NZL – Penney in training camp with Spurs
SAN ANTONIO (NBA) – New Zealand star guard Kirk Penney has joined the San Antonio Spurs for training camp on the back of an impressive display at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. Penney averaged 24.7 points (second behind tournament scoring leader Luis Scola of Argentina) and helped the Tall Blacks reach the Eight-Final stages of the ...
SAN ANTONIO (NBA) – New Zealand star guard Kirk Penney has joined the San Antonio Spurs for training camp on the back of an impressive display at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.
Penney averaged 24.7 points (second behind tournament scoring leader Luis Scola of Argentina) and helped the Tall Blacks reach the Eight-Final stages of the competition where they bowed out to Russia.
The 29-year-old was instrumental in his team’s wins over Lebanon, Canada and France and showed his scoring punch by getting 20 or more points in all but one game. He exploded for 37 against Lithuania in New Zealand’s Group D opener in Izmir.
Penney made his NBA debut back in 2004, playing in six games for the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers.
He has also featured in the NBA Development League, with the Asheville Altitude (2004-05) and most recently with the the Sioux Falls Skyforce, whom he joined late last season after the end of the Australian NBL campaign.
In 2008-09, he averaged 24.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists in leading the New Zealand Breakers to their best ever season. He was rewarded for his impressive play by becoming the first Kiwi ever to be named the league’s MVP.
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