New Zealand - Abercrombie weighs up European offers
Tall Blacks swingman Thomas Abercrombie is confident he can foot it with the best after his first taste of international basketball in Turkey. Abercrombie says he has had a lot of interest from European clubs and wants to land a contract in Europe next season. The 21-year-old 6'6" athletic forward was one of the players of the tournament at the world champs and now knows he can compete at the highest level.
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Tall Blacks swingman Thomas Abercrombie is confident he can foot it with the best after his first taste of international basketball in Turkey.
Abercrombie says he has had a lot of interest from European clubs and wants to land a contract in Europe next season.
The 21-year-old 6'6" athletic forward was one of the players of the tournament at the world champs and now knows he can compete at the highest level.
He is committed to playing out the upcoming ANBL season with the Breakers before eyeing up an offshore move.
Abercrombie played 23 games for the Breakers last season and averaged 8.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.
He captained Westlake Boys to the national secondary schools basketball title in his senior year, averaging 20.5 points, 11 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game, while being named NZ Academy of Sport High Performance Player for the second successive year.
Abercrombie won the WBHS Trophy for Academic and Sporting Excellence in 2002 and 2004 and was a member of Andrej Lemanis' first Breakers team which toured China in May 2005.
A gun all-round sportsman, Abercrombie also captained the WBHS team to a national secondary schools volleyball title.