Joe Ingles
It may not be the starting line-up the Utah Jazz envisioned in October, however as giving more minutes to Australian Boomers teammates Joe Ingles and Dante Exum has resulted in most Jazz wins this season since the Jazz begun suffering a number of player injuries (Alec Burks, Jeremy Evans and Rodney Hood are currently all…
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Somewhere between the behind-the-back-dribble driving one-handed dunk and the seeing-eye, full-court outlet pass, it occurred to me as I watched Ben Simmons at the Alario Center on Thursday night: Two of the 10 best basketball players in the world under the age of 25 will be playing along the I-10 corridor in 2015. Ben Simmons…
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The silver lining in the rash of injuries that have beset the Utah Jazz lately is the opportunity it’s given several bench players. Perhaps no player has taken advantage of the opportunity more than Joe Ingles, who joined the Jazz just before the start of the regular season after being picked up on waivers from…
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Australian Boomers star Joe Ingles, who has noted that he has turned down NBA offers in the past has used his dominant performance at the 2014 FIBA World Cup to land a spot the the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA> The 26 year old Ingles boasts a 6’8 frame with a 6’10 wingspan. This…
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Dante Exum, one of the promising players in the NBA, has declared that the Australian Boomers this year are one of the greatest teams in Aussie basketball history. Exum, along with the rest of the Australian National team, has returned from Utah to take part in a Boomers preparation camp in Canberra for the upcoming…
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Flash-back to the 2012 London Olympics and the basketball world was transfixed on how Team-USA would win their next gold-medal. Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony led the way as they walked easily towards their goal of being the best basketball nation in the world. One of the sub-plots to transpire was the emergence of Australian…
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Andrej Lemanis has named his first Australian Boomers squad this week to take on China in the Sino-Australia Challenge. I have written in regards to weak Boomers squads in the past but this takes the cake. Three of the starting five for Adelaide who came dead last in the National League is picked. Daniel Johnson…
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Australian Boomers team mates Nathan Jawai and Joe Ingles have helped Barcelona Regal take one step closer in the quest to win the teams third Euroleague championship. Barcelona Regal defeated Panathinaikos Athens 64-53 on Thursday at Palau Blaugrana to win their best-of-five playoffs series 3-2 and advance to next month’s Final Four in London. Barcelona had…
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After his break out performance during the London Olympics its seems Joe Ingles hasn’t been forgotten among NBA teams. This week Joe Ingles and Australian Boomers teammate Nathan Jawai have taken Spanish team Barcelona to a 4-1 record and the team now sits in third place in their division as the Euroleague reduces itself down to its Top 16. …
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Each week the AussieHoopla.com gives an award to the Aussie who has had the greatest impact both on the stat sheet and their teams record. Which Aussie representing our country overseas has won the title of… Aussie Hoopla’s International Player of the Week Aron Baynes (3) Hometown: Cairns, QLD Current Team: Union Olimpija (Slovenia – Slovenian League, Adriatic League and…
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