So... the Tall Blacks played over the weekend. There wasn’t much of a deal made about it, in fact you’d be forgiven for not even realising those games were happening, but they did. The second one was a bit of a sitter against Guam which in which they eventually eased to a 19-point victory but the first one... mate.
It started amidst the dark and stormy clouds of chaos and it finished with warm beams of hopeful sunlight peeking through as the Breakers entered the final round of the season still in with a chance of making the semis. The Breakers lingered at 4-10 with little sign that it was gonna get any better. But it did. Substantially.
And here we are. A week after the trade deadline passed with the Oklahoma City Thunder choosing to sit comfortably back in their seats with no knockout offers forthcoming, they now roll into the great big period of rest and recalibration that is the All Star Break.
The RJ Hampton experience is no longer. With only a couple games remaining and the American prodigy still dealing with a lingering hip injury it’s been decided that the best course of action is for RJH to return to the USA to get himself healthy and prepare for the 2020 NBA Draft.
Well folks, the time has come and gone. The NBA Trade Deadline passed at 9am on Friday in Aotearoa time and as of that moment Steven Adams was effectively confirmed as an Oklahoma City Thunder player for the remainder of the season.
Patrick Mahomes, that is all.