Aussies Abroad
There is only ten days left until the 2012/13 NBA season reaches tip-off. That’s ten nerve-wracking days for three elite Australian basketball players who hope to take the court on October 30th. One is Andrew Bogut who cautiously is awaiting a doctor’s appointment Monday morning which will tell him whether he will be able to…
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David Andersen delivered 8 points and 4 rebounds as his new team Fenerbahce Ulker played its first game in the Turkish Basketball league. Fenerbache travelled to Erdemirspor and came away with an 83-78 victory which has proved the team is deserves to be considered favourite to win the Turkish League championship this year. Oguz…
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Julian Khazzouh’s experience as an Euroleage import has been cut short after only one game for Polish team Asseco Prokom Gdynia. On Sunday the club announced that the club and Khazzouh had parted ways in a mere three days after the player’s Turkish Airlines Euroleague debut. In his one and only game for Asseco…
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“I think we waste so much negative energy on what can’t happen instead of what is and where we can take it” – John Rillie regarding the current state of the NBL John Rillie is no doubt one of the greatest shooters in NBL history. With 1323 three-pointers made and shooting 47% from the field,…
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Nathan Jawai may have had a tough time adjusting to his new team in his first game for FC Barcelona Regal but after the siren sounded Big Nate spoke to his Spanish fans about growing up as an indigenous kid in Cairns, how it shaped his life and his basketball goals for the future. …
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The first round of the NBL begins this week with Basketball fans across Australia chomping at the bite. The same holds true for Spanish basketball fans who this week saw the ACB, the Spanish Basketball League kick off their season. Joe Ingles and Nathan Jawai are two men who play a big part in shaping…
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Mark Worthington may not have been lucky enough to make an AFL team list after his flirtation with the West Coast Eagles earlier in the year but he has made up for it by leading new team Radnicki Kragujevac to early success in Serbia. Radnicki Kragujevac became the winner of an international pre-season tournament…
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Spanish media have reported that Australian Boomers player Joe Ingles “continues to receive offers from the NBA”. It is believed that many teams have remained in contact with Joe since his break-out Olympic performance, but so far have only offered non-guaranteed contracts and invitations to training camps. Ingles clearly wants to play in the NBA,…
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A press conference to welcome Australian Boomers big man Nathan Jawai to his new team Regal FC Barcelona was held yesterday. Jawai told reporters he is “excited” to be at part of FC Barcelona and he feels that this latest stop on his already impressive resume is one which offering a “great opportunity” for him….
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Young Aussie Tyro Mirko Djeric is currently trialling with Serbian superclub KK Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague and is the most successful basketball club in Serbia. KK Partizan is the defending Serbian basketball champion and currently holds 19 league titles, having won the last eleven of them consecutively. It has been the breeding…
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