Aussie Hoopla NBL & NBA Podcast

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 Boomer...

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 p...

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...

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 lo...

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 th...

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 b...

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...

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. Tu...

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...

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 Okla...

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...

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 ou...

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...

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...

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 Gronin...

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 Garlep...

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...

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 prog...

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...

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...

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...

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 baske...

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...

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)...

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...