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TULSA, OKLAHOMA - OCTOBER 10: Ousmane Dieng #13 of the Oklahoma City Thunder drives around Max Darling #12 of the New Zealand Breakers during the second quarter of a preseason game at BOK Center ...
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).
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 ]
The 2023–24 New Zealand Breakers season was the 21st season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL). [1] [2] Roster.
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]
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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.
On 1 June 2021, Dieng announced that he would play for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL) in the 2021–22 season, alongside fellow Frenchman and eventual 2022 NBA draft selection Hugo Besson. He became the first European player to join the league's Next Stars program to develop NBA draft prospects.