Aussies Abroad
Former Illawarra Hawks coach Rob Beveridge return to the sidelines as coach of the SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks in 2021. Beveridge had signed on to coach the team last season but after arriving in New Zealand the competition was impacted due to COVID-19 and he was forced to return to Australia before the season…
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The Cleveland Cavaliers and point guard Matthew Dellavedova have agreed to terms on a one-year contract for the veteran’s minimum salary of $2.17 million. A fan favourite during their 2016 championship run, “Delly” might not be the same player he was during the teams NBA Finals run in 2015, but he still provides the Cavs…
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In what is bound to be one of the more overlooked moves this offseason, Australia Boomer’s centre Aron Baynes signed a two-year pact with the Toronto Raptors worth $14.3 million (the second year has a team option). NBA free agency frenzy started this week and already multiple stars have inked new deals for the 2020-21…
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Australian Basketball has truly exploded around the world in recent years and many of our best basketball players now play in the NBA, Euroleague and College on a regular basis. Names like Andrew Bogut, Patrick Mills, Matthew Dellavedova and Joe Ingles are well known within the Australian Basketball community however on our last count we had over…
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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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