NBL Player & Coach of the Month

It seems the league office is taking note of my blog as in news just to hand from the NBL, Kirk Penney has been named Player of the Month for October. I've been talking Penney up for the last 5 or 6 weeks and gave him the nod as our Shooter of the Month for October. Check the article below (click on the title) for his stats and why he won. My question tho is since when is a basketball player described as a "spitfire", what the??

For turning the struggling Dragons franchise around (they finished last season 5 - 25), super-coach Brian Goorjian received the award for Coach of the Month. As mentioned in my NBL wrap of round 7 yesterday the Dragons currently lead the league with 8 wins and 2 losses. Click on the title below for the full story.

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The National Basketball League has announced that New Zealand Breakers shooting star Kirk Penney, and South Dragons coach, Brian Goorjian, have won the Player and Coach of the Month awards respectively for September/October.

Penney was a spitfire for the Breakers between Rounds One and Seven, averaging 26.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.3 assist and 1.0 steal per game for the month. The former NBA player shot the ball at 49 percent from the field, a sizzling 37 percent from beyond the three-point line, and made an impressive 87 percent of his foul shots. His efforts also saw him pick up Player of the Week honours in Rounds One and Eight along the way, as his team started the season at club record clip with a 7-2 win-loss record.

It seems Kirk and I concentrate the same way ... tongue out