About Nathan Jawai
Nathan Leon Jawai is an Australian former professional basketball player. Jawai first played for the Cairns Marlins in the Queensland Basketball League in 2004, before heading to Canberra the following year to attend the Australian Institute of Sport. He went on to play for the Cairns Taipans in the National Basketball League before being drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the 2008 NBA draft. Two years later he joined Partizan Belgrade in Serbia, then Barcelona and Turkey, before heading back home to Australia and winning an NBL championship with the Perth Wildcats in 2016. Standing at 209 cm, he played at the power forward and centre positions. The Wildcats finished the regular season in second place with an 18–10 record and reached the NBL Grand Final series, where they defeated the New Zealand Breakers 2–1. On 21 January 2009, Jawai made his NBA debut against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills, becoming the first indigenous Australian to play in the NBA. On 10 October 2015, Jawai made his debut for the Wildcats in the team's season opener, where he recorded 11 points and six rebounds in 21 minutes in a 79–66 win over the Adelaide 36ers.
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