Category: Blog Posts!
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET OFF-SEASON EDITION: Mookie Blaylock
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! Name: Daron Oshay ‘Mookie’ Blaylock Nickname: ‘The Thief’ ‘Strayan Nickame: ‘Mooks’ / ‘Mooka’ (pronounced as in ‘Chooka’) Teams played for: New Jersey Nets (’89-’92) Atlanta Hawks (’92-’99) Golden State Warriors (’99-’02) Career Stats (per game): 13.5 pts // 6.7 asts // 4.1 rebs // 40.9 FG% // 33.6 3P% Best… Read more
NBA Straya – #NEVER #FORGET OFF-SEASON EDITION: Mark ‘Pricey’ Price
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! Name: Mark Price Nickname: ‘OK Kid’ ‘Strayan Nickame: ‘Checka’ / ‘Pricey’ Teams played for: Cleveland Cavaliers (’86-’95) Washington #Bullets (’95-’96) Golden State Warriors (’96-’97) Orlando Magic (’97-’98) Career Stats (per game): 15.2 pts // 6.7 asts // 2.6 rebs // 47.2 FG% // 40.2 3P% Best known for: – Classic… Read more
NBA Straya #NeverForget – Matthew Dellavedova: NBA Champion Inauguration Day!
#NBA #Straya Never Forget – ‘Delly: NBA Champion’ Inauguration Day! All hail King Delly of Maryborough, First of His Name, Gatherer of Loose Balls, Crusher of Rims & Sinker of Tins! That’s right… Hoist up your Corona tins, because two years ago today, our greatest living Aussie sportsperson — like Allan Border, Kieran Perkins, Cathy… Read more
NBA STRAYA’S 2018 MOCK DRAFT!!!
Welcome to NBA Straya’s mock of the first 14 picks in the NBA draft… this has been a long process of blindly guessing and assuming because after all, what the hell do any of us know? Plus, there are no Aussies, so, like, whatever. Enjoy. 1 Phoenix DeAndre ‘The Fonz’ Ayton Dude is a beast… Read more
The Twitter Man Love Between Joe Ingles & Andrew Bogut Is Real And The Best Thing Ever
One looks like a substitute math teacher at Reservoir High who moonlights as a CPA around tax time for some extra cash, and the other looks like the bloke who used to work at the Nunawading fish ‘n’ chip shop off Springvale Rd… but the love is real. And it’s beautiful. Andrew Bogut and… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET Playoff Edition! Andrew Bogut schools Dwight Howard, Warriors vs Rockets May 21, 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Playoff Edition 3 years ago today, back when he was leading the Golden State Warriors to an NBA title and not setting Melbourne’s political agenda on twitter, big Andrew Bogut — the Australian Wilt Chamberlain — had himself a game for the ages in a CAREER HIGH performance! Oddly enough, it… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET – PLAYOFF EDITON: Luc Longley’s FINAL Playoff Game – Suns Vs Lakers, May 16 2000
#NBA #Straya Never Forget… PLAYOFF EDITION! 18 years ago today, one of Australia’s greatest ever sportspeople — like Liesel Jones, David Boon, Matty Lloyd and Makybe Diva combined — Lucien ‘Luc’ Longley played his LAST EVER NBA playoff game, suiting up alongside Jason Kidd and Penny Hardaway for the Phoenix Suns… while taking on big… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET – PLAYOFF EDITON: Delly Buries the Derrick Rose Bulls – Cleveland vs Chicago, East Semi Finals, May 14, 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! #PlayoffEdition *at a doctor’s office in New York* ME: yeah, g’day, I’ve got an appointment? NURSE: Sure thing, what’s the name? ME [grinning wildly]: Ah, it’s booked under Mr DellysAledge… but the actual name is Jaymz Clements? NURSE: Sure thing, take a seat Mr DellysAledge… and… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Dante Exum – Kangaroo Kobe – FIRST ever playoff game: Jazz vs Clippers April 23, 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! As his Utah Jazz prepare to go up against the OKC Flogs tonight, ONE YEAR AGO TODAY was the NBA playoff debut for…. the one…. the only… Kangaroo Kobe! (That’s Dante Exum for those in the cheap seats) That’s right, 12 months ago Son of Cecil was tearing up the L.A.… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Joe Ingles’ FIRST NBA playoff game – Jazz vs Clippers, April 22 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! In honour of his epic 21-point beatdown of the OKC flogs last night, today’s we celebrate the time, ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, that Joseph H. Ingles — aka the Jingling One, aka Down Under Durant, aka Jingling Joe, aka Slow Mo Joe, aka Toby from the Office, aka Dr. Joseph H… Read more