Author: Dan Boyce
Listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Barry Barnes is arguably the most successful Boomers coach ever. With a record of 119 wins and 53 losses as head coach, an outstanding 69% win percentage, and having led the national team to two fourth-place finishes (1996 and 2000) his resume…
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Although it’s been rumoured for weeks and up on our Free Agent Tracker, today the Adelaide 36ers announced the signing of former NBA guard Donald Sloan for the 2020-21 NBL season. Sloan played 218 career NBA games, the majority with the Indiana Pacers in 2013-2015 where he was a key part of the team’s rotation….
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“The trash Gary Payton was saying to me, it was laughable, like I’m going to kill you after the game… literally, just silly stuff. I guess when I asked if there was a hole in ‘the Glove’ he didn’t appreciate it” – Shane Heal sharing Trash Talking stories of when he went head to head…
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It seems the shortlist for Tasmania’s future NBL team has been finalised with the NBL filing for trademarks five new team names last week. Seems like we’re down a shortlist of five names for the new Tasmania team. These names were trademarked last week… shame there’s no devils or huskies pic.twitter.com/WwJsYHJKUQ — AussieHoopla (@aussiehoopla) August…
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Breakers owner Matt Walsh has proposed that the NBL play in an NBA Restart style hub based in New Zealand for the first half of the season. A scenario where all nine teams would play their first 14 games in various cities around the country before returning to an Australian based hub or normal operation…
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After hearing Basketball Australia’s Director of High-Performance Coach Development and Talent Identification Peter Lonergan share, I am always blown away by the clarity with which he imparts his knowledge. There are so many messages from Coach Lonergan that continue to shape me as a coach and I think this one will be another to add to the…
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Listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Andrew Parkinson played 10 seasons in the NBL, debuting with the Geelong Supercats (1988–1990) before relocating to Melbourne where he would win the league’s Most Improved Player award in 1991 after averaging 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game with…
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Homegrown Victorian product Jack White has agreed to a three-year deal which will see him a part of Melbourne United until 2023. White’s signature could open the door to a potential new era at Melbourne United who are facing the very real possibility of moving forward without Australian Boomers star and team captain Chris Goulding….
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The Brisbane Bullets been able to bring St Mary’s Gael’s graduate Tanner Krebs home after securing him to a two-year deal. The sweet-shooting guard returned to Tasmania in May after the COVID-19 pandemic brought a premature end to his successful American college stint with Saint Mary’s. Krebs was initially hoping to secure an NBA Summer…
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