Tag: Ben Simmons
NBA Straya does NBLxNBA – Melbourne United vs Philadelphia 76ers
In the Philadelphia 76ers visitors locker room the battered and bruised Melbourne United are, by turns, frustrated and excited following their showing against Ben Simmons and the Sixers. Sure, they ultimately came up short, but both the United coaches and players are encouraged by how hard the NBL champs played, and just how hard they… Read more
Ben Simmons update!
Big Simmo MVP confirmed… The King LeBron James & The Prince Ben Simmons just gettin’ some work in! #crushing it Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Oscar Robertson
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! **** #60s & #70s Week **** Name: Oscar Robertson Nickname: ‘The Big O’ NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Grumps’ Teams: Cincinnati Royals (’60-’70) Milwaukee Bucks (‘70-’74) Career Stats (per game): 25.7 pts // 7.5 rebs // 9.5 asts // 48.5 FG% // 83.8 FT% BEST KNOWN FOR: – Being the first Russell… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Aug 22: British India/Hoops Podcast’s Matt O’Gorman! (Episode 154)
NBA Straya!! With British India/Hoops Podcast’s Matt O’Gorman! Yeah!! This week’s show welcomes Matt O’Gorman from Australian rock ledges British India and the supremely awesome Hoops Podcast to talk about a whole MESS of NBA stuff. We cover all the moves from the NBA offseason, LeBron as a Laker, the prospects of Matt’s… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Aug 15: LAKERS A PLAYOFF TEAM? ROCKET MELO & STRAYAN SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS! (Episode 153)
NBA Straya!! ARE THE LAKERS MISSING THE PLAYOFFS, MELO TO THE ROCKETS & STRAYAN SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS! Yeah! It’s the NBA OFFSZN and we’ve still got a raft of YEAH/NAHS to get through! PLUS! We have a breakdown of ALL the NBA Schedule STRAYAN HIGHLIGHTS! We’re talking Aussie head-to-heads, debut and loads more. Also on this… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Aug 8: LeBron vs Trump, MJ’s politics, Dream Team anniversary & NBA Schedule release! (Episode 152)
NBA Straya!! LeBron vs Trump, NBA schedule release, NCAA rule changes, Dream Team anniversary and more! AY! The NBA never sleeps, and this week is CHOCK FULL of NBA offseason shenanigans… including: LeBron vs the President Michael Jordan’s politics NCAA Rule changes The 26thAnniversary of the Dream Team The Sixers Injury Curse NBA… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed July 18: KAWHI LEONARD/DEMAR DEROZAN TRADE! + Jabari Parker, Marcus Smart & Summer League Wrap (Episode 149)
NBA Straya!! KAWHI LEONARD & DEMAR DEROZAN GOT TRADED FOR EACH OTHER! WHAT!?!! Yup, this week’s show covers the bananas Spurs-Raptors trade of Kawhi Leonard and DeMar DeRozan… we’re talking will Kawhi even PLAY for Toronto? If he does, can they keep him beyond this season? Isn’t DeMar DeRozan — the LaMarcus Aldridge of shooting guards… Read more
NBA Straya – Tuesday July 10: FREE AGENCY & SUMMER LEAGUE SPECIAL! (Episode 147)
NBA Straya!! FREE AGENCY & SUMMER LEAGUE SPECIAL! We’re back from getting shitfaced at our mate’s wedding and today’s show delivers the goods on the last week of NBA Free Agency, as well as checking in on what’s going on with the Aussies at NBA Summer League! That’s right – today we’re talking Boogie to… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed June 27: NBLxNBA, LEBRON & KAWHI LAKERS & AUSTIN RIVERS-MARCIN GORTAT TRADE! (Episode 145)
Yeah! Today’s NBA Straya covers the HUGE announcement of the latest NBLxNBA series, with 5 Aussie NBL teams coming over to the USA to play a series of 7 games around the country against NBA teams in pre-season! Can’t wait! So we break that down, and also cover off all the news of the day!… Read more