Breakers secure key replacement

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Dominique Kelman-Poto is headed to the New Zealand Breakers.

The New Zealand Breakers have signed forward Dominique Kelman-Poto as a nominated injury replacement player for NBL24.

Kelman-Poto has been a strong performer in the NZNBL across a number of years, most recently playing for the Franklin Bulls, and averaging 9.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.1 steals a game in 16 appearances this season.

He has split his time across the Bulls, Southland Sharks and Super City Rangers since 2017, with his most successful season coming in 2019-20, where he averaged 18 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.7 steals for Franklin.

Kelman-Poto played one game for the Breakers in the 2018-2019 season and lined up for Mody Maor's team during their pre-season game against the Illawarra Hawks on Sumday.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">??????<br><br>Big man Dominique Kelman-Poto has been signed as a nominated injury replacement player for NBL24 ?<br><br>Dom has played stints for both the Franklin Bulls & Southland Sharks, as well as the New Zealand 3x3 basketball side for the Commonwealth Games?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNBREAKABLE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UNBREAKABLE</a> <a href="https://t.co/MU2wgboMbo">pic.twitter.com/MU2wgboMbo</a></p>— BNZ Breakers (@NZBreakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/NZBreakers/status/1698803272851882416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>