Tag: NBA Straya Never Forget
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Joe Ingles – 3rd Highest Scoring Game Ever – Utah vs New Orleans, March 27, 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Get your FRIDEE corona quarantine tins up in the air… cos three years ago today, Joseph Howarth Ingles — aka Down Under Durant, aka Jingling Joe, aka Slow Mo Joe, aka Dr Joseph H Ingles: Triplologist — stepped into the Utah Jazz’s starting line-up in the absence of Make Gordon Great… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Bogut vs the Orlando Magic: Dec 4 2010
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! It’s an auspicious day at NBA Straya, as today we look back at the time, NINE YEARS AGO TODAY that big Andrew Bogut — the Croatian-Australian Wilt Chamberlain — went hammer and tongs for his Milwaukee Bucks vs the Orlando Magic (& ironically, the Polish Hammer, Marcin Gortat). And, I’ll tell ya what, the Hulking Human Headline… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Luc Longley’s 1st 1997 Playoff game – Bulls Vs Washington, April 25 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 1997. We had Drazic & Anita, Silverchair’s nose-ring period and seminal Aussie tome ‘The Castle’ (officially recognized by the Guinness World Records as the World’s Funniest Movie)…. and, on the other side of the Pacific, a giant Sandgroper by the name of Lucien ‘Big Luc’ Longley was launching skyhooks more deadly than… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Mark Bradtke’s BEST NBA GAME EVER, Sixers vs Charlotte, March 15 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Hoist ‘em up! 25 years ago today, the Big Unit himself, Mark Bradtke — the Aussie Arvydas Sabonis — tugged his No.50 Philadelphia 76ers jersey over his gloriously voluptuous chest hair, followed an arguing Allen Iverson and Jerry Stackhouse out onto the hardwood and threw his sweaty chassis into battle with… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Alvan Adams
NBA Straya #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! **** #70s & #80s Week **** Name: Alvan Adams Nickname: ‘Double A’ / ‘The Oklahoma Kid’ NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Alvannnnnn’ / ‘Chipmunk’ Teams: Phoenix Suns (’75-’88) Career Stats (per game): 14.1 pts // 7.0 rebs // 4.1 asts // 49.8 FG% // 78.8 FT% // 13.3 3pt% BEST… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Bob Lanier
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! **** #70s & #80s Week **** Name: Bob Lanier Nickname: ‘Dobber’ NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Dobber’ Teams: Detroit Pistons (’70-’80) Milwaukee Bucks (’80-’84) Career Stats (per game): 20.1 pts // 10.1 rebs // 3.1 asts // 51.4 FG% // 76.7 FT% // 15.4 3pt% BEST KNOWN FOR: – averaging a 20… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Sidney Moncrief
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! **** #70s & #80s Week **** Name: Sidney Moncrief Nickname: ‘Sid’ / The Squid’ / ‘Sir Sid’ / ‘El Sid’ NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Squidda’ Teams: Milwaukee Bucks (’79-’89) Atlanta Hawks (’90-’91) Career Stats (per game): 15.6 pts // 4.7 rebs // 3.6 asts // 50.2 FG% // 83.1 FT% //… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Darryl Dawkins
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! **** #70s & #80s Week **** Name: Darryl Dawkins Nickname: ‘Chocolate Thunder’ / ‘Dr Dunk’ / ‘Dr Dunkenstein’ / ‘Sir Slam’ NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Choccie Thunder’ Teams: Philadelphia 76ers (’75-’82) New Jersey #Nets (’82-’87) Utah Jazz (’87) Detroit Pistons (’87-’88) Career Stats (per game): 12.0 pts // 6.1 rebs //… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Andrew Toney
NBA Straya #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! **** #70s & #80s Week **** Name: Andrew Toney Nickname: ‘The Boston Strangler’ NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Danza’ Teams: Philadelphia 76ers (’81-’88) Career Stats (per game): 15.9 pts // 2.2 rebs // 4.2 asts // 50.0 FG% // 79.7 FT% // 34.2 3pt% BEST KNOWN FOR: – being Dr J’s sidekick… Read more
NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Truck Robinson
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! **** #70s & #80s Week **** Name: Leonard ‘Truck’ Robinson Nickname: ‘Truck’ NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Trucka’ Teams: Washington #Bullets (’74-’77) Atlanta Hawks (’77) New Orleans #Jazz (’77-’78) Phoenix Suns (’78-‘82) New York Knicks (’82-’85) Career Stats (per game): 15.5 pts // 9.4 rebs // 1.7 asts // 48.3 FG% //… Read more