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- ↑ "National Basketball League | NBL". www.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ↑ Proballers. "Cairns Taipans All-Time Roster". Proballers. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ↑ "Cairns Taipans former players". Australian Basket. Retrieved 1 October 2019.