Everard Bartlett

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Everard Bartlett
No. 5–Hawke's Bay Hawks
Position Shooting guard / Point guard
League NZNBL
Personal information
Born (1986-02-06) 6 February 1986 (age 36)
Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Listed height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
High school
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005–2010 Hawke's Bay Hawks
2005–2007 New Zealand Breakers
2007–2008 Höttur
2011 Geraldton Buccaneers
2011 Auckland Pirates
2011 Perth Wildcats
2011–2012 Adelaide 36ers
2012–2014Hawke's Bay Hawks
2012–2013Perth Wildcats
2015 Ballarat Miners
2015–2016New Zealand Breakers
2016 Southland Sharks
2017–2019Hawke's Bay Hawks
2020 Franklin Bulls
2021–presentHawke's Bay Hawks
Career highlights and awards

Everard Verdon Bartlett (born 6 February 1986) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Hawke's Bay Hawks of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). Between 2005 and 2016, he had various stints in the Australian NBL for the New Zealand Breakers, Perth Wildcats, and Adelaide 36ers.

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Early life

Bartlett was born and raised in Hastings, where he attended Irongate School. In high school, he first attended Church College in Hamilton before moving to the United States to attend Wasatch Academy in Utah. [1]

Basketball career

New Zealand NBL

Bartlett debuted in the New Zealand NBL in 2005 with the Hawke's Bay Hawks. The following year, he won a championship with the Hawks. He left the Hawks following the 2010 season, and in 2011, he played for the Auckland Pirates. He returned to the Hawks for the 2012 season and played with them until the end of the 2014 season. [2] After a season in Australia in 2015, Bartlett returned to the New Zealand NBL in 2016 to play for the Southland Sharks. [3] In 2017, he re-joined the Hawks. [4] [5] In 2019, he helped the Hawks reach the NBL final, [6] which marked his fifth trip to the championship round with the Hawks.

In June 2020, Bartlett was acquired by the Franklin Bulls for the 2020 season. [7] He returned to the Hawks for the 2021 season, [8] where he played in his sixth championship round with the Hawks. [9] He returned to the Hawks for the 2022 season. [10]

Australian NBL, Iceland, SBL and SEABL

Between 2005 and 2007, Bartlett was a development player with the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian NBL. During the 2005–06 season, he won the NBL Slam Dunk competition during the All-Star weekend, [11] and during the 2006–07 season, he played two games for the Breakers. [12]

For the 2007–08 season, Bartlett moved to Iceland to play for Höttur. [13] [14] [15] In 16 games, he averaged 28.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 2.4 steals per game.

For the 2010–11 season, Bartlett moved to Perth alongside his wife and Shawn Dennis, an assistant coach at the Perth Wildcats and his coach at the Hawke's Bay Hawks. [16] He spent the 2010–11 season as a training player with the Wildcats, and in November, he played in the Malaysian International Basketball Championship with the Western Tigers touring team. [17] [18] In March 2011, he had a three-game stint with the Geraldton Buccaneers of the State Basketball League. [19] [20]

Bartlett returned to the Wildcats for the 2011–12 season to continue in a training player role. On 2 November 2011, he received a call-up to the playing roster as an injury replacement for Damian Martin. [21] [22] [23] He appeared in six games for the Wildcats between 5 November and 27 November. [24] On 17 December, Bartlett signed with the Adelaide 36ers as an injury replacement for Nathan Crosswell. [25] In 16 games for the 36ers over the second half of the 2011–12 season, he averaged 5.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. [24]

Bartlett returned to the Wildcats for the 2012–13 season on a full-time contract, [26] [27] [28] and helped them reach the NBL Grand Final series, where they lost to the New Zealand Breakers. He appeared in all 32 games and averaged 5.2 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. [29]

On 3 February 2015, Bartlett signed with the Ballarat Miners for the 2015 SEABL season. [30] [31] In 16 games for Ballarat, he averaged 12.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. [32]

Bartlett made a return to the Australian NBL in the 2015–16 season, joining the Breakers for a second stint. [33] [34] [35] [36] He helped the Breakers reach the NBL Grand Final series, where they lost to the Perth Wildcats. [37] In 32 games, he averaged 4.7 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.

National team

Bartlett was a regular with the New Zealand Tall Blacks between 2012 and 2016, playing at the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship, 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship, and 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. [38]

Personal life

Bartlett and his wife Lillian have two sons. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Basketball: Hawks lock in guard as foundation for rebuild
  2. ↑ Hawks Announce Signings
  3. ↑ Southland Sharks sign Everard Bartlett for 2016 National Basketball League
  4. ↑ Basketball: Kenny and Bartlett sign for Hawks
  5. ↑ NBL: Hawks Sign Tall Blacks, Will Win Games Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Saints vs Hawks". FIBALiveStats.com. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  7. ↑ Egan, Brendon (11 June 2020). "Otago Nuggets select Jordan Ngatai first in NBL Showdown draft". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Everard will be bringing all of this talent and experience back to the Taylor Hawks in 2021". facebook.com/NZBayHawks. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Wellington Saints continue NBL dominance with grand final win over Hawke's Bay Hawks". Stuff.co.nz. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Local legend lacing them up again". awks.org.nz. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  11. ↑ Around the NBL: Sign up Tom Abercrombie for All-Stars slam dunk
  12. ↑ Player statistics for Everard Bartlett – 2006/07
  13. ↑ NZ basketball player catches Iceland's eye
  14. ↑ Coach Green may get Icelandic club out of the red
  15. ↑ BASKETBALL: Bartlett still warming up after Iceland
  16. ↑ CatsTV - Everard Bartlett
  17. ↑ Western Tigers to tour Malaysia
  18. ↑ Stars align to give Buccs Kiwi talent
  19. ↑ Everard Bartlett Signs short term contract with the Buccs
  20. ↑ Player statistics for Everard Bartlett – SBL
  21. ↑ Everard Bartlett signed as Wildcats injury replacement for Damian Martin
  22. ↑ Wildcats sign Everard Bartlett as injury...
  23. ↑ Everard Bartlett called into Perth Wildcats
  24. 1 2 Player statistics for Everard Bartlett – 2011/12
  25. ↑ Everard Bartlett signs with the 36ers
  26. ↑ "Wildcats complete 2012-13 roster". andthefoul.net. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012.
  27. ↑ Everard Bartlett released
  28. ↑ Perth Wildcats release guard Everard Bartlett from contract
  29. ↑ Player statistics for Everard Bartlett – 2012/13
  30. ↑ New Zealander Everard Bartlett to play for Miners
  31. ↑ Miners Sign Former NBL Slam Dunk Champion
  32. ↑ Player statistics for Everard Bartlett – SEABL
  33. ↑ BARTLETT SIGNS ON AS INJURY COVER
  34. ↑ Everard Bartlett pledges to make the most of his callup by NZ Breakers
  35. ↑ BAILEY MAKES WAY AS WEBSTER RETURNS TO SKYCITY BREAKERS
  36. ↑ NZ Breakers roster shakeup: Everard Bartlett stays, Duane Bailey goes
  37. ↑ GF3 REPORT: WILDCATS BREAK NZ HOODOO FOR ANOTHER TITLE
  38. ↑ "Everard Bartlett". fiba.com. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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