Josh Bloxham

Josh Bloxham

  • Nationality: NZL
  • Date of Birth: 13/03/90
  • Place of Birth: Christchurch (New Zealand)
  • Position: PG
  • Height (CM): 186
  • Weight (KG): 85
  • Junior Assoc: None
  • College: None
  • NBL DEBUT: 14/11/10
  • AGE AT DEBUT: 20
  • LAST NBL GAME: 2/09/13
  • AGE AT LAST GAME: 23
  • NBL History: New Zealand 2011-13
  • Championships: 3
  • New Zealand (2011-13)

BIO: Joshua Kane Bloxham was born in Christchurch (New Zealand) and played 11 seasons in the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) between 2006 and 2016.

Bloxham debuted in the New Zealand NBL in 2006 with the Nelson Giants.

He played every seasons for the Giants until 2014, including being part of the Giants’ 2007 championship team.

Between 2010 and 2013, Bloxham was a development player with the New Zealand Breakers , where he won three straight championships as a member of the team’s 3-peat contingent.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Josh Bloxham made his NBL debut with the New Zealand Breakers at 20 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.

Bloxham joined the Breakers as a development player in 2010, this season the Breakers were led by Kirk Penney (20.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.3 assists), Gary Wilkinson (15.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists), CJ Bruton (11.0 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.8 assists), Thomas Abercrombie (10.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 1.6 assists) and Mika Vukona (8.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 1.9 assists) and finished the regular season on top of the ladder (22–6).

New Zealand went on to reach their first-ever NBL Grand Final, defeating Perth in the semifinals (2-1) and then Cairns in the Grand Final series (2-1). Bloxham saw limited opportunities to play, appearing in 7 games and scoring a total of five points.

2011/12
After winning their first NBL championship, the Breakers suffered two major losses, the first being leading scorer Kirk Penney’s decision to play in Europe and a off-seasonAchilles injury to Kevin Braswell that saw him still unable to play at the beginning of the 2011/12 season. Coach Andrej Lemanis would then replace him with Cedric Jackson, as well as adding Daryl Corletto to the roster, who had been released by the Melbourne Tigers to make room for signing NBA star Patty Mills only a week before the season started.

Jackson (12.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 6.5 assists, and 2.2 steals) would lead the league in both assists and steals and ensure the Breakers didn’t skip a beat as the defending champs. Gary Wilkinson (16.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.2 assists) and Thomas Abercrombie (15.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.6 assists) both boosting their offensive output in the absence of Penney, propelling New Zealand to a first-place finish (21-7) for the second consecutive season.

New Zealand would meet Townsville in the semifinals where they would lose the opening contest (82-99) behind big games from Crocodiles stars Peter Crawford (26 points) and Eddie Gill (21 points and 4 steals).

The Breakers re-grouped with CJ Bruton (18 points) top scoring in a game two win (94-83) that saw five New Zealand players all score in double figures. Bruton (20 points) continued to lead the way offensively in game three (97-80), winning the series for New Zealand and propelling them into the Grand Final.

New Zealand would go on to face Perth, winning the opening game in a overtime victory at home (104–98). Bruton (20 points and 3 assists) and Jackson (25 points and 8 assists) led the way in scoring, while Wilkinson added 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 1 steal.

Despite Wilkinson (28 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists) delivering his best game of the season, the Wildcats would rebound from the loss and claim a narrow victory in their second meeting (87-86). Jesse Wagstaff (15 points) and Kevin Lisch (15 points and 5 rebounds) led the way for Perth, while six other Wildcats players also scored in double figures. This set up a third game back in Auckland, where the Wildcat’s built up a slight lead in the second quarter through some brilliant play from Matthew Knight (17 points and 6 rebounds), who had 11 points in the quarter. With centre Luke Nevill (4 points and 3 rebounds in 9 mins) getting into foul trouble and the Breakers defence all but neutralising Shawn Redhage (18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists), the Breakers clinched back-to-back titles with a six-point victory (79–73) in front of 9,000 fans.

After Perth levelled the score with seven minutes to go, Abercrombie (12 points and 4 rebounds) pulled in a offensive rebound and set up Bruton (16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals), who nailed a three-point dagger to extend the lead to seven with less than two minutes to play. Gary Wilkinson (23 points) led all scorers, while Alex Pledger (13 points on 4-of-6 shooting) made huge contributions from the bench. The Breakers became the first side to win consecutive titles since Sydney in 2002-2005, a championship team that Bruton was also a part of. Bruton finished 4-of-7 from downtown and was awarded the Larry Sengstock Medal for the Most Valuable Player of the series.

This season, Lemanis was recognised as Coach of the Year, Jackson and Abercrombie were selected to the All-NBL First Team, and Wilkinson gained All-NBL Second Team recognition as well.

Bloxham saw a increase in his playing time, appearing in 17 games and averaging 1.6 points, 0.6 rebounds, and 0.2 assists.

2012/13
In 2012, the Breakers looked to become the second team in league history to record a three-peat. While Cedric Jackson, Leon Henry, Thomas Abercrombie, Dillon Boucher, Mika Vukona, CJ Bruton, and Daryl Corletto all re-signed, a major decision made this off-season was to not re-sign leading scorer Gary Wilkinson (to Europe) in favour of elevating promising Kiwi centre Alex Pledger into the starting lineup. Import forward Will Hudson (via Gold Coast) signed as his replacement, while Corey Webster, who had sat out the previous season due to a 12-month suspension for the use of banned substances.

The Breakers recorded a number of historic moments this season, beginning with Jackson recording his first career triple-double with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against the Melbourne Tigers (November 30, 2012). It was only the second triple-double recorded since the NBL went to 40-minute games at the start of the 2009/10 season.

By February, the Breakers extended their longest winning streak record to 11, a record that by mid-March had been extended to fifteen straight games.

New Zealand (24-4) finished on top of the ladder for a second consecutive season, with Jackson (14.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.8 assists, and 2.8 steals) leading the league in assists and steals for the second straight season. Jackson was a obvious choice for the league’s Most Valuable Player and was also selected to the All-NBL First Team for the second consecutive season. Mika Vukona and Thomas Abercrombie were selected to the All-NBL Second and Third team’s, respectively, and Andrej Lemanis was voted the Coach of the Year.

New Zealand faced Sydney in the semifinals and swiftly eliminated them in two games. Abercrombie (15 points and 3 rebounds) and Jackson (11 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals) leading the Breakers in game one (81-64) and Bruton (21 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists) and Pledger (18 points and 12 rebounds) taking charge in game two (99-88).

New Zealand progressed to the Grand Final series, where they would face off against Perth in a Grand Final re-match of the previous year. The Wildcats entered the series shorthanded, having lost starting guard Damian Martin to a Achilles injury prior to the playoffs. Brad Robbins came out of retirement to cover the loss, but with the team missing Martin, the Breakers defeated Perth easily in two straight games. Game one (79-67) saw Corletto (19 points on 7-10 shooting) catch fire and in game two (70-66), the Breakers were led by Bruton (16 points) and Jackson (14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals). Jackson was subsequently named Grand Final MVP as the team delivered a historic three-peat win.

Bloxham would see little game time this season, appearing in only 3 games, averaging 0 points, 0.3 rebounds, and 0.7 assists.

Josh Bloxham played three seasons the New Zealand Breakers. He averaged 1.1 points, 0.5 rebounds, and 0.3 assists in 27 NBL games.

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NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASONAGETEAMTEAM RECORDGPMINSPTSREBASTORDRSTLBLKTOPFFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%EFG%HS
2012-1323New Zealand24-4 (1)37.001201200130%000%000%0%0%0
2011-1222New Zealand21-7 (1)17106.0271145620111072627%51828%88100%45%37%10
2010-1121New Zealand22-6 (1)712.05232000002729%1250%000%36%0%5
Totals27125321497740111193625.0%62030.0%88100.0%40%33%10

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASONAGETEAMTEAM RECORDGPMINSPTSREBASTORDRSTLBLKTOPFFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%EFG%HS
2012-1323New Zealand24-4 (1)32.30.00.30.70.00.30.70.00.00.30.01.00%0.00.00%0.00.00%0%0%0
2011-1222New Zealand21-7 (1)176.21.60.60.20.30.40.10.00.60.60.41.527%0.31.128%0.50.5100%45%37%10
2010-1121New Zealand22-6 (1)71.70.70.30.40.30.00.00.00.00.00.31.029%0.10.350%0.00.00%36%0%5
Total274.61.20.50.30.30.30.10.00.40.40.31.325.0%0.030.0%0.20.7100.0%40%33%10

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKS TURNOVERS TRIPLE DOUBLES
10321050

FIBA EXPERIENCE

Josh Bloxham did not play in a major FIBA tournament, but did represent New Zealand at the 2011 FIBA Oceania Qualifiers, 2007 FIBA Oceania Qualifiers.

Season Team PTS AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P%
1 0 20% 32% 32% 0%
2 0 10 2 1 0
Total 9 36 25.0% 6 20 30.0%

NBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEARAGETEAMPOSGPGSMINSPTSTRBASTORBDRBSTLBLKTOVPFFGFGAFG%3P3PA3P%FTFTAFT%TS%EFG%
2012-1323New Zealand24-4 (1)37.001201200130%000%000%0%0%0
2011-1222New Zealand21-7 (1)17106.0271145620111072627%51828%88100%45%37%10
2010-1121New Zealand22-6 (1)712.05232000002729%1250%000%36%0%5
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • New Zealand - Nelson (2012-14, 2020), Super City (2015-16)

Josh Bloxham played for the Nelson Giants from 2012 to 2014. He averaged 10.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.1 assist (2012), 8.6 points, 3 rebounds, and 2.1 assist (2013), 8.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.3 assists (2015).

He then moved to rival team Super City, where he played from 2015-2016 where he averaged 3 points and 1 rebound across 31 games.

In 2020 returned to play for the Nelson Giants during the shortened COVID season and averaged 5.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.9 assists across 18 games.

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