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Author: Jimmy

  • NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Bogut vs the Knicks, Feb 22 2010

    NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Bogut vs the Knicks, Feb 22 2010

    #NBA #Straya Never Forget! Eight years ago today, the mountainous Croat Andrew Bogut wandered into the Mecca of Basketball like mythical Stribog himself, putting up a stat line bigger than the Dandenong Ranges Bogey once called home. And, in beating the pants off the New York Knicks like he was the ghost of Reggie Miller… Read more

  • NBA Straya – Thursday Feb 22 (Episode 63)

    NBA Straya – Thursday Feb 22 (Episode 63)

    NBA Straya!! WE BACK!! … And with our very first guest – NBA Straya’s resident Mavs fan: Brother-In-Law Bill! We’re previewing the rest of the season with the best storylines for the last quarter of the NBA season — who will be the #1 seeds, which team will rise over the last quarter, which teams will miss… Read more

  • NBA Straya Never Forget – Shane Heal vs Golden State Warriors Feb 21, 1997

    NBA Straya Never Forget – Shane Heal vs Golden State Warriors Feb 21, 1997

    #NBA #Straya Never Forget! INT: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 21 Years Ago The Minnesota Timberwolves, led by Kevin Garnett, are blowing out the Golden State Warriors. Australian basketball’s golden child SHANE ‘The Hammer’ HEAL sits on the bench, eagerly awaiting his chance to shine. Wolves coach FLIP SAUNDERS finally turns to our hero… FLIP SAUNDERS… Read more

  • NBA Straya Never Forget – Kyrie Irving vs New Orleans, Feb 20 2013

    NBA Straya Never Forget – Kyrie Irving vs New Orleans, Feb 20 2013

    #NBA #Straya Never Forget! Five years ago today, the NBA woke up to the fact that Melbourne-born Kyrie Irving was a realer deal than Andrew O’Keefe getting on the turps at Revs, as Son of Drederick came off dominating the 2013 NBA All-Star weekend and dropped 35 points — with 20 of ‘em coming in… Read more

  • NBA Straya Never Forget – Luc Longley vs Toronto, Feb 19 1998

    NBA Straya Never Forget – Luc Longley vs Toronto, Feb 19 1998

    #NBA #Straya Never Forget! It was exactly 20 years ago today that the Aussie Bill Russell — big Luc Longley — outscored the GOAT Michael Jordan and led his Chicago Bulls to a huge win over the Toronto Raptors, proving once again just who was responsible for Jordan and Scottie Pippen’s last three rings. The… Read more

  • NBA Straya Never Forget – THE ALL-AUSSIE ‘STRAYAN NBA ALL STAR CLASSIC! Feb 18, 2018

    NBA Straya Never Forget – THE ALL-AUSSIE ‘STRAYAN NBA ALL STAR CLASSIC!  Feb 18, 2018

    #NBA #Straya Never Forget the only All-Star Game ever worth watching who you got? #TeamGazey #TeamHeal #AllStarStraya #AntiStrayanBias   **Subscribe to the DAILY NBA Straya podcast here** https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nba-straya/id1313092126… ** And check out the NBA Straya twitter here** https://twitter.com/NbaStraya Read more

  • NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Gaze vs the Phoenix Suns, Feb 17 1999

    NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Gaze vs the Phoenix Suns, Feb 17 1999

    #NBA #Straya Never Forget! In honour of tonight’s All-Star skills challenge, dunk comp and 3-point shootout… WHY NOT GET THE MAN WHO CAN DO IT ALL HIMSELF: THE GREY MAMBA! That’s right, strap on your K-Mart special edition Dunlop Gaze1s, because 19 years ago today, Aussie ledge Andrew ‘Gazey’ Gaze was showing off his legendary… Read more

  • NBA Straya – Friday Feb 16 – ALL-STAR PREVIEW SPECIAL!! (Episode 62)

    NBA Straya – Friday Feb 16 – ALL-STAR PREVIEW SPECIAL!! (Episode 62)

    NBA Straya!! NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND PREVIEW SPECIAL!! How much fun is the All-Star weekend! Today we cover off the best & worst All-Star jerseys ever, deliver our 10-man all-time 3-point shootout, the 5 worst dunkers in the NBA today, annnnnnnnd reveal our NBA ‘STRAYA – ALL-‘STRAYAN ALL-STAR TEAMS! TEAM GAZE vs TEAM HEAL – who… Read more

  • NBA Straya Never Forget – David Andersen vs the Jazz, Feb 16 2010

    NBA Straya Never Forget – David Andersen vs the Jazz, Feb 16 2010

    #NBA #Straya Never Forget! Eight years ago today, David Andersen — aka Stretched-Out Delly, aka The Great Aussie Dane, aka Aussie Chris Bosh — was tugging on the togs for the Houston Rockets and throwing himself into fray against the pre-Jingling Joe Ingles Utah Jazz with such fury his Viking ancestors would’ve been proud… and… Read more

  • NBA Straya – Thursday Feb 15 (Episode 61)

    NBA Straya – Thursday Feb 15 (Episode 61)

    NBA Straya!! HOW GOOD WAS LAST NIGHT! What an amazing NBA night: two 20+point comebacks, triple doubles galore, Big Ben Simmons SMASHING, the Jazz & Rockets kept their massive win streaks going, Rondo and IT got ejected AND the Blazers beat the Warriors while Dame Lillard outduelled the Coward Kevin Durant! Unreal!   Shame about… Read more