Author: Jimmy
NBA Straya – Thursday Mar 1 (Episode 68)
NBA Straya!! CLEAN UP ISLE 4 – WE HAVE A WES JOHNSON MESS! Man… how fun is the NBA!? Today’s show talks about James Harden officially killing Wes Johnson and sending him into an early retirement with that ankle-breaking staredown 3 — a 20/10 in the disrespectiful NBA moment stakes — and also covers Dirk’s 31k point… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – the first EVER Aussie NBA Triple Double: Kyrie Irving vs the Jazz, Feb 28, 2014
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Tell ya what, it’s not often we get to celebrate a ‘Strayan first here… but four years ago, on this very date, Aussie Kyrie Irving recorded THE FIRST EVER NBA TRIPLE DOUBLE BY AN AUSSIE! That’s right: in 2014, leading his pre-LeBron homecoming Cleveland Cavaliers against the pre-Jingles Utah Jazz, Kyrie… Read more
NBA Straya – Wednesday Feb 28 (Episode 67)
NBA Straya!! ALL HAIL THE KING! Today’s show covers LeBron James’ remarkable 30k/8k/8k achievement, D-Wade’s incredible game-winning shot and 4th quarter, the fascinating Bucks-Wiz game, and what the ceiling is for the Rockets win streak: 20? 22? 27? WILL THEY EVER LOSE AGAIN!? Anyway, we also discuss NCAA corruption, the new-look Cavs, AND wrap… Read more
NBA Straya – Tuesday Feb 27 (Episode 66)
NBA Straya!! WHAT THE HELL ANTHONY DAVIS! Man! The Brow is going bananas huh? Today’s show talks all about Anthony Davis’ HISTORIC night — AGAIN!!!! — and his MVP case, the emergence of Devin Booker, how Lonzo Ball’s return is going, the Rockets win streak, and just how badly Jarrett Allen KILLED poor Lauri Markannen last night.… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Aron ‘Bangers’ Baynes vs Pistons vs Celtics! Feb 26, 2014 & 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! In a weird twist of fate, both one AND four years ago on THIS VERY DATE, Aron ‘Bangers’ Baynes TWICE played against teams he’d eventually go on to play for! That’s right, in some sort of cosmic alignment that not even the good sorts at Parkes Observatory could’ve seen coming, four… Read more
NBA Straya – Monday Feb 26 (Episode 65)
NBA Straya!! WOW! What an NBA weekend! Today’s show covers ALL the best stuff from the NBA weekend, including Anthony Davis’ HISTORIC night, Jimmy Butler’s knee injury and what it means for the Wolves, the Warriors stomping the Thunder, the Cavs falling apart against the Spurs, and Donovan Mitchell being an absolute legend and hooking… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Patty Mills vs the Blazers, Feb 25 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Three years ago today, the Bala supreme Patty Mills — aka Patty Thrills, aka Patty Cakes, aka the Torres Strait Terror — was coming off leading Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs to their fifth NBA title… and on a typically cold, wet Oregon night at the Rose Garden, went… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Gaze vs the Sonics, Feb 24 1999
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 19 years ago today, Andrew ‘Gazey’ Gaze — aka the Aussie GOAT, aka Air Gaze, aka the Grey Mamba — strapped on his K-Mart signature edition Dunlop Gaze 1s for his sixth game for the San Antonio Spurs… and, after roughly 80,000 buckets in the NBL, finally scored his FIRST NBA… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Dante Exum vs Patty Mills & the Spurs, Feb 23 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! It might feel like three lifetimes ago, but it’s only been three years (and, like, eight different injuries) since Dante Exum — aka Kangaroo Kobe — was a rookie for the Utah Jazz running the San Antonio Spurs ragged even in the face of some strident Anti-Strayan Bias. Sure, since the… Read more
NBA Straya – Friday Feb 23 (Episode 64)
NBA Straya!! THANK THE LERRRD FOR NBA BASKETBALL BEING BACK!! AND HOW We’re back — with our special guest, resident NBA ‘Straya Mavs fan and all-round good guy, Bill Armour — wrapping ALL the games from last including a BONKERS win for the Philadelphia Sixers courtesy of a clutch BEN SIMMONS performance, along with an incredible Rusty Westbrook… Read more