Aussies Abroad
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 As such he has withdrawn from the Australian Boomers team.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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Andrew Bogut’s chance to return to the NBA’s Golden State Warriors caused quite a stir in the media last week but as yet he is still yet to take the court for the team he won the 2015 NBA championship with. Bogut has been back in the bay area since Saturday but with the Warriors are…
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Download this episode on iTunes Justin Hickey, chief executive of the Southern Huskies joins Aussie Hoopla podcast to talk about the team’s decision to play in the New Zealand NBL in 2019 and what the next steps are for the team to join the Australian National Basketball League in 2020. Get 20% off…
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It’s official, Tasmania’s The Southern Huskies will become the first professional basketball team since the demise of the Hobart Devils over 20 years ago. Today the team also became the first Australian team to play in the Sal’s NBL, New Zealand’s oldest professional sporting league. The team announced NBL stars such Adelaide 36’ers Harry Froling, Mason…
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