Basketball: Fit Pledger boost to title hopes
New signings have strengthened the Breakers' stocks of big men, but a fully fit Alex Pledger could be their best addition in that position.
New signings have strengthened the Breakers' stocks of big men, but a fully fit Alex Pledger could be their best addition in that position.
The Breakers hope a quartet of recruits and a trio of changes can inspire them out of the Australian NBL basement and back to the top.
Two-time ANBL championship winner Cedric Jackson is excited to be back with the Breakers and looking forward to reuniting with his old teammates this season.
The Breakers added another piece to the roster jigsaw for the coming Australian National Basketball League season by signing Australian combo-guard Rhys Carter on a one-year deal.
Cedric Jackson will return to the Breakers next season from a dismal jaunt overseas, but maintains the NBA is "still the ultimate goal".
After 179 games, 120 wins and 2049 points, CJ Bruton last night closed the book on his Breakers career with a loss to Cairns
After 20 years and six Australian NBL titles, CJ Bruton plays his final game for the Breakers tonight. He tells Kris Shannon about the numbers that marked his career.
The CJ Bruton farewell tour began with a bang thanks to another player who may be in the final days of his Breakers career.
This Breakers season has been tough on every player but perhaps none more so than Kerron Johnson.
Now the Breakers are assured of finishing with a losing record, it's time to assess what went wrong in their broken season, writes Kris Shannon.
The defending champion Breakers failed in their push for a playoff miracle, being beaten 92-87 by the Taipans in Cairns tonight.
The New Zealand Breakers today lost the last hope they had of retaining their championship, being beaten 96-92 by Adelaide to complete an unsuccessful roadtrip.
With their title defence surely dead and buried, the Breakers are probably tempted to apportion some blame.
The Breakers typically spend the final month of the season with their feet up, watching from safety the mad scramble for playoff places.
Whatever happens across the Breakers' remaining eight games, the return of Gary Wilkinson must be considered a success story.
Gary Wilkinson did his best to revive them but the Breakers' playoff hopes are on life-support after an agonising loss to Sydney last night.
The Tall Blacks were handed one piece of exciting news yesterday by being drawn in the same pool as the USA at this year's world cup in Spain.