Author: Jimmy
NBA Straya – Tuesday Mar 13: MOCK NBA DRAFT 1.0 (Episode 76)
NBA Straya!! DAME DOLLA GOES OFF AGAIN! Today’s show: Damian Lillard’s Blazers have won 10 straight and can’t lose, Rusty Westbrook notches his 99th career triple double (and 20th for the season), the Bucks get a settler against the Grizz and how the hell are the Celtics going to cope with all their injuries? Seriously:… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee Bucks vs the Raptors (’07) and Wizards (’08), March 12 2007 & 2008
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! How’s this!? Turns out Andrew Bogut — the Croatian Wilt Chamberlain — likes this day more than Big Fev obviously likes a couple of sneaky tins and a few pies down the footy! That’s right: big Andy Bogut set a CAREER HIGH 11 years ago back in 2007 with the Milwaukee… Read more
NBA Straya – Monday Mar 12: WEEKEND WRAP (Episode 75)
NBA Straya!! DRAKE BEAT THE ROCKETS & ANTHONY DAVIS IS A BEAST! Today’s weekend wrap show covers ALL of the NBA action from the weekend, including the Rockets and Pelicans having their wins streaks snapped by Drake and the Wiz, the Warriors falling to their worst record in the Steve Kerr-era, Kawhi might be back… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Gaze’s NBA debut vs the Denver Nuggets, March 11, 1994
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Hoist ‘em up! 24 years ago today, a new era of ‘Strayan NBA basketball dawned as the Aussie GOAT, Andrew ‘Gazey’ Gaze — the Grey Mamba himself — wandered into the US capital, strapped on his K-Mart signature edition Dunlop Gazey 1s for the #WashingtonBullets and kicked more butt than Kieren… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Luc Longley vs the Utah Jazz, March 10 2000
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 18 year ago today, Big Luc Longley — the Aussie Bill Russell — was toiling away in the Arizona desert with the Phoenix Suns, finally away from the cold of Chicago and unburdened of carrying Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen to the NBA title every year. On a balmy March evening,… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Shane ‘The Hammer’ Heal vs Utah Jazz, March 9 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! March 9, 1997 — INT: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota — The Utah Jazz — led by JOHN STOCKTON and KARL ‘the Mailman’ MALONE — are smothering the Minnesota Timberwolves young core of KEVIN GARNETT and STEPHON MARBURY, and the Wolves are about to lose by double digits. Our hero, SHANE HEAL,… Read more
NBA Straya – Friday Mar 9: NBA WEEKEND PREVIEW (Episode 74)
NBA Straya!! SOUND THE STEPH CURRY INJURY ALARM!!!! It’s our massive WEEKEND PREVIEW show… and there’s heaps to cover! We’re talking Steph Curry’s latest ankle injury and what it means for Golden State, the terrifying Jaylen Brown injury and how the Celtics will deal with that, The Coward Kevin Durant goes off, and can the… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Patty Mills vs the Kings, Mar 8, 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! A years ago today, all the way back in 2017, Patty ‘Thrills’ Mills — aka Patty Cakes, aka Bala Supreme, aka the Torres Strait Terror — wandered into AT&T Center in downtown San Antonio, looked around and went, ‘yeah nah, better light this place up, ay bala!’ Patty then delivered the… Read more
NBA Straya – Thursday Mar 8 (Episode 73)
NBA Straya!! HOLY WHAT LEBRON & DEMAR!?!? Today’s show jumps all over LeBron James and DeMar DeRozan’s UNBELIEVABLE game-winning performances, the Rockets popping the Bucks and extending their win streak to SEVENTEEN, Jingling Joe Ingles having a CAREER NIGHT for his Jazz against the Pacers, the refs causing turmoil in Laker-land, Derrick Rose hooking up… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Chris Anstey Career High vs the Heat, Mar 7, 1998
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 20 years ago today, Chris Anstey — aka the Original NBA Unicorn — was suiting up for the Dallas Mavericks in his rookie year and, on a cold north Texas night, went to battle like he was King Leonidas at Thermopylae against Big Zo Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway‘s Miami Heat…… Read more