Kiwis Honoured
Tagged in: FIBA Oceania
New Zealand basketball has been honoured with five past or present members claiming Movers and Shapers Awards to commemorate FIBA Oceania’s 40 years of existence.
Tall Blacks captain Pero Cameron, former Tall Blacks coach Tab Baldwin, former Basketball New Zealand presidents Sir Lance Cross and Graeme Davey and administrator Cedric Cudby were among the 40 recipients from New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific, announced during the FIBA Oceania Congress last week.
Cameron has been the Tall Blacks captain for most of this decade, guiding the Tall Blacks to the semifinals at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis, and earning tournament team selection alongside NBA superstars Dirk Nowitzki, Peja Stojakovic, Yao Ming and Manu Ginobili.
He also has the most championships in New Zealand National Basketball League history, with nine for the Auckland Stars, Waikato Titans and Waikato Pistons.
Baldwin master-minded the Tall Blacks fourth-place finish in 2002, and also coached the national men’s team at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. He also guided the Auckland Stars to five NBL titles in six years, going on to coach in Greece and Romania.
The late Sir Lance Cross was FIBA Oceania’s founding president, and president of the New Zealand Basketball Federation. He also served on the boards of the New Zealand Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee.
Davey also served as both FIBA Oceania and Basketball New Zealand president, while Cudby was a long-time administrator, a life member of BBNZ, who represented the federation during the formation of FIBA Oceania.
FIBA Oceania 40 Year Movers & Shapers (93KB pdf)
