Tag: Ben Simmons
NBA Straya – Tues Oct 29: ARE THE SUNS GOOD, WARRIORS WIN THEIR 1st & LISTENER YEAH-NAH! (Ep 343)
HUGE NBA day today, and we get STUCK IN like we love to! ELEVEN games on for the first Monday of the new NBA Season… and we’re talking the SUNS! And Kings! Also, the Warriors finally got a win… and we’ve got some LISTENER YEAH-NAHS! YEP! all Eleven games from today will be covered with the Game… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Oct 28: BANGERS’ BLAZING SUNS, STEPH SUCKS, KYRIE RULES + OPENING WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Ep 342)
NBA Straya gets stuck into a MASSIVE first weekend of the new NBA Season… with the return of WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS… talking Kyrie going nuts, Steph Curry sucks, the Suns, Sixers, Clippers, Ja Morant, Luka, Porzingis & the Mavs, the Blazers, AD & LeBron’s Lakers and LOADS more. EVERYTHING that happened on the weekend… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs Oct 24: THE REAL OPENING NIGHT- KYRIE DROPS 50, BEN SIMMONS BEATS BOSTON, LUKA SMASHES & THE BULLS STINK (Ep 340)
NOW the NBA season has REALLY started! Yep… we had 11 games today, as we saw Kyrie drop a 50 burger in his new digs, Ben Simmons & his Sixers crushed the Celtics, Luka & Kristaps SMOKED it in Dallas, the Spurs Spurs’d the Knicks anddddddd the Bulls stink. SO! We’ve got ALL 11 games… Read more
NBA STRAYA’S WAY TOO EARLY PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2019-20 NBA SEASON
Yep, look, so we might be a month out from actual NBA basketball happening again… but we kick off the NBA Straya Season preview next week with a look at our specific tiers of contenders, pretenders, spenders, on-the-menders and Dragan Benders. BEFORE THAT, however, we’re gonna get stuck into 7 WAY TOO EARLY predictions for… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Aug 21: BOOMERS vs TEAM USA + BEN SIMMONS, JONAH BOLDEN w/ YAHOO SPORTS’ CHRIS YOUNG (Ep 322)
Jonah Bolden has bounced, the Boomers went 1-1 vs Canada, and Team USA HAS LANDED ON STRAYAN SOIL! So… we’re joined by resident smart guy writer for Yahoo Sports Australia, CHRIS YOUNG to break it all down. Yerp – we cover the Boomers chances vs Team USA and in the World Cup, Jonah Bolden’s decision… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Aug 16: BOOGIE INJURED, TEAM USA GOT BEAT, MITCH CREEK IS BACK, & I’M SICK (Ep 321)
I think Boogie Cousins is unreal. And it STINKS that he got hurt again…. so today’s show GOT ME OFF MY SICKBED to yell about how much I think he’s awesome… also, there’s some Boomers-Canada, Boomers-Team USA stuff… after we lost Xavier Cooks to injury and welcome back the CREEK FREAK… also Team USA lost… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Aug 7: AUSSIE WORLD CUP SELECTION, BEN SIMMONS vs CROWN & SIXERS OFFSEASON w/ BEN MALLIS (Ep 320)
The Aussie World Cup team was announced this week with a few shock omissions, Crown refused Ben Simmons entry & kicked off a shit-storm of dumbassery, and the since we last spoke to him, most of the NBA has changed teams… so we’ve got pickandroll.com.au‘s BEN MALLIS on his week’s show to talk through it… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed July 31: TOP 25 PLAYERS IN THE NBA & CHRIS PAUL IS OVERRATED w/ LAKERS FAN TIM (Ep 319)
Who are the Top 25 players in the NBA? Where would you put Joel Embiid? Ben Simmons? LeBron? … And is Chris Paul overrated!? This week’s show welcomes back Lakers Fan Tim to break that all down & heaps more… We also chat about the state of Lakers Fan Tim’s LA Lakers, the Top 5… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed July 17: MATT LOGUE, AUTHOR OF ‘HOOP DREAMS DOWN UNDER’ (Ep 317)
The Daily Telegraph’s basketball writer Matt Logue joins NBA Straya to chat his new book HOOP DREAMS DOWN UNDER! We chat his thoughts on the growth of Australian basketball, what he learned from chatting to Australian basketball luminaries like the Grey Mamba Andrew Gaze, Lauren Jackson, Shane Heal, Liz Cambage, Andrew Bogut, Ben Simmons &… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri June 28: MEGA FREE AGENCY PREVIEW w/ BEN MALLIS SIXERS BEAT WRITER (Episode 311)
NBA FREE AGENCY MADNESS! Today’s show welcomes on Sixers beat writer for pickandroll.com.au BEN MALLIS to talk free agency and how it’s already basically begun – the Lakers have carved out enough cap space for another marquee free agent, the Sixers are looking to outspend everyone on their own players… and the Boston Celtics now… Read more