson was a long-time member of theAustralian Boomers, having played at the2012 London Olympics and at the2010, and2014 FIBA World Cups.
Gibson was bornLaunceston, Tasmania.[2] He attended Hagley Farm School in nearbyHagley, and then attended secondary school at Prospect High School in Launceston.[2] In 2004, he moved toCanberra to attend theAustralian Institute of Sport (AIS) and play for the program'sSEABL team.[3] He played two seasons for the AIS in the SEABL.[3]
Gibson started his NBL career with theBrisbane Bullets in2005–06, and won a title in2006–07, but was forced to leave the Bullets following the2007–08 season after the club folded.[4][5]
For the2008–09 season, Gibson joined theSouth Dragons. He was named to theAll-NBL Third Team and earnedNBL Best Defensive Player honours, and helped the Dragons win the NBL championship.
Following the demise of the Dragons, Gibson joined theGold Coast Blaze for the2009–10 NBL season. In his three seasons with the Blaze, he earnedAll-NBL Second Team honours every year.
Following the demise of the Blaze, Gibson joined theAdelaide 36ers for the2012–13 NBL season.[6][7] In March 2013, he played his 250th NBL game.[8][9] Returning to the 36ers for the2013–14 season,[10] Gibson helped the team reach the 2014 NBL Grand Final series, where they lost 2–1 to thePerth Wildcats. The2014–15 season saw Gibson score a career-high 34 points in November[11][12] and play his 300th NBL game in January.[13][14] Gibson played a fourth and final season with the 36ers in2015–16.[15]
For the2016–17 NBL season, Gibson joined the returning Brisbane Bullets, a franchise re-entering the league after eight seasons of inaction.[16][17] In November 2016, he played his 350th NBL game.[18] In December 2018, he played his 400th NBL game.[19][20]
After three seasons with the Bullets, Gibson joined theSouth East Melbourne Phoenix for the2019–20 NBL season.[21] In April 2021, he played his 450th NBL game.[22]
On 10 February 2022, Gibson returned to the Phoenix roster as a Covid Replacement Player forXavier Munford.[23][24] He did not play in his short return stint, and on 21 May 2022 announced his retirement from the NBL.[25]
Gibson has played in various Australian state leagues in nearly all of his NBL off-seasons. In 2006, he played in theSEABL for theHobart Chargers[26] and won the SEABL South Men's Australian U/21 Youth Player of the Year Award.[27] In 2007 and 2008, he continued on in the SEABL with the Southern Districts Spartans.[28][29] After a stint in theQBL with the Northside Wizards in 2009,[30] he returned to the SEABL in 2010 to once again play for the Spartans, now known as the Brisbane Spartans.[31] In 2011, he played for theGold Coast Rollers in the QBL.[32]
After not playing state league basketball in 2012, Gibson joined theForestville Eagles of theCentral ABL in 2013.[33][34] He helped the Eagles win the championship behind a Grand Final MVP performance.[35] He had a second stint with the Eagles in 2014, before sitting out the 2015 off-season.
Gibson had stints in the QBL every year between 2016 and 2019, playing for the Gold Coast Rollers (2016),[36] Brisbane / Southern Districts Spartans (2017–18),[37] andRockhampton Rockets (2019).[38] Gibson also had a one-game stint with theCanterbury Rams in New Zealand in2019.[39]
In 2021 and 2022, Gibson played for theKnox Raiders of theNBL1 South.[40][41]
Gibson represented Australia at the2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship, in Argentina. He then represented theAustralian Boomers every year between 2009 and 2015, including playing at the2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey, the2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.[42]
Gibson joined the coaching staff of theSouth East Melbourne Phoenix in 2023 as a development coach.[43]
In 2023, Gibson's sister Lisa was diagnosed withbreast cancer.[44]
The former Hagley Farm School and Prospect High student...
Gibson started his NBL career with the Bullets in 2005-06 and won a title in 2006-07 but was forced to leave when the club folded a year later.
Adam Gibson will be playing his last game for the Rockets this weekend, filling in as one of the team's restricted players.
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