Nathan Sobey
| No. 20 – Adelaide 36ers | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | |||||||||||||
| League | NBL | |||||||||||||
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| Born |
14 July 1990 Warrnambool, Victoria | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||
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| High school |
St. Patrick's (Ballarat, Australia) | |||||||||||||
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | |||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Ballarat Miners | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Cairns Taipans | |||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Adelaide 36ers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | →PAOK | |||||||||||||
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Nathan Adam "Nate" Sobey (born 14 July 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player who plays for the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the University of Wyoming's Cowboys.
High school
Sobey played high school basketball at St. Patrick's, in Ballarat, Australia.
College career
Sobey played college basketball at Cochise College, with the Cochise Apaches, in Douglas, Arizona (NJCAA), from 2010 to 2012. He then played in college at the University of Wyoming, with the Wyoming Cowboys (NCAA Division I), from 2012 to 2014.
Professional career
Sobey joined the Ballarat Miners of the semi-pro South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), the 2nd-tier level club league in Australia, in 2014.[1] He began his full professional career in the 2014–15 season, with the Cairns Taipans of Australia's top-tier level National Basketball League (NBL). He then moved to the Australian club, the Adelaide 36ers, after he signed a 3 year contract with the them.[2]
He then spent the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons with Adelaide. In the 2016–17 NBL season, with the 36ers, he averaged 15.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 1.0 steals per game. He was named the NBL's Most Improved Player in 2017.[3] He was also named to the All-NBL Second Team that season.[4]
He joined the Greek Basket League club PAOK, on loan from the Adelaide 36ers, in March 2017.[5][6] He extended his contract with the Adelaide 36ers for another 2 years, in April 2017.[7]
Sobey was invited to the Utah Jazz's free agent mini camp in June 2017, and his performance impressed the team's coaching staff. He then signed to play with the Jazz's summer league team at the 2017 NBA Summer League.
References
- ↑ Cairns Taipans give Warrnambool export Nathan Sobey opportunity in training squad.
- ↑ SIXERS ADD SOBEY AND HOGDSON.
- ↑ MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: NATHAN SOBEY.
- ↑ ALL NBL FIRST & SECOND TEAMS 2016/17.
- ↑ Adelaide 36ers’ star guard Nathan Sobey clinches deal to play for PAOK in Greece.
- ↑ Νathan Sobey officially joins PAOK BC.
- ↑ Nathan Sobey signs two-year deal with the Adelaide 36ers.