Author: Kyle Abbott
In massive news yesterday, Casey Prather has spurned the Perth Wildcats to join rivals Melbourne United for the upcoming NBL season. To compare this to the NBA, it’s like Kevin Durant joining the Warriors. Granted, Melbourne didn’t go quite as well as Golden State the season before Durant joined, but the signing of Prather is…
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Everyone remembers where they were at 2:30 am on August 21st, 2016 when Australia went down horrifically to Spain in the bronze medal Match of the Rio Olympics. The hype train was in full steam after coming second in the group, smashing France and Serbia and coming agonisingly close to downing the USA goliath. So,…
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In less than a week, the Australian Boomers will play against the best that Asia has to offer in the FIBA Asia Cup, starting on the 8th of August in Lebanon. Although the Boomers haven’t sent their best possible squad, their all NBL roster are the favourites to take the gold medal. As at…
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Jerome Randle was an offensive live wire during his two-year NBL career and rightly earned the 2016/17 league MVP award for his toils. His game was so dynamic that he left opposition coaches scratching their heads as to how to contain him, and indeed as to whether containing him were even possible. Unfortunately, he’s…
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When Ben Simmons was drafted first overall in 2016, there were extraordinarily high hopes for him at the Philadelphia 76ers. He was compared to the likes of Magic Johnson and Lebron James, the tall point forward who could do it all. Unfortunately, due to a foot injury, NBA fans weren’t able to witness this…
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The NBA Summer League has been an exciting arena for Australians to show their skills to the basketballing world. There are the NBA level players like Dante Exum and Jonah Bolden who are pleading their case for more responsibility. Next are the college level guys like Mangok Mathiang who are trying to move on to…
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The NBA Summer League is three tournaments built to give young players a chance for court time and for others to showcase their skills in the hope of being rewarded with an NBA roster spot With the extraordinary number of Australians, New Zealanders and folks with an Australian connection participating in this year’s Summer League,…
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With the NBA draft come and gone, the basketball community now focuses on the NBA Summer League, where newly drafted players and hopeful free agents showcase their skills to gain a playing contract. And with the emergence of Australia and New Zealand as a genuinely elite basketball nation, more and more players from the…
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Six and a half million dollars a year might sound like a dream come true for nearly anyone on the planet, but for the average NBA player, it’s just average. Australian Aron Baynes is in this desirable position playing for the Detroit Pistons, as he signed a three-year contract worth $20 million in 2015,…
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Australia’s first foray into the Asian region has been finalised, with the Boomers’ group in the FIBA Asia Cup having been announced. Sixteen teams will battle it out in the competition, with Australia going up against Japan, Hong Kong, and Chinese Taipei in Group D starting on August 8th. Even the most Australian basketball…
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