Previewing The Tall Blacks at the 2025 Asia Cup
The Tall Ferns recently got back from an Asia Cup jaunt in which they were pretty impressive on the way to a fifth-placed finish. Now it’s the turn of the Tall Blacks to do the same thing.
Recapping the Tall Ferns at the 2025 Asia Cup
The Tall Ferns travelled to China for the latest Asia Cup with one major objective: don’t come last... or second to last. As long as they avoided those fates then, no matter what else happened, they’d progress in World Cup qualification.
Recapping the Junior Tall Blacks at the FIBA U19 World Cup
A little over a year ago, the only basketball team from Aotearoa to ever make the semi-finals of a FIBA World Cup event at any age grade, men or women, were the Tall Blacks of 2002. Now it’s happened twice in twelve months.
Previewing The Tall Ferns at the 2025 Asia Cup
While most of the kiwi basketball focus is rightfully on the FIBA Men’s U19 World Cup, not to mention the latter stages of the NBL season, it just so happens that we’re only the start of a busy spell of international hoops which also includes both men’s and women’s Asia Cups.
Previewing The Junior Tall Blacks at the U19 FIBA World Cup
These are heady times for basketball in Aotearoa. You only have to tune into any random NBL game to witness the calibre of our emerging young talent and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
As Expected, Steven Adams Has Re-Signed With The Houston Rockets
Steven Adams has signed an extension with the Houston Rockets. The Rockets were desperate to get this deal done with both general manager Raphael Stone and also head coach Ime Udoka having made it very clear that this was an offseason priority.
Steven Adams Was Resurgent In The NBA Playoffs, Next Comes Free Agency
It’s pretty wild to think where we are now, compared to 15 months ago when the Memphis Grizzlies traded Steven Adams to Houston. Back then there were fears that Adams might be damaged goods with that ongoing knee injury.
Steven Adams Is Rocking And Rolling Within The Houston Rockets Double Big Line-Up
It’s been a difficult experience trying to track Steven Adams this season, hasn’t it? A real lesson in the art of patience. At first he was in and out of the side, stuck on a minutes restriction and sitting out of every few games entirely.
The Breakers Have New Owners And They’re On A Mission Of Restoration
The shadows have lifted, the dark clouds have cleared, and the New Zealand Breakers have been sold. News came through on 20 March that a local ownership group had bought out Matt Walsh and mates.
A New Zealand Breakers NBL25 Post-Mortem
Let us talk about the New Zealand Breakers, who recently wrapped up their latest NBL campaign. It was a season that began with scepticism based on a roster full of project players and the rookie foreign head coach hired to whip them into shape.
Steven Adams Is Getting Back To His Old Self Again After A Slow And Steady NBA Revival
It has been a mission of patience tracking the revival of Steven Adams and his NBA career. Finally recovered from his long term knee injury and looking resplendent in red for the Houston Rockets... progress has been slow
This New Zealand Breakers Season Is Capitulating Before Our Very Eyes
There were plenty of reasons to discount the New Zealand Breakers heading into NBL25. Yet they were 2-0 when they flew to the USA and then they returned and they kept winning.
The Steven Adams NBA Comeback Tour With The Houston Rockets Has Commenced
The moment is near. Steven Adams is on the verge of making his NBA return after 21 long and boring months without his basketballing presence.
Recapping The Tall Ferns at the FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournaments
It may have snuck under the radar but the Tall Ferns were in Mexico last week playing some games. They had a Pre-Qualifying Tournament for the next FIBA World Cup. Very similar to the format they went through with Olympic Qualifiers earlier in the year...
A New Australian NBL Season Looms And Once Again It’s Chock-Full Of Kiwi Players
Last season the Breakers gave fewer minutes to NZers than ever before (a record that they’re going to crush again in NBL25) and yet it was still the most prosperous season we’ve ever witnessed for kiwi players in that league.
Why Aren't The New Zealand Breakers Signing New Zealand Players?
These are glorious times for basketball in Aotearoa. Already established as the fastest growing sport in the country, we recently saw the New Zealand team finish fourth at the FIBA Men’s U17 World Championships, with Oscar Goodman crowned as part of the tournament’s All Star Five…
How Have Those NZ Breakers Next Star Lads Been Tracking Since Their NBA Drafts?
A record was broken last Thursday afternoon when, at the 2024 NBA Draft, the Washington Wizards selected Alexandre Sarr with the second overall pick. Sarr just so happened to have spent the past season with the Perth Wildcats as part of the Australian NBL’s Next Star programme
The Breakers Are No Longer Coached By Mody Maor
As we traversed what was already shaping up to be a concerning offseason, the feeling was that the Breakers would be alright as long as Head Coach Mody Maor was around. But now he’s leaving.
Previewing The Tall Blacks’ 2024 Olympic Qualifying Campaign
A few months ago, the Tall Ferns set out to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics. They did not make it. So can the Tall Blacks end the drought instead?
Picking One Intriguing Player From Every NZ NBL Team
Gotta love a bit of Aotearoa’s National Basketball League. It’s a rapidly growing competition that regularly attracts most of the country’s best players whilst also attracting a decent level of import and still finding room to boost up the next generation