2010–11 Sydney Kings season

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2010–11 Sydney Kings season
Head coach	Ian Robilliard
Captain	Julian Khazzouh
Arena	Sydney Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record	8–20 (28.6%)
Ladder	9th
Finals finish	Did not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
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The 2010–11 NBL season is the 22nd season for the Sydney Kings in the NBL. This is the first season back for the club after a two-year stint away from the league.

Off-season

Entering the league after two seasons away, the team needed to put together a roster essentially from scratch.

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Julian Khazzouh		Ironi Ramat
Ben Madgen		Augusta State University
Luke Martin		Wollongong Hawks
Graeme Dann		Sydney Spirit
Luke Cooper		VEF Riga
Damien Ryan		Jesi
Ben Knight		Melbourne Tigers

Roster

Sydney Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
G	1	Madgen, Ben	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	83 kg (183 lb)
G	2	Martin, Luke	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	77 kg (170 lb)
G	4	Weeks, Jarrad (DP)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
G/F	5	Dann, Graeme	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)
C	6	Khazzouh, Julian	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	105 kg (231 lb)
F	7	Scoines, Jared	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
PG	9	Cooper, Luke	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
G	14	Ryan, Damien	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
G/F	15	Hollis, Ben (DP)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
F	21	Janev, Blagoj	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
G	22	White, Kevin (DP)	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
F	33	Knight, Ben	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	106 kg (234 lb)

Head coach

Ian Robilliard

Assistant coach(es)

Connor Henry
Tim Hudson

Strength & conditioning coach(es)

Philip Alleaume

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2010-12-16

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Julian Khazzouh	Blajov Janev
PF	Ben Knight	Jarrod Scoines
SF	Trey Gilder	Ben Madgen
SG	Patrick Sanders	Damien Ryan	Kevin White*
PG	Luke Martin	Joel Wagner	Jarrad Weeks*

* = Developmental Player (may only participate in home games)

Regular season

Standings

Pos	2010–11 NBL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	New Zealand Breakers	28	22	6	78.57%	4–1	W3	12–2	10–4	2463	2367	104.06%
2	Townsville Crocodiles	28	17	11	60.71%	3–2	L1	13–1	4–10	2225	2163	102.87%
3	Cairns Taipans	28	16	12	57.14%	4–1	W4	12–2	4–10	2186	2107	103.75%
4	Perth Wildcats	28	16	12	57.14%	3–2	L2	10–4	6–8	2380	2192	108.58%

5	Wollongong Hawks	28	15	13	53.57%	4–1	W1	10–4	5–9	2272	2209	102.85%
6	Gold Coast Blaze	28	13	15	46.43%	2–3	W1	8–6	5–9	2396	2440	98.20%
7	Melbourne Tigers	28	10	18	35.71%	1–4	L3	5–9	5–9	2209	2357	93.72%
8	Adelaide 36ers	28	9	19	32.14%	1–4	L1	7–7	2–12	2212	2362	93.65%
9	Sydney Kings	28	8	20	28.57%	2–3	L3	5–9	3–11	2171	2317	93.70%

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2011. Source: NBL.com.au

Game log

2010–11 game log

Pre-season: 4–0 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	21 August	University of Hartford	W 111-60	Alexandria Basketball Stadium, Sydney	1-0
2	28 August	@ Maitland Mustangs	W 82-74	Maitland Basketball Stadium	2–0
3	11 September	Carfino All-Stars	W 111-77	Bridgecoast Stadium, Terrigal	3-0
4	28 September	New Zealand	W 65-63	Brickpits Sports Stadium, Hornsby	4-0

October: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	15 October	@ Melbourne	W 84-68 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Julian Khazzouh (24)	Julian Khazzouh (17)	Luke Cooper (7)	State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,091	1-0
2	16 October	New Zealand	L 70-83 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Taj McCullough (17)	Rod Grizzard (8)	Rod Grizzard (4)	The Kingdome 8,533	1-1
3	30 October	@ Townsville	L 79-80 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Taj McCullough (17)	Julian Khazzouh (14)	Luke Cooper (5)	Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,956	1-2

November: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	6 November	@ Adelaide	L 75-87 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Luke Cooper, Damien Ryan (17)	Julian Khazzouh (10)	Julian Khazzouh, Luke Cooper, Damien Ryan, Taj McCullough (2)	Adelaide Arena 4,620	1-3
5	13 November	Townsville	L 59-64 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Julian Khazzouh (18)	Julian Khazzouh (8)	Joel Wagner, Rod Grizzard, Taj McCullough (2)	The Kingdome 5,586	1-4
6	26 November	@ Wollongong	L 72-89 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Julian Khazzouh (20)	Julian Khazzouh (8)	Julian Khazzouh (3)	WIN Entertainment Centre 4,357	1-5

December: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	3 December	@ Gold Coast	L 68-85 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Julian Khazzouh (22)	Julian Khazzouh (9)	Luke Martin, Graeme Dann, Patrick Sanders (2)	Gold Coast Convention Centre TBA	1-6
8	4 December	New Zealand	L 80-94 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Patrick Sanders (20)	Julian Khazzouh (12)	Julian Khazzouh (5)	The Kingdome 4,327	1-7
9	12 December	Wollongong	L 80-95 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Patrick Sanders (27)	Julian Khazzouh (9)	Ben Knight (4)	The Kingdome TBA	1-8
10	17 December	@ Adelaide					Adelaide Arena
11	19 December	@ Perth					Challenge Stadium
12	23 December	Melbourne					The Kingdome
13	29 December	Perth					The Kingdome
14	31 December	@ Cairns					Cairns Convention Centre