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Donald Whiteside played for the Hobart Devils from 1992-1993 after graduating from Northern Illinois University. After leaving the Devils he played in Latvia, Czech Republic and Spain before signing an NBA deal with the Toronto Raptors in 1996, six years after graduating from college. Listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn…
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After the Perth Wildcats suffered semi-final defeats to the North Melbourne Giants in 1988 and 1989 Cal Bruton, the team’s starting point guard and, funnily enough, General Manager at the time, retired from playing to focus on building a roster capable of Perth’s first NBL championship. 1990 also marked the beginning of the most exciting…
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Listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Use promo code “hoopla” at manscaped.com/hoopla to get 20% off any purchase. “Jumping” Joe Hurst played his college ball with Northwest Missouri State University, before starting his professional career for the Hobart Devils in the NBL. Replacing Steve Carfino after he moved to the…
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Listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Use promo code “hoopla” at manscaped.com/hoopla to get 20% off any purchase. Bruce has over 30 years experience in basketball from his days playing in Melbourne to becoming one of the seven winningest coaches in NBL history. Born in the USA, Palmer attended the…
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Listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Use promo code “hoopla” at https://au.manscaped.com to get 20% off any purchase. The JackJumpers were unveiled as the league’s 10th team this week and despite not entering the NBL until the 2021/22 season, they will soon begin formulating their playing roster. The franchise…
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Listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Donald Sloan has signed to play with the Adelaide 36ers for season 2020-21. Coming off a stint with Baskets Bonn in the Basketball Bundesliga, and will be the only import on Conner Henry’s largely local roster and will play alongside NBL Next…
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Nunawading Basketball was established in 1969. In 1979, a Nunawading Spectres men’s team entered the National Basketball League for its inaugural season. Barry Barnes would coach the team during every NBL season until the team decided to move into the CBD to facilitate more fans and, in doing so, were renamed the Eastside Melbourne Spectres….
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Listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Barry Barnes is arguably the most successful Boomers coach ever. With a record of 119 wins and 53 losses as head coach, an outstanding 69% win percentage, and having led the national team to two fourth-place finishes (1996 and 2000) his resume…
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“The trash Gary Payton was saying to me, it was laughable, like I’m going to kill you after the game… literally, just silly stuff. I guess when I asked if there was a hole in ‘the Glove’ he didn’t appreciate it” – Shane Heal sharing Trash Talking stories of when he went head to head…
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Listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Andrew Parkinson played 10 seasons in the NBL, debuting with the Geelong Supercats (1988–1990) before relocating to Melbourne where he would win the league’s Most Improved Player award in 1991 after averaging 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game with…
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