Tag: Ben Simmons
NBA Straya – Mon Aug 10: NOW JOEL EMBIID’s INJURED TOO + BEN SIMMONS SURGERY + DAME DROPS 51, LUKA MAGIC & A WILD WEEKEND BUBBLE WINNERS & LOSERS! (Ep 455)
What an INSANE NBA weekend – some Luka Magic, OTs galore, clocks breaking, Dame dropped 51, and to top it off, now Joel Embiid is hurt too…. Plus: the Pelicans & Kings have been eliminated AND we’ve got a couple of Playoff matchups set! It’s a WILD WEEKEND BUBBLE WINNERS & LOSERS WRAP! We BUBBLE… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Aug 7: TOP 5 BUBBLE SURPRISES + BEN SIMMONS OUT + DAME GOES OFF + NURK KILLS BOL BOL + WEEKEND PREVIEW!! (Ep 454)
The NBA bubble is getting weirder & wilder… so today’s show has the Top 5 Bubble Surprises of the First Week… as well as a look at Ben Simmons going out with an injury, Nurk killing Bol Bol, Dame Lillard going off… and what Melo’s problem is agains this old team. Also… is there trouble… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Aug 5: BOOKER BUZZER-BEATER, NETS UPSET THE BUCKS, MELOOOOOO & MEMPHIS ARE TOAST (Ep 452)
The bubble is WILD right now huh? So much weird stuff is going on… and today was no exception: we got a buzzer beater, one of the biggest upsets in NBA HISTORY… Melo sank one of his former teams… and the prospective #8 seed just lost their second best player *sad face*. Bubble be bubblin’…… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues Aug 4: ZION vs JA, MPJ, LAKERS CLINCH WEST #1 SEED & COULD THE GRIZZ MISS THE PLAYOFFS!? (Ep 451)
The NBA bubble is serving up some RIPPER contests… today we got Zion vs Ja, MPJ taking apart OKC and a heart-stopping, Aussie-laden Spurs-Sixers game that went to the wire. Plus, the Lakers clinched the West’s #1 seed & heaps more cool stuff happened! We crush ALL of today’s games in the NBA Straya Game… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Aug 3: HOSTILE ACTS, SIXERS DOGGING IT & A RIPPER NBA WEEKEND WRAP + WINNERS & LOSERS (Ep 450)
HOW GOOD IS IT TO HAVE THE NBA BACK!?! Answer: very. After a ripper of an NBA Weekend, NBA Straya has got you covered to wrap EVERY little bit of it — Giannis’ HOSTILE ACT, the Sixers & Mavs stinking up the joint & a sad Jonathan Isaac injury — along with some Weekend Winners… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri July 31: NBA GAMES ARE BACK! LAKERS vs CLIPS + JAZZ vs PELS WRAPS & HUGE WEEKEND PREVIEW! (Ep 449)
The NBA is BACK! So we’ve got ACTUAL games to talk about today – so we’re wrapping Lakers-Clippers and Jazz-Pelicans with all the usual dumb stuff… PLUS a HUUUUUGE NBA Weekend Preview! We crush today’s games in the NBA Straya Game Wraps… with a bit of That’s Not A Knife, Old Mate No Mates, Spud… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed July 29: NBA IS BACK! + LOU WILLIAMS GOES TO THE STRIPPERS, THIBS TO THE KNICKS + ALL NBA AWARDS & TOP 5 BUBBLE PREDICTIONS (Ep 448)
It’s been 140 days without NBA basketball … BUT THERE’S BASKETBALL THiS WEEK BABYYYE BEEEEE! Which means we have GAMES TO PREVIEW & TALK ABOUT! Plus! Lou Williams went to the strippers for some wings, THIBS is the new Knicks coach, Zion’s back, and BANGERS got Corona!?!? So… why not have our Top 5 bubble… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed July 22: MARK WORTHINGTON + KG TO BUY THE WOLVES + 2020 AWARDS & TOP 5 ORLANDO BUBBLE PREDICTIONS (Ep 447)
NBL champion, two-time Olympian & all-round legend Mark Worthington joins the show this week to talk about his insane career, being a part of the Boomers, 3 NBL teams going bust on him… and the time his driver pulled a gun on a cop!? PLUS – the Official NBA Straya Awards for 2020, Top 5… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed July 15: PETER HOOLEY + BEN SIMMONS vs a FISH + LIFE IN THE NBA BUBBLE (Ep 446)
NBL champ & current sideline reporter Peter Hooley joins the show this week to talk about his career & changing from being a player to media member… PLUS a bunch of NBA Bubble news, including NBA players like Harrison Barnes & Michael Beasley testing positive for COVID-19, breaking the ‘bubble’ & getting through quarantine… and… Read more