Tag: Ben Simmons
NBA Straya – Wed July 8: LeBRON’S DECISION 10 YEARS ON + 2010 LAKERS-CELTICS FINALS w/ LAKERS FAN TIM (Ep 445)
LeBron’s Decision to take his talents to South Beach turned 10 this week, and while we’re all still in lockdown in thanks to a ravaging disease, we’re still hopping in the NBA Straya Time Machine… so we brought on OUR resident ravaging disease, Lakers Fan Tim to talk about the wild 2010 Lakers-Celtics Finals. PLUS!… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed July 1: DAVE THORNTON + ROWDY TO THE SIXERS & THE NBA RE-OPENING SCHEDULE! (Ep 444)
TV star, comedian & radio host DAVE THORNTON joins the show this week to talk his career, comedy & hoops…. also, Friend of the Show & Recurring Guest Ryan ROWDY Broekhoff GOT SIGNED BY THE SIXERS… AND the NBA released the RE-OPENING schedule for all the teams going to Orlando!! Oh… but also, a bunch… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed June 24: JOKIC HAS CORONA VIRUS + JR ON THE LAKERS + PDX PETE YEAH NAHs + PATTY & BANGERS WIN A RING 2014 TIME MACHINE! (Ep 443)
holy moly… Nicola Jokic has Corona Virus, JR is probably headed to the Lakers… 4 players in a Western Conference team have tested positive for COVID-19 & the NBA STILL reckon they’re gonna be good to go… So we’ve brought on PDX Pete to give us the lowdown on what’s happening. PLUS – we head… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed June 17: AARON ‘GOCSY’ GOCS + WHY KYRIE IRVING IS A DICKHEAD… BUT ALSO RIGHT + NBA 2008 TIME MACHINE! (Ep 442)
Aussie comic legend Aaron Gocs jumps on the show to chat about what he’s been up to during the Covid lockdown, learning a new trade & how his live-streamed ‘Gocsy Tonight’ comedy show has been going… PLUS… Kyrie Irving might be a dickhead for trying to stop players from retuning to play in the NBA… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed June 10: ANTHONY DRMIC + NBA 22-TEAM RETURN YEAH NAHs (Ep 441)
NBL star & gaming legend ANTHONY DRMIC joins NBA Straya to talk gaming, his time at the AIS, college at Boise State & playing with the Adelaide 36ers! Lots of good stuff covered… like the time he got put through a wall by Hugh Greenwood… ALSO: the NBA is coming back, so we look at… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed June 3: HUGH GREENWOOD of the GOLD COAST SUNS + BLM PROTESTS & TOP 5 NBA THINGS I’VE FORGOTTEN DURING LOCKDOWN (Ep 440)
AFL player (& former basketball player) Hugh Greenwood joins this week’s show! Hugh the ledge & Jimmy talk about leaving hoops behind for Aussie Rules, playing college ball in the US, his time at the AIS with Delly, Rowdy & co, why he loves the Denver Nuggets, who he’s got winning the title this year,… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed May 27: ILLY + HOW THE NBA COMES BACK (Ep 439)
Rapper Illy joins this week’s NBA Straya to talk hoops, hip hop &, uh, hats… and not in that order. Ripper chat with the man behind ‘Parmas In June’ (as well as, y’know, ‘Tightrope’ and ‘Papercuts’ and ‘Then What’ and ‘It Can Wait’ & heaps of other ripper tunes). PLUS – a look at the… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed May 20: MITCH McCARRON + THE LAST DANCE ep 9 & 10 (Ep 438)
The ledge Mitch McCarron of Melbourne United jumps on this week’s show to talk about his career, playing in the US & Europe along with his NBL stints AND being in the middle of the most memorable brawl in Boomer history… as well as breaking down the final two episodes of The Last Dance… but… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed May 13: SHAUN BRUCE of the SYDNEY KINGS + THE LAST DANCE ep 7 & 8 (Ep 437)
Ay! Shaun Bruce of the Sydney Kings joins the show this week to talk about his career, from the end of the Kings season in the NBL finals alllll the way back to his time with the Ballarat Miners! We also crush The Last Dance Episodes 7 & 8, with a Top 5 Moments of… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed May 6: CAM GLIDDON of the BRISBANE BULLETS + THE LAST DANCE ep 5 & 6 (Ep 436)
Cam Gliddon of the Brisbane Bullets & Aussie Boomers joins this week’s show to talk about his wild career that’s gone from WA to the AIS to college ball in the US, through to Cairns & Brisbane in the NBL a couple of hilarious stints in Europe through to repaying Straya for the Boomers!! We… Read more