Sup All!, It’s been a while since I posted anything up in here, but this was too good to be missed. Yep you read it right…”KING JAMES GETS DUNKED ON!!!!” Some might say “so what, everyone gets dunked on” well if you haven’t heard why it was such a big deal you can read the full story here. Well I give you guys a quick back story. Early this month, Jordan Crawford, a sophomore at Xavier College, reportedly dunked on LeBron during a pick-up game at the LeBron James Skills Academy. Read the rest of this entry »
This was posted a few years back but the video was removed from Youtube so I’m reposting it again for those who missed it. Watch Spiders cheap shot on one of the NZ players to the right hand side of the court when he wasn’t looking
The Chronicles a top UK Streetball team from South London is coming to South Auckland, organize your team, play the rest of South Auckland and then face the Chronicles in a final on Saturday night March 21st at the Telstra Clear Pacific Event centre at 7.30pm. Saturday night Finale includes performances from Sweet and Sour. Register your team now at www.papsda.co.nz, for more information call 09 278 7786 or email 360@papsda.co.nz ..read more..
The National Basketball League (NBL) has announced that New Zealand Breakers veteran Phill Jones has won the ‘Accor’ Best Sixth Man for 2008/09. Jones, who came third in voting for the same award last year, took out the honours as the NBL’s best-off-the-bench this season after polling 56 votes. He comfortably beat out Wollongong’s Anthony Petrie in second (36) and Isiah Victor of Perth in third (29). ..read more..
New Zealand Breakers star shooting guard Kirk Penney has been named the winner of the Andrew Gaze Trophy as the National Basketball League’s Most Valuable Player for the 2008/09 season, becoming the first New Zealander ever to win the NBL’s top award. Penney registered 92 votes to narrowly take out the award from Sydney Spirit big man Matthew Knight on 90. Melbourne Tigers’ Nigerian import Ebi Ere came third with 89 votes, ..read more..
The ninth FIBA U19 World Championship for Men is taking place in Auckland from July 2 12 2009. It is the third largest basketball event in the world and is globally recognised as the breeding ground for future global basketball stars with many of todays well known basketballers participating in past tournaments. Only the FIBA Mens and Womens World Championships are larger. ..more..
The New Orleans Hornets are one of the top teams in basketball. A useful player coming off their bench to play 13.6 minutes per game this season is forward/center Sean Marks. The 6-10, 250-pound New Zealand native is averaging 3.1 points and 3.2 rebounds. The Hornets are Sean’s fifth team since entering the league in 1998. InsideHoops.com editor Jeff Lenchiner met with Marks yesterday in New Jersey at a Hornets-Nets game for an exclusive interview. ..read more..
The New Zealand Breakers have gone down to the Melbourne Tigers 103-97 in game two of the Australian National Basketball League semi-finals series at a sold out North Shore Events Centre, ending the Breakers title hopes. They jumped out to an early lead but the Tiger stars Ebi Ere ( e-rah) with 26 and Chris Anstey with16 took charge after half-time ..read more..
