Daryl Corletto
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Daryl Corletto is an Australia
n professional basketball
player for the New Zealand Breakers
in the NBL
. He is a 6'4" shooting guard
.
Corletto played for junior club, Werribee
Devils, based in Melbourne. He was seen as a great player who had a potential to play at a higher level. His greatest honour at a younger level was being chosen in the Under-18 All-Australian team in 1998. After a solid performance in those games, he then was a member of the 22-and-under squad in 2000. The Melbourne Tigers
then scouted him at a few training sessions for this team and also his local club and recruited him before the start of the 2001–02 season.
Corletto has proven to be a good pickup for them. He played 11 games in his opening season, with small success, including his first final. He was only chosen for four games though in the next year, as Lindsay Gaze
was trying to win a premiership with his older players.
In the next two seasons, Corletto has played all 32 home and away games, as well as 2 finals in the 2004–05 season and 5 finals in 2005–06. This is the season that the Melbourne Tigers
won the title. He averaged 12 points per game in 2005–06.
In 2009 Corletto was part of a training squad for the Great Britain men's national basketball team.
During the 2011 offseason, Corletto left the Tigers to join the New Zealand Breakers after being deactivated to make room for new signing, Patrick Mills
.
He is married to Australian netballer Julie Corletto.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player for the New Zealand Breakers
New Zealand Breakers
The New Zealand Breakers are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. The Breakers joined the NBL for the 2003/04 season as one of two expansion clubs. The club is based in the city of Auckland, New Zealand and play their home games at the North...
in the NBL
National Basketball League (Australia)
The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....
. He is a 6'4" shooting guard
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
.
Corletto played for junior club, Werribee
Werribee, Victoria
Werribee is a city in Melbourne, Australia, 32 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2006 Census, Werribee had a population of 36,641. Statistically, Werribee is considered part of Greater Melbourne.Werribee is...
Devils, based in Melbourne. He was seen as a great player who had a potential to play at a higher level. His greatest honour at a younger level was being chosen in the Under-18 All-Australian team in 1998. After a solid performance in those games, he then was a member of the 22-and-under squad in 2000. The Melbourne Tigers
Melbourne Tigers
The Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...
then scouted him at a few training sessions for this team and also his local club and recruited him before the start of the 2001–02 season.
Corletto has proven to be a good pickup for them. He played 11 games in his opening season, with small success, including his first final. He was only chosen for four games though in the next year, as Lindsay Gaze
Lindsay Gaze
Lindsay John Casson Gaze is an Australian basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Olympics between 1960 and 1968 and coached the Australian basketball team at four Olympics between 1972 and 1984...
was trying to win a premiership with his older players.
In the next two seasons, Corletto has played all 32 home and away games, as well as 2 finals in the 2004–05 season and 5 finals in 2005–06. This is the season that the Melbourne Tigers
Melbourne Tigers
The Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...
won the title. He averaged 12 points per game in 2005–06.
In 2009 Corletto was part of a training squad for the Great Britain men's national basketball team.
During the 2011 offseason, Corletto left the Tigers to join the New Zealand Breakers after being deactivated to make room for new signing, Patrick Mills
Patrick Mills
Patrick "Patty" Sammie Mills is an Indigenous Australian professional basketball player who plays as a point guard for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers....
.
He is married to Australian netballer Julie Corletto.