New Zealand Breakers After returning home following his college stint, Abercrombie joined the
New Zealand Breakers in the
Australian NBL as a development player for the
2008–09 season. He played 13 games in his first season with the Breakers, and was elevated to the full squad for the
2009–10 season. He missed four games in the back half of the season with an ankle injury. In the
2010–11 season, Abercrombie helped the Breakers reach their first ever grand final series, where they defeated the
Cairns Taipans 2–1 to win their maiden NBL championship. He was subsequently named the
Grand Final MVP. Abercrombie went on to win three more championships with the Breakers in 2012, 2013 and 2015. In January 2016, Abercrombie passed
Kirk Penney as the club's all-time leading scorer. Due to Penney's return to the club for two seasons, Abercrombie had to pass him again in October 2018 to reach 3227 points in 276 games. In February 2019, he played his 300th NBL game. In October 2019, Abercrombie committed to the Breakers until the end of the 2021–22 season. In
2019–20, Abercrombie became the second player in NBL history (after
Daniel Kickert in 2016–17 and 2017–18) to join the exclusive
50–40–90 club. Abercrombie averaged 12.1 points per game for the season while shooting 50.0 percent from the field, 46.5 percent from three-point range and 90.5 percent from the free throw line. In April 2021, Abercrombie played his 355th game for the Breakers, surpassing
Mika Vukona (354) to become the franchise's all-time games played leader. He also passed Kirk Penney (489) as the club's all-time leader in 3-pointers made. Abercrombie missed most of the
2021–22 NBL season with a side strain and missed the first month of the
2022–23 NBL season after suffering a torn retina which required emergency surgery. On 10 May 2023, Abercrombie re-signed with the Breakers for the
2023–24 NBL season. In September 2023, he played his 400th NBL game. On 13 February 2024, Abercrombie announced that the 2023–24 season would be his last in the NBL. He retired with 429 career games and finished as the Breakers' most-capped player. On 12 December 2025, the Breakers announced that the club would retire Abercrombie's number 10 jersey. The ceremony took place on 30 January 2026.
New Zealand NBL In
2009, Abercrombie debuted in the
New Zealand NBL with the
Waikato Pistons. He helped the Pistons win the championship while claiming
Rookie of the Year and
All-Star Five honours. He continued on with the Pistons in
2010 and earned All-Star Five honours again while helping the Pistons make a second consecutive grand final appearance. He returned to the Pistons for a third season in
2011 and once again earned All-Star Five honours. In
2019, Abercrombie played half a season with the
Wellington Saints and helped them win a championship while claiming
Grand Final MVP honours.
Overseas stints During the 2013 NBL off-season, Abercrombie took part in mini-camp opportunities with NBA teams such as the
San Antonio Spurs,
Milwaukee Bucks,
Houston Rockets and
Dallas Mavericks. He then joined the
Phoenix Suns for the
NBA Summer League. Following the
2013–14 NBL season, Abercrombie had a stint in France with
ASVEL Basket. He went on to have similar post-NBL season stints the following three years, playing for
Gipuzkoa Basket in Spain in 2015, and then having two stints in Turkey with
Pınar Karşıyaka (2016) and
Büyükçekmece Basketbol (2017). ==National team career==