Podcasts
Head Coach of the New Zealand National Men’s basketball team Pero Cameron, joins Dan Boyce on this episode to talk about his time in the NBL, Steven Adams chances of joining the squad in the future, how New Zealand basketballers aspire to play in the NBL and his plans for the Tall Blacks next international…
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Melbourne United rookie Jack White had just begun a fantastic rookie season when he suffered a season-ending Achilles injury against the Cairns Taipans in April. Jack now faces 12 months of rehabilitation to get back onto the court and in uniform for United. White grew up playing basketball in Traralgon, a small country town in…
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Mark Leader joined the Devonport Warriors NBL team in 1983 after graduating from Western Oregon University. He spent two seasons with the club, acting as a player-coach and despite juggling the two roles he averaged 22 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists in his debut season and 29 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists in…
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Dejan Vasiljevic was born in Calgary (Canada) after his family fled war-torn Serbia in the 1990s. He later moved with his family to Melbourne at the age of six and shortly after began playing basketball with the Melbourne Tigers junior program. Playing alongside other future NBL talent like Josh Giddey and Jack Purchase, it wasn’t…
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Earlier this month the Adelaide 36ers signed former San Antonio Spurs swingman Brandon Paul as a replacement for Donald Sloan. He’s set to debut with the 36ers after spending two weeks in quarantine and he joined us on the Aussie Hoopla podcast to share stories of playing overseas, his time with the Spurs and plans…
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Luke Nevill grew up playing basketball for the Stirling Senators in Western Australia. After struggling to get noticed by elite coaches in Australia he moved to the United States to play high school basketball with Kell High School in Marietta, Georgia. Nevill walked onto the team as an exchange student and in 2003–04, he averaged 17.6…
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Doc Adkins is mostly unknown to today’s NBL fans but is truly an unsung hero of the league and responsible for much of the league’s talent and success in league’s early years. Adkins began coaching in his hometown of Iowa, but soon was travelling around the world working with teams in Mozambique, Japan and eventually…
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Adam Caporn is the current head coach of Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence and an assistant coach with the Australian Boomers. Caporn was Australia’s first player recruited to Saint Mary’s College of California which lead to an influx of Aussie talent through the doors of Saint Mary’s that included NBL and NBA stars like Daniel…
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Luke Schenscher who played his junior basketball with the Noarlunga City Tigers left small-town Hope Forest, South Australia to attend the Australian Institute of Sport in 1999. He went from playing domestic basketball in Canberra to become the first high school student to play for the Australian Boomers in three years. His rapid development earnt…
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With the recent passing of Stormin’ Norman Taylor, Aussie Hoopla host Dan Boyce and Norman’s Illawarra teammate Greg Hubbard remember the player and the man who was the most effective scoring in NBL history. Taylor holds the Illawarra club record for most points in a game with 54 points, against new Hawks coach Brian Goorjian’s…
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