Author: Dan Boyce
Now known as the Basketball Australia National Centre of Excellence (CoE), the Australian Institute of Sport basketball program was the pinnacle of basketball development in Australia. The AIS operated by offering 12 scholarships each year to players who had already achieved success in their respective state squads and were identified as potential players for the…
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Fresh from an impressive college career at Purdue University and a couple of seasons in the NBA with Indiana and Milwaukee, Everette Stephens came out to Australia to play for the Newcastle Falcons in 1992 and lit up the league with his rim-rocking dunks and ability to fill the box score in every column. After…
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Those following Ben Simmons on Instagram will have seen he is back in the gym and working toward his return to the court. In recent weeks, Simmons has posted images of him working out both at HSS Training Center in Brooklyn and the University of Miami gym, but none of him on the court. He…
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In his first NBL season, DJ Mitchell was a surprise addition to the Bullet’s roster, earning a spot within the team’s starting line-up through his ability to score against any opposition. Mitchell, who is the son of former NBL import Mike Mitchell who played for Gold Coast, Brisbane and North Melbourne in the 1990s, takes…
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NBL legend Mark Dalton returns to the Aussie Hoopa podcast to share his list of true ‘Hard Men’ of the NBL’s early days. With a career spanning 1984 to 2000 and considered by many to be one of the original ‘Hard Men’ of the NBL, ‘Tang’ (as he is affectionately known) went head to head against some…
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Craig Moller grew up playing both basketball and football in Sydney, signing a scholarship with the Fremantle Dockers at 14 years of age. In December 2012, he was officially drafted by Fremantle in the 2013 rookie draft and spent two years in the AFL system before being delisted and returned to playing state league basketball, a…
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“The NBL is the second best league in the world” It’s a comment we’ve heard from numerous Australian basketball personalities, most employed by the NBL, but is it really? It’s a hard statement to measure, especially when you have to consider things like style of play, player salaries, local talent, and rules related to import…
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The NBL has struggled to schedule an NBL All-Star game into the season over the past decade, and with many of the games being poorly attended, why not dismiss it? It’s difficult to add an extra round with the NBL being a hot spot for US players partially due to its short season and costly to send players,…
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Ben Simmons is currently sitting out the Net’s playoff series against his former team, the Philadelphia 76ers, citing the need to concentrate on rehabbing his back injury, the progress of which is arguably the most important factor of their entire offseason. With Simmons being the highest-paid player on the Net’s squad, not only this season but…
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Dwayne McClain played 105 career NBL games, averaged 25.4 points per game, finished third in MVP voting in 1993 and was a part of the All-NBL Teams in 1991-1993. He was the first NBL player to be sponsored by an international brand (Coca-Cola) and, along with Andrew Gaze, was the first NBL player to have…
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