Breakers sign NZNBL Champion

The New Zealand Breakers have signed Max Darling as a development player, with the 22-year-old putting pen-to-paper on a multi-year deal. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">??????<br><br>Up &amp; coming Kiwi Max Darling has signed a multi-year development player deal with the Breakers ?<br><br>Max most recently was a part of the championship winning Canterbury Rams, and has already played a stint in the NBL with Illawarra in 2020 ?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNBREAKABLE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UNBREAKABLE</a> <a href="https://t.co/tCGoQPOLU7">pic.twitter.com/tCGoQPOLU7</a></p>&mdash; BNZ Breakers (@NZBreakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/NZBreakers/status/1701098244099469448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Darling was a member of the Canterbury Rams' championship-winning team this season in New Zealand, and has also played in Croatia and Romania.

He made 14 appearances with the Illawarra Hawks across the 2020/21 NBL season.

In his most recent NZNBL campaign, Darling averaged 12.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists, across 18 appearances and 27.1 minutes a game. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Max Darling joins the SQUAD ?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNBREAKABLE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UNBREAKABLE</a> <a href="https://t.co/6B1KwVdGfF">pic.twitter.com/6B1KwVdGfF</a></p>&mdash; BNZ Breakers (@NZBreakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/NZBreakers/status/1701113344667582497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>