(1980-11-23) 23 November 1980 (age 43) Auckland, New Zealand
Listed height
196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight
98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
High school
Westlake Boys (Auckland, New Zealand)
College
Wisconsin (1999–2003)
NBA draft
2003: undrafted
Playing career
1998–2018; 2022
Position
Shooting guard / small forward
Number
6, 20
Career history
1998–2000
North Harbour Kings
2003
Miami Heat
2003–2004
Gran Canaria
2004
Asheville Altitude
2004–2005
Los Angeles Clippers
2005
Asheville Altitude
2005–2006
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2006–2007
Žalgiris Kaunas
2007
ALBA Berlin
2007–2010
New Zealand Breakers
2010
Sioux Falls Skyforce
2010–2011
New Zealand Breakers
2011–2012
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2012–2013
TED Ankara Kolejliler
2013–2014
Trabzonspor
2015
Baloncesto Sevilla
2015–2016
Illawarra Hawks
2016–2018
New Zealand Breakers
2022
Auckland Tuatara
Career highlights and awards
NBL:
NBL champion (2011)
NBL Most Valuable Player (2009)
4× All-NBL First Team (2008–2011)
All-NBL Second Team (2016)
3× NBL scoring champion (2009–2011)
NZNBL:
NZNBL Most Outstanding Kiwi Guard (1999)
NZNBL Rookie of the Year (1998)
Other:
2× TBL All-Star (2013, 2014)
2× TBL Three-Point Shootout champion (2013, 2014)
Lithuanian LKL champion (2007)
Lithuanian LKF Cup winner (2007)
Baltic League All-Star (2007)
Israeli League champion (2006)
Israeli Basketball State Cup winner (2006)
NBA D-League champion (2005)
College:
AP honorable mention All-American (2003)
2× First-team All-Big Ten (2002, 2003)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing New Zealand
Men's Basketball
Oceanian Championship
2009 Oceania
National team
Kirk Samuel Penney (born 23 November 1980) is a New Zealand former professional basketball player. He is the all-time leading scorer for New Zealand's national team and he ranks 12th all-time in points scored at the FIBA World Cup. In 2024, he was inducted in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Penney played four years of college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers between 1999 and 2003, where he was initially a walk-on and later was twice named first-team all-conference and as an all-American. He became the second New Zealander in the NBA when he appeared briefly for the Miami Heat in 2003 and the Los Angeles Clippers in 2005. He went on to play professionally in Spain, the NBA Development League, Israel, Lithuania, Germany and Turkey. He also played six seasons for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He was named the NBL MVP in 2009, named to the All-NBL First Team four times, led the NBL in scoring three times and won an NBL championship with the Breakers in 2011.
Penney represented New Zealand at the Sydney and Athens Olympics and averaged 16.9 points at the World Championships in Indianapolis in 2002 and 24.7 points at the World Championships in Turkey in 2010.
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as low as ninth in the Big Ten in pre-season polls. The team, led by KirkPenney, surprisingly finished in a four-way tie for the Big Ten regular-season...
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gone on to play in the NBA: Steven Adams, Aron Baynes, Sean Marks, and KirkPenney. On the international stage, the Tall Blacks (New Zealand's national...