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Alex Pledger remembers the NZ Breakers' historic run. 🏆#nzbreakers #nzbasketball #nzsport #nzpodcast

March 04, 202400:41
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was one of three guys to be on all four
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of those teams Tom E cromby and Li aona
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being the other two you being one of
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five guys who was involved in all four
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of those pretty special thing I look
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back on up until that point the breakers
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had mostly struggled they hadn't won a
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lot before that so to kind of turn the
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corner and get over the hump as they say
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for the first time was obviously very
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significant but the big thing was being
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the first New Zealand team in an
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Australian competition primarily like a
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New Zealand core of players when you
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combine the success that the breakers
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had over that period and we're pretty
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significant contributor to why
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basketball has increased its popularity

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