Isaac Humphries

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Isaac Humphries
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Humphries with the Lakeland Magic in 2020
No. 8–Adelaide 36ers
Position Power forward / center
League NBL
Personal information
Born (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 26)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Listed height211 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight114 kg (251 lb)
Career information
High school
College Kentucky (2015–2017)
NBA draft 2017: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2018 Sydney Kings
2018 FMP
2018–2019 Erie BayHawks
2019 Atlanta Hawks
2019–2020 Lakeland Magic
2020–2022 Adelaide 36ers
2022–2023 Melbourne United
2023–presentAdelaide 36ers
Career highlights and awards
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Stats at Basketball Reference  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Men's basketball
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FIBA Under-17 World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Dubai National team

Isaac Bradley Humphries (born 5 January 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.

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Early life

Born in the Sydney suburb of Caringbah, Humphries grew up in Cronulla and started playing basketball at the age of 12. He had earlier played rugby league. [1] In 2010, he spent six months in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, [2] where he had "a pretty big growth spurt." [1]

College career

Humphries attended Scots College in Sydney and the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra before taking his game to the United States in December 2014 [3] to play prep ball at La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana. [4] Humphries enrolled at the University of Kentucky in 2015 and saw action in 23 games as a freshman. Coming off the bench in all but one game, he averaged 1.9 points and 2.4 rebounds in 9.1 minutes per contest. [5]

In the 2016–17 campaign, Humphries appeared in 38 games for the Wildcats with one start, producing averages of 2.8 points and 2.8 boards per outing in 8.3 minutes a game. [6] He scored a career-high 12 points in his last college game, Kentucky's 73–75 loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the South Region finals where he was also named in the NCAA All-Regional tournament team. [7]

In April 2017, Humphries declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final two years of college eligibility. [8] [9]

Professional career

Sydney Kings (2017–2018)

Opting to turn professional, Humphries worked out with several NBA franchises over the summer, including the Washington Wizards, after going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft. [10] Humphries returned to Australia and signed with his hometown team the Sydney Kings on 27 July 2017 for the 2017–18 NBL season. [11] With the Kings, Humphries averaged 6.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.0 blocks while shooting 58 percent in 16 minutes per game, making six starts in 26 appearances. He was subsequently named the NBL Rookie of the Year. [12] [13]

FMP (2018)

On 27 February 2018, Humphries agreed to a deal with FMP of the Basketball League of Serbia. [14] [15]

Erie BayHawks (2018–2019)

On 8 October 2018, Humphries signed a training camp deal with the Atlanta Hawks, [16] but was waived the next day. [17] He subsequently joined the Erie BayHawks for the 2018–19 NBA G League season. [18]

Atlanta Hawks (2019)

On 1 April 2019, Humphries signed with Atlanta for the remainder of 2018–19 NBA season. [19] [20]

Humphries joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2019 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. [21] [22]

Lakeland Magic (2019–2020)

On 24 September 2019, Humphries signed with the Orlando Magic. [23] [24] He was waived and assigned to the Lakeland Magic. [25] Humphries averaged 8.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game during the 2019–20 season. [26]

Adelaide 36ers (2020–2022)

On 16 July 2020, Humphries signed a two-year deal to return to the NBL with the Adelaide 36ers. [27] He averaged 13.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, and a league-leading 2.8 blocks per game during the 2020–21 season. His mutual option for a second season with the 36ers was not exercised. [28]

On 9 July 2021, Humphries re-signed with the 36ers for the 2021–22 NBL season. [29] He played just six matches, averaging 7.7 points in 17.7 minutes per game, before a knee injury ruled him out for the season in February 2022. [30]

Melbourne United (2022–2023)

On 22 July 2022, Humphries signed with Melbourne United for the 2022–23 NBL season. [31] [32]

Return to Adelaide (2023–present)

On 26 April 2023, Humphries signed with the Adelaide 36ers for the 2023–24 NBL season, returning to the franchise for a second stint. [33] [34] [35] He had the most productive season of his career coinciding with his first relatively injury-free season in a number of years. Humphries played in all 28 games and averaging 15.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game. [36] He was subsequently named 36ers Club MVP. [37]

On 7 March 2024, Humphries re-signed with the 36ers on a three-year deal. [38]

National team career

Humphries made his debut for the Australian junior national team at the 2013 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship. In 2014, he helped Australia win the silver medal at the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, averaging 18.9 points, 11.6 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game during the tournament. He was named to the All-Tournament Team. [39] Humphries made his senior debut for the Australian national team in a 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifying match against Kazakhstan, where he recorded 17 points and 7 rebounds in a dominant performance. [40]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2018–19 Atlanta 5111.2.286.273–2.2.0.2.03.0
Career5111.2.286.273–2.2.0.2.03.0

NBA G League

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2018–19 Erie 463421.8.538.337.6627.01.0.81.011.3
Career463421.8.538.337.6627.01.0.81.011.3

NBL

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2017–18 Sydney 26616.5.583.000.6533.7.8.71.06.9
Career26616.5.583.000.6533.7.8.71.06.9

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2015–16 Kentucky 2319.1.390–.7332.4.1.1.71.9
2016–17 Kentucky 3818.3.511–.6002.8.2.2.52.8
Career6128.6.473–.6502.7.2.2.62.4

Personal life

On 16 November 2022, Humphries came out as gay. [41] [42] The announcement saw Humphries become the only active openly gay male professional basketball player in a top-tier league anywhere in the world. He also became the first ever Australian male basketball player and first player in the NBL to be openly gay. [43] [44] He said that he had struggled with his sexuality and contemplated suicide, but ultimately decided that he would be happier to be open about it with his teammates. [41] [45]

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