Tag: NBA
Mon Jan 3: Josh Giddey Becomes the Youngest Player to Triple Double EVER + DeMar DeRozan DeMarvellous & New Year’s Resolutions For EVERY NBA TEAM (Ep 730)
2022 kicks off with a BANG as Josh Giddey became the youngest player in NBA HISTORY to drop a triple double, DeMar DeRozan was DeMarvellous and threw in game-winning buzzer-beating threes ON EITHER SIDE OF THE NEW YEAR… and Rondo got traded!? SO! All that covered with Weekend Winners & Losers, plus a New Year’s… Read more
Thurs Dec 30: Josh Giddey in COVID Protocols #GetWellGidds + LeBron Hits 36k Points, Steph Tops 3k Triples & Rubio Out For the Season + Kyrie’s Back & NYE PREVIEW & FINAL SHOW OF 2021! (Ep 729)
We’ve had a few wild NBA days, so the FINAL NBA STRAYA SHOW OF 2021 is here to wrap it all up for you – we had LeBron passing 36k points for his career, Steph topping 3,000 triples, and word that KD and Kyrie are both out of the COVID protocols and back! The sad… Read more
Mon Dec 27: Patty Mills Delivers An Aussie Christmas Miracle + Jock Landale is SMASHING + Xmas Winners & Losers! (Ep 728)
Thanks to Patty Mills delivering an Aussie Christmas Miracle, Wes Matthews, Otto Porter & Donovan Mitchell… It turns out the NBA Christmas Day games delivered more than a Moe postie flying high on some truckie speed! Serious: 4 of the 5 matches being super-entertaining was NOT what we thought COVID would deliver this Xmas, but… Read more
Fri Dec 24: 12 Days Of NBA Christmas + MEGA Xmas-Boxing Day Games Previews! (Ep 727)
It’s Christmas Eve! So we’re delivering NBA Straya’s 12 Days Of NBA Christmas – aka, What We Want NBA Santa To Bring Us For The Rest Of The Season! Also, a MEGA PREVIEW of the five Xmas Day / Boxing Day NBA games on the schedule. ATL-NYC! BOS-MIL! BK-LA! PHX-GSW! DAL-UTA! Steph vs CP3! Harden… Read more
Thurs Dec 23: Now Luka’s In The COVID Protocols & Everything Sucks But At Least Joe Johnson Is Getting Buckets + What Will the Xmas Games Look Like? (Ep 726)
The NBA’s limp to a COVID Xmas continues apace, with Luka Doncic now in the Covid protocols, joining a raft of other NBA stars, leaving us asking the question: what will the NBA’s Xmas Day games look like? Will they rush KD, Giannis, James Harden, Trae Young & co back? Move games? Shuffle stuff around?… Read more
Wed Dec 22: LeBron Still Can’t Beat Phoenix & How To Fix The NBA’s XMAS Games (Ep 725)
Adam Silver reckon there’s no logic behind ‘pausing’ the NBA season, so we’ve got a solution for fixing the NBA’s Xmas Day games, AND giving everyone a bit of time off. PLUS: Lebron STILL can’t get past Phoenix and the Pacers are an absolute rabble…. But at least LANCE LANCE MAKE EM DANCE STEPHENSON IS… Read more
Tues Dec 21: Josh Giddey SMASHES Ja Morant’s Return, Joe Ingles hits 5k + Jock Landale Impresses & Joel Embiid Towelled Boston By Himself, Is Ridiculous (Ep 724)
FINALLY, a relatively chill day in the NBA, where we got to see some of the Aussies smash, with Josh Giddey smashing the Grizz in Ja Morant’s return, Joe Ingles hit 5k NBA career points, and Jock Landale impressed. There were more players going into the COVID protocols, most of today’s news came about all… Read more
Mon Dec 20: Kyrie BACK, but He, KD, Trae & Others Out Amid COVID Chaos & Postponements & WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Ep 723)
Absolute chaos weekend for the NBA, with more and more players entering the COVID health & safety protocols, and a raft of other games being postponed with teams not being able to suit uo enough players. Meanwhile, KD, Trae Young, and a whole mess of other players are now out, with the NBA Xmas slate… Read more
Fri Dec 17: Lakers Sign Isaiah Thomas + KD’s MVP Run & More COVID Chaos w/ Westbrook, Fox, Okoro & Others Sidelined + WEEKEND PREVIEW (Ep 722)
COVID continues to cause havoc, with Rusty Westbrook, DeAaron Fox & Isaac Okoro the latest among the 60 (!) cases the NBA has dealt with since the start of the season… and, missing 5+ players, the Lakers signed ISAIAH THOMAS with a hardship exception. It might be because it’s hard for him to still get… Read more
Thurs Dec 16: Devonte Graham’s INSANE Buzzer Beater + Austin Reaves aka ‘Caruso: The Sequel’s Game Winner + Indy REALLY Suck & Jazz Hire Danny Ainge (Ep 721)
An utterly bonkers NBA day today: Devonte’ Graham hit a 3/4Q buzzer-beating game winner that was the LONGEST IN 25 YEARS, Laker Austin Reaves aka Caruso: the Sequel hit a game-winner of his own, Indy REALLY suck & Ant Man Anthony Edwards went OFF for 10 3s against the Nuggets. WILD scenes. Also: more COVID… Read more