Tag: Australian NBA Players
NBA Straya – Wed Sep 4: LEIGH ELLIS + WORLD CUP GM 2 – BOOMERS vs SENEGAL (Ep 325)
It’s a VERY… SPECIAL… GUEST on today’s show, LEIGH ELLIS, formerly of The Starters & now of The Free Agents! Leigh joins me to talk about the World Cup, the Boomers, Team USA, his trip to Oz, and some NBA offseason guff. ALSO! A break down of the Boomers beating Senegal in Game 2 of… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Sep 2: WORLD CUP GM 1 – BOOMERS BEAT CANADA & KING DELLY GOES OFF (Ep 324)
Straya’s first game of the FIBA World Cup is in the bag, and our man King Delly of Maryborough is now also King of Canada hey… Yep, Delly went off, and Australia got the win – it’s no coincidence. Also, Joe Ingles was amazing… but what the hell happened in that 3rd? So NBA Straya… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Aug 7: AUSSIE WORLD CUP SELECTION, BEN SIMMONS vs CROWN & SIXERS OFFSEASON w/ BEN MALLIS (Ep 320)
The Aussie World Cup team was announced this week with a few shock omissions, Crown refused Ben Simmons entry & kicked off a shit-storm of dumbassery, and the since we last spoke to him, most of the NBA has changed teams… so we’ve got pickandroll.com.au‘s BEN MALLIS on his week’s show to talk through it… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri June 28: MEGA FREE AGENCY PREVIEW w/ BEN MALLIS SIXERS BEAT WRITER (Episode 311)
NBA FREE AGENCY MADNESS! Today’s show welcomes on Sixers beat writer for pickandroll.com.au BEN MALLIS to talk free agency and how it’s already basically begun – the Lakers have carved out enough cap space for another marquee free agent, the Sixers are looking to outspend everyone on their own players… and the Boston Celtics now… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri June 14: TORONTO RAPTORS ARE THE 2019 NBA CHAMPIONS + FINALS WINNERS & LOSERS (Episode 305)
Ay, how abooot that ay? TORONTO HAVE WON THE BLOODY NBA TITLE! And Klay Thompson has done his ACL. Can sarn it. Well… Kawhi won ANOTHER Final MVP, joins Kareem & LeBron as the only blokes to do it for 2 different teams… while Fred VanVleet of the FIGHTIN’ VANVLEETS won MVP of our HEARTS.… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs June 13: WHAT KD’S ACHILLES MEANS & 3 BIG Qs + FINALS GAME 6 PREVIEW (Episode 304)
Kevin Durant’s rupture his achilles, we’ve got an NBA Finals Game 6 tomorrow, and the NBA is now ABSOLUTE CHAOS! Yerp… today’s show covers what KD’s achilles tear means for him & the rest of the NBA, and whether or not the Warriors can bounce back from the injury to win tomorrow. We’ve got 3… 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 – Tues June 11: DURANT INJURED – WRAPPING A WILD GAME 5 OF THE FINALS (Episode 303)
Oh no. Kevin Durant deserved better than seemingly hurting his achilles and having Raptors fans cheering his injury… I mean… what the hell, Canada? SO! We wrap today’s WILD Game 5 of the NBA Finals – Steph Curry & Klay Thompson refusing to let the Warriors succumb, Boogie showing up, Kawhi going off and all… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon June 10: NBA FINALS GAME 4 WRAP + WARRIORS FACE ELIMINATION GAME 5 PREVIEW (Episode 302)
The Toronto Raptors — A TEAM NAMED BECAUSE OF A DINOSAUR FROM A MOVIE — are ONE WIN away from an NBA title! Yep… today’s show wraps Game 4 of the NBA Finals, and looks at how the Golden Warriors are facing elimination in tomorrow’s Game 5. We break down Game 4 – Kawhi Leonard’s… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri June 7: NBA FINALS GAME 4 PREVIEW w/ 3 BIG Qs + NETS-HAWKS TRADE (Episode 301)
Game 4 is tomorrow!! Can the Raptors do it again in Golden State? Will Kyle Lowry crap the bed? Will FUN GUY Kawhi be any good? CAN STEPH SCORE 70!? … we ask all the BIG QUESTIONS ahead of Game 4 of the NBA Finals… and also break down the wild Brooklyn Nets – Atlanta… Read more