Martin Cattalini
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
4 October 1973 Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Listed height | 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) |
| Listed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1993–2010 |
| Position | Forward |
| Number | 6 |
| Career history | |
| 1993–1995 | Perth Wildcats |
| 1996–2000 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 2000–2002 | Caja San Fernando |
| 2002–2004 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 2004–2005 | DKV Joventut |
| 2006–2009 | Cairns Taipans |
| 2009–2010 | Perth Wildcats |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Martin Peter Cattalini (born 4 October 1973 in Fremantle, Western Australia) is a retired Australian professional basketball player who won championships with both the Perth Wildcats and the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL.
Cattalini began his NBL career for the Wildcats in 1993, where he competed in his first NBL grand final that year but lost to the Andrew Gaze and Mark Bradtke led Melbourne Tigers. He won his first NBL championship in 1995 when Perth defeated the defending champion North Melbourne Giants. Struggling to find court-time with the Wildcats behind starting forwards Andrew Vlahov (the team captain and an Australian Boomers mainstay), Scott Fisher and centre James Crawford, Cattalini left the Wildcats to join the Adelaide 36ers in 1996.
Cattalini was instrumental in this Adelaide side, achieving back to back NBL championships in 1998 and 1998–99. Under the coaching of Australian basketball legend Phil Smyth, Cattalini's game blossomed with Adelaide from 1998 and he averaged over 10 points per game (15.8) for the first time in his career. He would dip slightly to 14.9 in 1998–99. During his championship years with the 36ers, 'Cat' played alongside others such as Brett Maher, Paul Rees, Mark Davis, Scott Ninnis, Rupert Sapwell, David Stiff and former Denver Nuggets NBA players Darnell Mee and Kevin Brooks. In the 1999–2000 season, although Adelaide lost in the Semi-finals to the Victoria Titans, Cattalini achieved a then career high 20.3 points per game.
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