Daly News: Aidan Joins Jets
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Manawatu Jets head coach Tim McTamney is excited and with good reason.
The Jets have added a major player to their already improved 2009 squad, signing starting Bay Hawks point guard Aidan Daly.
With 16 weeks until tip-off of the 2009 National Basketball League (NBL), signing Daly, 30, has cemented the Jets squad as true contenders of the competition.
“Aidan is a fantastic signing for us, and with Ben Hill already signed, this is an enormous step in the right direction to bring a first ever NBL title to the Manawatu,” McTamney said.
“Aidan is an outstanding, experienced point guard and will provide a lightning guick catalyst for our transition game. He is still arguably the fastest player in the NBL and fits perfectly with the style of basketball I intend us to play in 2009.”
McTamney said Daly, who will be entering his 12th NBL season, would provide experience and leadership, two qualities that he has illustrated with great effect during his time with former team, the Bay Hawks, who he won an NBL championship with in 2006.
“Not only is Aidan a very good basketball player, but he will also provide leadership and has the potential to make everyone around him more effective as well.”
“He has tremendous basketball ability and is a great guy which will fit in perfectly with the group culture that we are trying to mould. I know he is excited about being a Manawatu Jet and our players and coaching staff are really excited about welcoming him into the mix.”
Daly, who averaged 10.8 points per game last season, well above his 6.1 points career average, arrives in the Manawatu in December after finishing his current teaching role in Hawke’s Bay. He also averaged 3.8 assists, 1.9 steals and shot 49.2 percent from the field.
With Daly’s signing, the Jets now have five players - along with Tall Black Ben Hill, captain Kaine Hokianga, and youngsters Piers Finch and Dan Peck - to their 2009 roster.
