I remember Stephen from his years with the Bullets and it was sad to see him constantly struggle with the injuries and conditions that's he had. He was like a young guy in an old man's body. He looked fine on the court but he was the walking wounded off it.
Probably the highlight of his NBL career was his performance for the Brisbane Bullets in their championship winning grand final series. Stephen had struggled in the semi-finals against the Kings but stepped up against the Tigers when his team really needed him the most. Blacky is a fantastic shooter and its great to watch him in action so we wish him all the best and hope to see him back on court soon.
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Black may not be back
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 7:35 AM
By Jamie Townsend, Sportal
The Cairns Taipans are preparing for life without Stephen Black after their star guard was unable to take the court in their thrilling 101-92 overtime win over the New Zealand Breakers on Wednesday night.
Black has battled an ongoing back injury for the past two seasons but his injury flared mid-week, ruling him out for the match and putting a big question mark over the rest of his career.
His father, Taipans coach Alan Black spoke of the challenge his son has been facing just to get on the court each week.
'He's just tried to play through the pain, but over the last two weeks he's been having two ice baths a day and taking pain killers and its just got to the point where his body has packed up,' he stated.
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