# 2022–23 Brisbane Bullets season

The 2022–23 Brisbane Bullets season was the 37th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).
On 25 November 2022, James Duncan was released as Bullets' head coach after the team started the season with a 3–6 record and was replaced by Sam Mackinnon on an interim basis. On 13 December 2022, Greg Vanderjagt was elevated to the Bullets' interim head coach. Ten days later, he was confirmed as the Bullets' head coach for the rest of the 2022–23 NBL season.

## Roster

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

## Standings
### Ladder

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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | PF | PA | PP |
| 1 | Sydney Kings | 28 | 19 | 9 | 67.86% | 2–3 | L2 | 10–4 | 9–5 | 2679 | 2468 | 108.55% |
| 2 | New Zealand Breakers | 28 | 18 | 10 | 64.29% | 5–0 | W5 | 7–7 | 11–3 | 2423 | 2246 | 107.88% |
| 3 | Cairns Taipans | 28 | 18 | 10 | 64.29% | 2–3 | W1 | 8–6 | 10–4 | 2455 | 2376 | 103.32% |
| 4 | Tasmania JackJumpers | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 3–2 | W2 | 7–7 | 9–5 | 2385 | 2305 | 103.47% |
| 5 | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | 28 | 15 | 13 | 53.57% | 3–2 | L1 | 11–3 | 4–10 | 2553 | 2512 | 101.63% |
| 6 | Perth Wildcats | 28 | 15 | 13 | 53.57% | 2–3 | W1 | 9–5 | 6–8 | 2580 | 2568 | 100.47% |
| 7 | Melbourne United | 28 | 15 | 13 | 53.57% | 4–1 | W1 | 8–6 | 7–7 | 2434 | 2424 | 100.41% |
| 8 | Adelaide 36ers | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46.43% | 2–3 | L1 | 8–6 | 5–9 | 2546 | 2597 | 98.04% |
| 9 | Brisbane Bullets | 28 | 8 | 20 | 28.57% | 2–3 | L3 | 4–10 | 4–10 | 2365 | 2600 | 90.96% |
| 10 | Illawarra Hawks | 28 | 3 | 25 | 10.71% | 1–4 | L4 | 2–12 | 1–13 | 2261 | 2585 | 87.47% |
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2023. 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 games
* Last place
2022–23 NBL season :
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Adelaide 36ers | — | — | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Brisbane Bullets | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Cairns Taipans | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Illawarra Hawks | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Melbourne United | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| New Zealand Breakers | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Perth Wildcats | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Sydney Kings | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tasmania JackJumpers | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

## Game log
### Pre-season

2022 pre-season game log Total: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–0) :
September: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
8 September
@ Melbourne
W 77–105
Devondrick Walker (18)
Harry Froling (9)
D. J. Mitchell (6)
Selkirk Stadium 2,000
1–0
2
10 September
@ Melbourne
W 72–76
Devondrick Walker (17)
Gorjok Gak (9)
Rasmus Bach (4)
Casey Stadium 1,500
2–0 :

### NBL Blitz

2022 NBL Blitz game log Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1) :
September: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
18 September
New Zealand
W 81–69
Baynes, Johnson (14)
Gorjok Gak (8)
Gorjok Gak (6)
Darwin Basketball Facility 932
1–0
2
20 September
@ Cairns
W 76–77
Devondrick Walker (16)
Aron Baynes (9)
Johnson, Walker (3)
Darwin Basketball Facility 660
2–0
3
23 September
@ Melbourne
L 80–67
Tanner Krebs (21)
Harry Froling (7)
Bach, Johnson (3)
Darwin Basketball Facility 906
2–1 :

### Regular season

2022–23 game log Total: 8–20 (Home: 4–10; Road: 4–10) :
October: 2–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
2 October
@ Perth
L 87–73
Devondrick Walker (16)
Aron Baynes (7)
Jason Cadee (6)
RAC Arena 11,083
0–1
2
7 October
@ Sydney
L 100–90
Baynes, Cadee (16)
Aron Baynes (9)
Tanner Krebs (5)
Qudos Bank Arena 11,478
0–2
3
9 October
@ Tasmania
L 90–86 (OT)
Tyler Johnson (24)
Aron Baynes (6)
D. J. Mitchell (4)
MyState Bank Arena 4,231
0–3
4
16 October
Sydney
L 85–102
D. J. Mitchell (20)
D. J. Mitchell (10)
Nathan Sobey (8)
Nissan Arena 4,797
0–4
5
22 October
@ S.E. Melbourne
L 89–88
Jason Cadee (21)
Tyrell Harrison (8)
Cadee, Sobey (5)
John Cain Arena 5,432
0–5
6
24 October
@ Illawarra
W 56–82
Aron Baynes (17)
Aron Baynes (14)
Nathan Sobey (7)
WIN Entertainment Centre 2,011
1–5
7
27 October
Illawarra
W 86–61
Nathan Sobey (22)
Aron Baynes (14)
Nathan Sobey (5)
Nissan Arena 2,583
2–5 :
November: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
5 November
@ Tasmania
W 72–74
Aron Baynes (16)
Baynes, Mitchell (9)
Nathan Sobey (7)
MyState Bank Arena 4,231
3–5
9
19 November
Cairns
L 82–90
D. J. Mitchell (21)
Aron Baynes (11)
Tyler Johnson (4)
Nissan Arena 4,401
3–6
10
27 November
@ New Zealand
L 116–79
Tanner Krebs (19)
Gorjok Gak (6)
Nathan Sobey (10)
Spark Arena 3,660
3–7 :
December: 2–6 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
1 December
Perth
W 106–95 (OT)
Nathan Sobey (28)
Harry Froling (13)
Jason Cadee (8)
Nissan Arena 2,427
4–7
12
4 December
Tasmania
L 84–99
Nathan Sobey (20)
Gorjok Gak (9)
Cadee, Sobey (5)
Nissan Arena 3,811
4–8
13
10 December
@ Melbourne
L 104–88
Nathan Sobey (24)
Gak, Mitchell (6)
Jason Cadee (5)
John Cain Arena 5,788
4–9
14
14 December
@ Cairns
L 85–76
Aron Baynes (17)
Gorjok Gak (11)
Jason Cadee (8)
Cairns Convention Centre 3,497
4–10
15
17 December
@ Adelaide
L 108–77
Jason Cadee (18)
Aron Baynes (11)
Nathan Sobey (8)
Adelaide Entertainment Centre 6,003
4–11
21 December
New Zealand
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: 4 February)
16
21 December
S.E. Melbourne
L 77–104
Nathan Sobey (31)
Aron Baynes (8)
Jason Cadee (7)
Nissan Arena 3,375
4–12
17
27 December
Perth
W 97–93 (OT)
Nathan Sobey (30)
Aron Baynes (10)
Nathan Sobey (9)
Nissan Arena 3,737
5–12
18
29 December
@ Adelaide
L 87–84
Nathan Sobey (24)
Aron Baynes (12)
Cadee, Froling (3)
Adelaide Entertainment Centre 9,263
5–13 :
January: 3–6 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
1 January
Melbourne
L 86–99
Gorjok Gak (18)
Gorjok Gak (13)
Nathan Sobey (4)
Nissan Arena 4,781
5–14
20
5 January
Cairns
L 81–107
Tyler Johnson (32)
Gorjok Gak (7)
Tyler Johnson (4)
Nissan Arena 4,258
5–15
21
11 January
Sydney
L 67–116
Nathan Sobey (14)
Aron Baynes (7)
Jason Cadee (4)
Nissan Arena 4,068
5–16
22
14 January
Melbourne
L 91–101
Aron Baynes (21)
Aron Baynes (11)
Nathan Sobey (6)
Nissan Arena 4,703
5–17
23
16 January
@ S.E. Melbourne
W 79–84
Jason Cadee (28)
Froling, Mitchell (5)
Cadee, Froling, Mitchell (3)
State Basketball Centre 3,333
6–17
24
19 January
Adelaide
W 106–101 (OT)
Tyler Johnson (27)
Aron Baynes (11)
Nathan Sobey (6)
Nissan Arena 3,953
7–17
25
21 January
@ Illawarra
W 86–103
Tyler Johnson (23)
Harry Froling (9)
Nathan Sobey (6)
WIN Entertainment Centre 3,503
8–17
26
26 January
New Zealand
L 71–99
Tyler Johnson (20)
Baynes, Johnson, Sobey (5)
Nathan Sobey (8)
Nissan Arena 3,636
8–18
27
28 January
@ Cairns
L 94–87
Nathan Sobey (27)
D. J. Mitchell (8)
Tyler Johnson (7)
Cairns Convention Centre 4,437
8–19 :
February: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4 February
S.E. Melbourne
Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: 21 December)
28
4 February
New Zealand
L 75–80 (OT)
Aron Baynes (17)
D. J. Mitchell (8)
Gorjok Gak (4)
Nissan Arena 5,253
8–20 :
2022–23 season schedule :

## Transactions
### Re-signed

| Player | Signed |
| Nathan Sobey | 27 April |
| Tanner Krebs | 13 June |

### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Kody Stattmann | 27 May | Virginia Cavaliers |
| Harry Froling | 28 May | Illawarra Hawks |
| D. J. Mitchell | 8 June | Basketball Academie Limburg |
| Lual Diing | 20 June | Northside Wizards |
| Gorjok Gak | 6 July | ČEZ Nymburk |
| Aron Baynes | 28 July | Detroit Pistons |
| Tyler Johnson | 30 July | San Antonio Spurs |
| Devondrick Walker | 5 September | Rockingham Flames |
| Rasmus Bach | 7 September | New Zealand Breakers |
| Matt Johns | 15 September | Geelong Supercats |
| Hunter Clarke | 6 October | Willetton Tigers |
| Koen Sapwell | 4 December | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix |
| Andrew White | 11 December | Büyükçekmece Basketbol |

### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | New team |
| Anthony Drmic | Mutual option | Adelaide 36ers |
| Deng Deng | Free agent | Illawarra Hawks |
| Max Mackinnon | Collage | Elon Phoenix |
| Robert Franks | Free agent | Adelaide 36ers |
| Chuanxing Liu | Free agent | Bay Area Dragons |
| Jack Salt | Free agent | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
| Lamar Patterson | Free agent | Gold Coast Rollers |
| Devondrick Walker | Released | N/A |

## Awards
### Club awards

* Players Player: Tyler Johnson
* Members MVP: Tyler Johnson
* St Genevieve Partners Choice Award: Jason Cadee
* Defensive Player of the Year: Aron Baynes
* Youth Player of the Year: Matt Johns
* Narelle Kelly Award: Susannah Walmsley
* Club MVP: Nathan Sobey