Derone Jordan Raukawa was born on 24 July 1994 and is a New Zealand basketball player who last played for the Taranaki Airs of the New Zealand National Basketball League.
40 Facts About Derone Raukawa
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Derone Raukawa lived in Tauranga, moved to Australia and returned to Auckland.
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In 2011, Derone Raukawa played for Otumoetai College and the Tauranga rep team before moving to Auckland at the start of 2012, where he enrolled at Rosmini College.
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Derone Raukawa had two weeks in China, where he captained the Junior Tall Blacks against Slovenia, the United States and China.
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Derone Raukawa moved schools in 2013, this time to Rangitoto College.
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Derone Raukawa guided Rangitoto to the 2013 National Secondary Schools Basketball Final, where they lost to Westlake Boys High School.
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Derone Raukawa scored 35 points in the final and was named to the all-tournament team.
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Derone Raukawa was impressive in his first season, earning co-Rookie of the Week honours for Round 4 after scoring a season-high 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting against the Nelson Giants.
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In 12 games for the Jets in 2014, Derone Raukawa averaged 4.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game.
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Derone Raukawa returned to the Jets for the 2015 season and found his niche as a livewire off the bench.
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On 6 November 2015, Derone Raukawa signed with the Southland Sharks for the 2016 New Zealand NBL season.
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Derone Raukawa was a surprise package for the Sharks in 2016.
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Derone Raukawa brought plenty of energy to the team and ended up playing big minutes.
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Derone Raukawa appeared in 18 of the team's 19 games in 2016, averaging 10.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.
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On 6 September 2016, Derone Raukawa re-signed with the Sharks for the 2017 season.
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Derone Raukawa was later ruled out of their Round 4 clash against the Super City Rangers as well due to his hip problem.
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On 25 October 2017, Derone Raukawa re-signed with the Sharks for the 2018 season.
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Derone Raukawa appeared in all 20 games for the Sharks in 2018, averaging 9.0 points, 2.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.
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On 25 January 2019, Derone Raukawa signed with the Taranaki Mountainairs for the 2019 season.
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Derone Raukawa was named to the NZNBL Team of the Week for Round 10.
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In 13 games, Derone Raukawa averaged 17.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
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In January 2020, Derone Raukawa signed with the Hawke's Bay Hawks for the 2020 season.
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However, following a revised competition format due to the COVID-19 pandemic that led to the Hawks withdrawing from the league, Derone Raukawa was reacquired by the Mountainairs in June 2020.
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Derone Raukawa was the leader in MVP voting at the halfway point of the season.
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Derone Raukawa finished the regular season as both the scoring and assist champion.
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Derone Raukawa subsequently finished third in MVP voting and earned NZNBL All-Star Five honours.
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On 2 March 2021, Derone Raukawa signed with the Hawke's Bay Hawks for the 2021 season.
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On 5 January 2022, Derone Raukawa re-signed with the Hawks for the 2022 season.
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On 6 March 2023, Derone Raukawa re-signed with the Hawks for the 2023 season.
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In February 2024, Derone Raukawa signed with the Taranaki Airs for the 2024 season, returning to the team for a second stint.
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On 17 September 2016, in the team's final pre-season game against the Brisbane Bullets, Derone Raukawa played in front of his home crowd in Southland and finished with a team-high 13 points on 4-of-11 shooting in 28 minutes.
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Derone Raukawa later sustained a broken finger, which resulted in missing the first six weeks of the regular season.
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Derone Raukawa recorded two rebounds in four games during the season.
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On 5 June 2016, Derone Raukawa was named a replacement for Jarrod Kenny on the New Zealand Tall Blacks roster for their Asia tour and their FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament campaign.
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Derone Raukawa made the final 12-man squad two weeks later after impressing head coach Paul Henare.
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On 16 May 2017, Derone Raukawa was named in an inexperienced New Zealand Select team ahead of their invitational tournament in China in June.
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In six games for the Tall Blacks during the FIBA Asia Cup, Derone Raukawa averaged 10.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.
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On 16 March 2018, Derone Raukawa was named in the Tall Blacks squad for the Commonwealth Games.
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Derone Raukawa helped the Tall Blacks win bronze at the Commonwealth Games.
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In December 2018, Derone Raukawa played for the Tall Blacks during the FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers.