Tag: Joe Ingles
NBA Straya – Wed Sep 4: LEIGH ELLIS + WORLD CUP GM 2 – BOOMERS vs SENEGAL (Ep 325)
It’s a VERY… SPECIAL… GUEST on today’s show, LEIGH ELLIS, formerly of The Starters & now of The Free Agents! Leigh joins me to talk about the World Cup, the Boomers, Team USA, his trip to Oz, and some NBA offseason guff. ALSO! A break down of the Boomers beating Senegal in Game 2 of… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Sep 2: WORLD CUP GM 1 – BOOMERS BEAT CANADA & KING DELLY GOES OFF (Ep 324)
Straya’s first game of the FIBA World Cup is in the bag, and our man King Delly of Maryborough is now also King of Canada hey… Yep, Delly went off, and Australia got the win – it’s no coincidence. Also, Joe Ingles was amazing… but what the hell happened in that 3rd? So NBA Straya… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Aug 26: AUSTRALIA BEATS TEAM USA! w/ STAV YIANNOUKAS from BLUEJUICE + ELLIOT FOXLEY (Ep 323)
THE BOOMERS BEAT TEAM USA! THEY REALLY DID! IT WASN’T A DREAM! So… we welcome on Stav Yiannoukas, NBA nut & author of Elliot Foxley and former singer of Bluejuice to break EVERYTHING down. Patty Mills’ epic performance, Kemba’s role, Jayson Tatum sucking, Myles Turner being big, … and just how good Jock Landale is.… 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 – Wed June 26: NBA STRAYA AWARDS 2019 + WINNERS & LOSERS (Episode 310)
It’s the NBA STRAYA AWARDS, GET A DOG UP YA! That’s right – forget the nerdy NBA Awards like MVP & Rookie of the Year… we’ve got ‘Best Hairy’, Best Bloke to Get A Beer With’ and of course, ‘Biggest Dead-Set Aussie Ledge’! We also have the ACTUAL NBA Awards WINNERS & LOSERS. What worked… Read more
NBA Straya – Thurs May 2: BLAZERS SMASH THE NUGS + MELO BACK TO THE KNICKS? (Episode 277)
Blazers-Nuggets game 2 was a weirddddd game, right? I mean… how in the hell did Portland win!?!? Dame and CJ weren’t that good…and the Nuggs had 23 offfensive rebounds… could it ALL have actually been thanks to Rodney ‘Spud’ Hood? Anyway – we find out by breaking it down with all the usual dumb stuff:… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed May 1: BLOODSHOT HARDEN SMOKED + BUCKS HUNT (Episode 276)
James Harden’s bloodshot eyes told the story of today huh? After 2 days of moaning about refs, the Rockets came out and literally & figuratively got hit in the face by the Warriors… While the Bucks SMOKED the Celtics as Giannis smashed & Kyrie spudded up the great state of Wisconsin. So we wrap up… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues Apr 30: DRUNK LEBRON TWEETS + ROCKETS vs REFS, SIXERS DECLAW THE RAPS & NUGS DRAW FIRST BLOOD! (Episode 275)
LeBron drunk tweeting while the basketball is on and after watching a Bond movie FEELS VERY FAMILIAR… just sayin’. ANYWAY. Aside from LeBron hitting the turps and getting on social media, we had the Rockets yelling about how they got hosed by the refs AGAIN… and TWO VERY FUN GAMES OF ACTUAL PLAYOFF BASKETBALL! Yep,… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Apr 29: THE SECOND ROUND KICKS OFF + WEEKEND WRAP! (Episode 274)
What a weekend! We had the Spurs & Clippers disintegrate, and more of the 2nd round series kicking off, with the Rockets getting antsy at the Warriors and the refs, the Raps smashing the Sixers and the Celtics surprisingly whomping the Bucks… also Game of Thrones was pretty big huh? SO! we cover ALLLLL that… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Apr 26: SPURS FORCE GAME 7, VALE JOHN HAVLICEK & 2nd ROUND + WEEKEND PREVIEW (Episode 273)
MORE BASKETBALL! Way to go Spurs – who doesn’t love a game 7? All the Nuggs not named ‘Nikola Jokic’ crapped the bed today, but at least we get more basketball! Also – sad news today with the passing of John Havlicek. A Boston Celtic legend, I loved Hondo, and reckon he’s supremely underrated. Still… Read more