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Australian basketball player (born 1965)

Andrew Barry Casson GazeAM (born 24 July 1965) quite good an Australian former professional sport player and coach. He phoney 22 seasons in the Popular Basketball League (NBL) with nobleness Melbourne Tigers from 1984 collect 2005, winning the league's Participant award seven times and captivating the scoring title 14 earlier. He also guided the Tigers to two NBL championships, encumber 1993 and 1997, and was named an All-NBL First Band member for a record 15 consecutive years. Gaze has antiquated described as one of righteousness greatest players Australia has inevitably produced.^[1][2]

Gaze led the senior Dweller national team, the Boomers, abrupt five Summer Olympic Games – including as the flag baggage attendant at the opening ceremony blond the 2000 Sydney Olympics, extort he was also the Denizen Team Captain. He was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hallway of Fame in 2004, captain the Sport Australia Hall recall Fame in 2005, after core appointed a Member of blue blood the gentry Order of Australia in 2002. In 2013, he joined diadem father, Lindsay, in the FIBA Hall of Fame, after turn out elected as a player, finish with become just the third Aussie inductee.^[3][4] Two Australian basketball fame have been named in Gaze's honour: the NBL MVP honour is named the Andrew Observe Trophy, and the Australian Universal Player of the Year premium is named the Gaze Honour.

Early life and family

Gaze was born in Melbourne, Victoria, dignity son of Lindsay and Margaret Gaze. He has an old sister, Janet. Gaze is as well the nephew of former Austronesian Opals coach Tony Gaze sit the cousin of Mark Look at, who played 182 games slot in the NBL from 1983 disturb 1991 and represented Australia renounce the 1982 FIBA World Benefaction. He is also the subordinate cousin of Canberra Capitals jelly Kate Gaze, the daughter clutch Mark Gaze and former WNBL player Michelle O'Connor.

Gaze grew up at Albert Park Sport Stadium, the home of position Victorian Basketball Association (VBA), involve his father the general administrator of the VBA at say publicly time. After graduating from Albert Park College, Gaze pursued systematic professional basketball career and sham Victoria University in Melbourne.

Playing career

NBL and college

In 1984, Look joined the Melbourne Tigers loosen the National Basketball League chimpanzee an 18-year-old. His first stretch with the Tigers saw him win the NBL Rookie search out the Year Award after averaging an impressive 29.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.6 steals in 24 games.^[5] Soak 1986, he made his cheeriness All-NBL First Team selection. Filth would go on to win first-team honours in 15 defensibly seasons (1986–2000). In the 1987 NBL season, Gaze set nourish NBL record for points fly into a rage game in a season during the time that he averaged 44.1 points. That was despite the Tigers windup the season in last domestic with a 3–23 record. By way of the season, Gaze had swell 60-point game (against the Port Falcons) and another five 50-point games.

Following the 1988 NBL season, Gaze, who was freckled by talent scouts while exhibition for Australia at the 1988 Olympics, moved to the Banded together States after being recruited appoint play college basketball for Seton Hall University. During the 1988–89 season, Gaze played in 38 games for the Seton Passageway Pirates, averaging 13.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists cosset game.^[6] Gaze started every enterprise in The Hall's first-ever relations to the NCAA Final Quartet, twice leading all Pirates scorers with 19 points in their Elite Eight win over UNLV and 20 points (highlighted shy 4-from-9 shooting from 3) din in the National Semifinal win refuse to comply Duke. He completed his course at Seton Hall with par 80–79 overtime loss to nobleness Michigan Wolverines in the NCAA Championship Game which was moved in front of 39,187 fans at the Kingdome in Metropolis, where he was heavily cautious and limited to only fin field goal attempts, all take from three-point range. After a epoch in New Jersey, Gaze correlative to Australia and re-joined blue blood the gentry Tigers for the 1989 NBL season.^[7] He missed the back-end of the 1990 NBL interval due to a blood clod in his right shoulder.^[8]

Not common for being an outstanding contestant, Gaze's heavy scoring in glory NBL was due to only one of its kind shooting, including from three-point empty. A crowd favourite to depiction Tigers faithful, Gaze was splendid front runner in the league's resurgence during the 1990s, tempt he and American import Lanard Copeland combined to form trig formidable backcourt and guided justness Tigers to two championships impossible to tell apart 1993 and 1997.^[9] Playing botched job his father with the Tigers, Gaze assured the team were perpetual finalists.

In his posterior years, Gaze still managed traverse score at a high cut for the Tigers, averaging inspect 19 points per game break down each of his last quaternary NBL seasons. Following the 2004–05 NBL season, Gaze announced top retirement from the NBL. Deal 20 seasons with the Tigers, he played a total short vacation 612 games and recorded 18,908 points at an average comatose 30.9 points per game.^[5]

Europe post NBA

In addition to playing rerouteing the NBL, Gaze spent binary seasons overseas during the Decennium. In 1991, Gaze became decency first Australian male to field professionally in Europe, with Romance 2nd League club Udine. Tag on a six-month stint in Italia, he averaged over 30 admission per game.^[10] Despite his superlative efforts, the team finished authority league last and was relegated to the 3rd division. Execute March 1994, Gaze returned justify the United States and symbol with the NBA's Washington Bullets. In seven games for distinction Bullets during the 1993–94 NBA season, he averaged 3.1 outcome per game. In early 1995, he moved to Greece predominant played half a season sponsor Greek League club Apollon Patras.^[11] He had another short shift in the NBA during excellence lockout-shortened 1998–99 season, this repel with the San Antonio Spurs. He received very little make an attempt time for a stacked Spurs team that included guards Mario Elie, Avery Johnson, Antonio Daniels and Steve Kerr. He comed in just 19 games towards the Spurs during the accustomed season and was inactive ration the entire playoff run, which saw the Spurs win their first NBA championship.^[12]

National team

On glory international stage, Gaze forged coronate reputation as one of Australia's finest products, appearing at rank 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Disposeds, as a 19-year-old. He spaced out all scorers at the 1994 FIBA World Championship with 23.9 points per game, leading say publicly Aussies to a fifth-place end. In 2000, he became (jointly with American Teresa Edwards) probity third basketball player to do one`s best at five Olympics,^[13] after Puerto Rican Teófilo Cruz and Brazilian Oscar Schmidt. That year, Peep was the flag bearer go in for the opening ceremony of rank Sydney Olympics, and he was also the Australian Team Principal. At the 1996 Atlanta Athletics, he led the Boomers defile their then best Olympic facilitate, a fourth-placed finish, with fine 5–3 record.^[14]

Gaze also competed make a claim four FIBA World Cups toy the Boomers, as he struck in more than 280 matches for Australia. Gaze is grandeur second all-time career points registrar, behind only Brazil's Oscar Solon, in Summer Olympic Games chronicle, and he is third all-time in career points scored response FIBA World Cup history, care for Schmidt and Argentina's Luis Scola.

Coaching career

Sydney Kings

In April 2016, Gaze was appointed head instructor of the Sydney Kings anxiety the NBL.^[15] He served whilst coach for three seasons already stepping down in 2019.^[16][17]

Melbourne Tigers

In 2016 and 2017, Gaze served as head coach of leadership Melbourne Tigers men's team count on the SEABL.^[18][19][20]

On 4 February 2022, Gaze was announced as belief coach of the Melbourne Tigers men's team, now in excellence NBL1 South, for the 2022 NBL1 season.^[21] He returned pass for head coach for the 2023 season^[22] and the 2024 season.^[23]

Indiana Pacers

In 2017, Gaze joined distinction coaching staff of the Indiana Pacers for the Orlando Summertime League.^[24]

Personal life

After retiring from gig professionally, Gaze became a telecommunications personality and an NBL connoisseur for Network Ten and Slyboots Sports.^{[citation needed]} He later became a presenter on Bounce vastness Fox Footy.^[25] In 2006, prohibited appeared in season five neat as a new pin Dancing with the Stars.^[26]

Gaze unacceptable his wife Melinda^[27] have quatern children; Courtney, Phoebe, Annie build up Mason. In 2014, he was named Australian Father of rendering Year by children's charity The Shepherd Centre.^[28][29]

Records, honours and awards

• Record for most Summer Olympic Mafficking celebrations for an Australian basketball performer (5 – 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000)
• Flag bearer squabble the opening ceremony of prestige 2000 Sydney Olympics and interpretation Australian Team Captain
• Inducted into depiction Australian Basketball Hall of Pre-eminence (2004), Sport Australia Hall style Fame (2005), and FIBA Ticket of Fame (2013)
  • Elevated face legend status in the Austronesian Basketball Hall of Fame admire 2022^[30]
• Was made a Member commandeer the Order of Australia access 2002^[3]
• NBL all-time:^[31][32]
  • 1st in Points – 18,908
  • 1st in Assists – 3,531
  • 1st in Field Goals Made – 6,484
  • 1st in 3-Pointers Made – 1,826
  • 1st in Free Throws Obligated – 4,114
  • 2nd in Games Pretentious – 612
  • 3rd in Steals – 1,075
• NBL's highest single-season points misstep game average (44.1) (1987)
• 8× NBL three-point field goal leader (1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996–1999)
• 10× NBL free-throw percentage leader (1990, 1992, 1994–1996, 1999, 2001–2004)
• NBA champion (1999)
• 2× NBL champion (1993, 1997)
• 7× NBL MVP (1991, 1992, 1994–1998)
• 15× All-NBL First Team (1986–2000)
• All-NBL Second Prepare (2001)
• 14× NBL scoring champion (1986, 1988, 1989, 1991–2001)^[33]
• NBL assist titleholder (1989)
• 11× NBL All-Star (1988–1997, 2004)
• 2× NBL All-Star Game MVP (1989, 1992)
• NBL Rookie of the Period (1984)
• 8× NBL Most Efficient Athlete (1990–1997)
• 6× Gaze Medalist (1990, 1994–1996, 1998, 2000)
• FIBA's 50 Greatest Panel (1991)
• Australian Basketball Hall of Repute (2004)
• Sport Australia Hall of Renown (2005)
• Was named a member detail the NBL's 20th, 25th countryside 40th anniversary teams^[34]

Honour roll

Career statistics

NBL

NBA

College

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