Tag: Australians in the NBA
Wed Jun 30: INJURY CARNAGE – GIANNIS HURTS HIS KNEE & HAWKS ROLL IN GM4 WITHOUT TRAE + COACHES THAT FANS HATED (Ep 644)
The NBA’s injury shortened season carnage continued, as today Giannis Antetokounmpo went down after hyper-extending his knee as the Atlanta Hawks rolled the Bucks, even without their OWN injured superstar, Trae Young. That means EVERY team from the 2nd round of the Playoffs on has dealt with a major injury. ALSO, Chauncey Billups was introduced… Read more
Tues Jun 29: BEN SIMMONS SUCKS FOR OFFICIALLY DROPPING OUT OF THE OLYMPICS + PLAYOFF P KEEPS THE CLIPPERS ALIVE (Ep 643)
Ben Simmons officially dropped out of representing Australia at the Tokyo Olympics… so he sucks, and fk him, right? ALSO… how good was PLAYOFF P today! Paul George — with a LOT of help from Mook Morris & REGGIE JACKSON — kept the Clippers alive with a game for the ages against the Suns! In… Read more
Mon Jun 28: DAME WANTS OUT OF PORTLAND? BLAZERS HIRE CHAUNCEY PENNY TO ORLANDO? + PLAYOFF CHAOS & WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Ep 642)
An absolutely BONKERS NBA weekend. NOT ONLY did we have some WILD conference Finals games… but there’s word out that Dame might be unhappy & want out in Portland… AS the Blazers finalised their deal with Chauncey Billups to be their new head coach, amid a lot of controversy surrounding his past… while Orlando might… Read more
Fri Jun 25: CLIPPERS RUN OVER SUNS IN Gm3 + RICK CARLISLE RETURNS TO COACH INDY & DALLAS HIRE J-KIDD? + WEEKEND PREVIEW (Ep 641)
The Western Conference Finals Gm3 between the Clippers & Suns was a BELTER with Playoff P & Reggie Jackson stepping up, while CP3 returned… but he & Devin Booker had their equal worst combined shooting night… not ideal. ALSO: Rick Carlisle is BACK to coach Indy again, and more coaching news as it looks like… Read more
Thurs Jun 24: TRAE YOUNG & HAWKS SHOCK BUCKS IN ECF Gm1 + BOSTON HIRE IME UDOKA AS HEAD COACH & Team USA FINALISED (Ep 640)
Trae Young isn’t here to root spiders. HOLY MOLY. The Hawks rocked up to Game 1 of the ECF READY to play hey… and they gave the Bucks a massive SHOCK loss. Wildly weird & fun game, as Trae Young & Giannis went back & forth… with Trae delivering a HUGE 48pt 11ast effort… ALSO,… Read more
Wed Jun 23: AYTON-OOP! A CLASSIC SUNS-CLIPPERS Gm2 & DRAFT LOTTERY WINNERS & LOSERS! (Ep 639)
We got a CLASSIC end to Gm2 of the Suns-Clippers WCF, with a PERFECT 0.9 second AYTON-OOP being the difference as Playoff P turned RIGHT back into Pandemic P with a pair of missed FTs at the death! Also, Booker broke his face! The final 2 mins took about an hour! INSANITY! ALSO… we got… Read more
Tues Jun 22: BEN SIMMONS ‘DOUBTFUL FOR OLYMPICS’ = COWARD OR NAH? + SIMMO TRADE DESTINATIONS & CONFERENCE FINALS PREVIEWS (Ep 638)
Ben Simmons ‘doubtful’ to play for Australia, cos he wants to focus on ‘skills development’? Who had that on their ‘BS excuses for BS to skip out on his mates’ Bingo card??? Anyway – so… despite how everyone wants to yell at everyone for having an opinion on it, we ask the question: Ben Simmons,… Read more
Mon Jun 21: THE ‘WTF BEN SIMMONS’ EPISODE + HAWKS, BUCKS, CLIPPERS THRU TO CONF FINALS + WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Ep 637)
What. A. Weekend. Bucks-Nets GM 7 goes to OT! Sixers-Hawks saw Ben Simmons bottle it! The Clippers threw an incendiary device named T-Mann at the Jazz!! CP3 and Kawhi BOTH had to sit out Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals… AND THERE WAS ALSO A TRADE! … so we have A LOT TO GET… Read more
Fri Jun 18: MAVS COACH RICK CARLISLE QUITS + ZION UNHAPPY + BUCKS FORCE GAME 7! ALSO, BOOMERS SQUAD TIPS & NBA COACHING GIGS RANKED & MEGA WEEKEND PREVIEW (Ep 636)
After yesterday’s insanity, today delivered ANOTHER wild NBA day, as Mavs coach Rick Carlisle quits, we get reports that ZION is unhappy in New Orleans… AND the Bucks beat the Nets to force a Game 7! Also – with SEVEN NBA coaching vacancies, we ranked ’em in terms of most desirable AND looked at our… Read more
Thurs Jun 17: NBA CHAOS! SIXERS MELTDOWN + PLAYOFF P TORCHES JAZZ + KAWHI’S ACL + CP3 IN RONA PROTOCOLS + TWO COACHES FIRED + LAMELO BALL WINS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR!? (Ep 635)
What. A. DAY! Chaos Day in the NBA today! The Sixers had a HISTORIC Meltdown vs the Hawks! Playoff P torches the Jazz!? … without Kawhi, who sat cos of his ACL!?! CP3 goes into the Corona Protocols! TWO COACHES WERE LET GO OR FIRED! Also… Ben Simmons maybe DM’d someone? LeBron took the NBA… Read more