Australian Boomers
Lucas Walker played a decade in the NBL, won a championship with the Wildcats and earned a commonwealth games gold medal in 2018 playing for the Australian Boomers. Walker was a player forever the underdog and one who many thought his NBL career was over multiple times before finally calling it a day in 2020….
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The Australian Boomers have won their first ever medal at a major international tournament, beating out Slovenia for the bronze 107-93 on the back of an inspired 42 points by Patty Mills. I promised in the bio I wrote for Aussie Hoopla well over five years ago that I may just cry if the Boomers…
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Last night Jock Landale notched up 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals to guide the Australian Boomers to a 97-59 victory over Argentina and a place in the Olympic Basketball semi-finals. He celebrated this morning with signing his name on a multi-year NBA contract. Australian center Jock Landale — the 2021 NBL…
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The 2000 Boomers vs the 2021 Boomers. Andrew Gaze vs Patty Mills. Patty Mills has put himself firmly in “icon” territory, as the man who carried the Olympic flag for the Australians at an Olympics much as Andrew Gaze did 21 years before him. But as far as the 2000 team and the 2021 Boomers…
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Mattisse Thybulle is a defensive monster and it also turns out he’s pretty handy with video editing, judging by his behind-the-scenes YouTube series, Road to Tokyo. The series takes you to the hotel rooms and training court of the Boomers as Thybulle takes his initiation into Boomers culture with good humour, and shows signs of…
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The Australian Boomers are looking seriously good heading into the Olympics after taking down the mighty United States, and as our attention turns to Tokyo, you may have asked yourself when and how you can watch those Aussie battlers take it to the world. Well, we’ve got you fam – or at least, the 7…
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All Boomers and Team USA warm up games will be shown LIVE on ESPN, a tweet from Olgun Uluc confirms. Australia will play Argentina, Nigeria and Team USA twice as they take their first steps on a long road that they hope will end with a medal. The Boomers will start their warm up series…
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With the Olympic draw now complete it appears that Australia have finally appeased the basketball gods as a favourable draw and the surprise exclusion of some world powers clear the way for a possible medal run. The Boomers are in Group B alongside a stacked yet internationally inexperienced Nigeria, the post-Nowitzki era Germans, and an…
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Dante Exum took to Instagram to indicate his intentions to play for the Australian Boomers in next months Tokyo Olympics. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Danté Exum (@daanteee) Dante’s inclusion was questionable for the majority of the year due to being an unrestricted free agent this NBA off-season and…
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Thon Maker took to Twitter today to let it be known that he still harbours dreams of playing in the green and gold for Australia. This week the Boomers reduced the Olympic squad from 24 to 19 and among those excluded was Thon Maker. It’s since become clear that Maker was in fact invited to…
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