July 2, 2021
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Andre Moore joins the show to talk about his NBA and NBL career as well as what’s happening on the Australian Basketball scene today.

Somehow he also has a signature sneaker dropping right now, that’s not a typo, 20 years after his NBL retirement he has a signature basketball sneaker on the market and he tells us how it all came about.

Moore was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 2nd round of the 1987 NBA Draft. He played with both the Nuggets and Milwaukee Bucks during the 1987-88 NBA season and averaged 2.4 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.

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Moore then embarked on a career in Australia when he signed a deal to play with the Brisbane Bullets in 1990. Alongside Hall of Fame teammates Leroy Loggins and Derek Rucker he led them to the 1990 NBL Grand Final where they fell short to the Perth Wildcats in three games.

Moore’s outstanding play saw him selected to the 1990 All-NBL Team after averaging 26.9 points, 12.6 rebounds, and two blocks per game while shooting 61.1% from the field.

After playing for the Bullets, Moore spent time with the Hobart Devils (1995) and Cairns Taipans (1999-01).

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Topics include;

Andre Moore launches his first signature sneaker 20 years after retiring from the NBL (2:00)
Working in juvenile detention centres with his program for underprivileged youth Big Feat Basketball (8:00)
Navigating gangs and drugs while growing up in Chicago (12:00)
College basketball and facing Patrick Ewing and the Georgetown Hoyas in 1986 (16:00)
His friendship with Scottie Pippen from his time preparing for the NBA draft in 1997 and thoughts on his new book (21:00)
NBA memories playing against Utahs Karl Malone and alongside forgotten NBA stars like Lafayette Lever, Alex English and Sidney Moncrief (26:00)
How Andre found his way from the NBA to the Brisbane Bullets in 1990 (31:00)
Thoughts on the 2021 NBL Grand Final (33:30)
Going up against the 1990 Perth Wildcats (38:00)
Nathan Sobey’s breakout season and Boomer’s chances (40:00)
Ben Simmons and his decision to not play in the Tokyo Olympics (41:00)
Why aren’t power forwards as important in the NBL today as they were in the 1990s (48:00)
Josh Giddey draft chances (52:00)

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