The Ben Simmons Vs Donovan Mitchell race for Rookie of the Year, is it really a race? Seems pretty one-sided to me. Dante Exum soon to return from injury, Joe Ingles has the best month of his life, Is Aron Baynes good or bad for the Celtics lineup and Patty Mills is insulted by being called a Jamaican bobsledder. Tune in to get up to date with who has been playing well, stats breakdowns and any injury updates involving our Australian Boomers players abroad. All of this and a whole lot more... Li...
Apr 07, 2018•34 min
Most Hoops Tragics don't know who Will Weaver is but he's a huge part of the Australian Boomers squad aiming at winning its first medal at a major FIBA event. Will currently splits his time as an assistant coach between the Australian Boomers and the Brooklyn where he is a special assistant to coach Kenny Atkinson at the Nets. Prior to that, he was an assistant to Brett Brown in Philadelphia and is as passionate about the success of the Boomers as you or I, this is well worth a listen. 2:00 What...
Mar 19, 2018•48 min
He doesn't do a lot of interviews but Luc Longley joins this episode of Aussie Hoopla in an interview where we decided to only talk about things that he's never spoken about before ie. his time with the Boomers, The Triangle Offence and thoughts on raising kids to be like Michael Jordan. 2:00 Luc points out how proud he is of his Boomers achievements, something which many often overlook. 6:30 Luc responds the "flack" he received from deciding to not play for Australia in 1996 8:00 Memories on ma...
Mar 18, 2018•53 min
After a great podcast last month with FIBA and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Lindsay Gaze which reflected on the early years of the NBL from a Victorian perspective, we decided to get a New South Wales point of view by interviewing NBL Hall of Famer Bob Turner. Turner came to Australia in 1976 to play with the Shoalhaven Tigers in the NSW State League and was appointed player/coach of the Newcastle Falcons when the NBL debuted in 1979. Bob was instrumental in the growth of the NBL helping es...
Mar 11, 2018•1 hr 26 min
The Ben Simmons Vs Donovan Mitchell race for Rookie of the Year, is it really a race? Seems pretty one-sided to me. Dante Exum soon to return from injury, Joe Ingles has the best month of his life, Is Aron Baynes good or bad for the Celtics lineup and Patty Mills is insulted by being called a Jamaican bobsledder. Tune in to get up to date with who has been playing well, stats breakdowns and any injury updates involving our Australian Boomers players abroad. All of this and a whole lot more... Li...
Mar 08, 2018•26 min
Dan Boyce continues his interview with Lindsay Gaze, reflecting on the history of the Australian Boomers and sharing stories of from the early years of the National Basketball League. Lindsay's career includes being a part of the Boomers program from 1960 to 1984 and then coaching in the NBL from 1984-2007. In what is the second part of our chat with Lindsay Gaze this episode focuses on the Boomers program in the early 1980s, how the Melbourne Tigers entered the NBL, reflecting on his two nation...
Mar 05, 2018•1 hr 20 min
Listen to interviews with the coach of the Australian Boomers Andrej Lemanis and players Mitch Creek and Angus Brandt discussing the recent FIBA World Cup Qualifiers and the team's victories over the Phillipines and Chinese Taipei. All of this and a whole lot more.... Listen to our previous interviews with the biggest stars in Australian Basketball, head to Aussiehoopla.com. Check out previous podcasts featuring; Current NBL Stars - Kevin Lisch, AJ Ogilvy, Damian Martin, Daniel Kickert, Thomas A...
Feb 26, 2018•27 min
Lindsay Gaze sits down with Dan Boyce on the Aussie Hoopla podcast to share how the Australia Boomers program came about and shares his stories from a career that includes either playing or coaching the men’s national basketball team from it’s inception in 1960 to 1984. In what will be a two-part episode, Lindsay shares the stories of how basketball began in Australia and look at how it developed into the medal contender that it is today. Topics on the show include; 1956 - Olympic Basketball rea...
Feb 15, 2018•1 hr 6 min
On this episode, Cairns Taipans Mitch McCarron joined Dan Boyce on the Aussie Hoopla podcast to talk about being a part of the Boomers FIBA Qualifiers team, his development in his second NBL they discuss the path he travelled to reach the AIS, Metro State of Denver and the Cairns Taipans. Topics on the show include; The Boomers squad for the FIBA World Cup qualifiers has been named, we take a look at who made it and who was left out (2:00) Mitch gives Dan his thoughts on where the Cairns Taipans...
Feb 06, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Did Ben Simmons deserve to get an All-Star selection or not? How will Aron Baynes be affected by the Boston Celtics decision to sign Greg Monroe and Joe Ingles notches a career-high 21 points against the LA Clippers... we go through all the highlights of our Australians playing in the NBA for January 2018. Each month Dan from Aussie Hoopla reviews all of the Aussie Ballers plying their trade in the NBA. Tune in to get up to date with who has been playing well, stats breakdowns and any injury upd...
Feb 04, 2018•28 min
On this episode, Cam Gliddon joined Dan Boyce on the Aussie Hoopla podcast to talk about his recent experiences with the Australian Boomers and what the Cairns Taipans are focused on now that they are playoffs seem to be out of reach. Topics on the show include; How are things within the Taipans camp now that the playoffs are out of reach (2:00) What do guys in the Cairns Taipans do outside of basketball and who in the team is the best at vintage Nintendo Games (8:30) Why Mitch McCarron and Cam ...
Feb 01, 2018•49 min
On this episode, Dan sits down with former NBL coach of the year Shawn Dennis who is currently coaching the Shiga Lakestars to talk with Dan about the latest in Aussie Hoops as well as share his experiences coaching in Japan and what this has taught him about building a culture within a basketball team. Topics on the show include; Shawn Dennis shares why he thinks this NBL season is much different from what most people expected (2:00) How the pace of the NBL has changed the game in Australia (8:...
Jan 13, 2018•1 hr 5 min
LA Lakers released Andrew Bogut, Ben Simmons gains fourth highest votes for backcourt players in the East and looks set to become Australia's first NBA All-Star, Patty Mills drops a seasons high 26 points our NBL stars Terrance Ferguson, Torrey Craig and James Ennis all have big games in December. Each month Dan from Aussie Hoopla reviews all of the Aussie Ballers plying their trade in the NBA. Tune in to get up to date with who has been playing well, stats breakdowns and any injury updates invo...
Jan 07, 2018•40 min
On this episode, Dan sits down with Illawarra Hawks star Oscar Forman on the eve of his 500th NBL game. Dan briefly reviews Oscar's career before sitting down with Oscar and discussing the following areas of his career. Looking at the 500 club and the company Oscar is joining this week (2:00) Oscars journey and how he reached the Illawarra Hawks (3:00) How the NBL has changed during his 17 seasons in the league (11:00) How Oscar bounced back from being told he would never play in the NBL by his ...
Dec 23, 2017•36 min
On this episode, Dan sits down with Illawarra Hawks star Rotnei Clark to discuss the Hawks recent loss to the Melbourne United and take a look at his basketball journey so far. Topics on the show include; Rotnei talks about the Hawks recent loss to the Melbourne United and how he approaches games like there where his team is heavily under-manned (2:00) Rotnei talks about breaking the all-time Oklahoma high school scoring breakout (8:00) His decision to play at Arkansas University (11:00) Playing...
Dec 09, 2017•47 min
On this episode, Dan sits down with Australian Boomers legend Chris Anstey to talk about spending time with the Dallas Mavericks and Chicago Bulls in the NBA and the challenges he faced playing in the Euroleague. Topics on the show include; Dan talks to Chris about his current junior coaching roles and lessons learned coaching his own kids (2:00) Memories of being a scrawny kid at the Melbourne Tigers in his NBL debut (7:00) Why did Chris decide to move from the Melbourne Tigers to the South Eas...
Dec 03, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Each month Dan from Aussie Hoopla reviews all of the Aussie Ballers plying their trade in the NBA. Tune in to get up to date with who has been playing well, stats breakdowns and any injury updates involving our Australian Boomers players abroad. All of this and a whole lot more.... Listen to our previous interviews with the biggest stars in Australian Basketball, head to Aussiehoopla.com. Check out previous podcasts featuring; Current NBL Stars - Kevin Lisch, AJ Ogilvy, Damian Martin, Daniel Kic...
Dec 03, 2017•17 min
The NBL made headlines after announcing their plan to add new teams to the league, backed by AFL and NRL clubs. Larry Kestelman started the media frenzy after pointing out that Fremantle would make a great spot for the ninth NBL team and that multiple AFL and NRL clubs were showing a keen interest in the model. Dan Boyce sits down with Aussie Hoopla contributor Nick Farley to discuss whether AFL clubs entering the NBL would really work and whether AFL members could really be persuaded to buy NBL...
Nov 16, 2017•50 min
On this episode, Dan starts things off with a recap of Aussies in the NBA, looking at how players like Joe Ingles, Patty Mills, Aron Baynes and Thon Maker have started their NBA season, as well as former NBL stars like Terrance Ferguson and James Ennis. Once Dan finishes with the recap he welcomes former Brisbane Bullets and Gold Coast Cougars/Rollers player Ron "The Rat" Radliff. Topics on the show include; Other Topics on the show include; Dan takes a look at how some of the Aussie Boomers hav...
Nov 07, 2017•1 hr 14 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store . Proceeds go to promoting Aussie Hoops. On this episode, Dan discusses the negative feedback which came from hoops fans after listening with the latest podcast and talks to Perth Wildcats star Bryce Cotton about his career in the NBA and NBL so far. Topics on the show include; The reaction from Kings fans on social media after Sydney GM Jeff Van Groningen joined the last podcast (2:00) Bryce Cotton's recent play and thoughts on the NBL standard this ...
Oct 30, 2017•56 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store . Proceeds go to promoting Aussie Hoops. When Sydney Fan Olivia Oliver-Hopkins wrote her impassioned plea titled An open letter to the ownership and management team of the Sydney Kings to the King's front office asking for answers to questions like why haven't the Kings signed a third import, why don't the Kings have a true center, why isn't Tom Garlepp playing anymore and even why did the team sack the Kings mascot, she wanted answers, but she didn't...
Oct 24, 2017•1 hr 13 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store . Proceeds go to promoting Aussie Hoops. We know only Hoops Tragics listen to this show, so for something different we sit down with who spent 13 years as an NBA scout with the Indiana Pacers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks. Pete goes into great detail as to how you can become an NBA scout and what NBA scouts really have to do. Tune in for a great learning experience about NBA scouting. Topics on the show include; Update on Larry Kestelma...
Oct 22, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store . Proceeds go to promoting Aussie Hoops. Former Wollongong Hawks and Cairns Taipans back up big man Matt Smith (who also has 150 games of NBL experience) preview each NBL team to kick off the 2017-18 NBL season. Matt's NBL career lasted a decade (1999-2009) and he gives insight into what happened to the NBL big man, playing for community basketball programs and getting his butt kicked by centres like Mark Bradtke, Chris Anstey and Nathan Jawai his ent...
Oct 08, 2017•1 hr 35 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store . Proceeds go to promoting Aussie Hoops. It's not often that you get the chance to speak to one of the men directing the future of the NBL so we made sure to really get into the topics the NBL tragics of the world want to hear about when we spoke to NBL CEO Jeremy Loeliger. Topics discussed include; The Adelaide 36ers win Singapore's Merlion Cup and the impact it had (2:30) Melbourne basketball product Deng Adel (Louisville University) looks set to be...
Sep 25, 2017•53 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store . Proceeds go to promoting Aussie Hoops. We provide a recap of each game held at the recent NBL Blitz event including interviews with NBL players, coaches, referees and administration recording during the tournament. Interview with Brisbane Bullets CJ Bruton (4:00) Brisbane's focus on building a better backcourt. What the Bullets needed to fix in the offseason. What does CJ fit in with the Bullets coaching staff? Rebuilding a basketball culture in Bri...
Sep 13, 2017•2 hr 1 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store . Proceeds go to promoting Aussie Hoops. We provide a recap of each game held at the recent NBL Blitz event including interviews with NBL players, coaches, referees and administration recording during the tournament. Why the did the NBL's decide against streaming the Blitz (2:00) Interview with NBL General Manager Jeremy Loeliger (14:00) How the Kmart partnership will help grow basketball What the NBL is doing to help the Latrobe Valley Recap: Melbour...
Sep 12, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store . Proceeds go to promoting Aussie Hoops. Andre Moore joins the show to talk about his NBA and NBL career as well as what's happening on the Australian Basketball scene today. Will Sydney signing Amritpal Singh turn the Indian community into Kings fans? (2:00) Andre Moore talks about life after basketball and what he is doing now (9:00) The Chicago basketball scene and the time Andre faced off against Patrick Ewing (14:00) What it was like to be drafte...
Sep 01, 2017•1 hr 36 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store . Proceeds go towards promoting Aussie Hoops. On this episode, we discuss Melbourne United’s with Journalist for The Age Roy Ward, and Melbourne United’s CEO Vince Crivelli. Topics discussed with Roy Ward include; Why did Casper Ware return to Melbourne United (02:00) Does a starting line-up of Casper Ware, Chris Goulding, Casey Prather, David Andersen and Josh Boone guarantee a championship for Melbourne? (7:00) Which players get lost in the shuffle ...
Aug 24, 2017•1 hr 22 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store . Proceeds go towards promoting Aussie Hoops. Dan gives his thoughts on what's happening in Aussie Hoops today. The NBL Blitz is coming to Traralgon, Gippsland (02:00) NBLxNBA - Melbourne United, Sydney Kings and Brisbane Bullets will play against the Oklahoma Thunder, Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns in October. A look at why this is good for the NBL (9:30) Why didn't Australia notice Mangok Mathiang signed an NBA deal with the Charlotte Hornets? (14:30) B...
Aug 17, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store all proceeds go to helping promote Aussie Hoops. Dan Boyce sits down with the greatest player in NBL history to discuss what's happening around the NBL. Topics include; Wow, Melbourne United and Team China sell-out a stadium in July? (03:00) William McDowell-White signs with German squad (5:30) Why haven't Melbourne United signed Rhys Carter yet? (9:00) A look at future top #3 pick Mohamed Bamba who is touring down under with Texas University in Augus...
Jul 26, 2017•1 hr
