28 Jan 2020

Game Theory: Brad Edwards- the Rise of Basketball

From Lately, 10:48 pm on 28 January 2020

The extensive media coverage here of the death of basketball great, Kobe Bryant, got us thinking about how basketball has become a huge sport in New Zealand.

Basketball's growth at secondary school level has set it on a trajectory to become the dominant sport played in New Zealand in the coming decade. 

Basketball NZ's community manager, Brad Edwards, chats to Karyn Hay about why basketball resonates so much with New Zealanders.

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Photo: Aaron Davies