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The New Zealand Breakers (also known as the BNZ Breakers for sponsorship reasons) are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in Auckland.The Breakers are the only non-Australian side currently competing in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL), and one of only two non-Australian sides to have done so (the other being the now-absent Singapore Slingers).
In 2019, Maor joined the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League as an assistant coach under Dan Shamir. [1] In 2022, he was elevated to head coach of the Breakers. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He guided the Breakers to the 2022–23 NBL grand final series, where they lost 3–2 to the Sydney Kings . [ 4 ]
Tai Hikuroa Wynyard (born 5 February 1998) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He began his career playing in his home country for the Breakers of the Australian NBL and the Super City Rangers of the New Zealand NBL.
The New Zealand Breakers are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in Auckland, New Zealand, and play in the National Basketball League.The team was established in 2003, and they play most of their regular season games at Spark Arena.
Fliegel is a former professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem, and former professional basketball team co-owner of the ANBL 4X Champion New Zealand Breakers. Fliegel writes and lecturers on entrepreneurship, investing, and leadership [2] , and is the author of " Coaching Up!
Shamir recruited seven new players, [1] including US teen sensation R. J. Hampton as part of the NBL Next Stars program. [3] The Breakers and SKY Sport agreed to a multi-year naming rights sponsorship through to 2023, [4] along with broadcast rights for the next four years, including free to air viewing of 14 games on Prime in New Zealand. [5]
The 2024–25 New Zealand Breakers season is the 22nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL), and their first under the leadership of their new head coach Petteri Koponen. [ 1 ]
On 4 July 2024, Koponen was named the head coach of the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian National Basketball League (NBL) on a two-year deal. [21] Koponen led Breakers to a flying start in the league, and at the start of November after the 113–79 away win over Melbourne United , they were sitting in the top spot with a 6–2 record.