Author: Dan Boyce
We wind back the clock and take a look at the Brisbane Bullets teams from the early 90’s with Andre Moore played with the Bullets from 1990-1994 alongside Leroy Loggins, Derek Rucker and Shane Heal. Before suiting up for Brisbane Andre Moore played for the Denver Nuggets and Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA….
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As a 22-year-old, Anatoly Bose climbed the stage at Melbourne’s Crown Casino to accept the 2012 NBL Rookie of the Year award. Bose had come off an impressive college career at Nicholls State where his scoring ability was on full display. As a junior he scored a career high 46 points against Northwestern State…
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A 212cm farm boy who spent most of his childhood ploughing rice fields has become the first Indian-born player signed by an NBL team today, with the Sydney Kings offering him a one-year deal. It’s been an incredible journey for the young Sikh, who hails from a village of just over 2000 people in the state of Punjab in…
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In perhaps the greatest off-season recruitment effort in NBL history the Melbourne United will start the season with three NBA level imports in Casper Ware, Casey Prather and Josh Boone as well as two members of the Australian Boomers Olympic team, Chris Goulding and David Andersen. Already hoops tragics and sports betting agencies alike…
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NBL legend Bruce Bolden has put together a team of talented young aussie ballers to China to take part in the annual pro-am JUMP10 World Hoops Challenge. The tournament, which is being held at Shanghai’s Rucker Park started on Thursday with Australia’s team having dominated the competition and are now into the preliminary finals having just beaten Mexico…
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Sydney Kings Managing Director Jeff Van Groningen has said the Sydney Kings will begin the season with only two imports instead of three, leaving the team with an “ace” up its sleeve to use after the season starts. Van Groningen and Kings management are confident they have a roster which can compete at a high…
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To start the podcast, Dan Boyce gives his thoughts what’s happening around Aussie Hoops today. Topics include; The NBL Blitz is coming to Traralgon, Gippsland (02:00) NBLxNBA – Melbourne United, Sydney Kings and Brisbane Bullets will play against the Oklahoma Thunder, Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns in October. A look at why this is good…
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Melbourne born Venky Jois has signed a two-year deal to play with Croatian team Vrijednosnice Osijek. Jois, a former student at Box Hill Secondary College has been training with the Melbourne United until recently, including suiting up in their recent pre-season game against China. After a four-year stint with Eastern Washington (Jois graduated with…
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The Perth Wildcats recently announced they will not be signing Casey Prather and disappointed fans made little noise, expecting to see him head to Europe for a large payday. Wait until the Red Army see him carving up their defence while wearing Melbourne United's Navy Blue. Earlier this month the Wildcats indicated that they…
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The Sydney Kings are set to announce the signing of former LA Clippers guard Travis Leslie. The Kings hinted at Leslie’s signing with a sneaky post today with his image being blacked out to disguise his identity. A talented member of the Aussie Hoopla team was quick to note a quick Google for…
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