# 2024–25 Sydney Kings season

The 2024–25 Sydney Kings season was the 36th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL), and their seventh under the leadership of their head coach Brian Goorjian.

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Development |
| PG | Jaylen Adams | Shaun Bruce | Klairus Amir | |
| SG | Bul Kuol | Izayah Le'afa | Tyler Robertson | |
| SF | Alex Toohey | Jaylin Galloway | Makuach Maluach | Henry Lau |
| PF | Xavier Cooks | Keli Leaupepe | Kouat Noi | |
| C | Cameron Oliver | Jason Spurgin | | |

## Standings
### Ladder

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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | PF | PA | PP |
| 1 | Illawarra Hawks | 29 | 20 | 9 | 68.97% | 4–1 | W3 | 10–4 | 10–5 | 2941 | 2645 | 111.19% |
| 2 | Melbourne United | 29 | 19 | 10 | 65.52% | 4–1 | W4 | 9–6 | 10–4 | 2771 | 2652 | 104.49% |
| 3 | Perth Wildcats | 29 | 18 | 11 | 62.07% | 3–2 | W3 | 10–5 | 8–6 | 2903 | 2811 | 103.27% |
| 4 | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | 29 | 16 | 13 | 55.17% | 2–3 | L1 | 10–4 | 6–9 | 2787 | 2656 | 104.93% |
| 5 | Sydney Kings | 29 | 16 | 13 | 55.17% | 2–3 | L3 | 7–7 | 9–6 | 2630 | 2557 | 102.85% |
| 6 | Adelaide 36ers | 29 | 13 | 16 | 44.83% | 2–3 | L3 | 9–6 | 4–10 | 2736 | 2796 | 97.85% |
| 7 | Tasmania JackJumpers | 29 | 13 | 16 | 44.83% | 1–4 | W1 | 9–5 | 4–11 | 2435 | 2553 | 95.38% |
| 8 | Brisbane Bullets | 29 | 12 | 17 | 41.38% | 2–3 | L1 | 6–8 | 6–9 | 2678 | 2838 | 94.36% |
| 9 | New Zealand Breakers | 29 | 10 | 19 | 34.48% | 1–4 | L1 | 6–9 | 4–10 | 2485 | 2650 | 93.77% |
| 10 | Cairns Taipans | 29 | 8 | 21 | 27.59% | 3–2 | L1 | 4–11 | 4–10 | 2561 | 2769 | 92.49% |
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2025. Source: NBL.com.au
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.

### Ladder progression

* Leader and qualification to semifinals
* Qualification to semifinals
* Qualification to play-in
* Last place
2024–25 NBL season :
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Adelaide 36ers | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Brisbane Bullets | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Cairns Taipans | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Illawarra Hawks | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Melbourne United | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| New Zealand Breakers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Perth Wildcats | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Sydney Kings | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Tasmania JackJumpers | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

## Game log
### Pre-season

2024 NBL Blitz game log Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0) :
September: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
9 September
@ Cairns
W 77–99
Izayah Le'afa (21)
Cameron Oliver (12)
Shaun Bruce (8)
Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a
1–0
2
11 September
S.E. Melbourne
L 101–113
Alex Toohey (26)
three players (6)
Izayah Le'afa (6)
Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a
1–1
3
13 September
New Zealand
W 90–79
Alex Toohey (24)
three players (5)
Shaun Bruce (4)
Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a
2–1 :

### Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 16–13 (Home: 7–7; Road: 9–6) :
September: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
22 September
@ Adelaide
W 94–102
Jaylen Adams (25)
Xavier Cooks (13)
Jaylen Adams (7)
Perth Arena 4,168
1–0
2
27 September
@ Perth
W 88–89
Jaylen Adams (27)
Cameron Oliver (7)
Jaylen Adams (6)
Perth Arena 11,800
2–0
3
29 September
Illawarra
L 89–96
Xavier Cooks (22)
Xavier Cooks (12)
Jaylen Adams (9)
Sydney SuperDome 11,438
2–1 :
October: 3–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
5 October
@ Brisbane
W 82–91
Xavier Cooks (23)
Xavier Cooks (7)
Jaylen Adams (10)
Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,009
3–1
5
11 October
@ Adelaide
L 89–79
Cameron Oliver (16)
Keli Leaupepe (10)
Tyler Robertson (5)
Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,466
3–2
6
13 October
Cairns
W 99–73
Shaun Bruce (21)
Cooks, Leaupepe (10)
three players (4)
Sydney SuperDome 11,076
4–2
7
18 October
@ Tasmania
W 71–80
Xavier Cooks (15)
Xavier Cooks (12)
Xavier Cooks (6)
Silverdome 3,255
5–2
8
25 October
@ Perth
L 87–84
Xavier Cooks (22)
Xavier Cooks (11)
Xavier Cooks (6)
Perth Arena 11,114
5–3
9
27 October
New Zealand
L 89–93
Izayah Le'afa (23)
Cooks, Leaupepe (7)
Keli Leaupepe (5)
Sydney SuperDome 10,078
5–4
10
31 October
@ Melbourne
L 87–83
Cooks, Oliver (18)
Cameron Oliver (16)
Jaylen Adams (7)
John Cain Arena 6,734
5–5 :
November: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
3 November
Tasmania
W 88–60
Kouat Noi (26)
Cameron Oliver (11)
Adams, Cooks (4)
Sydney SuperDome 9,124
6–5
12
8 November
S.E. Melbourne
W 74–69
Jaylen Adams (20)
Xavier Cooks (12)
Jaylen Adams (7)
Sydney SuperDome 8,052
7–5
13
16 November
@ Illawarra
L 86–79
Jaylen Adams (23)
Xavier Cooks (10)
Adams, Le'afa (6)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,321
7–6
14
29 November
@ Cairns
W 75–81
Cameron Oliver (26)
Cameron Oliver (9)
Adams, Cooks (6)
Cairns Convention Centre 3,899
8–6 :
December: 3–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
1 December
@ Melbourne
L 101–98
Cameron Oliver (21)
Xavier Cooks (7)
Jaylen Adams (8)
John Cain Arena 10,175
8–7
16
7 December
@ New Zealand
W 83–98
Adams, Cooks (20)
Alex Toohey (8)
Jaylen Adams (10)
TSB Arena 3,863
9–7
17
15 December
Brisbane
W 93–81
Jaylen Adams (32)
Xavier Cooks (11)
Xavier Cooks (5)
Sydney SuperDome 11,576
10–7
18
20 December
@ New Zealand
W 84–92
Kouat Noi (26)
Alex Toohey (11)
Jaylen Adams (9)
Spark Arena 5,006
11–7
19
25 December
Illawarra
L 108–111
Alex Toohey (25)
Keli Leaupepe (12)
Jaylen Adams (7)
Sydney SuperDome 8,589
11–8
20
30 December
Adelaide
L 96–111
Jaylen Adams (41)
Xavier Cooks (15)
Izayah Le'afa (3)
Sydney SuperDome 11,765
11–9 :
January: 5–2 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
21
2 January
S.E. Melbourne
W 110–101
Jaylen Adams (32)
Xavier Cooks (10)
Jaylen Adams (9)
Sydney SuperDome 9,139
12–9
22
4 January
@ Brisbane
W 86–91
Jaylen Adams (21)
Cameron Oliver (9)
Jaylen Adams (8)
Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,028
13–9
23
9 January
Melbourne
L 88–90
Xavier Cooks (21)
Xavier Cooks (10)
Xavier Cooks (5)
Sydney SuperDome 10,328
13–10
24
12 January
Cairns
W 91–87
Kouat Noi (27)
Cameron Oliver (17)
Jaylen Adams (5)
Sydney SuperDome 10,224
14–10
25
19 January
Tasmania
W 88–77
Kouat Noi (32)
Xavier Cooks (9)
Jaylen Adams (6)
Sydney SuperDome 16,705
15–10
26
22 January
@ S.E. Melbourne
W 92–103
Kouat Noi (24)
Cameron Oliver (7)
Jaylen Adams (9)
State Basketball Centre 3,422
16–10
27
24 January
Adelaide
L 96–105
Jaylen Adams (43)
Cameron Oliver (14)
Jaylen Adams (7)
Sydney SuperDome 10,356
16–11 :
February: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
2 February
Perth
L 97–104
Kouat Noi (24)
Xavier Cooks (12)
Makuach Maluach (5)
Sydney SuperDome 14,112
16–12
29
7 February
@ Illawarra
L 95–75
Adams, Noi (14)
Alex Toohey (9)
Jaylen Adams (4)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,460
16–13 :
2024–25 season schedule :

## Transactions
### Re-signed

| Player | Date Signed | Contract |
| Shaun Bruce | 12 March 2024 | 2-year deal |
| Kouat Noi | 2 April 2024 | 3-year deal (club option) |
| Makuach Maluach | 10 April 2024 | 1-year deal |
| Jaylen Adams | 1 July 2024 | 1-year deal |

### Additions

| Player | Date Signed | Contract | Former team |
| Keli Leaupepe | 15 April 2024 | 3-year deal (club option) | Loyola Marymount University |
| Izayah Le'afa | 19 April 2024 | 2-year deal (mutual option) | New Zealand Breakers |
| Tyler Robertson | 23 April 2024 | 3-year deal (club option) | University of Portland |
| Bul Kuol | 30 April 2024 | 3-year deal (mutual option) | Cairns Taipans |
| Jason Spurgin | 9 May 2024 | 3-year deal | Bowling Green State University |
| Xavier Cooks | 27 May 2024 | 3-year deal | Chiba Jets |
| Cameron Oliver | 10 June 2024 | 1-year deal | Hong Kong Bulls |
| Jaylin Galloway | 26 Angust 2024 | 3-year deal | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Lamonte Turner | 5 January 2025 | 1-year deal | Dynamic |

### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | Date Left | New team |
| Jaylin Galloway | Released | 3 March 2024 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Angus Glover | Mutual release | 3 April 2024 | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix |
| Jordan Hunter | Free agent | 18 April 2024 | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix |
| Jackson Makoi | Released | 22 April 2024 | Cairns Taipans |
| Jonah Bolden | Free agent | 2 May 2024 | New Zealand Breakers |
| Sam Timmins | Free agent | 24 June 2024 | Tryhoop Okayama |
| D. J. Hogg | Parted ways | 9 July 2024 | Chiba Jets |
| Denzel Valentine | Free agent | 10 August 2024 | Pallacanestro Trieste |
| Jasper Rentoy (DP) | Free agent | 21 November 2024 | Albury Wodonga Bandits |

## Awards
### Club awards

* Club MVP:
* Coaches Award:
* Player's Player:
* Defensive Player:
* Hard Work Award:
* Members Player of the Year: