Tall Blacks News
March 16, 2010
Former Tall Black and NBL legend Terrence Lewis has entered the Basketball New Zealand national teams programme as a coach, appointed as assistant with the NZ U16 Men.
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March 5, 2010
Tony Parker is going through one of his toughest NBA campaigns to date, but insists his desire to play for France at the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Men still burns bright.
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March 4, 2010
FIBA
Nicolas Batum missed the first 45 games of the NBA season while recovering from shoulder injury, but he looks better than ever right now with the Portland Trail Blazers.
And that’s great news for France, who will play at the FIBA World Championship later this year in Turkey.
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March 4, 2010
FIBA
One Canada international that is building up a full head of steam ahead of the FIBA World Championship for Men in Turkey is Andy Rautins of Syracuse University.
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March 3, 2010
Burger King NZ Breakers superstar guard Kirk Penney and Wollongong Hawk’s head coach Gordie McLeod have been named the Australian NBL’s Player and Coach of the Month respectively for January/February.
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February 23, 2010
Basketball New Zealand will continue to support attempts to have basketball included in future Commonwealth Games, despite the cancellation of this year’s FIBA Commonwealth Championship for Men in India.
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February 19, 2010
Tall Blacks Mika Vukona and Craig Bradshaw combined for five points as Gold Coast Blaze fell 68-81 on the road to Perth Wildcats in Game One of their Australian NBL semifinal series.
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February 16, 2010
The homegrown hope is gone, but Tall Blacks Mika Vukona and Craig Bradshaw will carry the New Zealand flag as the Australian NBL enters the post-season.
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February 9, 2010
Prolific Burger King NZ Breakers shooting guard Kirk Penney has taken out his second Australian NBL Player of the Week award in three weeks after a Round 19 performance that helped keep his team’s playoff chances afloat.
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February 8, 2010
Kiwis Mika Vukona and Craig Bradshaw have kept their Australian NBL title hopes alive as the Gold Coast Blaze conduct a three-way dogfight for the regular season title.
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February 4, 2010
Marc Hinton, Fairfax
On the surface, it’s a cruel blow.
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February 1, 2010
Basketball New Zealand invites expressions of interest for the Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns managerial positions.
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February 1, 2010
Tall Blacks Mika Vukona and Craig Bradshaw both flirted with double-doubles as Gold Coast Blaze defeated the fast-finishing Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL.
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January 27, 2010
Facing a do-or-die scenario, with a loss likely to mean the end of their finals aspirations, the Burger King NZ Breakers lent heavily on scoring machine Kirk Penney and he came up with something special for Player of the Week honours in Week 17 of the Australian NBL.
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January 27, 2010
Veteran Kiwi Phill Jones has helped Cairns Taipans back on the winning road with an 87-81 victory over Townsville Crocs in the Australian NBL.
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January 22, 2010
Marc Hinton, Fairfax
The Burger King NZ Breakers live to fight another day, thanks in large part to a slump-busting, club-best display from their masterful MVP marksman Kirk Penney.
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January 21, 2010
Marc Hinton, Fairfax
Turns out Kirk Penney can pop questions like he can jumpers. Now he just needs to come up with some answers for his desperate Burger King NZ Breakers.
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January 5, 2010
Tall Blacks coach Nenad Vucinic has quit his Kalev/Cramo team in the Estonian MKL and joined Turkish club Darussafaka.
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December 22, 2009
The 2009 Tall Blacks campaign has received four nominations for the Westpac Halberg Awards.
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December 21, 2009
Tall Blacks Mika Vukona and Craig Bradshaw have helped Gold Coast Blaze to the top of the Australian NBL table with an 88-84 home win over previous leaders Wollongong Hawks.
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December 16, 2009
In terms of renewing old acquaintances, Tall Black shooter Kirk Penney has seen his prayers answered by the FIBA World Championship for Men draw in Istanbul last night.
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December 15, 2009
The Tall Blacks have drawn defending champions Spain in pool play at next year’s FIBA World Championship for Men in Turkey.
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December 14, 2009
Tall Black shooter Kirk Penney has wandered the world basketball landscape more than any other Kiwi, so he is philosophical in the buildup to tomorrow’s draw for the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Men in Turkey.
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December 14, 2009
The Tall Blacks have avoided China, Asian champions Iran and African champions Angola in pool play at next year’s FIBA World Championship for Men.
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December 14, 2009
Scott Preston, stuff.co.nz
Winning the Oceania championship in August should have given the New Zealand Tall Blacks a chance at a more favourable draw for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
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December 13, 2009
Germany, Lithuania, Russia and Lebanon have been awarded the final four wild-card spots at next year’s FIBA World Championship for Men in Turkey.
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December 11, 2009
Sam Worthington, Dominion Post
Pero Cameron is full of questions.
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December 9, 2009
New Zealand’s most high-profile player, Pero Cameron, has signed a three-year deal to coach the Century City Wellington Saints in the NBL.
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December 7, 2009
A handful of Tall Blacks played cameos as Gold Coast Blaze edged Cairns Taipans 69-68 for their fourth straight win in the Australian NBL.
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November 25, 2009
Murray Hills, Taranaki Daily News
Tall Blacks and NZ Breakers basketballer Jeremiah Trueman will be playing in Taranaki next year.
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November 16, 2009
Former Tall Black Sean Marks made his 2009/10 regular season debut over the past week, but his New Orleans Hornets suffered a double blow in what has been a disastrous start to the NBA season.
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October 14, 2009
Peter McNae, Nelson Mail
Mike Fitchett faced a heads-and-tails decision this week.
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October 3, 2009
Westlake BHS centre Rob Loe capped a year to remember with a display that finally showed him to be a man playing among boys at the Furnware NZ “AA” Secondary Schools Championships at Palmerston North.
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October 1, 2009
Probably no player has carried a bigger target on his back this week than Westlake BHS centre Rob Loe.
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September 21, 2009
Six more teams have joined the NZ Tall Blacks in qualifying for next year’s FIBA World Championships in Turkey.
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September 8, 2009
Brazil held off Puerto Rico 61-60 in a thrilling FIBA Tournament of the Americans final as four more teams booked spots alongside the NZ Tall Blacks at next year’s FIBA World Championship for Men in Turkey.
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September 1, 2009
Our Tall Blacks will be at next year’s FIBA World Championship for Men in Turkey … will you?
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August 30, 2009
Kiwi NBA pioneer Sean Marks has re-signed with the New Orleans Hornets for his 10th season in the world’s number one league.
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August 25, 2009
The 2009 FIBA Oceania Championship. The Al Ramsay Shield. The region’s top seeding for next year’s FIBA World Championship. And a record win . . . it all belongs to the New Zealand Tall Blacks.
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August 25, 2009
New Zealand’s Tall Blacks need not only a win on Tuesday night but a victory by eight or more points against the Australian Boomers to claim the FIBA Oceania Championship.
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