Tag: NBA Straya Never Forget
NBA Straya Never Forget – Luc Longley vs the Utah Jazz, March 10 2000
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 18 year ago today, Big Luc Longley — the Aussie Bill Russell — was toiling away in the Arizona desert with the Phoenix Suns, finally away from the cold of Chicago and unburdened of carrying Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen to the NBA title every year. On a balmy March evening,… 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 – Patty Mills vs the Kings, Mar 8, 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! A years ago today, all the way back in 2017, Patty ‘Thrills’ Mills — aka Patty Cakes, aka Bala Supreme, aka the Torres Strait Terror — wandered into AT&T Center in downtown San Antonio, looked around and went, ‘yeah nah, better light this place up, ay bala!’ Patty then delivered the… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Chris Anstey Career High vs the Heat, Mar 7, 1998
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 20 years ago today, Chris Anstey — aka the Original NBA Unicorn — was suiting up for the Dallas Mavericks in his rookie year and, on a cold north Texas night, went to battle like he was King Leonidas at Thermopylae against Big Zo Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway‘s Miami Heat…… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Andrew Gaze NBA Career High vs the Clippers, Mar 6, 1999
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Hoist ‘em up! 20 years ago, ON THIS VERY DAY, Andrew ‘Gazey’ Gaze — aka the Aussie Larry Bird, aka The Grey Mamba — had the GAME OF HIS NBA LIFE. Brought in to get his San Antonio Spurs over the hump in a 29-point win over the L.A. Clippers, Grey… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Luke Schenscher NBA debut vs the Cavs, Mar 5 2006
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Man. Can you believe that 12 years ago today Fanta Pants Shaq — Luke Schenscher — made his NBA debut!? That’s right, all the way back in 2006, Hope Forest’s favourite son played his FIRST EVER NBA game, manning the paint for 12 minutes against Big Zydrunas Ilgauskas and a young… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Thon ‘Thon Song’ Maker vs the Clippers, March 2 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! A year ago today, Thon ‘Thon Song’ Maker — dead-set South Sudanese-Aussie ledge and ageless terror — was struggling through a rookie year with Milwaukee Bucks that had more up and downs than the Wild Mouse rollercoaster at Luna Park. And in a big Bucks win over Blake Griffin and the… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Cam ‘Air’ Bairstow vs Orlando, March 2 2016
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! It might seem like yesterday, but it’s now been two long years since Cam ‘Air’ Bairstow gracefully tied back the flowing flaxen locks that would’ve made him the best looking sheila in Adelaide, pulled on his No. 41 Chicago Bulls jersey, and played his BEST ever NBA game… which, in a… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Aron ‘Bangers’ Baynes vs Pistons vs Celtics! Feb 26, 2014 & 2017
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! In a weird twist of fate, both one AND four years ago on THIS VERY DATE, Aron ‘Bangers’ Baynes TWICE played against teams he’d eventually go on to play for! That’s right, in some sort of cosmic alignment that not even the good sorts at Parkes Observatory could’ve seen coming, four… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Patty Mills vs the Blazers, Feb 25 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Three years ago today, the Bala supreme Patty Mills — aka Patty Thrills, aka Patty Cakes, aka the Torres Strait Terror — was coming off leading Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs to their fifth NBA title… and on a typically cold, wet Oregon night at the Rose Garden, went… Read more