Aussies Abroad
Ben Simmons has made it known that he will not be wearing green and gold in Rio this year. The conversation around whether Ben Simmons will be able to juggle both NBA commitments and the NBA draft process has been a hot topic. Today Ben Simmons decision made it clear to Basketball Australia. The report came from…
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This season has seen Australian Boomers guard Patty Mills who is having his most efficient season ever for the San Antonio Spurs. Taking a glance at Mills’ numbers won’t allow you to see the real impact he is having in the league this year. With career averages of 7.5 points, 1.8 assists, and 1.5 rebounds per…
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It seems that the gritty play of our national basketball team members may be celebrated here in Australia and respected across the globe but it’s certainly not appreciated in the NBA. Matthew Dellavedova, the 25-year-old Victorian who played a key role in Lebron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers charge to the NBA Finals last year, has…
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Ben Simmons has developed from a relatively unknown student at Box Hill Secondary School two years ago to being Barack Obama’s favourite up and coming Basketball star in less than two years. His popularity has been growing rapidly but after a recent approval from Barack Obama it has skyrocketed. It started when President Obama, giving…
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While here in Australia we can see the Perth Wildcats looking to finish top of the ladder once again, Andrew Ogilvy inching closer and closer to leagues MVP and unfortunately another Sydney Kings roller coaster season quite easily, one of our countries finest point guards is making a name for himself overseas with little acknowledgement from the media down…
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Sydney basketballer Isaac Humphries will reclassify his high school status in order to be eligible to play for the winningest team in NCAA history. The talented 6-11, 250-pound big man who spent last season playing for Indiana prep school La Lumiere and is another of the quality Australia juniors who have been developed by the…
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Free agent wing Joe Ingles has signed a 2-year, $4.5 million dollar deal with the Jazz, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski. Ingles came out of nowhere relative obscurity to play 79 games for Utah in his rookie season. He had spent several years overseas in Europe and Israel before coming across to make…
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NBL coaching legend Brian Goorjian, who led the Dongguan Leopards to the play-offs in each of his six seasons in the Chinese Basketball Association before leaving the club to join the Guangdong Southern Tigers, says the former CBA champion should learn from newly crowned NBA champion Golden Warriors for getting the title back in the…
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Herbalife Gran Canaria 2014 (Spain-Liga Endesa) is readying to make a push for the Spanish League Playoffs and have added Aleks Maric (211 cm, Nebraska’08) to strengthen their frontcourt. Gran Canaria are no strangers to Australian Boomers with Brad Newley being one of the team’s star players since 2012. The two aussie’s were big part’s…
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He felt like he was living his worst nightmare. The images and fears that haunted him throughout his upbringing were now surrounding Nate Jawai. He had always hated needles, avoided looking at blood and was terrified of the emergency room and sound of ambulance sirens. His mother Lyn was a nurse midwife, but he hated…
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