The View from Downunder by Paulo Kennedy   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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Paulo-Kennedy-Column 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,  more »
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Paulo-Kennedy-Column 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  more »
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Paulo-Kennedy-Column 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  more »
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Paulo-Kennedy-Column 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  more »
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Paulo-Kennedy-Column 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,  more »
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Paulo-Kennedy-Column 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  more »
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Paulo-Kennedy-Column 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  more »
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Paulo-Kennedy-Column 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  more »
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Paulo-Kennedy-Column 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  more »
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Paulo-Kennedy-Column 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  more »
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