{"id":416394,"date":"2026-05-07T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/416394\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:49:10","slug":"breakers-sign-young-scorer-to-multi-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/416394\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakers sign young scorer to multi-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Zealand Breakers announced on Thursday the signing of guard Preston Le Gassick to a two-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>The deal will see the 23-year-old part of the Breakers roster for the Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL27 Season, with a team option for the 2027-28 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am incredibly honoured to be joining the Breakers,\u201d Le Gassick said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up in a household with a Kiwi mother, I\u2019ve always felt a strong connection to New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Playing with Reuben Te Rangi last year gave me a great insight into the level of professionalism required to succeed at this level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ready to bring my energy and my shooting to help this team win a championship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OUR NEW YOUNG GUN<\/p>\n<p>The BNZ Breakers are excited to welcome Preston Le Gassick to the club for NBL27, with a team option for NBL28. <\/p>\n<p>Born on the Gold Coast to an Australian father and Kiwi mother, Preston brings a strong New Zealand connection and serious scoring power to the BNZ\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UWFJO867RU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UWFJO867RU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BNZ Breakers (@NZBreakers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NZBreakers\/status\/2052239701562831346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Le Gassick had a standout collegiate career at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida, and a strong stint with NBL1 North outfit, the Gold Coast Rollers.<\/p>\n<p>During his most recent NBL1 campaign, the guard averaged 21.3 points and 5.8 assists per game, while converting on 38.3 per cent of his triples.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Preston is a sharpshooter proven he can score at a high volume,\u201d Breakers President of Basketball Operations Dillon Boucher said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a rising star who we want to bring into our high-performance environment and develop his talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe impressed me with his outstanding character and work ethic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Le Gassick, whose father Brendan played in the NBL for four seasons with Gold Coast and Townsville, joins a Breakers squad that already consists of Parker Jackson-Cartwright, Sam Mennenga, newly signed Dejan Vasiljevic, Reuben Te Rangi and Izayah Le\u2019Afa.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/69d47a153353ed2bdf7cd807_Article Banner_1920x250 (1).jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Zealand Breakers announced on Thursday the signing of guard Preston Le Gassick to a two-year deal.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-416394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}