Everard Bartlett
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Everard Bartlett is a New Zealand
professional basketball
player, currently signed with the Perth Wildcats
of the NBL
. Standing at 6'6" (198 cm), Bartlett plays both point guard
and shooting guard
.
Everard Bartlett was called up by the Wildcats to fill in for injured guard Damian Martin
and made his NBL debut on November 5 2011 in a win against the Wollongong Hawks
where he played 11 minutes and scored 4 points.
Bartlett had been a training player with the Wildcats for the 2010/11 NBL season and received the call-up to officially join the playing group as an injury-waiver replacement after starting the 2011/12 season also as a training player. The 25-year-old previously spent time with the New Zealand Breakers as a development player, but never made an NBL debut with the club.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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, currently signed with the Perth Wildcats
Perth Wildcats
The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth...
of the NBL
National Basketball League (Australasia)
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....
. Standing at 6'6" (198 cm), Bartlett plays both point guard
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
and 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...
.
Everard Bartlett was called up by the Wildcats to fill in for injured guard Damian Martin
Damian Martin
Damian Martin is an Australian professional basketball player currently playing in the National Basketball League for the Perth Wildcats. He is also a member of the Australian Boomers.-Junior career:...
and made his NBL debut on November 5 2011 in a win against the Wollongong Hawks
Wollongong Hawks
The Wollongong Hawks are a team competing in Australia's National Basketball League , based in the New South Wales city of Wollongong. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010...
where he played 11 minutes and scored 4 points.
Bartlett had been a training player with the Wildcats for the 2010/11 NBL season and received the call-up to officially join the playing group as an injury-waiver replacement after starting the 2011/12 season also as a training player. The 25-year-old previously spent time with the New Zealand Breakers as a development player, but never made an NBL debut with the club.