Tag: Ben Simmons
NBA Straya – Tues Apr 16: WARRIORS BLOW A 3-1 LEAD AGAIN + BEN SIMMONS SMASHES (Episode 266)
The Warriors blew a 3-1 lead… AGAIN! This time it was a PLAYOFF RECORD 31-point lead, but still. Unbelievable! … Also, BEN SIMMONS and the Sixers absolutely SMASHED the Nets in our fun-as-hell game 2s today! Also – Zion Williamson declared for the draft and so did Aussie William McDowell-White! SO! We wrap up today… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Apr 15: UPSETS GALORE – PLAYOFF OPENING WEEKEND WRAP (Episode 265)
WHAT A WILD OPENING PLAYOFF WEEKEND! The Nets popped the Sixers! The Spurs consumed the Nuggs! Somehow (DJ!) the MAGIC beat the Raptors!?!?! Also – the Bucks & Warriors stomped their 8-seeded opponents, and the other games were pretty ok… but still. Wild times. So we wrap ALL that with the usual chicanery and ridiculousness…… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Apr 12: PLAYOFF PREVIEW & MVP + AWARDS YEAH-NAH!! (Episode 264)
PLAYOFFS!? PLAYOFF? Ayyy! It’s the NBA Playoffs! aaaaand your old mate NBA Straya is here to break ’em ALL down for you with a MEGA NBA PLAYOFF PREVIEW POD! Yerp – we’re breaking down all 8 first round matchups with ONE BIG QUESTION, KEY BLOKES, MATCHUPS TO LOOK OUT FOR and a pick for how… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs Apr 11: A WILD FINAL DAY OF THE REGULAR SEASON (Episode 263)
What an AWESOME day to finish the NBA’s regular season! We had the final games of Dirk & D Wade (with the Banana Boat crew in attendance), we had some MASSIVE COMEBACKS… the PLAYOFF SEEDINGS changed right up til the end… and now we have our playoff matchups and everything all ready to go!!! We’ve… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Apr 10: MAGIC JOHNSON QUITS LAKERS & DIRK + D-WADE RETIRE (Episode 262)
HAHAHA. What an INSANE, CRAZY, BAT-GUANO DAY OF NBA!!! MAGIC publicly quit before telling his boss. DWYANE WADE dropped 30 in a win for his final home game. DIRK dropped 30 and DUNKED in a win for HIS final home game. Jamal Crawford dropped 51. ANTHONY DAVIS showed up in a “That’s all folks” shirt… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues Apr 9: PLAYOFF PREVIEW w/ PDX PETE EATING PIEROGIS IN PITTSBURGH (Episode 261)
No NBA games today, so we welcome on recurring guest PDX Pete to talk playoffs while he’s in Pittsburgh eating pierogis… it’s a lot of Ps. We touch on the Portland Trail Blazers, the best Playoff storylines, some MVP and Rookie of the Year award talk and whether ANYONE has a chance to knock off… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Apr 8: PIERCE v WADE + NETS & MAGIC CLINCH PLAYOFFS + WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Episode 260)
Who was better? Paul Pierce or Dwyane Wade?? Well… we figure it, uh, ‘out’ on today’s show! Also – the NETS and MAGIC have clinched playoff berths! that’s wild! The Pistons & Heat, meanwhile, have bottled it…. which is also wild. … so we wrap the entire NBA weekend up for you with WEEKEND WINNERS… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Apr 5: EMBIID vs BLEDSOE & GIANNIS + NO ONE WANTS TO BE IN SPACE JAM 2 + WEEKEND PREVIEW (Episode 259)
Is Joel Embiid afraid of Eric Bledsoe?? I mean… that’s what it kinda looked like right? ANYWAY – a fun fracas broke out in the Bucks-Sixers game today with Bledsoe piffing the ball at Embiid as hard as he could, starting a ‘fight’… and then both Embiid & Giannis proceeded to have AMAZING games. Please… Read more
NBA Straya – Thur Apr 4: STEPH CURRY CAN SEE NOW + JOE INGLES CAREER HIGH & PLAYOFF/TANKING UPDATE (Episode 258)
When Joe Ingles isn’t buying real estate in Paul George’s head, he smashes threes with a relish that used to only be found in your grandma’s kitchen! He TORCHED (ironically) the Suns today for a CAREER HIGH! Also – Gregg Popovich set a record for quickest ejection, we had a BUNCH of broken ankles, there… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Apr 3: HUMP DAY + RUSSELL WESTBROOK’S HISTORIC 20-20-21 +WIZARDS FIRE ERNIE GRUNFLED + SHOULD LeBRON MAKE ALL-NBA? (Episode 257)
Holy moly, Russell Westbrook! Just a lazy DOUBLE TRIPLE-DOUBLE as a tribute to Nipsey Hussle!! Amazing… yep, 20-20-21 hasn’t been done since 1968, so we talk about why people hate Russell Westbrook when he’s a dead-set legend! Also – it’s was Tuesday in Texas, but it was HUMP DAY in Straya, as Aussie Isaac Humphries… Read more