Author: Jarrad Hurley
South East Melbourne’s Mitch Creek soaring over NBA champion Matthew Dellavedova has become an iconic image for the NBL in the 48 hours since the Phoenix claimed victory in the latest edition of “The Throwdown”, with the footage exploding on US social media after ESPN’s Sportscenter posted the video to their 21 million followers on…
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The Australian Boomers have won their first ever medal at a major international tournament, beating out Slovenia for the bronze 107-93 on the back of an inspired 42 points by Patty Mills. I promised in the bio I wrote for Aussie Hoopla well over five years ago that I may just cry if the Boomers…
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The 2000 Boomers vs the 2021 Boomers. Andrew Gaze vs Patty Mills. Patty Mills has put himself firmly in “icon” territory, as the man who carried the Olympic flag for the Australians at an Olympics much as Andrew Gaze did 21 years before him. But as far as the 2000 team and the 2021 Boomers…
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Mattisse Thybulle is a defensive monster and it also turns out he’s pretty handy with video editing, judging by his behind-the-scenes YouTube series, Road to Tokyo. The series takes you to the hotel rooms and training court of the Boomers as Thybulle takes his initiation into Boomers culture with good humour, and shows signs of…
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The Australian Boomers are looking seriously good heading into the Olympics after taking down the mighty United States, and as our attention turns to Tokyo, you may have asked yourself when and how you can watch those Aussie battlers take it to the world. Well, we’ve got you fam – or at least, the 7…
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All Boomers and Team USA warm up games will be shown LIVE on ESPN, a tweet from Olgun Uluc confirms. Australia will play Argentina, Nigeria and Team USA twice as they take their first steps on a long road that they hope will end with a medal. The Boomers will start their warm up series…
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With the Olympic draw now complete it appears that Australia have finally appeased the basketball gods as a favourable draw and the surprise exclusion of some world powers clear the way for a possible medal run. The Boomers are in Group B alongside a stacked yet internationally inexperienced Nigeria, the post-Nowitzki era Germans, and an…
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Andrew Bogut has officially left the game of basketball, and in his wakes leaves (literally) massive shoes to fill behind Aron Baynes at the centre spot for the Australian Boomers. But while his basketball IQ and elite rim protection will be missed, there is a new breed of Aussie big men chomping at the bid…
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The Boomers could still field their best-ever team at next year’s Olympics with news of the NBA’s plan to start their 2020/21 season on December 22, averting a potential scheduling clash between the worldwide sporting spectacle and the world’s greatest basketball league. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver originally touted a January start – which would have…
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The Tokyo Olympics held so much promise for the Boomers, despite being postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus. Australia was coming into its ‘golden generation’ – the culmination of over a decade’s worth of sacrifice from an established core of NBA veterans joining forces with up-and-coming athletes the likes of which we have never…
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