Adam Ballinger
Adam Ballinger (an haife shi a cikin watan Yuni 12, 1979) ɗan Ba'amurke-Australian tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ne wanda ya kwashe tsawon rayuwarsa a gasar ƙwallon kwando ta Australiya, yana wasa lokutan 12 don ƙungiyoyi daban-daban kamar Victoria Giants, Wollongong Hawks, Adelaide 36ers da Melbourne Tigers.  Ya kuma shafe lokaci a Puerto Rico, New Zealand da Isra'ila a lokacin hutun NBL na Australiya.

Aikin koleji 
Ballinger ya himmatu ga Spartans na Jihar Michigan bayan babban aikin shiri a makarantar sakandaren Bluffton a Indiana, inda ya sami Honorable Mention All-American ya girmama babbar shekararsa. Shekararsa ta farko, ya yi jan riga bayan ya karya fibula. Ya koma buga wasanni 37 don zakaran Spartans na shekarar 2000 NCAA, gami da Wasan Gasar Zakarun Turai wanda ya zira ƙwallaye a ƙoƙarinsa na burin filin wasa. Ballinger ya buga wasanni 25 a cikin jajayen rigarsa ta biyu yayin da Spartans suka je Gasar Ƙarshe. Ballinger's ƙaramar shekarar ita ce yaƙin neman zaɓen da ya fi samun nasara yayin da ya sami lambar yabo ta ƙungiyar All-Big Ten kafofin watsa labarai da lambar yabo ta Mafi Ingantattun Playeran Wasan Jahar Michigan yayin da ya gama na uku a taron a sake dawowa. A cikin babban kakarsa ta shekarar 2002–02003, ya sami maki 5.5 a kowane wasa. Hakanan yana matsayi na 10 a tarihin MSU tare da tubalan aiki 53. 

A lokacin babban shekararsa a Jihar Michigan, Ballinger ya taka leda a wasan da za su ziyarci ƙungiyar NBL ta Australiya Canberra Cannons. Farawa daga Power gaba, yayin wasan abokin gaba kai tsaye na Ballinger shi ne sau da yawa mafi girman ɗan wasa a Jihar Michigan, NBA labari tare da Los Angeles Lakers da shekarar 2002 inductee a cikin Gidan Kwando na Fame (kuma ɗan asalin Lansing inda makarantar take), Earvin " Magic" Johnson wanda ya shiga Cannons don wasan su a Cibiyar Breslin . Cannons kuma sun nuna tsohon abokin wasan Spartan Mike Chappell wanda Canberra ta ɗauka a shekarar 2002.

Ƙwarewar aiki 
Ballinger ya kasance ba a kwance shi ba a cikin daftarin NBA na 2003 . A cikin watan Agustan 2003, Ballinger ya sanya hannu tare da Giants Victoria na NBL na Ostiraliya don lokacin 2003–2004.  Ya yi tasiri kai tsaye a farkon lokacin NBL na matsakaicin maki 15.7 a kowane wasa. Daga shekarar 2004 zuwa ta 2007, ya buga wa Wollongong Hawks, yana ci gaba da taka leda a 2005 NBL Grand Final a waccan kakar tare da tawagar. Abin takaici, Hawks sun gangara zuwa ga abokan hamayyarsu kuma suna kare zakaran gasar Sydney Kings ba tare da cin nasara ba. Bayan lokacin 2006 – 2007 NBL, ya shiga Gigantes de Carolina na Puerto Rico don lokacin 2007 BSN.

Ballinger ya rattaba hannu tare da Adelaide 36ers don lokacin 2007 – 2008 NBL inda ya sami lambar yabo ta MVP na kulob guda huɗu a jere. Ya kare na hudu a NBL a shekarar 2008 da maki 22.5 a kowane wasa kuma ya kare na hudu a zaben MVP na gasar. Haɗin kai tare da kyaftin ɗin Adelaide na dogon lokaci Brett Maher da tsohon ɗan wasan NBA Luke Schenscher, Ballinger ya taimaka wa 2008 – 2009 36ers komawa wasan NBL a karon farko tun 2005 – 06 inda aka fitar da su a Gasar Ƙarshe ta New Zealand Breakers 101– 131 a Auckland.

Ballinger an nada shi kyaftin ɗin kulob na Adelaide 36ers daga lokacin 2009 – 10 NBL. A cikin abin da ya kasance daya daga cikin mafi munin lokacin 36ers a rikodin yayin da kulob din ya lashe cokali na farko na katako ta hanyar kammalawa na karshe tare da rikodin nasara-10-18 wanda ya haifar da koci da tsohon dan wasan zakarun 36ers Scott Ninnis. Ballinger da kansa ya yi kakar wasa mai kyau, inda ya jagoranci 36ers wajen zura kwallo a raga, an hana harbe-harbe, ya kare a matsayi na biyu a wasan da kungiyar ta sake dawowa kuma ya lashe lambar yabo ta MVP kulob din na uku a jere. A ranar 14 ga Fabrairu, 2010, ya rattaba hannu tare da Ironi Nahariya na Isra'ila don sauran lokutan 2009–10 Ligat HaAl . 

Lokacin 2010–11 NBL ya kasance kusan kwafin kakar da ta gabata tare da Ballinger yana jagorantar ƙungiyar a kusan kowane nau'in m duk da 36ers sun ƙare da rikodin 9–19. Ya samu matsakaicin maki 15.3, 6.0 rebounds, 1.9 blocks da harbi 54.1% a kowane wasa kuma shi ne ya jagoranci 36ers kafin ya ji rauni a kafarsa a wasan karshe na gida na kakar wasa.  Tare da tubalan sa na 1.9 a kowane wasa, Ballinger shine babban mai hana harbi a cikin NBL yayin 2010 – 11, bayan ya ƙi harbi 50 a cikin wasannin 26 da aka buga.  Ballinger ya kasance babban dan wasan Adelaide a cikin 2010-11 kuma tsarinsa ya sa ya gama na uku a cikin 2011 NBL MVP zabe duk da 36ers sun kammala da 9-19 rikodin, lokaci guda a tarihin su kulob din ya kasa samun nasara a kalla wasanni 10. a lokacin NBL.

Saboda ƙananan girman 2010-11 36ers squad, 205 An yi amfani da Ballinger mai tsayi cm a matsayin cibiyar farawa ta qungiyoyin har zuwa lokacin da ya kawo karshen raunin idon sawu a ranar 18 ga Maris, 2011. Ya yi, duk da haka, ya koma ga mafi yanayin ikonsa na gaba lokacin 6'11½" (212) cm) doguwar abokin aikin Daniel Johnson yana kotu.

Ballinger ya murmure daga raunin idon sawun sa ya kasance a hankali kuma ya buga mafi yawan lokacin 2011-12 NBL daga benci don 36ers waɗanda suka gama da mafi munin rikodi na 8–20 kuma suka ƙare a matsayi na ƙarshe kawai a karo na biyu a tarihin su.

A ƙarshen 2011 – 12, Ballinger wakili ne na kyauta kuma a cikin Mayu 2012, ya sanya hannu tare da Melbourne Tigers don lokacin 2012 – 13 NBL .  A ranar 3 ga Mayu, 2013, Ballinger ya sake sanya hannu tare da Tigers kan yarjejeniyar shekaru biyu.  A ranar 27 ga Yuni, 2014, ƙungiyar ta sake shi. 

A ranar 20 ga watan Yuli, 2014, Ballinger ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar shekara guda tare da Wollongong Hawks, yana komawa kulob din na biyu.  A ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, 2015, ya ba da sanarwar yanke shawarar yin ritaya daga wasan ƙwallon kwando sakamakon ƙarshen lokacin 2014 – 15 NBL .  A wasansa na karshe na NBL a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu,  ya fara ne a madadin Larry Davidson don yin rikodin maki 9 da sake dawowa 5 a cikin mintuna 33 na aiki, kamar yadda Hawks suka yi rashin nasara a hannun tsohon kulob din Ballinger, Adelaide 36ers. 

A ranar 19 ga watan Yuni 2015, Ballinger ya sanya hannu tare da Nunawading Specters don sauran lokacin 2015 SEABL a matsayin maye gurbin Simon Conn.

Ayyukan kasa da kasa 
A cikin watan Yuli 2009, Ballinger ya zama ɗan Ostiraliya. An nada shi a cikin tawagar Boomers a shekarar 2009 kuma an yi masa gwaji don tawagar gasar Olympics ta London a shekarar 2012.

Na sirri 
Ballinger da matarsa, Bianca, 'ya'ya uku tare;  Kia, Leon da Fletcher.

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