Tag: Russell Westbrook
NBA Straya – Mon Oct 21: ZION HURT + 2019-20 SEASON PREVIEW pt 6: ‘PEOPLE WILL SAY THEY’RE CONTENDERS BUT NAH’ tier (Ep 337)
THE NBA SEASON IS LIKE TWO DAYS AWAY! So we’re getting to the pointy end of our Preview… and today it’s the ‘PEOPLE WILl SAY THEY’RE CONTENDERS BUT NAH, THEY’RE NOT HEY’ tier! So we’re talking some BIG west teams… in fact, they’re all from the west. Weird. Anyway. Also, Zion’s hurt, Pascal Siakam got… Read more
NBA STRAYA’S WAY TOO EARLY PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2019-20 NBA SEASON
Yep, look, so we might be a month out from actual NBA basketball happening again… but we kick off the NBA Straya Season preview next week with a look at our specific tiers of contenders, pretenders, spenders, on-the-menders and Dragan Benders. BEFORE THAT, however, we’re gonna get stuck into 7 WAY TOO EARLY predictions for… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Sep 4: LEIGH ELLIS + WORLD CUP GM 2 – BOOMERS vs SENEGAL (Ep 325)
It’s a VERY… SPECIAL… GUEST on today’s show, LEIGH ELLIS, formerly of The Starters & now of The Free Agents! Leigh joins me to talk about the World Cup, the Boomers, Team USA, his trip to Oz, and some NBA offseason guff. ALSO! A break down of the Boomers beating Senegal in Game 2 of… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri July 12: MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA + RUSSELL WESTBROOK TRADED TO HOUSTON (Episode 316)
MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA JOINS THE SHOW!! That’s right – NBA Champion and dead-set Aussie legend Delly joins the show for a bit of YEAH-NAH… where we find out who’s better to play with – Giannis Antetokounmpo or LeBron James – how much he yelled at his telly while Cleveland were in the Finals… who he’d least… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Mar 20: BEN SIMMONS & EGG BOY + NETS HISTORIC COMEBACK (Episode 249)
Ben Simmons paid tribute to Egg Boy on his sneakers for today’s game vs the Hornets… and got the win! Meanwhile, the Nets had THE BIGGEST COMEBACK IN FRANCHISE HISTORY to steal a game in Sacramento! Also, Doc Rivers DOESN’T want to coach the Lakers… and does Anthony Davis want to stay in New Orleans?… Read more
NBA Straya – Tues Mar 19: DIRK PASSES WILT + BOGUT WARRIORS RETURN + JOE INGLES TOTALLY JINGLES BRAD BEAL (Episode 248)
How great was it to see old man Dirk Nowitzki pass Wilt Chamberlain on the NBA ALL TIME scorers list today!? Also… it was a banner day for the Strayans in the NBA – Friend of the Podcast Andrew Bogut is BACK with the Warriors, and Jingling Joe Ingles totally JINGLED Brad Beal… plus, Thon… Read more
NBA Straya – Mon Mar 18: HEZONJA BLOCKS LeBRON INTO OLD AGE + GIANNIS & EMBIID DUEL + WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS (Episode 247)
Embiid vs Giannis was AMAZING huh!? But… Mario Hezonja blocking Lebron to officially end his prime and finish off a rough weekend for Lakers fans was pretty brutal, eh? Anyway – we’ve got WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS with Giannis dunking on Ben Simmons… then Big Simmons returning the favor… Mike Scott swigging from a fan’s… Read more
NBA Straya – Fri Mar 15: LAKERS TRIED TO TRADE LEBRON W/ LAKERS FAN TIM + WEEKEND PREVIEW (Episode 246)
Did the Lakers REALLY think about trading LeBron??? YEAH NAH… Nah… surely not? Or did they!? We break all things Lakers down — was this their worst ever season, do they get Anthony Davis, is it weird rooting for LeBron — with our resident Lakers fan, Lakers Fan Tim… along with who should win MVP,… Read more
NBA Straya – Thur Mar 14: ARE GOLDEN STATE BETTER WITHOUT DURANT? (Episode 245)
I mean… they beat Houston with The Coward Kevin Durant… so… maybe? ANYWAY – busy day of NBA-ing today, we’ve got an impressive OKC win over the Nets, a back-to-back absolute TURD laid by the Pistons, and an almost-kinda CLASSIC between Houston and Golden State! Plus – why did Dennis Rodman have to apologize to… Read more
NBA Straya – Wed Mar 13: DOLAN BANS FAN + WESTBROOK & IBAKA FALLOUT (Episode 244)
A wildly fun day of NBA today – we’ve got all the fallout from the Rusty Westbrook vs that Shitheel Jazz Fan as well as the Serge Ibaka-Marquese Chriss fight… while James Dolan BANNED a fan from MSG for telling him to SELL THE TEAM?? Is he the worst NBA owner? Whoa… good thing is,… Read more