Jarrad Hurley
The NBL is not the NBA. That is the message to take out of Adelaide’s 81-133 loss to the Utah Jazz today. Playing against NBA teams, in America, with NBA rules and court dimensions is always going to be a tall order for any NBL team. Not only do they have to compensate for a…
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The Australian Boomers are set to showcase their best – ever team to the world in August this year with news Wednesday that Ben Simmons will indeed be playing in the FIBA World Cup. However, they are likely to be without another important piece for their World Cup tilt – Dallas Mavericks sharpshooter Ryan Broekhoff….
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If Australia’s win against Serbia proves one thing, it is that the Boomers are the real deal at the 2016 Olympics. Sure, their win against France was ultra impressive. They made a star-studded team look very ordinary with their pressure defence and an offence that was equal parts incisively scripted and poetry in motion….
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The Boomers have sent out a warning shot to the world after beating Argentina 84-83 in a warm-up game that had all of the passion and intensity of a medal match. The first quarter was ugly for Boomers fans with Australia facing an uphill battle after an on point Argentinan team were quickly able…
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Australian basketball fans have been asking, “Will the Boomers vs Pac 12 series be broadcast anywhere?” After some cutting edge investigative journalism, and some remote control wizardry I can finally answer that question for you. Yes! Despite the deafening silence from Basketball Australia on the matter, the Boomers Farewell series will indeed be…
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New Sydney Kings recruit and European veteran Aleks Maric has been called into the Boomers squad leading up to the Rio Olympics as an injury replacement for Andrew Bogut. Aleks confirmed the news in an interview with Fox Sports. “Obviously any time you get the call up for Australia, and an event like this, it…
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The FIBA World Cup in 2019 is set to change how international basketball is played over the next 12 months. That much everybody knows. And it may be just a “game changer” for the Perth Wildcats as well. 32 teams will be playing in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, but in order to…
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When you think of all the success the New Zealand Breakers have achieved over the past 5 years, one name has been synonymous: Cedric Jackson. He has been the linchpin of the program for half a decade, stewarding them to three Championship wins out of four appearances in the finals. Only 9 months ago…
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Basketball Australia has named an impressive 26-man Olympic men’s squad which features seven NBA players, a litany of European-based young guns and a plethora of the finest athletes the NBL has to offer. However, this list which is aimed at delivering Australia’s first Olympic medal glaringly omits one name – Andrew “A.J.” Ogilvy. …
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Al Harrington would have been the biggest name to ever grace an NBL court merely two years ago, but now he is relegated to a four-week injury replacement for Sydney Kings sparkling coup, Josh Childress. Such is the rise of the NBL that you can now replace an NBA player with an NBA player…
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