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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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A big thank you for playing our 3rd annual NBA Play off competition. It is now complete with the Miami Heat winning the NBA Championship against the Oklahoma City Thunder 4-1. Congratulations must go to Kristopher Pendlebury, member of the Collingwood Magpies VFL squad, who scored 38 out of a possible 63…
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With the 2012 London Olympic’s rapidly approaching, there is no question that the USA men’s Olympic Basketball team are clear favourites to win yet another Gold Medal. Is there anyone out there that can beat them? The worldwide basketball landscape has changed significantly since 1992. In Barcelona USA’s Dream Team took home the gold against…
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31.89 In terms of the game’s hallowed numbers, it doesn’t quite resonate like, let’s say, 50.4 — Wilt Chamberlain’s historic scoring average in 1961-62 — or Oscar Robertson’s 30-12-11 triple-double that same season. But it has become a hot topic around the NBA this season. That 31.89 mark is Michael Jordan’s PER (player efficiency…
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