Author: Dan Boyce
The Long Island Nets announced Tuesday that Adam Caporn, head coach of the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence and assistant coach with the Australian Boomers Adam Caporn as its new head coach. The Long Island Nets are the NBA G League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets. Caporn joins the Nets after spending the last seven…
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Energetic young forward Jack McVeigh has signed a two-year deal with the Tasmania JackJumpers, adding another strong piece to their rapidly growing Aussie core. McVeigh’s addition will see the team’s current roster consist of Sam McDaniel, Clint Steindl, Sejr Deans (development player) and Will Magnay who is yet to be announced by the club but…
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Andre Moore joins the show to talk about his NBA and NBL career as well as what’s happening on the Australian Basketball scene today. Somehow he also has a signature sneaker dropping right now, that’s not a typo, 20 years after his NBL retirement he has a signature basketball sneaker on the market and he…
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Ryan Broekhoff will remain a member of the South East Melbourne Phoenix after signing a two-year deal that will see him play for his hometown NBL club until 2023. The Frankston junior joined the Phoenix in the middle of the NBL21 season after playing two seasons in the NBA with the Dallas Mavericks. Over 59…
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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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