Coming off leading the Australian Boomers to their first medal Brian Goorjian joined the podcast to take us through not only his experiences coaching the group but his take on the men who spent countless hours in building a sport, building stadiums, coaching junior players which ultimately led to Australia’s bronze medal-winning group.
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Topics include;
- Returning home to Australia (2:00)
- The Boomers medals are Australia’s biggest win in global sports (7:00)
- The legends who paved the way for the Boomers success starting with Ken Watson (13:00)
- Adrian Hurley and his input to Australian basketball (20:00)
- How Lindsey Gaze is responsible for the stadiums the Boomers played in as junior players (13:00)
- Why the NBA and the G-League want more Aussie coaches (28:30)
- How Brian approached this Olympics as a coach differently to any other (36:00)
- How he varied his coaching to different players on the Boomers (41:00)
All of this and a whole lot more…
Dan Boyce is a die-hard Sydney Kings fan who grew up in Melbourne during the roaring 90's of Australian Basketball and spent far too much time collecting Futera NBL Basketball cards.
