Author: Dan Boyce
Jeff Van Groningen, the current GM of Basketball for the Adelaide 36ers has been involved with the National Basketball League since 1994. Having spent with the Geelong Supercats, Melbourne Tigers, Brisbane Bullets, Sydney Kings and Adelaide he joins host Dan Boyce to talk about the highs and lows faced by the Adelaide 36ers this season…
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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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Australia’s top NBA prospect Dyson Daniels has chosen to develop his game in the G-League rather than the NBL’s Next Stars program. The 18-year-old is currently the No. 18 prospect in the latest ESPN 2022 mock draft and considered the best non-draft eligible prospect in Australia. Daniels will be the first highly touted prospect the…
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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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Last month the Sydney Kings and Adam Forde parted ways, with the NBL franchise and coach mutually agreeing not to extend a one-year contract beyond this season. Two weeks later, Jarron Collins, longtime assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors, announced he had reached a mutual release with the team and would pursue only head-coaching…
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Australia Boomers coach Brian Goorjian has announced a reduced squad of 19 players that will head to Las Vegas for exhibition games against Argentina, Nigeria and two games against the USA. Aron Baynes (Toronto Raptors) Ryan Broekhoff (SE Melbourne Phoenix) Xavier Cooks (Sydney Kings) Mitch Creek (SE Melbourne Phoenix) Matthew Dellavedova (Cleveland Cavaliers) Dante Exum…
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The Tokyo Olympic Games are less than two months away, is focused and the Australian Boomers and set to face Team USA once again. Just two years ago, Australia hosted the United States Men’s team for two exhibition games at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium, culminating in a historic upset over the United States, which fielded a team…
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Basketball is booming in Japan, and the NBL is starting to feel its impact. Earlier this month, the Brisbane Bullets announced head coach Andrej Lemanis will coach in Japan instead of re-signing with the team. The Japanese deal is expected to be close to double his previous salary and one no NBL team could match….
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Aaron Grabau played 405 games with the Cairns Taipans, was the only player to be a part of both the team’s inaugural roster in 1999 and the teams first NBL Finals appearance (2011). He became a Taipans legend and to date is the only player to have his jersey retired by the club (twice, which…
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Robbie Heath grew up on the outskirts of Melbourne, in the basketball hotbed of Whittlesea, around 40 minutes from the CDB. Much like Ben Simmons, Dante Exum and even Kyrie Irving, Heath is a product of one of the many US imports who came to Australia in the 1980s and 1990s to play basketball. His…
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