Tag: Ben Simmons injury
Thurs Dec 1: Quarter-season NBA Straya Awards for MVP, Rookie and more, Devin Booker’s 51 in 3Qs, Kemba to Mavs, Simmons injured & Dyson Daniels is unreal (Ep 863)
Can you believe we’re about a quarter of the way through the NBA season already? WHAT!? So! We give out our Quarter-Season NBA Straya Awards including all the norm ones like MVP, Rookie of the Year and so on, but then also the NBA Straya ‘Best Bloke To Get a Beer With’ and ‘Best Josh… Read more
Thurs May 5: 2nd Round Game 2 Reactions + Ben Simmons Back Surgery, Tyler Herro 6th Man & Dillon Brooks’ Dirty Play (Ep 809)
After two days of crazy games, we’re back with the NBA Straya Playoffs Day 16-17 wrap, with all the reactions to ALL the Games 2 of the 2nd round. We’re looking at Celtics-Bucks, Heat-Sixers, Grizzlies-Warriors & Mavs-Suns, trying to figure out what’s happening & why! Plus, Ben Simmons needs back surgery!? Also, Tyler Herro won… Read more
Mon Apr 25: Playoffs Day 7-9 – Ben Simmons Surprises Everyone By No-Showing Playoffs, Reeling Suns, Smoking Celtics & a GREAT 1st Round + ROTY, Hornets Fire Their Coach & WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Ep 802)
What a weekend! Ben Simmons is no-showing ANOTHER playoffs, the Suns are suddenly reeling, a SMOKING Celtics squad, the Heat are rolling, and we’ve have ourselves a GREAT 1st round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs… ALSO… We’ve got a ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner, and the Hornets fire their coach James Borrego! All that &… Read more
Thur Apr 21: Playoffs Day 5 – Sixers-Raptors OT Buzzer-Beater, Nets-Celtics Pantsing & a HUGE Bulls-Bucks Surprise + Ben Simmons Back & Meeting Josh Giddey! (Ep 800!!!!)
A drama-filled day 5 of the NBA Playoffs, with an INSANE OT buzzer-beater in Sixers-Raptors, Kris Middleton spraining his MCL & joining Devin Booker on the injured list — making a Finals rematch a bit unlikely!? — and delivering a HUGE surprise in Bulls-Bucks, while KD’s pantsing leaves the Nets-Celtics series a bit wonky. Also,… Read more
Thurs Mar 31: Clutch Suns Be Clutch + Grizz Clinch 2-Seed, Dallas Into 3rd As Warriors Slip to 4 & Familiar Celtics Problems (Ep 786)
We copped a chaotic NBA day today: the Clutch Suns remain clutch, the Grizzlies clinched the West 2-seed in DRAMATIC fashion, after the Mavs took care of business they jumped into 3rd & the Warriors slipped to the 4-seed! Also, the Nuggets dismantled the Pacers… until they didn’t, CJ McCollum headed home & the Heat… Read more
Tues Mar 1: Ja Morant Killed Teenage Mutant Jakob Poeltl, Dropped 52 & Has Entered The MVP Chat + Lakers Swapping DJs & We Won’t See Ben Simmons For A Bit Hey (Ep 764)
Ja Morant is an absolute savage. The hit he put on Teenage Mutant Jakob Poeltl was as BRUTAL as anything you’ll see in Vikings, and with his 52pt DEMOLITION of the Spurs, Ja’s definitely entered the MVP chat. ALSO: The Lakers are swapping DJs like they’re a club-rat at Q Bar in the 2000s, and… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Aug 14: BLAZERS MAKE THE PLAYOFFS IN A HEARTSTOPPER, GRIZZLIES JOIN EM, SUNS & SPURS GO HOME & THE PLAYOFF TEAMS ARE SET!! (Ep 459)
THE BUBBLE DELIVERS THE GOODS AGAIN! How insanely fun was that Blazers-Nets game… with the Blazers booking themselves into the #8 seed & a play-in date with the Grizz! Meanwhile… the poor Suns! They go 8-0 and are STILL going home! And the Spurs 22-year run of playoffs is over… but hey… we’ve got our… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs Aug 13: GIANNIS ANNATETOKOMOPOKOTOTOMO SUSPENDED, 7 PLAYOFF MATCH-UPS SET + BUBBLE ‘GUEST’ GUIDELINES & UNLIKELY GAMEWINNERS! (Ep 458)
Mate… who’d a thunk that in an NBA season we’d get Stanley Johnson AND Moose Muscala game winners ON THE SAME DAY!?! What a world. ALSO – 7 of the 8 playoff matchups are set, the NBA gave teams their, uh, ‘guest’ guidelines (read: who can/can’t bring in to bang) AND Giannis ANNATETOKOMOPOKOTOTOMO (thanks, Basil… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Aug 12: DAME TIME + ALL-BUBBLE TEAM & MVP & THE WEST PLAYOFF RACE IS SICK (Ep 457)
DAME TIME! How’s old mate Damian Lillard!? drops 51 yesterday, SIXTY ONE today! unreal. Also – the NBA announced we’re gonna get an ALL-NBA BUBBLE TEAM … and a BUBBLE MVP!?! Who you got? Also.. the West playoff race is absolutely SICK… We also BUBBLE WRAP today’s games for you – incl that ISNANE Blazxers-Mavs… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues Aug 11: KUZMA SAVES LA, JIMMY BUTLER KILLS ‘BUBBLE MJ’ TJ WARREN DEAD + THE CURIOUS CASE OF DeANDRE AYTON (Ep 456)
These NBA BUBBLE games are next level bizarre hey? Not only did we get a Kyle Kuzma GAME WINNING 3 AND a routine half-court shot by Devin Booker… we got Jimmy Butler shutting down Bubble MJ TJ Warren, there was also a MASSIVE 22-pt turnaround… AND DeAndre Drummond Ayton almost missed his team’s game cos… Read more