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A demolition of world number five France and then a dismantling of world number six Serbia has the Australian Boomers’ confidence sky high. The team hasn’t just beaten these two giants, they’ve knocked them over in a way that has everyone talking about being a real medal chance. Next up is the giant of giants,…
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The Australian National team will be playable in the upcoming NBA 2K17 and it’s certainly got aussie hoops fans excited, but this is not (officially) the first time the Australian Boomers have been featured in the 2K franchise. This is due to the mammoth job the team behind the NBL2kMOD project, the first digital…
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With the 2016/17 NBL season schedule being announced today (see the full schedule here) it’s time to circle the can’t miss games this season. These are what I feel are ten of the “can’t miss” games in chronological order. 6th October 2016 – Brisbane Bullets vs. Perth Wildcats Not only is this the…
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With the news of sweeping changes to the NBL’s salary situation, there’s a real opportunity to not only increase the league’s popularity in the short term, but solidify the sport of basketball in Australia in the general public’s conscious for years to come. The answer: long term NBL imports. Thinking back to the…
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Playing basketball is great, I’m sure we can all agree on that. Running around, getting exercise, hanging out with your mates, what’s not to like? And the people! There are so many crazy characters out there that it’s almost as fun people watching than it is to be playing. I’ve been playing for near on…
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The Sydney Kings seem to have have found a replacement for injured star Julian Khazzouh, one who hasn’t been retired for over for years (no disrespect to Ben Knight). Towering centre Jordan Vandenberg has been training with the Kings over the past two days and is expected to join the team before the end…
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Liam Quinn discusses what effect David Stern’s plans to make the Olympics an Under-23 competition will really have in his entry to our weekly Article of the Week Cash Giveaways! Written by Liam Quinn Twitter: @LiamQuinn23 As Team USA continues to impose their international dominance on the East London hardwood, talk across “The Pond” continues to revolve around the…
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Download this episode on iTunes “A lot of people don’t realise how successful and important Shane’s career overseas was… and it’s kind of a shame” – Simon Kerle on the impact Shane Heal had in Europe. He averaged 14 points over 381 games but never won an NBL Championship or even more surprising,…
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Where will our Olympic basketball teams finish? We want to know what you think! Simply Message us on Facebook, or send us a tweet to @AussieHoopla who you think will finish in the Top 4 in either the men’s or women’s Olympic Basketball competitions as well as where you think Australia will finish too! How…
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SOUTHERN Peninsula Sharks have re-signed high-flying import Manny Hendrix for next season’s BIGV Division 1 competition. With one game left of the season Hendrix has averaged 28 points per game this year, won the slam dunk competition in the all-star game last month and created excitement around the Southern Peninsula basketball program. “I like the way the Sharks are headed, I love…
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