Club: Wellington Saints / Brisbane Bullets
DOB: 26 April, 1999
Height: 201cm
Position: Forward
Number: 2
Junior Association: Wellington
High School: Scots College
Tall Blacks Debut: Feb 2022, Tall Blacks vs. India in Manila, Philippines
- Has made 3 appearances for the Tall Blacks.
- Played in all three games for the Tall Blacks in the Feb 2022 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifying window in the Philippines, averaging 8.0 points per game.
- A championship winner with the Wellington Saints in 2021 where he averaged 16.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
- The 2020 Sal’s NBL Youth Player of the Year, after averaging 17.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists for the Manawatu Jets that season.
- In 2019 he represented NZ at the FIBA U23 3×3 World Cup in China.
- After high school, Samuel spent a season playing in Melbourne followed by two years on a basketball scholarship in the Philippines playing for De La Salle University.
