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The View from Downunder
Paulo has joined our team of columnists with a weekly column called 'The View from Downunder', where he looks at pertinent issues in the world of basketball from an Oceania perspective, perhaps different to the predominant points of view from columnists in North America and Europe. |
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03/02/2012
Draw smiles on the Tall Blacks
MELBOURNE (Paulo Kennedy's View from Downunder) - New Zealand basketball might warrant a lot of respect, but I think they prefer to be forgotten.
To give you an example of the Kiwi mindset,
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29/01/2012
A chat with CEO Larry Sengstock
MELBOURNE (Paulo Kennedy's View from Downunder) - With sports like cricket, Australia rules football, tennis, golf, soccer, netball and both rugby codes all vying for large chunks of the sporting
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20/01/2012
Vukona loves laying low
MELBOURNE (Paulo Kennedy's View from Downunder) - The funny thing about Mika Vukona is he seems to get more respect internationally than he does Downunder.
Nearly every coach who came up against New
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13/01/2012
Will the Opals shine again?
MELBOURNE (Paul Kennedy's View from Downunder) - In the Australian public’s eye, basketball is a sport that is rebuilding after some lean times. But one hoops outfit that hasn’t slipped out of the
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10/01/2012
Interesting times for Mills, Boomers
MELBOURNE (Paulo Kennedy's View from Downunder) - What a year it has been for Patty Mills.
It started with him breaking through for some regular and productive minutes with Portland in the NBA,
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30/12/2011
Things not Peachy just yet
MELBOURNE (Paulo Kennedy's view from Downunder) - When Anthony Petrie was asked what it would mean to be selected for the Australian national team, his answer was rather dramatic.
“I’d probably cut
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22/12/2011
Eyeing London from Downunder
MELBOURNE (Paulo Kennedy's view from Downunder) - The NBL season has reached its mid-point, and while all teams are chasing the Perth Wildcats and New Zealand Breakers for title supremacy, a number of
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16/12/2011
Can the Zouh survive in the jungle?
MELBOURNE (Paulo Kennedy's view from Downunder) - While most of this week’s talk in Australian basketball circles has been about big man Julian Khazzouh signing with the Golden State Warriors, an
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13/12/2011
Let’s talk about...referees
MELBOURNE (Paulo Kennedy's View from Downunder) - While criticising referees is done all around the world, in Australia it is somewhat of a national pastime, regardless of the sport being
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02/12/2011
Is old-fashioned back in fashion?
MELBOURNE (Paulo Kennedy's View from Downunder) - Remember when most teams started two post players, and their guards were the ones who took the outside shots?
That seems a like a long time ago. Over
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