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NBA Straya NEVER FORGET – OFF-SEASON EDITION: Bob McAdoo
NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION! Name: Bob Mc Adoo Nickname: ‘Doo’ / ‘Mac’ ‘Strayan Nickame: ‘Macca’ Teams played for: Buffalo Braves (’72-’76) New York Knicks (’76-79) Boston Celtics (’79) Detroit Pistons (’79-’80) New Jersey #Nets (’81) Los Angeles Lakers (’81-‘85) Philadelphia 76ers (’85-’86) Career Stats (per game): 22.1 pts // 9.4 rebs // 2.3 asts… Read more
NBA Straya – Thursday May 10: CELTICS ELMINATE BEN SIMMONS & THE SIXERS (Episode 116)
NBA Straya!! Today’s show wraps the THRILLING game 5 from Boston last night, where the Celtics came back from 4 down in the last minute to boot Big Simmo & the Sixers out of the playoffs – thanks to some timely killer defense by one Aron BANGERS Baynes! That’s right – one Aussie eliminated the… Read more
NBA Straya – Tuesday May 8: CAVS SWEEP THE RAPS & SIXERS BEAT THE CELTICS (Episode 114)
NBA Straya!! CAVS SWEEP THE RAPS & the SIXERS BEAT THE CELTICS!! Today’s show talks all about LeBron turning Toronto into LeBronto with the Cavs sweeping the Raptors for the second straight year and getting through to the Eastern Conference Finals… and the Sixers finally got on the board (thanks to the refs) against the… Read more
NBA Straya – Friday May 4: BEN SIMMONS CRAPS THE BED, LEBRON GOES CRAZY & WEEKEND PREVIEW! (Episode 112)
NBA Straya!! BEN SIMMONS CRAPS THE BED & LEBRON GOES CRAZY! Today’s show covers LeBron having an ALL TIME performance and turning Toronto into LEBRONTO, while Big Simmo had a flat out Barry Crocker against the Celtics. So! We break down Cavs-Raptors and Sixers-Celtics, then get into the New York Knicks BEING SMART FOR ONCE… Read more
NBA Straya – Tuesday May 1: NBA PLAYOFFS 2018: AUSSIE VS AUSSIE EDITION! (Episode 109)
NBA Straya!! NBA PLAYOFFS 2018: AUSSIE VS AUSSIE EDITION! Yep, today’s show is talking Sixers-Celtics game one and how the Celtics slowed down Ben Simmons, while Aron BANGERS Baynes evolved into a true unicorn by dropping 3s in Joel Embiid’s face when not blocking his shot! We break down what the Sixers can do to… Read more
NBA Straya – Wednesday Apr 25: BEN SIMMONS LEADS THE SIXERS TO THE 2nd ROUND OF THE NBA PLAYOfFS! (Episode 105)
NBA Straya!! BEN SIMMONS LEADS THE SIXERS TO THE 2nd ROUND OF THE NBA PLAYOFFS! Yes! Today’s show covers how Meek Mill got free and Big SImmo led the Philadelphia 76ers to a huge series win over the Miami Heat, along with the Warriors delivering a gentleman’s sweep of a gallant Spurs team, and the Bucks-Celtics… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET! Mark Bradtke career high vs Boston, April 17, 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! How’s this big haired ledge! That’s right, on this day, 22 years ago, Big Mark Bradtke, the gloriously maned Aussie Arvydas Sabonis, was coming to the end of his lone NBA season with the Philadelphia 76ers. And, in his second-last EVER game in the NBA, the Noarlunga Leviathan had a CAREER… 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: Patty Mills torches the Sixers – San Antonio vs Philadelphia, March 24, 2014
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Four years ago today, dead-set Aussie ledge and Bala supreme Patty ‘Thrills’ Mills — aka the Torres Strait Terror, aka Patty Three Ball, aka Patty Cakes — pulled on the iconic silver and black for the San Antonio Spurs and lined up next to the Big Fundamental Tim Duncan and torched… Read more
NBA ‘Straya – Never Forget! Mark Bradtke vs Orlando, Jan 31 1997
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! 21 years ago today, Mark Bradtke — aka the Aussie Arvydas Sabonis — suited up for Rocky’s hometown, the City of Brotherly Love, as Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers lost a heartbreaker to Penny Hardaway’s Orlando Magic. Unfortunately for Bradtke — Australia’s hairiest and sweatiest export since DK Lillee was… Read more