Tag: Rookie
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET: Patty Mills’ FIRST ever playoff game – Blazers vs Suns, April 20, 2010
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! How’s this! 8 years ago today, dead-set Aussie ledge Patty Mills played in his FIRST NBA playoff game… in only his 11th EVER actual NBA appearance! That’s a hair-raising rocket ride if ever there was one, and one that befits an Aussie legend of about the stature of Ian Thorpe, Alicia… Read more
NBA Straya – NEVER FORGET! Cam Bairstow’s last rookie game: Bulls vs Nets, April 13 2015
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! On this day, 3 years ago, Big Cam Bairstow — aka Cam ‘Airstow’, aka Aussie Charles Barkley — tied back his flowing flaxen locks and played the final game of his rookie year next to Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler on the Chicago Bulls and led them to an almighty beatdown of… Read more
NBA Straya Never Forget – Chris Anstey’s BEST EVER NBA GAME! Dallas Mavericks vs the Boston Celtics March 17, 1998
#NBA #Straya Never Forget! Hoist ‘em up! 20 years ago today, the Murderin’ Melburnian, big Chris Anstey, was in his rookie year with the Dallas Mavericks and, ON ONLY BLOODY ST PATTYS DAY, torched the Boston Celtics like Johnny Storm in a wicker furniture store on his way to the BEST GAME OF HIS ROOKIE… Read more