Sup42
Breakers off to a good start , turn over ball , off the tip off , Jackson double teamed , draws the foul. Come on lads take it out.[DOUBLEPOST=1365769664,1365767084][/DOUBLEPOST]29 all half time.
Both teams struggling to sink the ball from inside the key.
We look good when Corletto and Webster are off the court.
Both teams struggling to sink the ball from inside the key.
We look good when Corletto and Webster are off the court.
BiggerD
Sup42
Three peat is on the cards , fourth Quarter to come.
Breakers 54
Perth 43
Go Breakers.[DOUBLEPOST=1365774010,1365772578][/DOUBLEPOST]Ugly man one point lead 28 secounds[DOUBLEPOST=1365774457][/DOUBLEPOST]WOOOOOHOOOOO Third time Champions Bruton makes the Free throws that close it out !!!
Breakers 54
Perth 43
Go Breakers.[DOUBLEPOST=1365774010,1365772578][/DOUBLEPOST]Ugly man one point lead 28 secounds[DOUBLEPOST=1365774457][/DOUBLEPOST]WOOOOOHOOOOO Third time Champions Bruton makes the Free throws that close it out !!!
koolkat
3peeeeaaaatttt what a team farking awesome.lets hope the warrior boys follow there example great family club with a NO dick head policy,bloody stoked for them.
mt.wellington
Warriors Orange Peeler
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Warriors management need to hop over the Shore and see whats in their drinking water cause the Breakers got the culture that we are so lacking. What a sensational game. Good send off for Boucher but sad to see we may have also seen the last of Cedric Jackson. Anyway. Cross that bridge when we have too. For now...
CONGRATS ON THE 3 PEAT BREAKERS!!!
Sup42
It was so good seeing a kiwi American Aussie team the Breakers play ahead the big three bombs from jackson , then brutons shooting.....just goes to show what the Warriors with carney and SBW would make some serious money / tries for the Warriors , Buy them Owen, offer SBW a Million on a performance scale.
Games like last night he gets a chance of selection for NZ ( on form he's the first player u would pick, you just know he is dying to step the Kangaroo three quarters and Show them why he is SBW the phenomena , best player in the world....that's what he wants aye to destroy Australia on the big screen.
Use your Arms Sonny in the tackle lol
no penalties is a must
Games like last night he gets a chance of selection for NZ ( on form he's the first player u would pick, you just know he is dying to step the Kangaroo three quarters and Show them why he is SBW the phenomena , best player in the world....that's what he wants aye to destroy Australia on the big screen.
Use your Arms Sonny in the tackle lol
no penalties is a must
ShaunJohnson7
What a team!!! Incredible result for the boys and they are without doubt our number one sporting franchise.
CJ Bruton always turns it on this time of year, he is the definition of clutch and always comes to play in the big games. Its no coincidence he has now won a ridiculous 6 ANBL titles.
Cedric Jackson is a boss, as a big NBA fan I would love to see him given a shot there although he is indispensable to the Breakers. I see him as a poor mans Rajon Rondo which is no slight at all.
Great way to send Dillion Boucher out. This guy has been a great servant to NZ and Breakers basketball. What I love about the guy is his will to win and never hesitating to put his body on the line for the good of his team. He has never been able to shoot the ball but has made a name for himself as someone who can basically thrive at every other aspect of the game. Be it passing, rebounding, defensively, hustle players etc. He deserved to go out a champion because he is one himself.
Well done boys!!!
CJ Bruton always turns it on this time of year, he is the definition of clutch and always comes to play in the big games. Its no coincidence he has now won a ridiculous 6 ANBL titles.
Cedric Jackson is a boss, as a big NBA fan I would love to see him given a shot there although he is indispensable to the Breakers. I see him as a poor mans Rajon Rondo which is no slight at all.
Great way to send Dillion Boucher out. This guy has been a great servant to NZ and Breakers basketball. What I love about the guy is his will to win and never hesitating to put his body on the line for the good of his team. He has never been able to shoot the ball but has made a name for himself as someone who can basically thrive at every other aspect of the game. Be it passing, rebounding, defensively, hustle players etc. He deserved to go out a champion because he is one himself.
Well done boys!!!
SomehowStillKeepingFaith
Go easy on the "best player in the world" stuff. Though his workrate has improved and he's playing well.[DOUBLEPOST=1365818838][/DOUBLEPOST]
Next you'll be saying he's the NZ heavyweight boxing champ - oh hang on apparently he is! How the f#%k did that happen?!
Sup42
Ah a bit of a wind up brother , I don't recon he's there yet but he will be gunning for the title.
That will piss a lot of folk off if the guy wins the Dally M this year.....the political NRL climate is shaping that way.
Working @ the airport tonight. Will probably get to personally congratulate a couple of the boys at midnight tonight. Payback for having to work while the warriors play
Xt1ncT
mt.wellington
Warriors Orange Peeler
Contributor
Breakers sign college star Kerron Johnson
IAN ANDERSON
Last updated 09:24 12/08/2013
Reuters
WATCH THIS MAN: Kerron Johnson.
The New Zealand Breakers have signed US point guard Kerron Johnson to replace fan favourite Cedric Jackson.
Johnson is in his first year out of college basketball in the US after a standout NCAA Division I career with Belmont University.
While the North Shore-based club has yet to make an announcement on the signing, it's understood the 22-year-old may have signed a multi-year deal to replace Jackson, the reigning Australian National Basketball League MVP.
Johnson averaged 14.3 points per game and 4.8 assists in his senior and final year at Belmont and made the game-winning shot that helped his side make this year's NCAA "March Madness" tournament.
Jackson spent two seasons with the Breakers, winning back-to-back titles, before opting to play for Slovenian champions Union Olimpija later this year.
Johnson is expected to bring similar qualities to the Breakers as Jackson provided as the club attempts to win a fourth straight ANBL crown in 2013/14.
His strengths are his speed, ability to drive to the basket and either score or dish off to a team-mate.
In his four year at Belmont, Johnson helped his team win 102 games, four regular season Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) championships, three conference tournament championships and three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.
Johnson won conference tournament Most Valuable Player honours in 2012 and again this year.
Johnson delivered two of the most memorable moments in Belmont Bruins history earlier this year in the OVC Championship game against Murray State, hitting the game-tying and eventual game-winning shots to send his side to the NCAA tournament.
Johnson scored 22 points in the tournament's opening round match but couldn't stop his team getting knocked out by Arizona.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/9030354/Breakers-sign-college-star-Kerron-Johnson
IAN ANDERSON
Last updated 09:24 12/08/2013
Reuters
WATCH THIS MAN: Kerron Johnson.
The New Zealand Breakers have signed US point guard Kerron Johnson to replace fan favourite Cedric Jackson.
Johnson is in his first year out of college basketball in the US after a standout NCAA Division I career with Belmont University.
While the North Shore-based club has yet to make an announcement on the signing, it's understood the 22-year-old may have signed a multi-year deal to replace Jackson, the reigning Australian National Basketball League MVP.
Johnson averaged 14.3 points per game and 4.8 assists in his senior and final year at Belmont and made the game-winning shot that helped his side make this year's NCAA "March Madness" tournament.
Jackson spent two seasons with the Breakers, winning back-to-back titles, before opting to play for Slovenian champions Union Olimpija later this year.
Johnson is expected to bring similar qualities to the Breakers as Jackson provided as the club attempts to win a fourth straight ANBL crown in 2013/14.
His strengths are his speed, ability to drive to the basket and either score or dish off to a team-mate.
In his four year at Belmont, Johnson helped his team win 102 games, four regular season Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) championships, three conference tournament championships and three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.
Johnson won conference tournament Most Valuable Player honours in 2012 and again this year.
Johnson delivered two of the most memorable moments in Belmont Bruins history earlier this year in the OVC Championship game against Murray State, hitting the game-tying and eventual game-winning shots to send his side to the NCAA tournament.
Johnson scored 22 points in the tournament's opening round match but couldn't stop his team getting knocked out by Arizona.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/9030354/Breakers-sign-college-star-Kerron-Johnson
mt.wellington
Warriors Orange Peeler
Contributor
Amazing! Fucking amazing!!!
God theyre good. Congrats to the Breakers. What a game. What a clutch play by Ibekwe...
God theyre good. Congrats to the Breakers. What a game. What a clutch play by Ibekwe...
Miket12
Then you get on the Warriors coaster and just wish the ride would end!!!!
Rupt for the Breakers ..... especially after last season!!!
jonno
Champion NZ Breakers striving to be even better as they shoot for another crown
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Breakers coach Dean Vickerman says his team has to improve to stay top of the pile.
Throughout the off-season, championship-winning Breakers coach Dean Vickerman had a simple but direct message scrawled on his office whiteboard, offering a daily reminder of the new road ahead.
It went something like this: "We've won … now how do we get better?" It was a wonderful motivational tool for a fellow who understood too well that in the modern Australian NBL to stand pat is to sink.
On Tuesday at club headquarters on the North Shore, Vickerman started that process of improvement when his new team, featuring eight returnees and two fresh faces, went through their first full practice together.
Early signs were encouraging, to say the least.
New import Charles Jackson, the 2.08m dreadlocked centre from Sacramento, was active, mobile and showed some nice touches. It was a promising first outing indeed as he ran with the blue squad, and looked a good fit.
New Aussie point guard Shane McDonald didn't do anything too flash – as advertised – but looked fundamentally sound and well capable of knocking down the open shot. He is not as physically robust as the departed Rhys Carter, but by all accounts he's highly motivated to prove himself in his first fulltime crack back in this league since 2009.
Among the familiar faces there were some changes too. Tai Wesley presented much trimmer than this time a year ago, and was certainly moving better, while Cedric 'Action' Jackson also looked especially sharp for pre-season mode.
And among the younger brigade it was clear that Reuben Te Rangi, Duane Bailey, Tai Wynyard and Shea Ili have all come back with a real spring in their step after their experiences with the Tall Blacks. Te Rangi, especially, shapes as a difference-maker in the quest for a fifth title in six years.
Corey Webster sat out training to rest a stiff back in what Vickerman called "load management" after his busy international schedule, while Alex Pledger was on light duty only as he continues to rehab his surgically repaired foot. Prognosis: don't expect to see much of him through the first month of the new season.
"We always feel like we start a little bit later," Vickerman said of a pre-season traditionally cut short by Tall Blacks commitments. "My message to the guys today was that our synergy was pretty good early on. We always feel we're in a little bit of catchup mode during this period, but I loved the way the new guys fitted in and everybody challenged them and went at them."
Vickerman said his whiteboard question was "something I ask myself every day, and something I'll ask these guys every day". That extended to every player being required to report back to him with two things that make the team better, and also them better as individuals.
"We've just got to keep striving to be better in different areas. There is not going to be massive change to our defensive or offensive structure, but it's just going to be little tweaks that make us better."
The feeling is that the Breakers will need to be significantly improved to stay ahead of the rival pack. Melbourne (Chris Goulding, Todd Blanchfield, Majok Majok and Ekene Ibeke), Sydney (Julian Khazzouh, Marcus Thornton and Stevie Markovic), Perth (Nate Jawai and Cameron Prather), Illawarra (Kirk Penney, Kevin Lisch and AJ Ogilvy) and Cairns (Mark Worthington) have all made serious upgrades.
"We have to be better and I think we've made enough change in our roster to keep it fresh and exciting," Vickerman added. "But we've also got that consistency and core of people back that will give us the synergy we had last year."
Breakers pre-season: vs Sydney Kings, Hamilton, Sept 9; vs Sydney Kings, Invercargill, Sept 11, vs Sydney Kings, Auckland, Sept 13 (closed doors). Blitz tournament, Townsville: vs Townsville, Sept 23; vs Perth, Sept 25; vs Cairns, Sept 26.
- Stuff.co.nz
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Breakers coach Dean Vickerman says his team has to improve to stay top of the pile.
Throughout the off-season, championship-winning Breakers coach Dean Vickerman had a simple but direct message scrawled on his office whiteboard, offering a daily reminder of the new road ahead.
It went something like this: "We've won … now how do we get better?" It was a wonderful motivational tool for a fellow who understood too well that in the modern Australian NBL to stand pat is to sink.
On Tuesday at club headquarters on the North Shore, Vickerman started that process of improvement when his new team, featuring eight returnees and two fresh faces, went through their first full practice together.
Early signs were encouraging, to say the least.
New import Charles Jackson, the 2.08m dreadlocked centre from Sacramento, was active, mobile and showed some nice touches. It was a promising first outing indeed as he ran with the blue squad, and looked a good fit.
New Aussie point guard Shane McDonald didn't do anything too flash – as advertised – but looked fundamentally sound and well capable of knocking down the open shot. He is not as physically robust as the departed Rhys Carter, but by all accounts he's highly motivated to prove himself in his first fulltime crack back in this league since 2009.
Among the familiar faces there were some changes too. Tai Wesley presented much trimmer than this time a year ago, and was certainly moving better, while Cedric 'Action' Jackson also looked especially sharp for pre-season mode.
And among the younger brigade it was clear that Reuben Te Rangi, Duane Bailey, Tai Wynyard and Shea Ili have all come back with a real spring in their step after their experiences with the Tall Blacks. Te Rangi, especially, shapes as a difference-maker in the quest for a fifth title in six years.
Corey Webster sat out training to rest a stiff back in what Vickerman called "load management" after his busy international schedule, while Alex Pledger was on light duty only as he continues to rehab his surgically repaired foot. Prognosis: don't expect to see much of him through the first month of the new season.
"We always feel like we start a little bit later," Vickerman said of a pre-season traditionally cut short by Tall Blacks commitments. "My message to the guys today was that our synergy was pretty good early on. We always feel we're in a little bit of catchup mode during this period, but I loved the way the new guys fitted in and everybody challenged them and went at them."
Vickerman said his whiteboard question was "something I ask myself every day, and something I'll ask these guys every day". That extended to every player being required to report back to him with two things that make the team better, and also them better as individuals.
"We've just got to keep striving to be better in different areas. There is not going to be massive change to our defensive or offensive structure, but it's just going to be little tweaks that make us better."
The feeling is that the Breakers will need to be significantly improved to stay ahead of the rival pack. Melbourne (Chris Goulding, Todd Blanchfield, Majok Majok and Ekene Ibeke), Sydney (Julian Khazzouh, Marcus Thornton and Stevie Markovic), Perth (Nate Jawai and Cameron Prather), Illawarra (Kirk Penney, Kevin Lisch and AJ Ogilvy) and Cairns (Mark Worthington) have all made serious upgrades.
"We have to be better and I think we've made enough change in our roster to keep it fresh and exciting," Vickerman added. "But we've also got that consistency and core of people back that will give us the synergy we had last year."
Breakers pre-season: vs Sydney Kings, Hamilton, Sept 9; vs Sydney Kings, Invercargill, Sept 11, vs Sydney Kings, Auckland, Sept 13 (closed doors). Blitz tournament, Townsville: vs Townsville, Sept 23; vs Perth, Sept 25; vs Cairns, Sept 26.
- Stuff.co.nz
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