Isaac Fotu this week joined La Bruixa d’Or Manresa on a season long loan from fellow Spanish club Zaragoza. A couple of familiar names have played for Manresa in the past. Continue reading
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Category Archives: Tall Blacks
Kiwis Abroad
A number of Kiwi international players are prospering in overseas leagues; Lacey Lowdown has a quick look at their latest performances. Continue reading
Fotu heading back to Spain
Isaac Fotu will begin his professional basketball career in a country that is familiar to him. Fotu is returning to Spain, the country that hosted the FIBA World Cup a couple of months ago, where he will join CAI Zaragoza on a three year contract. Continue reading
Summer Jam spiced up by addition of the Breakers
The Mexicali Fresh Summer Jam gets underway on Tuesday October 21st at Auckland University Sports Centre.
The just released line ups are bursting with NBL talent and look to be a notch above the 2013 squads. A total of nine current or former Tall Blacks have been named across the four squads – Lindsay Tait, Dillon Boucher, Hayden Allen, Brooke Ruscoe, Casey Frank, Josh Bloxham, Jarrod Kenny, Jordan Ngatai and Tai Wynyard. Continue reading
Tall Blacks Dreams from Barcelona
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
Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis shares some thoughts at the World Cup
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
Thoughts of Tall Blacks ahead of USA clash
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
Thoughts from Abercrombie and Vucinic on latest Tall Blacks loss
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
Tall Blacks are 35 Days away from the World Cup
The Tall Blacks enjoyed a reasonably light final training session prior to a late night flight to South Korea on Saturday night. Continue reading
Breakers News
Dean Vickerman arrives back from the USA this week having attended the NBA Summer League. Continue reading
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