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NZL - Pair ponder their futures
(fiba.com)
Updated: 2006-08-29 10:22

TOKYO (FIBA World Championship) - New Zealand veterans Phill Jones and Pero Cameron have delayed decisions over their international future. Coach Tab Baldwin left the Tall Blacks after their FIBA World Championship defeat to Argentina.

Captain Cameron and experienced forward Jones, both 32, have ruled out immediate decisions.

Cameron told The Press: "As individuals we will go away and assess what we want to do and when the time comes for the squad to get together we will know by then.

"We could be rebuilding or it could still be an experienced team. I guess that also will be up to the new coach."

Jones reflected on the tournament, adding: "I had a tough tournament and didn't play well and didn't shoot well but that's life. You can't score all the time.

"I felt better out there. I don't know what it has been but the shots just haven't been dropping. I definitely don't want to go out like that."

Meanwhile, New Zealand Breakers assistant coach John Dorge, will take charge of the North Harbour NBL team next year.

Harbour Basketball chief executive John Hunt said: "He is regarded as one of the top coaches of post play anywhere in the world and is a skilled tactician of the game."

Dorge, who represented Australia at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, was formerly an individual skills coach with the Chicago Bulls.