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Tall blacks upset China

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by KiwiRoxFan, Feb 25, 2018.

  1. KiwiRoxFan

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    TALL BLACKS UPSET CHINA
    http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/sport/tall-blacks-upset-china

    The tall blacks are looking really good this year. Who will they upset next?

     
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    China gets easily offended, sometimes.

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  3. Carl Herrera

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    That team isn't very tall or very black.

    And Yi Jianlian is such a huge waste of great physical tools.
     
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    Very selective highlights
     
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    IDK if sarcasm or not but the "Tall Blacks" is a play on New Zeland's Rugby team name, the "All Blacks", because they wear all-black.

    The Soccer team wears all white, so they are known as the "All Whites"
     
  6. KiwiRocket

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    Hopefully Steven Adams suits up for us for once!
     
  7. CometsWin

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    New Zealand beating China is an upset?

    o_O
     
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    It's definitely NOT an upset.
    They beat them to win the world cup qualifying pool last year. It's possible China has beaten them in qualifiers in the past, but usually the tall Blacks are only behind Australia in the rankings for that section. The reason China holds a higher world ranking is that the best Kiwi players are overseas and don't take part in the friendly mid year games.
     
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    The Tall Blacks are an example of a team where the whole exceeds the whole.

    Nice win for our boys.
     
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    Nice to see NZ Rocket fans representing in this thread :)
     
  11. CometsWin

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    The whole cannot exceed the whole.
     
  12. whozee

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    Whole blacks doing good things, like to see them in a world tournament with Adams playing
     
  13. Easy

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    It's like their ceiling is through the roof.
     
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    At least they didn't shoot them.
     
  15. kiwirocketsfan

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    Whole exceeds their parts..... trying to sneak post while working.... smh
     
  16. KiwiRoxFan

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    Theres even an Aussie fan on here somewhere though I hope we don't run into him. Aussie fan if you're reading this then bugger off. Pavlova was invented in NZ.
     
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    lol there is quite a number of aussies here :p
     

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