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He may never wear the Boomers green and gold but Kyrie Irving says Australia played a huge big part in his on court success. “I’m proud to say that I’m an Australian American,” he says. “And it’s truly an honour and a blessing to represent such a prestigious continent. Now into his second NBA season,…
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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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Today the Spurs have signed Aussie Big Man Aron Baynes from Slovenian Euroleague club Union Olimpija. The signing caps off an amazing year for Baynes who after really blossoming during the second half of the Boomers Olympic campaign went on to destroy most of Europes big men before catching the eyes of numerous NBA teams….
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December 15th is a significant day on the NBA calendar. It is the first day that free agents signed in the offseason can be traded. For the San Antonio Spurs, that means it’s the first day Boris Diaw, Pat Mills and Tim Duncan (unlikely) can be traded. So since they can, should the Spurs look…
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This season has been a revelation for the man who surprised everybody, going from fringe Australian National team player to starting big man for the Boomers and one of Euroleague’s elite big men in only 14 months. It all started in September 2011 when after sitting on the pine for most of the 2011 Oceania…
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There is only ten days left until the 2012/13 NBA season reaches tip-off. That’s ten nerve wracking days for three elite Australian basketball players who hope to take the court on October 30th. Whilst Patty Mills, has been on a basketball court sweating up a storm and refining his game everyday and Luke Nevill has been…
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There is only ten days left until the 2012/13 NBA season reaches tip-off. That’s ten nerve wracking days for three elite Australian basketball players who hope to take the court on October 30th. One is Andrew Bogut who cautiously is awaiting a doctor’s appointment Monday morning which will tell him whether he will be…
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There is only ten days left until the 2012/13 NBA season reaches tip-off. That’s ten nerve-wracking days for three elite Australian basketball players who hope to take the court on October 30th. One is Andrew Bogut who cautiously is awaiting a doctor’s appointment Monday morning which will tell him whether he will be able to…
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Today, more then ever, the NBA is dominated by the Point Guard position; it is arguable that the point guard is the key position to any great team. Using advanced statistical analsysis based on John Hollingers PER performance based formula… as well as my personal predictions I will breakdown which players make my Top Five…
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Download and listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn On the latest episode of Aussie Hoopla Matt Smith and Dan Boyce got heated when discussing Kobe Bryant stating that this years USA Olympic Basketball could defeat the Original “Dream Team”. The comments sent every media outlet across the world into a…
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