Category: Blog Posts!
NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Bogut vs the Orlando Magic: Dec 4 2010
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! It’s an auspicious day at NBA Straya, as today we look back at the time, NINE YEARS AGO TODAY that big Andrew Bogut — the Croatian-Australian Wilt Chamberlain — went hammer and tongs for his Milwaukee Bucks vs the Orlando Magic (& ironically, the Polish Hammer, Marcin Gortat). And, I’ll tell ya what, the Hulking Human Headline… Read more
NBA Straya – Season 3 Kickstarter!!!
yeah nah… so, look… I started the NBA Straya Podcast on a whim, and have basically been flying by the seat of my pants ever since… The cool bit is that 330-odd episodes& appearances from Matthew Dellavedova, Leigh Ellis, Mitch Creek, Andrew Bogut, Ryan Broekhoff & more later — I mean, just check it all out on… Read more
NBA STRAYA’S WAY TOO EARLY PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2019-20 NBA SEASON
Yep, look, so we might be a month out from actual NBA basketball happening again… but we kick off the NBA Straya Season preview next week with a look at our specific tiers of contenders, pretenders, spenders, on-the-menders and Dragan Benders. BEFORE THAT, however, we’re gonna get stuck into 7 WAY TOO EARLY predictions for… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – Finals Edition! Luc Longley & the ’96 Bulls vs the Sonics, June 12, 1996
#NBA #Straya – NEVER FORGET – NBA Finals Edition!!! How’s this? Can you believe it’s 23 years TO THE BLOODY DAY, that our old mate Luc ‘Lucien’ Longley — aka Outback Billy Russell — was out there crushing it alongside the 🐐 MJ and Scottie Pippen on the ’96 Chicago Bulls … while going up… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – Playoff Edition! DELLY-VERSARY! Matthew Dellaveova’s EPIC NBA Finals Game 3, 2015
NBA STRAYA #Never #Forget – #PlayoffEdition! #DELLYVERSARY *a New York deli, prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals* ME: [scratching deli cat] Awwww, Mr Whiskers, you tubby legend, you look like someone covered Jason Dunstall in clag and rolled him around a East Bentleigh hairdresser… [at the counter] Ay, my man Manuel! MANUEL: Ola… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Kyrie Irving’s first playoff game: April 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Q- what city in the world has produced the most no. 1 NBA draft picks? A- only bloody Melbourne mate! …. And one of ’em, noted ‘great leader’, flat-earth enthusiast (therefore certified nutbar) and good phone friend of LeBron James — Kyrie Irving — made his playoff debut for the Cleveland… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Luc Longley’s 1st 1997 Playoff game – Bulls Vs Washington, April 25 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 1997. We had Drazic & Anita, Silverchair’s nose-ring period and seminal Aussie tome ‘The Castle’ (officially recognized by the Guinness World Records as the World’s Funniest Movie)…. and, on the other side of the Pacific, a giant Sandgroper by the name of Lucien ‘Big Luc’ Longley was launching skyhooks more deadly than… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Mark Bradtke’s BEST NBA GAME EVER, Sixers vs Charlotte, March 15 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Hoist ‘em up! 25 years ago today, the Big Unit himself, Mark Bradtke — the Aussie Arvydas Sabonis — tugged his No.50 Philadelphia 76ers jersey over his gloriously voluptuous chest hair, followed an arguing Allen Iverson and Jerry Stackhouse out onto the hardwood and threw his sweaty chassis into battle with… Read more
NBL FINALS 2019 TICKET GIVEAWAY!
Ayyyy! NBA Straya is GIVING AWAY 2x GOLD TICKETS to Game 2 of the #NBLFINALS between Melbourne United & the Perth Wildcats this Sunday in Melbourne… … for serious. All you need to do: SUBSCRIBE TO the NBA Straya podcast on the Apple or Android links below, mash us a rating (give us 5-stars wouldya?)… Read more
NBA Straya ‘Never Forget’ series – Matthew Dellavedova – Delly vs the Pacers, Feb 27, 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget series! SCENE: ** Waiting to be served at an NYC bar. Bartender points to the fella next to ME ** RANDOM BLOKE: [to me] Sorry, were you next? ME: Nah nah, you’re right, off you go RANDOM BLOKE: [to the bartender] Yeah, I’ll have two vodka sodas and two white wines please… Read more