# 2024–25 Illawarra Hawks season

The 2024–25 Illawarra Hawks season is the 47th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).

## 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 | Trey Kell | William Hickey | Kobe McDowell-White | |
| SG | Tyler Harvey | Lee Hyun-jung | Zac Triplett | |
| SF | Wani Swaka Lo Buluk | Todd Blanchfield | Daniel Grida | Bradley Ballinger |
| PF | Mason Peatling | Darius Days | Kuany Kuany | |
| C | Sam Froling | Lachlan Olbrich | Luca Yates | |

## 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: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1) :
September: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
8 September
@ S.E. Melbourne
W 93–112
William Hickey (20)
Lee, Olbrich (5)
Harvey, Hickey (4)
Carrara Indoor Stadium n/a
1–0
2
10 September
Perth
L 93–98
Tyler Harvey (16)
Days, Hickey (7)
Trey Kell (5)
Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a
1–1
3
12 September
@ Melbourne
L 106–100
three players (22)
Darius Days (10)
William Hickey (7)
Gold Coast Sports Centre n/a
1–2 :

### Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 20–9 (Home: 10–4; Road: 10–5) :
September: 3–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
21 September
@ Cairns
W 75–102
Darius Days (20)
Darius Days (12)
Trey Kell (4)
Perth Superdrome 2,878
1–0
2
27 September
Brisbane
W 113–101
Trey Kell (30)
Lachlan Olbrich (8)
Lachlan Olbrich (5)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 3,542
2–0
3
29 September
@ Sydney
W 89–96
Tyler Harvey (21)
Sam Froling (11)
William Hickey (4)
Sydney SuperDome 11,438
3–0 :
October: 3–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
5 October
Adelaide
L 100–102
Trey Kell (29)
Darius Days (11)
Trey Kell (4)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,770
3–1
5
12 October
Tasmania
W 109–76
Sam Froling (21)
Darius Days (9)
Tyler Harvey (4)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,885
4–1
6
19 October
@ Cairns
W 75–87
Tyler Harvey (20)
Sam Froling (8)
Trey Kell (7)
Cairns Convention Centre 4,362
5–1
7
24 October
Melbourne
L 87–92
William Hickey (17)
Darius Days (8)
William Hickey (6)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 3,558
5–2
8
26 October
@ S.E. Melbourne
W 82–88
Tyler Harvey (22)
Darius Days (7)
Sam Froling (7)
John Cain Arena 7,428
6–2 :
November: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
1 November
@ Perth
L 113–105
Tyler Harvey (25)
Darius Days (8)
Hyun-jung Lee (5)
Perth Arena 10,421
6–3
10
10 November
@ Adelaide
L 93–79
Trey Kell (18)
Darius Days (8)
Lachlan Olbrich (4)
Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,423
6–4
11
16 November
Sydney
W 86–79
Trey Kell (19)
three players (6)
Trey Kell (5)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,321
7–4
12
28 November
New Zealand
W 109–71
Lachlan Olbrich (21)
three players (7)
Tyler Harvey (5)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 3,774
8–4
13
30 November
@ S.E. Melbourne
L 103–100
Tyler Harvey (19)
Days, Peatling (9)
Tyler Harvey (5)
John Cain Arena 6,040
8–5 :
December: 5–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 4–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
6 December
@ Perth
W 111–121
Trey Kell (26)
Darius Days (11)
Tyler Harvey (6)
Perth Arena 11,296
9–5
15
13 December
@ Melbourne
W 93–106
Tyler Harvey (31)
Sam Froling (11)
Tyler Harvey (4)
John Cain Arena 7,692
10–5
16
22 December
Perth
W 120–88
Trey Kell (31)
Sam Froling (6)
Trey Kell (5)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,462
11–5
17
25 December
@ Sydney
W 108–111
Trey Kell (26)
Hyun-jung Lee (8)
Trey Kell (8)
Sydney SuperDome 8,589
12–5
18
27 December
@ Brisbane
W 84–102
Trey Kell (18)
Sam Froling (12)
Hickey, Kell (4)
Brisbane Entertainment Centre 6,405
13–5
19
31 December
S.E. Melbourne
L 105–110
Tyler Harvey (20)
Sam Froling (10)
William Hickey (4)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,487
13–6 :
January: 5–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
3 January
Cairns
L 105–108
Tyler Harvey (23)
Trey Kell (9)
Kell, Hickey (6)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,087
13–7
21
7 January
Tasmania
W 89–84
Trey Kell (19)
Trey Kell (7)
three players (4)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,551
14–7
22
11 January
New Zealand
W 108–100
Trey Kell (31)
three players (6)
Lachlan Olbrich (6)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,562
15–7
23
13 January
@ Adelaide
L 91–88
Sam Froling (35)
Sam Froling (13)
Tyler Harvey (6)
Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,475
15–8
24
18 January
Melbourne
W 117–95
Trey Kell (23)
Sam Froling (10)
Tyler Harvey (9)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,021
16–8
25
20 January
Brisbane
W 121–87
Sam Froling (17)
three players (7)
Trey Kell (11)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 4,358
17–8
26
23 January
@ Cairns
L 100–94
Blanchfield, Harvey (17)
William Hickey (8)
William Hickey (5)
Cairns Convention Centre 3,845
17–9
27
30 January
@ Tasmania
W 78–102
Sam Froling (18)
Sam Froling (7)
Tyler Harvey (5)
Derwent Entertainment Centre 4,340
18–9 :
February: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
5 February
@ New Zealand
W 82–96
Tyler Harvey (29)
Mason Peatling (7)
William Hickey (9)
Spark Arena 6,223
19–9
29
7 February
Sydney
W 95–75
Harvey, Lee (15)
Sam Froling (11)
William Hickey (8)
Wollongong Entertainment Centre 5,460
20–9 :
2024–25 season schedule :

## Transactions
### Re-signed

| Player | Date Signed | Contract |
| Tyler Harvey | 9 May 2024 | 3-year deal (club option) |
| Wani Swaka Lo Buluk | 27 July 2024 | 3-year deal |
| William Hickey | 23 October 2024 | 3-year deal |

### Additions

| Player | Date Signed | Contract | Former team |
| Trey Kell | 29 June 2024 | 1-year deal | Adelaide 36ers |
| Darius Days | 3 September 2024 | 1-year deal | Winnipeg Sea Bears |
| Kobe McDowell-White | 9 October 2024 | 2-year deal (club option) | Sunshine Coast Phoenix |
| Kuany Kuany | 8 November 2024 | 1-year deal (NRP) | VCU Rams |

### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | Date Left | New team |
| AJ Johnson | NBA draft | 26 June 2024 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Justin Robinson | Free agent | 22 July 2024 | Trapani Shark |
| Gary Clark | Free agent | 6 August 2024 | Yokohama B-Corsairs |
| Kyle Adnam | Free agent | 7 August 2024 | Cairns Taipans |
| Biwali Bayles | Free agent | 19 August 2024 | BBC Nyon |

## Awards
### Club awards

* Club MVP:
* Community Award:
* Defensive Player:
* Members Award:
* Club Person of the Year:
* Volunteer of the Year:
* Player's Player Award: