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The Breakers' Rick Rickert is the Australian National Basketball League's player of the week for round nine.
Rickert averaged 21 points per game and 11 rebounds as he helped his team to wins last week over the Cairns Taipans (93-81) and Townsville Crocodiles (119-108).
It was the Breakers' second consecutive weekly honour, after teammate Kirk Penney shone in round eight, and is their third of the season.
