Hoops

New Zealand v Cameroon

I believe Pledger is available for the Oceania Series just wasn't available for the China Tour due to "personal reasons".

He grew up in Auckland and is only 18/19 and is 197cm.
He was a part of the NZ FIBA World Youth 3 on Championship team with Isaac Fotu and Tai Webster.
Unlike his team mates Fotu & Webster who are both playing NCAA this year, TeRangi was convinced by the Breakers to turn down US College offers and instead commit to the NZ club and in turn they would commit to him and his development.
He already has a nice jumshot that extends out to the 3point line to go with "Abercrombie like" athleticsm.
He recently won a title with the Southland Sharks in his second season in the NZNBL.

I agree Macdub, TeRangi is going to be a star.
The kid is only 18 and already has range on his jumpshot and his athleticism is right up there.

I think TeRangi will find it easier to put on the muscle/bulk to handle the contact in the paint compared to Abercrombie who is still pretty skinny despite a fair bit of time in the gym.

Abercrombie will be a huge help in developing TeRangi at the Breakers and Tall Blacks. Not a bad player to have to go up against every day in practice.

Honestly, Abercrombie has stiff competition when it comes to been the starting SF for the Breakers.
Henry was always going to back him up because hes that defensive minded perfect role player type.

But Te Rangi will surprise people.
I will not be shocked at all if Te Rangi outplays Abo on a number of occasions.

Yeah not a bad result when realistically only Abercrombie, Vukona & Cory Webster are locks for the Tall Blacks and you have a 17yo and a couple of 18yo kids out there playing against grown men.

Good effort from the TallBlacks after a couple of tough games against China.
Anthony playing well is hopefully a good sign for the Sixers and I'd expect Cory Webster to have a much bigger offensive role for the Breakers next season although I like Corletto starting at SG.