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“Adrian Hurley brought Longley, Bradtke and Vlahov in at the same age and the Australian program was rewarded ten fold by doing that… I think if you are gonna take an eleventh or twelfth man you should go with some young guys and give them some experience” – Brett Maher’s thoughts on whether Ben Simmons should have been…
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“At the start of the year the NBL players totalled 576 points, by the end of the year the same group of players were rating over 600, which was over the points allowed for the league. So no matter if there are better players to take an NBL players job or not at the end…
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Listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn “I forgot a sock, didn’t want to stand out and tell anyone I’d forgotten a sock. I thought I can get away with this, took off my jocks, wrapped them around my foot and taped it up with some ankle tape. I trained,…
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“After my second year with the Tigers Lindsay retires, Drewey retires, Copes and Bradtke went on to Brisbane and Chris Anstey had come in. I hadn’t talked to anybody and nobody came and spoke to me so I signed a deal with Wollongong” – Darryl McDonald shares how he agreed to play with Wollongong Hawks…
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“He was trying to find out how much power did he have, he’d try things and no one would say no to him, I think if he had an older player or coach to guide him through those things he would have developed into a different player. He’d take off his seatbelt and run up and down a private…
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“It was a different time… the worst racism often came from the white american imports, one said I thought I left America to get away from you n*ggas… that was when the fight broke out, and the league took a bit of a stand after that” – Cal Bruton discusses racism in the early days of…
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Download and listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn “You look at the growth of the A League and stars that they’ve been able to bring in… a few years ago basketball and soccer were on an pretty even playing field and now they’ve just signed a very impressive TV…
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Head to iTunes to download this episode on your phone or iPod “My best dunk was against Chris Munk, the whole game he was talking trash to the whole team, saying he had an NBA resume and he was going to destroy the NBL, so I went up, switched to the left and…
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“He was one of the most driven players I’ve ever seen and highly misunderstood. He’d push people to the ground but that was because he was a winner and he’d only accept 100%… he felt you had to dive on the loose balls, you had to get after rebounds and run the floor, that’s who he was” –…
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“Never say never, (The Boomers) would be a nice thing to be a part of… I don’t know where they are going to finish but I look at it and it’s a very, very, very good team. Australia finally has not only that mix of NBA players but NBA players who love to represent their…
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