Tag: Australian NBA Players
NBA Straya – Friday Mar 16: NBA WEEKEND MADNESS PREVIEW! (Episode 79)
NBA Straya!! NBA MARCH MADNESS FEVER! … Where all the good NBA prospects get bounced in the first round of the NCAA tournament ay! ANYWAY! Today’s show covers the AMAZING LeBron James dunk on Jusuf Nurkic last night, the Raptors extending their win streak, the Rockets keep rolling, and, of course, Ben Simmons going into… Read more
NBA Straya – Thursday Mar 15: MADNESS OF MARCH! (Episode 78)
NBA Straya!! MARCH MADNESS IS HERE! … And the NBA is still wayyyyyy more interesting! That’s right, today’s show is talking about last night’s epic CELTICS-WIZARDS 2OT game, the Bucks and Heat screwing the pooch while the Kings and Magic SOMEHOW blow their tank race, the Warriors starting a lineup of nobodies and still beating… Read more
NBA Straya – Wednesday Mar 14: RUSTY GETS 100! (Episode 77)
NBA Straya!! 100 TRIPLE-DOUBLES FOR RUSTY WESTBROOK!! Man, that’s insane! Today’s show covers off Rusty’s achievement and why those nerds who think triple doubles are bad can go to hell, along with the Raptors rolling, the Pelicans eek ’em out, Kawhi isn’t coming back yet, LeBron remains awesome, and how good is that bad-blood Lakers-Nuggets… Read more
NBA Straya – Tuesday Mar 13: MOCK NBA DRAFT 1.0 (Episode 76)
NBA Straya!! DAME DOLLA GOES OFF AGAIN! Today’s show: Damian Lillard’s Blazers have won 10 straight and can’t lose, Rusty Westbrook notches his 99th career triple double (and 20th for the season), the Bucks get a settler against the Grizz and how the hell are the Celtics going to cope with all their injuries? Seriously:… Read more
NBA Straya – Monday Mar 12: WEEKEND WRAP (Episode 75)
NBA Straya!! DRAKE BEAT THE ROCKETS & ANTHONY DAVIS IS A BEAST! Today’s weekend wrap show covers ALL of the NBA action from the weekend, including the Rockets and Pelicans having their wins streaks snapped by Drake and the Wiz, the Warriors falling to their worst record in the Steve Kerr-era, Kawhi might be back… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Gaze’s NBA debut vs the Denver Nuggets, March 11, 1994
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Hoist ‘em up! 24 years ago today, a new era of ‘Strayan NBA basketball dawned as the Aussie GOAT, Andrew ‘Gazey’ Gaze — the Grey Mamba himself — wandered into the US capital, strapped on his K-Mart signature edition Dunlop Gazey 1s for the #WashingtonBullets and kicked more butt than Kieren… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Luc Longley vs the Utah Jazz, March 10 2000
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 18 year ago today, Big Luc Longley — the Aussie Bill Russell — was toiling away in the Arizona desert with the Phoenix Suns, finally away from the cold of Chicago and unburdened of carrying Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen to the NBA title every year. On a balmy March evening,… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Shane ‘The Hammer’ Heal vs Utah Jazz, March 9 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! March 9, 1997 — INT: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota — The Utah Jazz — led by JOHN STOCKTON and KARL ‘the Mailman’ MALONE — are smothering the Minnesota Timberwolves young core of KEVIN GARNETT and STEPHON MARBURY, and the Wolves are about to lose by double digits. Our hero, SHANE HEAL,… Read more
NBA Straya – Friday Mar 9: NBA WEEKEND PREVIEW (Episode 74)
NBA Straya!! SOUND THE STEPH CURRY INJURY ALARM!!!! It’s our massive WEEKEND PREVIEW show… and there’s heaps to cover! We’re talking Steph Curry’s latest ankle injury and what it means for Golden State, the terrifying Jaylen Brown injury and how the Celtics will deal with that, The Coward Kevin Durant goes off, and can the… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Patty Mills vs the Kings, Mar 8, 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! A years ago today, all the way back in 2017, Patty ‘Thrills’ Mills — aka Patty Cakes, aka Bala Supreme, aka the Torres Strait Terror — wandered into AT&T Center in downtown San Antonio, looked around and went, ‘yeah nah, better light this place up, ay bala!’ Patty then delivered the… Read more