Otago Nuggets

It was a big weekend for basketball in Dunedin.

The Otago Nuggets have signed Mr Wright - Akeem Wright that is.

The good news is the Otago Nuggets have re-signed promising trio James Ross, Riki Buckrell and Sam King. They have inked one-year deals with the franchise.

Some relief may have swept through the Otago Nuggets camp when the Waikato Pistons announced earlier this week they would not contest the 2012 National Basketball League.

Two years ago, no-one wanted to play for the Otago Nuggets basketball team.

Otago Nuggets coach Alf Arlidge will get the opportunity to finish what he started two years ago.

Tall Black forward Craig Bradshaw took a "huge risk" playing for the Otago Nuggets this season.

Scott O'Gallagher has the body of a gazelle but the heart of a tiger.

The departure of American centre Lance Allred has left an almost 2.1m gap in the Otago Nuggets' frontcourt.

The Nelson Giants extended their dominance over the Otago Nuggets with a 79-63 win at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin last night.

Otago Nuggets centre Lance Allred is really going to miss "mince pies and L&P". He is also going to miss the Nuggets' last three games.

Who said the Otago Nuggets don't have an outside game?

The Otago Nuggets woke up on Sunday morning still smiling but by Tuesday the grins were gone.

It is the most famous shot in the Otago Nuggets' history, and 20 years on Brent Matehaere and Todd Marshall recall Jerome Fitchett's buzzer-beater in the quarterfinal against the Nelson Giants like it was yesterday. Basketball writer Adrian Seconi caught up with the pair.

If you give a man dying of thirst a drink his attention will immediately shift to his hunger.

When Otago Nuggets centre Lance Allred swatted away the Jets' final attempt to avoid defeat on Saturday night, he howled like someone letting go of the last ounce of frustration.

The Otago Nuggets have finally climbed their Everest - breaking a 33-game losing streak stretching back to April 2008.