Paora winitana biography books
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Basketball: Time right for age-defying guard who can't keep up to call it a day
"They told me when you can't keep up is the time to give it up."
The lack of desire was, to say the least, "quite a weird feeling" for him, so much so that he went home to share the emotion with his wife, Tia.
A concerned Tia asked him if he was feeling unwell.
"I said no, I just don't want to put my body through this any more."
For someone who had built his career on the foundation of preparation, it was difficult for him to accept he was at the point where he had to come to terms with his shelf life as a player.
After all, Winitana was 18 when he started playing the game at the New Zealand National Basketball level in 1996.
Ironically the former Hastings Boys' High School pupil made his debut for North Harbour Vikings after he enrolled at Church College of New Zealand in Templeview, Hamilton.
"That's where it all began for me. I was named [NBL] Rookie of the Year and all that kind of stuff
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Paora Winitana Season 2021-2022
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BYU Highlights
- Redshirted the 2021-22 season
Personal
- Full name is Paora bladte Puataata-a-tia Winitana
- Parents are Paora and Tia Winitana
- Paora senior played 300+ games in the New Zealand National Basketball League and was an Olympian in 2004
- Pronunciation: POE-ruh WIN-ee-tawn-ah
- Instagram: @pwinitana10 | Twitter: @paora_winitana
Before BYU
- 2017 Central Region Champs
- 2017 NZ National U15 Champs
- 2017 NZ National Tournament Team
- 2017 NZ National MVP
- 2018 NZ National U17 3rd Place
- 2018 NZ HoopNation Champs
- 2020 Utah State Champs 2A 3rd Place
- 2020 Utah State Champs Awarded Top 5 Player
- 2021 Utah 2A First Team
- Also recruited by Utah, UVU and Weber State
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