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    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.

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    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Basketball News
     10 Nov: A swathe of size and experience is returning to the Tall Blacks for their looming Basketball World Cup qualification series against Australia
     07 Nov: Breakers guard Izaiah Brockington has relished the challenge of defending against five-time NBL MVP Bryce Cotton in the 83-79 defeat to the Adelaide 36ers at Christchurch
     01 Nov: The Chicago Bulls are emulating their famous 19-96 NBA basketball squad led by Michael Jordan
     01 Nov: The Breakers have embarrassed the Hawks 102-60 in their Australian Basketball League match in Wollongong
     31 Oct: Breakers forward Reuben Te Rangi has his sights on stopping a pair of key Illawarra Hawks players, in tonight's Aussie basketball league clash across the Ditch
     25 Oct: Melbourne United remain unbeaten in basketball's NBL after a 94-67 dismantling of the Cairns Taipans on the road
     24 Oct: Crisis averted in the women's Tauihi basketball league
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