Aussies Abroad
Australia survived a mighty scare to pull out a 108-92 victory on Sunday, though the scoreboard hardly paints the entire picture. It was a mix of the old and new standing up for the Boomers, with perhaps nobody shining brighter than Matthew Dellavedova, who finished with 24 points, showing off his much publicised new shooting…
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He wasn’t even selected in the Boomers’ 17-man squad, but two weeks away from the 2019 Basketball World Cup David Barlow received the call that he would be suiting up in the green and gold. Deng Adel and Brock Motum were favourites to replace Jonah Bolden, but Barlow was the one chosen. His call up…
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Queensland’s Georgia Woolley was named camp MVP at the 2019 Basketball without Borders (BWB) Asia camp held in Tokyo, Japan this week. Wooley, who also recently competed at the recent U18 National Championships in Townsville was joined by Victorian duo Emily Sewell and Keeley Evans and New South Wales’ Ruby-Belle Macdonald and Isabelle Morgan. Australia also had…
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Basketball Australia wishes to advise Jonah Bolden has informed Australian Head Coach Andrej Lemanis his intent to return to Philadelphia due to personal reasons. As such he has withdrawn from the Australian Boomers team. Andrej Lemanis said he supported Bolden’s decision. “My first thought is always with the player in these situations – having to…
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When unexpected things happen, it’s easy to look past logic for emotion and the decision which led to Mitch Creek’s omission from the Australia Boomers FIBA World Cup team was certainly unexpected. As a result, it led to many emotional social media post abusing Boomers head coach Anrej Lemanis for this “terrible decision” amidst claims of…
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The 12-man Australian Boomers team that will compete at the FIBA World Cup and the lead-up games in Perth and Melbourne has been announced today, Wednesday, August 7. The team features two players who are set to make their national team debuts. Jonah Bolden and Xavier Cooks have been selected for the first time after…
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Andrew Bogut’s decision to play on home soil for the Sydney Kings this season resulted in a in a 35 per cent rise in attendance and a 29 per cent rise in TV viewership for the club. His presence saw the National Basketball League set a a new attendance record of 714,346 with traditional media coverage tripling…
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Australia’s best basketball player Ben Simmons announced via Twitter today that he will don the green and gold for the upcoming FIBA World Cup in China which continues on the 31st of August. pic.twitter.com/Rld2p2XEEY — Ben Simmons (@BenSimmons25) May 15, 2019 There has been persistent focus from the media on whether Ben would play for…
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In the 1990’s basketball exploded in Australia. Behind the skills and athleticism of an influx of talented American imports, the league grew beyond tin sheds to acquiring large TV audiences and drawing 15,000 fans to games. Many of those NBL imports carved out long careers in the NBL, some chose to have children here while…
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The Minnesota Timberwolves announced today that they have signed former Adelaide 36ers forward Mitch Creek to a 10-Day contract. The Timberwolves are severely undermanned with injuries to one-third of their roster. Taj Gibson, Luol Deng, Derrick Rose, Jeff Teague and Robert Covington are all on the teams injured list. Creek, 26, played in four games…
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