Corey Webster proved at the recent FIBA World Cup that he is a high quality shooting guard. He averaged 13.7 points per game, amongst the guards this was the sixth highest ppg average in the tournament in Spain. Continue reading
It is often difficult to gauge form during pre-season. Coaches tend to juggle their rosters, experimenting with combinations and manage the workload of senior players. Continue reading
The next time the Tall Blacks squad gets together it will inevitably have a different look to the group that attended the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
I was thinking about this as I dozed off on the flight from Barcelona……………. Continue reading
I had the chance for brief catch up with Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis a few hours out from the round of 16 games featuring both the Australian and New Zealand teams. Continue reading
USA in game three, quite a prospect for the Tall Blacks. The NZ media asked Kirk Penney, Tom Abercrombie and coach Nenad Vucinic about the daunting prospect ahead of them. Continue reading
Day two at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World cup dawned as a crucial one for the Tall Blacks. Just eighteen hours after suffering a heart breaking three-point loss against Turkey the New Zealand team entered a crucial game against the Dominican Republic in the Bizkaia Arena knowing a second defeat would make qualifying for the second phase of the competition almost impossible. Continue reading
