Tag: Minnesota timberwolves
NBA Straya – Wednesday Apr 18: SPECIAL GUEST ANDREW BOGUT – for EPISODE 100!
NBA Straya!! With SPECIAL GUEST ANDREW BOGUT FOR EPISODE 100!!! Yep! Today’s show features a chat with ACTUAL NBA Strayan, ANDREW BOGUT, calling in from Melbourne! That’s right! An interview with real life 2015 NBA Champion and 2005 No. 1 NBA draft pick, Andrew Bogut! We chat about Ben Simmons and what it’s… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET! A Shane ‘The Hammer’ Heal Trillion – Wolves vs Mavs, 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! ‘A HAMMER TRILLION’ 🔨🍹 A handy recipe for a Shane ‘The Hammer’ Heal Trillion in his 3rd-last rookie regular season NBA game, 21 years ago today ** What you’ll need ** 1 x Shane ‘The Hammer’ Heal 1 x Minnesota Timberwolves 1 x Dallas Mavericks 1 x Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota… Read more
NBA Straya – Monday Apr 16: NBA PLAYOFF OPENING WEEKEND WRAP! (Episode 98)
NBA Straya!! THE NBA PLAYOFFS ARE HERE! Today’s show wraps a MASSIVE opening weekend for the playoffs, as we cover Ben Simmons crushing the Heat, the Cavs sucking and LeBron dropping his first round 1 game in three years, the EPIC Bucks-Celtics finish, and all the greatness on show in the Blazers-Pelicans and Rockets-Wolves matchups!… Read more
NBA Straya – Wednesday Apr 11: LAST DAY OF THE REGULAR NBA SEASON MADNESS (Episode 95)
NBA Straya!! LAST DAY OF THE REGULAR SEASON MADNESS! Today’s show covers ALL the craziness of the last day of the season, with 12 HUGE games tonight that will decide playoff seeding! HOW AWESOME IS THAT!? So we’ve got you covered for the East: Sixers-Bucks, Cavs-Knicks, Raps-Heat & Wiz-Magic… AND the West: Jazz-Blazers, Spurs-Pelicans, Thunder-Grizz,… Read more
NBA Straya – Wednesday Mar 21: BY KARL MALONE’S BEARD – WE’RE GOING STREAK-BREAKING & Strayan Champion Bracket! (Episode 82)
NBA Straya!! BY KARL MALONE’S BEARD… WE’RE GOING STREAK-BREAKING! Yep, The Rockets snapped the Blazers 13-game win streak and the bloody HAWKS somehow beat the Jazz, snapping their 9-gamer! Unreal! PLUS Boston SOMEHOW beat the Thunder despite being down 6 points with 24 seconds left! What the hell is going on? Today’s show covers… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Luc Longley’s BEST ROOKIE GAME! Minnesota Timberwolves vs LA Lakers, March 20, 1992
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 26 years ago today, long before he was carrying Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls to their second 3-peat, a rookie Luc Longley — the Aussie Bill Russell — dusted the snow from his long flowing locks and took the court for the Minnesota Timberwolves in a harrowing 10 point loss… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Shane Heal vs the Celtics, March 16 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 21 years ago today, Australian basketball’s golden child, SHANE ‘the Hammer’ HEAL was enduring a frustrating first year in the NBA, stuck between Stojko Vrankovic and Cherokee Parks on the end of the Minnesota Timberwolves bench. With the Wolves beating the Boston Celtics, Wolves coach FLIP SAUNDERS turned to Hammer to… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Nathan Jawai ‘Aussie Shaq’ FINAL NBA GAME vs Sacramento, March 14, 2010
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! It’s not often we have a day steeped in sadness here at NBA Straya… but here it is. Nine years ago, on this very day, the man the size of the Gulf of Carpentaria… the one… the only… Outback Shaq played his LAST EVER NBA game. That’s right, Nathan Jawai —… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Shane ‘The Hammer’ Heal vs Utah Jazz, March 9 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! March 9, 1997 — INT: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota — The Utah Jazz — led by JOHN STOCKTON and KARL ‘the Mailman’ MALONE — are smothering the Minnesota Timberwolves young core of KEVIN GARNETT and STEPHON MARBURY, and the Wolves are about to lose by double digits. Our hero, SHANE HEAL,… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Shane Heal vs Golden State Warriors Feb 21, 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! INT: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 21 Years Ago The Minnesota Timberwolves, led by Kevin Garnett, are blowing out the Golden State Warriors. Australian basketball’s golden child SHANE ‘The Hammer’ HEAL sits on the bench, eagerly awaiting his chance to shine. Wolves coach FLIP SAUNDERS finally turns to our hero… FLIP SAUNDERS… Read more