The 36ers, have won the NBL Championship four times (1986, 1998, 1998–99 and 2001–02), earning Adelaide the nickname of "Title Town", and with some astute off-season recruiting (helped by the demise of the Gold Coast Blaze), will be looking to get back to a position of power in the league.
* Scott Christopherson signed following the season ending Achilles tendon injury to Mitch Creek, though officially he is the replacement for Massingale.
* The Melbourne Tigers and New Zealand Breakers use two home venues each during the season, with finals games (if they qualify) to be played at the larger Hisense and Vector Arena's respectively.
That was as good as it got for the 36ers though, following the 69-65 win over the Wildcats in Perth, Adelaide went on to a club record equaling eight-game losing streak from which they would never recover.
Former Iowa State guard Scott Christopherson was signed as Massingale's replacement, but had a season he would rather forget, only scoring in double figures once in 14 games, a 16 point effort against the Cairns Taipans on 15 March.
Starting centre Luke Schenscher also missed seven games through injury after a heavy fall against the Sydney Kings on 13 January.
Local guard Tom Daly was elevated from being a Development Player to having a spot on the roster after Creek was injured and was rewarded for his good performances with nomination for the NBL's Rookie of the Year award.