Author: Dan Boyce
Last season Andrew Gaze went looking for new players to strengthen the Sydney Kings roster at the NBA summer league. Last year he tried to do that sitting in the stands, this season Gaze is able to recruit players from the as close as the sidelines, thanks to an invitation to be a part of the Indiana Pacers summer league team this month.
The opportunity has been both nostalgic and fruitful for Gaze who was among one of the many vying for the eyes of NBA scouts during NBA summer league in 1989.
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Dan Boyce sits down with the greatest player in NBL history to discuss what’s happening around the NBL. Topics include; Wow, Melbourne United and Team China sell-out a stadium in July? (03:00) William McDowell-White signs with German squad (5:30) Why haven’t Melbourne United signed Rhys Carter yet? (9:00) A look at future top #3…
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Torrey Craig signed a two-year deal with the Brisbane Bullets last year and only three months ago had discussed becoming a naturalised Australian and a long term piece of the Brisbane Bullets… how quickly things can change. The coming change was evident when NBL media’s Tommy Greer interviewed Craig after his last summer league game…
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Dan Boyce sits down with multiple winner of the NBL’s writer of the year, Boti Nagy to discuss what’s happening across the Aussie Hoops landscape. Topics include; Aron Baynes becoming a member of the Boston Celtics (07:30) How summer league is bigger and more important than ever before to both the NBA and NBL (10:00)…
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The Queensland rivalry looks to fire up once again, with Brisbane pillaging an MVP from their cross-town rival. According to his agent, Ara Vartanian, Travis Trice has signed with the Brisbane Bullets with an “NBA out” clause, meaning he can join the NBA any time during his contract. Interestingly the Bullets have not…
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It’s time for another trip inside the Australian basketball “Way-Back” machine when Dan Boyce interviews former Perth Wildcats, Melbourne Tigers and Cairns Taipans triple-double machine, Rashad Tucker.
Rashad exploded on to the NBL scene in 2003 when the Perth Wildcats added him to their roster as a mid-season replacement. He played well in his debut, but it was when Ricky Grace went down with an injury that Tucker took control of the team and the point guard spot and recorded six triple-doubles in one NBL season.
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A 20-man Boomers squad has been named to participate in a training camp which coach Andrej Lemanis will use to select a team for the FIBA Asia Cup to be held in Lebanon from August 8-20.
With the timeframe not allowing any of our, NBA stars the opportunity to participate the squad the team has been made up from our Boomers stars from Rio who are now playing in the NBL like Chris Goulding and David Andersen and players who have stood out to Boomers coaching staff over the previous 18 months.
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All series long, fans anticipated seeing the Golden State Warriors turn to their greatest weapon, the small ball line-up referred to the ‘death line-Up’ by NBA media. The Warriors’ “death lineup” is arguably the most potent five-man unit in history. Featuring Draymond Green at center, with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, and…
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With the bitter taste of losing to Perth in this year’s NBL Finals lingering, AJ Ogilvy took some time to rest and reflect before deciding he wanted to move forward by returning to the hardwood. By now it was April and most leagues had cemented their team’s rosters. Having previously played for teams in…
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The Sydney Kings held their second annual Rookie Camp over the past two days where they were able to get a close look at a very talented group of national and international prospects, all vying for a developmental player spot with the team. Players participated in a number of measurement and assessment drills in front…
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