That question will be answered on the court next year but yesterdays capture of Lindsay Tait (190-G-82, agency: Duran International) on a three-year deal means it is certainly up for discussion.
The Tall Blacks point guard joins fellow internationals Corey Webster, Casey Frank and Dillon Boucher on Pero Cameron's star-studded roster, while the Saints still have two import slots open should they choose to fill them.
2013 squad so far: Lindsay Tait, Dillon Boucher, Arthur Trousdell, Jordan Mills, Damien Ekenasio, Casey Frank, and Corey Webster.
Wins for both Webster brothers in Europe at the weekend plus Euro Cup success for Isaac Fotu. Frankfurt Skyliners have made an encouraging start in the German League. Its latest success, a 78-71 victory against Braunschweig, has given the Skyliners a 3-1 start to the season. Kiwi guard Tai Jack Webster(193-G-95, college: Nebraska) is travelling well for the Skyliners averaging 12 points and 5.5 assists per game. In an impressive display against Braunschweig Webster scored 16 points and... [read more]
Wins for both Webster brothers in Europe at the weekend plus Euro Cup success for Isaac Fotu.
Frankfurt Skyliners have made an encouraging start in the German League. Its latest success, a 78-71 victory against Braunschweig, has given the Skyliners a 3-1 start to the season.
Kiwi guard Tai Jack Webster (193-G-95, college: Nebraska) is travelling well for the Skyliners averaging 12 points and 5.5 assists per game. In an impressive display against Braunschweig Webster scored 16 points and added 3 rebounds, 5 assists and a pair of steals.
It was also a good weekend In Israel for brother Corey who dished a game high 7 assists as Ironi Nahariya defeated Hapoel, Tel Aviv 102-87.
Webster senior also landed three from six triples on his way to 15 points as Nahariya moved to 1-1 after a loss in the opening round of the season.
Interestingly the shooting guard's bio on the Nahariya website describes the 28-year old as a first year pro ignoring the fact that he played eight seasons for the Breakers.
Isaac Fotu and his new German club Ratiopharm Ulm are still awaiting a first League win after going down 92-87 at Jenna. Fotu provided 10 points (5/8FG), 7 rebounds and 3 assists but it wasn't enough to get Ulm the win as they slip to 0-4.
Better news came in the EuroCup midweek fixture as Ulm proved too good for Turkish side Tofas Bursa beating its Group D opponents 83-73 with a dominant 28-11 final quarter showing.
Fotu contributed 5 rebounds and 10 points in the home win.
Thomas Abercrombie selected the top New Zealander playing abroad in last week's games - 4 days ago
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Here is the weekly review of the top performing New Zealand players, who play currently abroad. This week's number one is an international forward Thomas Abercrombie (198-87). He could not help New Zealand Breakers (1-1) in their last game. Despite Abercrombie's very good performance New Zealand Breakers lost 71-82 on the road to the higher-ranked (#3) Cairns Taipans.
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Here is the weekly review of the top performing New Zealand players, who play currently abroad.
#1. This week's number one is an international forward Thomas Abercrombie (198-87, college: Washington St., currently plays in Australia). He could not help New Zealand Breakers (1-1) in their last game. Despite Abercrombie's very good performance New Zealand Breakers lost 71-82 on the road to the higher-ranked (#3) Cairns Taipans.
He was the top scorer with 23 points. Abercrombie also added 7 rebounds and 4 blocks in 35 minutes on the court.
But this is still an early stage of the season and everything may happen.
Abercrombie has relatively good stats this year: 13.0ppg, 7.0rpg, 2.0bpg, 2FGP: 28.6%, 3FGP: 18.2% and FT: 54.5% in two games he played so far.
Former Waikato Pistons starter played for the New Zealand senior national team one years ago.
#2. Second place goes to an experienced former international swingman Kirk Penney (196-80, agency: Duran International, college: Wisconsin, currently plays in Australia) is a teammate of previously mentioned Thomas Abercrombie. But that was another game of his team in Australian NBL which we would like to mention.
Penney led New Zealand Breakers to a 2-point victory over the league outsider Kings (0-2) 87-85.
He was MVP of the game. Penney scored 25 points and grabbed 4 rebounds.
New Zealand Breakers (1-1) are placed fifth in the NBL.
Penney has individually a very good season with high stats. He averages: 16.0ppg, 3.5rpg, 2FGP: 66.7% and FT: 66.7%.
Penney played for the New Zealand national team in 2015.
#3. The New Zealand player who performed third best last week abroad was an international forward Isaac Fotu (203-93, college: Hawaii, currently plays in EuroCup). He contributed to a ratiopharm Ulm's victory against the closely-ranked Tofas (0-1) 83-73 in the Eurocup on Tuesday night.
Fotu recorded 10 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in 25 minutes. It was his first game for ratiopharm Ulm this season.
His team is placed second in the Eurocup.
But the season just started, so everything may happen.
Fotu has a dual citizenship: Tongan and New Zealand.
He played for the New Zealand national team one years ago.
#4. Guard Shea Ili (184-92, currently plays in Australia) is a teammate of previously mentioned Thomas Abercrombie. He played also in the last Australian NBL game facing Kirk Penney (above) in the other team.
Ili led New Zealand Breakers to a 2-point victory against the league outsider Kings (0-2) 87-85.
He scored 15 points and added 4 passes.
It's Ili's first season with the team.
Ili's overall stats this year are: 8.5ppg, 1.5rpg and 2.0apg.
He is also New Zealand national team player.
#5. International center Mika Vukona (197-82, currently plays in Australia) is a teammate of previously mentioned Thomas Abercrombie and both played together in the last Australian NBL game.
Vukona was not able to help New Zealand Breakers in their game against Cairns Taipans (2-1).
He recorded 6 points and grabbed 9 rebounds in 18 minutes.
New Zealand Breakers lost 71-82 in Cairns to the higher-ranked (#3) Taipans.
This year Vukona's overall stats are: 6.0ppg, 5.0rpg, 1.5apg and 1.5spg in two games.
He is another player who holds two passports: Fijian and New Zealand.
Vukona used to play for the New Zealand national team
last year.
#6. Center Alex Pledger (215-87, college: Belm.Abbey, currently plays in Australia) is a teammate of previously mentioned Thomas Abercrombie. He played also in the last Australian NBL game facing Shea Ili (above) in the other team.
Pledger helped New Zealand Breakers edge the league outsider Kings (0-2) 87-85.
He scored 7 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and made 2 blocks.
Pledger's total stats this season are: 4.5ppg and 5.0rpg.
He is a former international player as he played for the New Zealand senior team three years ago.
#7. International guard Corey Webster (188-88, college: Lambuth, currently plays in Israel) was not able to secure a victory for Ironi Nahariya (0-1) in their last game. Despite Webster's good performance Ironi Nahariya lost 68-76 at home to the much higher-ranked (#3) Hapoel Jerusalem.
He was the top scorer with 14 points in 35 minutes. It was his first game for Ironi Nahariya this season.
But the season is still in it's first stage and everything can happen.
Webster used to play for the New Zealand national team
last year.
#8. Forward Robert Loe (211-91, college: St.Louis, currently plays in Australia) is a teammate of previously mentioned Thomas Abercrombie. He played also in the last Australian NBL game facing Alex Pledger (above) in the other team.
Loe managed to help New Zealand Breakers to win against the league outsider Kings (0-2) 87-85.
He scored only 4 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished 3 assists.
Loe's total stats this season are: 4.0ppg, 7.0rpg and 2.0apg.
He used to play for the New Zealand national team
last year.
#9. Former international guard Jarrod Kenny (188-85, currently plays in Australia) helped Perth Wildcats win their game against one of league's weakest teams Illawarra Hawks (0-2) 74-64 in the Australian NBL on Friday night.
Kenny scored 5 points in 15 minutes.
Perth Wildcats (2-0) are placed first in the NBL.
But there are still lots of games to play and it's a long way to go.
This year Kenny's total stats are: 4.5ppg and 2.0rpg in two games.
He used to play for the New Zealand national team
two years ago.
#10. Swingman Reuben Te Rangi (198-94, currently plays in Australia) couldn't help Bullets (0-1) in their game against Perth Wildcats (2-0) in the Australian NBL.
Te Rangi recorded only 4 points. It was his first game for Bullets this season.
Bullets were defeated 96-86 in Perth by the leading Wildcats.
Te Rangi is an international player who is currently on the senior New Zealand National Team roster.
#11. International forward Jordan Ngatai (196-93, agency: MKP Management, college: BYU-Hawaii, currently plays in Australia) is a teammate of previously mentioned Thomas Abercrombie. He played also in the last Australian NBL game facing Robert Loe (above) in the other team.
Ngatai helped New Zealand Breakers edge the league outsider Kings 87-85.
He scored only 2 points in 2 minutes on the court. It was his first game for New Zealand Breakers this season.
Ngatai plays currently for the New Zealand national team.
NZ Breakers' coach Paul Henare slams team's performance in 39-point loss - 28 days ago
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NZ Breakers coach Paul Henare would like to make a public apology to the people of Taranaki for his side's performance against Melbourne United on Tuesday night. New Plymouth's TSB Stadium hosted an Australian National Basketball League (ANBL) pre-season game between the two sides, with Melbourne cruising to a 101-62 win. While he said earlier in the week that the result wasn't their top priority, after the match Henare said the way the team played was a huge concern. "That was unacceptab... [read more]
NZ Breakers coach Paul Henare would like to make a public apology to the people of Taranaki for his side's performance against Melbourne United on Tuesday night. New Plymouth's TSB Stadium hosted an Australian National Basketball League (ANBL) pre-season game between the two sides, with Melbourne cruising to a 101-62 win. While he said earlier in the week that the result wasn't their top priority, after the match Henare said the way the team played was a huge concern. "That was unacceptable, and hopefully this team never puts anything close to that on the floor again," he said. The Breakers came into the game after beating Melbourne in Napier on Sunday, but were no match for the league favourites this time around. "Melbourne played well tonight, they came out and made some change defensively and they got after it. But in terms of us turning up, not one of us did and that's a real shame considering the good support we've had here." Led by import guard Casper Ware (178-PG-90, college: Long Beach St.) and big man Josh Boone (208-F/C-84, college: Connecticut), the visitors were a step ahead of the Breakers for much of the game to take a convincing, and rare, victory on New Zealand soil. Boone opened the scoring going 1-2 from the charity stripe after Vukona's first foul, however a hot start from Breakers import guards Edgar Sosa (190-PG-88, college: Louisville) and D.J. Newbill (193-G-92, college: Penn St.) putting the home side ahead. It didn't last long though, as Melbourne were able to claim a number of second chance points on largely uncontested offensive rebounds - much to Henare's dismay. From there, it was one-way traffic as the Breakers slumped to a 39-point thrashing. "We got schooled, and hopefully these guys remember that." The Kiwi side were only able to convert on 29 per cent of their shots, had twice as many turnovers as Melbourne, with the visitors also posting 20 more assists than their hosts. Henare said there was not a single positive to take out of Tuesday's game, aside from being able to take the team to a different part of the country. "Maybe the one good thing is that we got our a*** kicked and it is the pre-season. We've got an opportunity to turn a few things around, but they'll be hurting." The Breakers will now look to sort themselves out before their final pre-season game in Tauranga against the Brisbane Bullets on September 27. Their first game of the ANBL season is against the Cairns Taipans in Auckland on October 8. Courtesy of: stuff.co.nz
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