Tag: NBA Straya Never Forget
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET! Chris Anstey’s last rookie game: Dallas vs Seattle, April 10, 1998
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! On this day, 20 years ago, Chris Anstey — aka the Original Unicorn, aka Aussie Porzingis — was finishing up his rookie year with the Dallas Mavericks, and, in the last game of the year got himself his 8th ever NBA start, next to ‘Space Jam’ star/giant spud Shawn Bradley. Staring… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Joe Ingles 2nd best rookie game – Jazz vs the Kings, April 8, 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Three years back as a rookie, this joker announced himself to the world as not just a ledge from Radelaide who’d do your taxes at mate’s rates, but as an NBA force to be reckoned with! That’s right, Joseph H. Ingles — aka Jingling Joe Ingles, aka Slow Mo Joe, aka… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Andrew Bogut CAREER HIGH! Warriors vs the Pelicans, April 7, 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! On this day, three shorts years ago, big Andrew Bogut — the Croatian-Strayan Wilt Chamberlain — was leading the Golden State Warriors to the NBA title and playing basketball, rather than what he does now: running Melbourne’s municipal council policy agenda via twitter. And WHAT a game the Hulking Human Headline… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Patty Mills! Spurs vs the Hornets, April 5, 2012
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! How’s this! Reckon on this day, back in 2012, Patty Mills — aka Patty Thrills, aka Patty Cakes, aka the Torres Strait Terror — truly cemented his place in the NBA and on the way to being an all-time dead-set Aussie ledge, as, in only his 4th ever game for the… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Aron Bangers Baynes BEST SPURS game! Spurs vs the Nuggets, April 3, 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Long before the sight of his copious rig gave Tommy Heinsohn the night terrors up in Boston, on this day 3 years ago, Aron ‘Bangers’ Baynes was tugging on the black and silver against the Denver Nuggets…and had his HIGHEST SCORING and BEST EVER GAME for the San Antonio Spurs! Bangers… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Mark Bradtke vs the Raptors, April 2, 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Back in the hazy days of 1996-97, one Aussie stood taller, hairier, and sweatier than the rest… and still found himself bolted to the Philadelphia 76ers like a 6-foot-10 piece of balsa covered in clag and left on the floor of a Narre Warren waxer the week of an Ed Sheeran… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Dante Exum 2ND MOST POINTS EVER vs Denver, April 1 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Three years ago today, Dante Exum — aka Kangaroo Kobe — was a long-limbed rookie taking the NBA by storm like he was back schooling fools on the Tarneit blacktops! And on this night back in 2015, in only his 34th NBA start, Son of Cecil pulled ‘em on for the… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Andrew Gaze’s last Bullets game… against SHAQ! – Washington vs Orlando, March 30 1994
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Get ya tins up in the air, cos it’s time to salute the Grey Mamba himself — Andrew ‘Gazey’ Gaze — because it was on this very day 24 years ago that Grey Mamba pulled on his K-Mart Signature Edition Dunlop Gazey-1s and came to the end of his second 10-day… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Andrew Bogut smashes the Bobcats- Milwaukee vs Charlotte, March 28, 2011
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! In honour of his decision to forego the rest of this NBA season to look after his missus and family back in ‘Straya, NBA Straya today hoists ‘em up to the Croatian-Australian Wilt Chamberlain — Andrew Bogut — who, on this day 7 years ago, had an absolute blinder for the… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Luc Longley’s last best game- Phoenix Suns vs New York Knicks, March 26, 1999
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 19 years ago today, Australia’s Bill Russell, big Lucien ‘Luc’ Longley — aka Lucky Luc, aka Cool Hands Luc, aka the Thunder from Down Under — bestrode the court at America West Arena in Phoenix, and stared big Patrick Ewing and skinny-ol’ Marcus Camby right in the eyes as Luc’s Phoenix… Read more