Tall Blacks News
June 12, 2009
The NZ Breakers have wasted precious little time in confirming the bulk of their playing roster for the upcoming Australian National Basketball League season with the club today filling 10 of the 12 spots on the team, seven of them New Zealanders.
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June 12, 2009
The Gold Coast Blaze have signed Tall Blacks forward Mika Vukona, one of the most sought after recruits in the Australian National Basketball League, for 2009-10.
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June 2, 2009
Tall Black coach Nenad Vucinic has further expanded his impressive CV by guiding underdogs Kalev Cramo to victory in the Estonian KML finals.
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May 25, 2009
Tall Blacks head coach Nenad Vucinic inched closer to a national championship with back-to-back wins in the Estonian KML Finals series last week.
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May 18, 2009
Tall Blacks centre Craig Bradshaw played a minimal role in his Spanish second division club’s regular season finale on Sunday but could see more action come playoff time.
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May 18, 2009
Basketball New Zealand invites expressions of interest for the role of assistant coach for the national men’s team – the NZ Tall Blacks.
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May 15, 2009
The New Zealand Tall Blacks will play eight games in 12 days during their 2009 European Tour.
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May 13, 2009
Tall Blacks coach Nenad Vucinic has won three National Basketball League titles as a player and coach in New Zealand. And now he is four wins away from a championship in Estonia.
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May 4, 2009
Tall Blacks centre Craig Bradshaw is, for now, on the outside looking in on the playoffs in Spain.
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April 30, 2009
Kiwi NBA star Sean Marks’ career-best postseason came to a premature end in Denver on Thursday.
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April 29, 2009
Kiwi Sean Marks got a bitter taste of the other side of NBA playoff basketball on Tuesday as he was unable to do anything to prevent his New Orleans Hornets crashing to an embarrassing blowout defeat to the Denver Nuggets.
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April 28, 2009
Basketball seasons came to a close for four New Zealanders in Europe in the past week.
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April 27, 2009
New Zealand centre Sean Marks is being hailed for his impact as the New Orleans Hornets head into a crucial playoff match against Denver on Tuesday.
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April 20, 2009
New Zealand’s lone NBA star Sean Marks scored his first playoffs points but his New Orleans Hornets were outplayed 113-84 in game one of their Western Conference quarterfinals series against the Denver Nuggets on Monday.
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April 20, 2009
Former Tall Blacks point guard Mark Dickel made a significant contribution in a win that could save his team from relegation in Greece.
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April 17, 2009
New Zealand NBA pioneer Sean Marks completed his most successful regular season on Thursday and now, with his New Orleans Hornets teammates, is eyeing significant NBA Playoffs minutes.
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April 15, 2009
Will McClaran, Hornets.com
In his ninth season in the NBA, Sean Marks is having a blast.
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April 15, 2009
Facing four games in seven days mattered little for Tall Blacks coach Nenad Vucinic in Estonia.
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April 6, 2009
Tall Ferns forward Jillian Harmon saw first-hand on Monday the power of the University of Connecticut.
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April 3, 2009
To reach a second consecutive NCAA championship game, Tall Ferns forward Jillian Harmon and her Stanford team-mates will have to complete an upset of historic proportions.
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March 31, 2009
Brett Brown, who began his coaching career in the New Zealand NBL, has been selected as head coach of Australia’s men’s basketball team - the Boomers - through to London 2012.
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March 25, 2009
Former Tall Blacks forward Brendon Polyblank may require a miracle for his European season to go deep into April.
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March 19, 2009
NZ Breakers guards Kirk Penney and CJ Bruton have been named in the Australian National Basketball League’s All-Star Five.
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March 18, 2009
While quests for national championships ended for two Kiwi basketballers in the US college system last week, it starts for another two this week.
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March 17, 2009
Basketball New Zealand’s senior national teams – the Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns – will have chances to clinch world championship berths on home hardwood, with the schedule for the 2009 FIBA Oceania Championships confirmed on Monday.
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March 10, 2009
Former Tall Black Jeremiah Trueman ended his college career on a high at home on Saturday and received one final accolade on the way out.
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March 9, 2009
Tall Blacks and New Zealand Breakers star shooting guard Kirk Penney has collected the Andrew Gaze Trophy as the Australian National Basketball League’s Most Valuable Player for 2008-09.
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March 9, 2009
Tall Blacks forward Mika Vukona was at the heart of controversy in game three of the Australian National Basketball League Finals in Melbourne on Sunday night.
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March 5, 2009
Tall Blacks Mika Vukona and Nick Horvath saw their South Dragons draw first blood in the 2009 Australian National Basketball League Finals with a 93-81 win in Melbourne on Wednesday.
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March 5, 2009
Turns out Tall Blacks head coach Nenad Vucinic and his Estonian club, BC Kalev/Cramo, still have work to do to make the Baltic Basketball League’s Final Four, after all.
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February 26, 2009
Junior Tall Blacks hopeful Richie Edwards is now three games from a 6A state championship with his Lakeland High team in Florida after two playoff wins in the last six days.
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February 26, 2009
Tall Blacks Mika Vukona and Nick Horvath moved to within a game of the Australian National Basketball League Finals with the South Dragons on Tuesday night.
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February 20, 2009
Nenad Vucinic’s Estonian club, BC Kalev/Cramo, still requires one more win to guarantee a place in the Baltic Basketball League final four for the first time in team history.
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February 19, 2009
Tall Blacks back-up big man Alex Pledger sparked into life for his US college team in North Carolina last week.
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February 13, 2009
Associated Press
Sean Marks came up empty as he searched his memory for the last time he was on the court in the final minutes of a close game.
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February 13, 2009
A round 21 triple-header sweep helped push Tall Blacks Nick Horvath and Mika Vukona and the South Dragons to the Australian National Basketball League regular season title last week.
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January 28, 2009
Kiwi NBA pioneer Sean Marks achieved another career first last week.
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January 28, 2009
Tall Blacks coach Nenad Vucinic and his Estonian club BC Kalev/Cramo suffered two crucial losses last week, which could hurt their title chances in two competitions.
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January 21, 2009
Consigned to minor roles off the bench for much of his career, former Tall Blacks centre Sean Marks made his first NBA start in almost seven years for the New Orleans Hornets on Tuesday.
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January 21, 2009
Former Tall Blacks forward Brendon Polyblank produced his best numbers of the Swiss season but could not prevent his club falling back to an even record on Saturday.
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