After the first round of the NBL season (not that anyone got to see it ... thanks Fox), by far the stand-out performance, especially shooting-wise, was from NZ Breaker's Kirk Penney.
Penney is one of only two NZ players to have played (albeit not very much) in the NBA. One of my friends mentioned him when we were working on the Top Ten Shooters list but there is very little footage of him on YouTube.
I got to see him in action last season in the NBL in games against the Bullets and occasionally on Fox. Whenever we played them I remember JVG (the ex-GM of the Bullets) worrying any time Kirk had an open look or even just had the ball. In his first season in the NBL he averaged 24.2ppg and with a deeper team around him this season including Boomers point guard CJ Bruton, look for him to do even better.
Anyway, showing the damage he can do to a game, his actual stat line from round 1 was:
41 points
16 of 22 from the field
6 of 10 from downtown
7 boards
3 assists
and just 1 turnover
Not just outstanding personal stats but his team had a convincing win.
Kirk has a very sweet stroke and you could do far worse than study his form to improve your own basketball shooting.
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