NBL: Breakers and stuff
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Perth take game 1. Quite an intense first half with both defences stepping up.
Perth went on a run in the 3rd and United chasing the rest. Every time United looked to make a run, the Wildcats hit a big shot to keep a good buffer.
Role players stepped up for Perth.
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NZer Jack Salt and UVA make it to the NCAA men's bball title game after suffering the ignomy of being the first 1 seed to be bounced in the first round last year. They will play Texas Tech after they won through against the final 4 favourite Michigan State
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I couldn't find a tall blacks thread so I put it here
Steven Adams one tiny step closer to playing in the black singlet
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A squad of Adams, Loe, Pledger, Vukona, Delany, Fotu, Abercrombie, Ngatai, Te Rangi, Ili, + the Webster bros would be pretty sweet for the tournament. People tell me that Adams long-time mentor now works for Basketball NZ so he's pretty much guaranteed to play.
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@Sneakdefreak said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
A squad of Adams, Loe, Pledger, Vukona, Delany, Fotu, Abercrombie, Ngatai, Te Rangi, Ili, + the Webster bros would be pretty sweet for the tournament. People tell me that Adams long-time mentor now works for Basketball NZ so he's pretty much guaranteed to play.
Just saw our pool: Greece, New Zealand, Brazil and Montenegro. Am I wrong in thinking this will be a tough pool?
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@Sneakdefreak said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
A squad of Adams, Loe, Pledger, Vukona, Delany, Fotu, Abercrombie, Ngatai, Te Rangi, Ili, + the Webster bros would be pretty sweet for the tournament. People tell me that Adams long-time mentor now works for Basketball NZ so he's pretty much guaranteed to play.
Is that Kenny McFadden?
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@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@Sneakdefreak said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
A squad of Adams, Loe, Pledger, Vukona, Delany, Fotu, Abercrombie, Ngatai, Te Rangi, Ili, + the Webster bros would be pretty sweet for the tournament. People tell me that Adams long-time mentor now works for Basketball NZ so he's pretty much guaranteed to play.
Is that Kenny McFadden?
Could be Kenny G for all I know, but apparently he's now on the inside as opposed to being out in the cold.
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This would be a coup for the Breakers, but still a long shot.
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He’s had the knee and heel issues over the last couple of seasons, but the little I saw him play last season he actually was pretty effective. He’s got that hook shot down and is still a very good rebounder.
He could bring a bit of toughness to the Breakers if the owners can pull it off.
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First the Breakers signed rising Chinese NBA Global Academy star Terry Li, and now the new coach and assistant coach confirmed, along with American 6'7" shooting guard Scotty Hopson.
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@canefan Boucher is still there as he met Shamir at the airport a few weeks back. It's just a restructuring of the coaching setup but Shamir is the coach.
**A club review identified a need for better internal cohesion between the SKY Sport Breakers high-performance staff and the executive team. As a result, a new executive position of Director of Basketball has been created and filled by Israeli Dan Shamir who has arrived in New Zealand with an impressive international resume. SKY Sport Breakers owner Matt Walsh is delighted Shamir has accepted the position. "Dan brings with him experience coaching at the highest levels and knowledge of best practices for top-level basketball organisations and his experience is already being felt throughout the organisation”.
As the Director of Basketball, Dan will play an integral role in the Breakers on and off-court performance. The new structure has resulted in Head Coach Kevin Braswell leaving the club last month. The SKY Sport Breakers thanked Braswell for the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role and wish him success in the future.**
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Interesting signing of Hopson. He’ll give us some scoring and rebounding from the guard/small forward position.
