Nathan Sobey

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Nathan Sobey
No. 20–Brisbane Bullets
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League NBL
Personal information
Born (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 33)
Warrnambool, Australia
Listed height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2014: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010Warrnambool Seahawks
2014 Ballarat Miners
2014–2015 Cairns Taipans
2015 Cairns Marlins
2015–2019 Adelaide 36ers
2016Warrnambool Seahawks
2017 PAOK
2018Warrnambool Seahawks
2019 SIG Strasbourg
2019–present Brisbane Bullets
2020–2021; 2023 Ipswich Force
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team

Nathan Adam Sobey (born 14 July 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the University of Wyoming's Cowboys. He was a member of the Australian Boomers team that won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Early life

Sobey was born in Warrnambool, Victoria. [1] He attended Emmanuel College in Warrnambool [2] and St Patrick's College in Ballarat. [3] He is listed by Emmanuel College as being a member of their Class of 2008, [2] [4] [5] but sources also indicate he attended and represented St Patrick's College in 2008. [3] [6] [7] In 2010, he played for the Warrnambool Seahawks in the Big V Division One. [8]

College career

Sobey moved to the United States in 2010 to play college basketball for Cochise College. During his freshman season, he averaged 7.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists. [1] As a sophomore in 2011–12, Sobey averaged 16.5 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game. He earned First-Team All-Conference and First-Team All-Region honors. [1]

In April 2012, Sobey signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Wyoming in the NCAA Division I. [9]

As a junior in 2012–13, Sobey appeared in 32 games for the Cowboys and averaged 3.5 points and 1.0 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per game. [1] On 26 February 2013 against Air Force, he scored a season-high 22 points in a career-high 31 minutes. [1]

As a senior in 2013–14, Sobey was one of two Cowboys to start all 33 games. He averaged 9.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 30.2 minutes per game. [1] He scored a career-high 33 points to go with four rebounds and three assists against Colorado State on 8 March 2014. [1]

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. [10] 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. [11]

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. [12] He was also named to the All-NBL Second Team that season. [13]

In 2016, Sobey led the Warrnambool Seahawks to the Big V Division One championship. He was named league MVP and Finals MVP, and led the league in both points (31ppg) and assists (6apg). [14] [15] He played for the Seahawks again in 2018. [16]

He joined Greek Basket League club PAOK in March 2017. [17] [18] He extended his contract with the Adelaide 36ers for another two years in April 2017. [19]

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.

On 5 April 2019, Sobey signed with the Brisbane Bullets on a three-year deal. [20]

On 27 April 2022, Sobey re-signed with the Bullets on a three-year deal. [21]

In the 2023 NBL1 North season, Sobey helped the Ipswich Force reach the grand final series, where they defeated the Gold Coast Rollers 2–1 to win the championship. Sobey was named Finals MVP. [22] [23]

National team career

In 2018, Sobey won gold with the Australian Boomers at the Commonwealth Games. The following year he played for the Boomers at the FIBA World Cup. [24]

At the 2019 Australian Basketball Hall of Fame awards night, Sobey was recognised alongside Nick Kay with the 2019 Gaze Family Medal for performances at the World Cup Qualifiers and the Commonwealth Games. [25]

In February 2021, Sobey was named in the Boomers' Olympic squad. [26] He went on to help the Boomers win the bronze medal. [27]

Personal life

Sobey has two brothers. [1] Sobey was married in 2018. [16]

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  18. ↑ Νathan Sobey officially joins PAOK BC.
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