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
The Breakers Have Bowed Out Of NBL24, But It Wasn't Without A Fight
In a topsy-turvy, up-and-down season... the Breakers finished about where they should have: right in the middle. They made the play-ins but not the playoffs, winning one knockout game but losing the other
Recapping The Tall Ferns Efforts At The 2024 Olympic Qualifiers
The Tall Ferns will not be going to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. A narrow defeat against Puerto Rico in their qualifying tournament made sure of that, as a very inexperienced and injury-ravaged Aotearoa side fell agonisingly short of their goal
Answering The Big Questions About Steven Adams Getting Traded To The Houston Rockets
The news came through at 12:41pm on Friday in the same way that all NBA news comes through: via a tweet from Adrian Wojnarowski.
Previewing The Tall Ferns Quest For 2024 Olympic Qualification
It’s been a long time since Aotearoa last had a basketballing presence at the Olympics. You’ve got to go all the way back to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for the last appearance.
The Long, Confusing Timeline of Steven Adams’ Knee Injury
It’s just not the same without Steven Adams. Even since he first got injured diving for a loose ball late in a game back in January, the NBA has been missing its heartbeat
The NZ Breakers Have Plummeted Again... What’s Going On?
There is a possibility, something we need to at least consider, that perhaps maybe potentially we might have given the New Zealand Breakers too much credit. When they turned everything around so suddenly last season it was natural to feel as though…
The NZ Breakers Are Ready To Repeat The Dose in NBL24
After several years of mediocrity, some pandemic-influenced and some not, the Breakers surged back into Australian National Basketball League prominence last season under the inspirational guidance of new head coach Mody Maor
Reviewing The Aotearoa Tall Blacks At The 2023 FIBA World Cup
There’s one thing you can never doubt about any Tall Blacks team: no matter who’s got that black singlet on, they’re going to bring the passion, the commitment, the mana that has become a prerequisite for this team
Meet Michael Wilson, The Closest Thing To A Kiwi In The NFL Right Now
There hasn’t been a kiwi in the NFL since Paul Lasike’s short but memorable stint and as the 2023 season edges close to its kickoff there isn’t going to be one this year either. But there is a bloke who comes close.
Previewing the Aotearoa Tall Blacks at the 2023 FIBA World Cup
The Tall Blacks always bring a certain level of mana with them no matter who’s reppin’ the jersey. There’s going to be passion and cohesion and defensive grit. Regardless. That’s just how this team operates
Recapping Tall Ferns Exploits at the 2023 Asia Cup
The Tall Ferns hit up this Asia Cup with a clear target in mind: a top four finish. Make the semi-finals of this tournament for the first ever time, see if they can’t win a medal while they’re at it, and most importantly stay in the hunt for Olympic qualification