Thomas Abercrombie (basketball)

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Thomas Abercrombie
No. 10 – New Zealand Breakers
Position	Small forward / Shooting guard
League	NBL
Personal information
Born	(1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Listed height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	207 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school	Westlake Boys (Auckland, New Zealand)
College	Washington State (2007–2008)
Pro playing career	2008–present
Career history
2008–present	New Zealand Breakers
2009–2011	Waikato Pistons
Career highlights and awards
All-NBL Third Team (2013) 3x NBL champion (2011, 2012, 2013) All-NBL First Team (2012) NBL All-Star (2012) NBL Grand Final MVP (2011) 3x NZNBL All-Star five (2009, 2010, 2011) NZNBL champion (2009) NZNBL Rookie of the Year (2009)

Thomas Iain Abercrombie (born July 5, 1987) is a New Zealand professional basketball player who currently plays for the New Zealand Breakers of the NBL.

High School Basketball

Abercrombie captained the Westlake Boys High School 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. He won the WBHS Trophy for Academic and Sporting Excellence in 2002 and 2004.

College Basketball

Abercrombie played college basketball in the United States for Washington State University in 2007–08. During that season, he played 12 games, averaging 1.2 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.

New Zealand Breakers

Abercrombie returned to New Zealand to play for the New Zealand Breakers in the 2008–09 NBL season. He would later go on to help the Breakers win three consecutive NBL championships from 2011–2013 and also be awarded the Larry Sengstock Medal for being the 2011 Grand Final's Most Valuable Player.

Waikato Pistons

Abercrombie signed with the Waikato Pistons for the 2009 New Zealand NBL season. As a rookie, he would lead the Pistons to their fourth championship and played outstanding in the finals series, averaging 17.0ppg, 6.5rpg and 3.5apg being one of the Pistons top players. Along with a championship, he was named rookie of the year and to the All-Star five.

Since that championship he has been unable to taste championship success with the Pistons again, losing in the finals series the next year to a well drilled Wellington Saints team. Although they lost that finals series, he averaged 25ppg, 4.3rpg and 2.3bpg. For his efforts, he was named to the All-Star five.^[1]

Abercrombie's 3rd season for the Pistons was a late start because of NZ Breakers duties, but he came back to the Pistons and led them to the 2nd best record in the NZBL heading into the Final Four Weekend in Wellington. But the Pistons fell short once again, losing to the Hawke's Bay Hawks in the semi final, 95–86. Abercrombie pitched in with 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists but this was not enough to beat the Hawks. He was again named to the All-Star five,^[2] for the third time in three seasons.

International Basketball

Abercrombie played for New Zealand in the 2007 World University Games.^[3] He has also played for the New Zealand Tall Blacks in the 2009 FIBA Oceania Championship and the 2010 FIBA World Championship.^[4]

In 2013, Abercrombie took part in mini-camp opportunities with NBA teams such as the San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks. He then joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2013 NBA Summer League.^[5]^[6]

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Awards
Preceded by Kevin Lisch	NBL Grand Final MVP 2011	Succeeded by C. J. Bruton

v t e New Zealand Breakers current roster

2 Johnson 3 Corletto 5 Salt (DP) 7 Te Rangi 9 C. Webster 10 Abercrombie 11 Bailey 13 Witteveen (DP) 14 Vukona 23 Bruton 30 Burton (DP) 35 Pledger 48 Frank 55 Wilkinson

Head coach Vickerman Assistant coaches Henare · Flavell

v t e New Zealand squad – 2009 FIBA Oceania Championship – Gold Medal

4 Tait 5 Fitchett 6 Penney 7 Vukona 8 Kenny 9 Webster 10 Henry 11 Pledger 12 Abercrombie 13 Frank 14 Loe 15 Anthony Coach: Vucinic

v t e New Zealand squad – 2010 FIBA World Championship – 12th place

4 Tait 5 Fitchett 6 Penney 7 Vukona 8 Jones 9 Kench 10 Abercrombie 11 Cameron 12 Anthony 13 Frank 14 Bradshaw 15 Pledger Coach: Vučinić

v t e New Zealand squad – 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship – Silver Medal

4 Tait 5 Fitchett 6 Penney 7 Vukona 8 Dickel 9 Kenny 10 Abercrombie 11 Pledger 12 Anthony 13 Frank 14 Henry 15 Loe Coach: Vucinic

v t e New Zealand squad – 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship – Silver Medal

4 Ngatai 5 Bartlett 6 Mauriohooho Le’afa 7 Vukona 8 Kenny 9 Webster 10 Anthony 11 Abercrombie 12 Te Rangi 13 Frank 14 Salt 15 Pledger Coach: Vučinić

Persondata
Name	Abercrombie, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand basketball player
Date of birth	July 5, 1987
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death

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