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      Home > News > Sports > Basketball

    Not even cancer can keep Alex Pledger away from the basketball court

    Not even cancer can keep Alex Pledger away from the basketball court


    The former Tall Black and Breakers player is suiting up for the Southland Sharks tonight in the New Zealand NBL, just three months after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

    Pledger's likely to play a couple of minutes, but he doesn't have any expectations.



    The Sharks take on the Canterbury Rams in Invercargill at 7.30.

    BASKETBALL COVERAGE WITH BURGER KING ... TRY THE NEW, DELICIOUS YUM BURGER

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     10 Oct: Athletic New Zealand Breakers forward Carlin Davison is reaching new heights in his NBL basketball career
     09 Oct: Breakers basketball coach Petteri Koponen is hailing his ANBL side's defensive effort in limiting Hawks centre JaVale McGee during their 117-88 opening victory for the season in Auckland
     08 Oct: Business as usual for the Breakers in their first taste of the NBL's new in-season tournament tonight against the Illawarra Hawks in Auckland
     08 Oct: Breakers basketball coach Petteri Koponen is pointing to decision-making as the key to fixing his side's offensive woes in tonight's NBL contest against the defending champion Illawarra Hawks in Auckland
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