NBA Straya

Today’s NBA Straya recaps a WILD weekend of AC/DC, our FIRST NBA coach fired of the season and Josh Giddey coming back for the Bulls! Also… our big Weekend Winners & Losers after a VERY fun #NBACup slate!   There’s a quick look at all the fun games from today along with the Daily NBA Straya Awards: That’s Not A Knife, Old Mate No Mates, Spud of the Night, Better Than Lonzo Ball… and the Magic...

Today’s NBA Straya looks at a couple of potential Anthony Davis trade destinations if the Dallas Mavericks decide to move on from the always-hurt big man PLUS we ask if Jalen Johnson is a SUPERSTAR? Also - all the other fallout from some BIG injuries to Jalen Brunson and Paolo Banchero.   There’s a quick look at all the fun games from today along with the Daily NBA Straya Awards: That’s Not A Knif...

THE MAVS FIRED NICO! Mavs fans everywhere today are stoked, so we break down all the angles and look at why Nico Harrison got the boot. PLUS the rest of today’s BEST & WORST NBA STUFF covers an AWESOME Sixers-Celtics game, a classic Jokic outing and a JAZZ AVALANCHE!  Who was good? Who was a spud!? It’s today’s NBA Straya Awards for BEST #nbahighlights OF THE DAY!  We’ve got:  That’s Not A Kni...

Today NBA Straya breaks down the 10 Best Players We’ve Watched In the NBA This Season as well as an INSANE all-time fun day in the NBA today, with a CADE CUNNINGHAM special, a wild Wembanyama run, Luka Doncic going off, buzzer-beating game-winners from Bane and Wiggins, nail-biter games galore and FIRE NICO chants in Dallas!  There’s a quick look at all the INSANELY WILD games from today - serious...

Today NBA Straya digs into the 5 Early Season SUPERSTAR TRADE CANDIDATES in the NBA - Ja Morant, Zion, Trae - who would you ACTUALLY WANT to trade!? Plus: an early look at the NBA Awards like MVP, Rookie of the Year and so on, and a breakdown of the ENTIRE NBA weekend that was!  There’s a quick look at all the games from the NBA Cup and weekend overall, along with the Daily NBA Straya Awards: That...

That was an AWESOME NBA day today: Luka vs Wemby, Donny Mitchell, a disaster in Dallas, Jokic demo-ing the Heat, a RUSSELL WESTBROOK THROWBACK! It was 11 games, a bunch of close ones and some INSANE performances… so NBA Straya recaps it all quickly and breaks down ALL the NBA stuff you need to know about today. Also: our NBA POWER RANKINGS for WEEK 3!  There’s, a quick look at all the games today,...

Hey... here's a questions: who's averaging 22-9-8 and could be an All-Star this year? Answer: JOSH GIDDEY!  Also...today we got a Giannis Antetokounmpo game-winner, a Utah upset over the Celtics, a Heat-Clippers boilover and the Lakers beating the Blazers WITHOUT LUKA OR REAVES!? Chaos! So we break it all down and talk out the NBA’s 5 BEST BREAKOUT PLAYERS so far this season. Plus, a quick look at...

Ja Morant got suspended by his own team! Luka Doncic is back! Trae Young is out with an injury… and the Hawks look fine?? A FUN NBA weekend is in the books, so we break it all down and talk out our 5 Most Disappointing NBA Teams So Far This Season! Also… we talk a LOT about the Oasis shows in Melbourne.     Plus, a quick look at all the games over the weekend for the #NBACup and otherwise, along w...

NBA Power Rankings time! Breaking down how ALL 30 teams are going - PLUS: another bit of Austin Reaves magic today with a HUGE moment against the Wolves, also Cade Cunningham is BACK! With 10 games today there’s plenty to talk about in today’s NBA Straya… but also, c'mon! It’s #NBAPOWERRANKINGS time for Week 2!   Plus: a quick look at all the games today and the Daily NBA Straya Awards: That’s Not...

11 NBA games today to wrap up and cos we’re a week into the season, NBA Straya breaks down who we think the 5 Most INTERESTING & FUN PLAYERS have been so far! Plus - which NBA teams should we already be worried about??  Plus: a fly-through of the 11 games today, as well as the NBA Straya Awards: That’s Not A Knife, Old Mate No Mates, Spud of the Night, Better Than Lonzo Ball…  Also, YEAH NAHs,...

The first weekend of the NBA season is done, so NBA Straya digs in with 10 INSTANT OVER-REACTIONS to the start of the NBA season! A new Rookie of the Year candidate!? Who are the two teams that flat out SUCK? Which teams are WAY better than we thought? Find out!  Plus: the weekend wrap, as well as the NBA Straya Awards: That’s Not A Knife, Old Mate No Mates, Spud of the Night, Better Than Lonzo Ba...

WOW. After two awesome days of positivity... the NBA was rocked by a MASSIVE betting scandal featuring Portland head coach Chauncey Billups & Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier being arrested, SO... we try to explain it.  ALSO: we had two UNREAL OT games today with 50+ point games from SGA and Aaron Gordon, and also... Steph Curry remains inevitable.  How good is it to have the NBA back?  There’s t...

The NBA season has tipped off, so NBA Straya is BACK to wrap it all up for you! We got a Rockets-Thunder 2OT CLASSIC to start us off and then some BIG worries to keep an eye on from Lakers vs Warriors. But otherwise, we talk out how good it was to have the NBA back, what NBC did RIGHT about covering the NBA for the first time in decades and LOADS more.  There’s the NBA Straya Game Wrap, as well as...

The NBA season is HERE! LITERALLY HERE! So strap in for NBA Straya's Season Awards & BOLD PREDICTIONS SHOW!  We're talking who will win the 2026 NBA MVP? Your best pick for NBA Defensive Player of the Year? How about Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Coach of the Year, Clutch Player of the Year... and, well, ALL the awards.  Plus a few NBA Straya specific ones.  Also, our LOCKS of the...

The NBA season starts next week - so it's time for NBA Win Total OVER/UNDERS part 2: WESTERN CONFERENCE! We break down EVERY West team's Over-Under for the 2025-2026 NBA Season. Will it be the BESTern Conference? Or the Worsten Conference this year?  We talk out EVERY EAST TEAM's win totals and chances this season - the moves they made, their prospects, all their ins-and-outs - and judge whether t...

The NBA season starts next week - so it's time for NBA Win Total OVER/UNDERS! First off the rank - the EASTERN CONFERENCE! Will it be the BEASTern Conference? Or the LEASTern Conference this year?  We talk out EVERY EAST TEAM's win totals and chances this season - the moves they made, their prospects, all their ins-and-outs - and judge whether they go OVER or UNDER their projected win totals.   Th...

With the new NBA season starting next week, strap in for NBA Straya's NBA AUSSIE PREVIEW! We're asking - and answering - THREE BIG QUESTIONS for each of the 14 Aussie NBA players!   What does Dyson Daniels need to do to win Defensive Player of the Year? What will Josh Giddey average this season? What sort of role can you see for Johnny Furphy? How will Tyrese Proctor fit on the Cavs? Can Jock Land...

The 2025 NBA season is less than 2 weeks away… so what are the 10 MOST INTERESTING Players, Teams and Storylines as we head into the new season?  Also… why did LeBron give us a big retirement fake out?  PLUS: a look at the big questions for all the Aussies heading into the new NBA season!  Which rookies will pop off? What to make of a raft of 2nd or 3rd year NBA players? Will a certain Ball stay h...

The 2025 NBAxNBL series is done after the New Orleans Pelicans became the first NBA team to play games in Australia, with two games in Melbourne against Melbourne United and the South East Melbourne MagicPhoenix… and it was AWESOME. SO! Jim jumps on to chat NBAxNBL – United vs Pelicans, the Fan Night - skills challenge, dunk comp and 3-pt shootout, and then finally the Phoenix - Pelicans smashing...

NBA STRAYA IS BACK! Yep... just in time for the first ever visit of an NBA team to Aussie shores for the #NBAxNBL series this weekend, #NBA #Straya is breaking down the New Orleans Pelicans vs Melbourne United and South East Melbourne Phoenix games this weekend... while also catching up on the latest Kawhi Leonard news, Josh Giddey gossip, the latest NBA Media Day stories and HEAPS more. AND we ch...

That’s just about a wrap on 2025 #NBAFreeAgency - SO… what were the moves that ACTUALLY mattered? Today’s show breaks down all the biggest moves for the contenders, would-be contenders, pretenders and never weres.   Also: TRADES TRADES TRADES! We got a bunch of trades in the last few days: what do they all mean? Norm Powell to the Heat?! Does that mean Bradley Beal is off to the Clippers after his...

2025 #NBAFreeAgency has been pretty wild, but not too CRAZY… yet. SO! From Denver to New Orleans, Atlanta to Brooklyn… Dame to Giannis… Who are the BIGGEST Winners & Losers?  Plus, we look at the remaining Free Agents - including some Aussies - who are still available and where they could land.  AND check up on what all the Aussies are up to in #NBASummerLeague - #NBA #Straya has got it all. ...

Milwaukee’s SHOCK Dame Lillard move, SGA’s mammoth 5-year $285M extension, and EVERY move from a wild Day 2 of Free Agency broken down: it’s another chockers #NBAFreeAgency episode of #NBA #Straya for you! We’re breaking down the Myles Turner contract with the #Bucks, the big Denver deals and LOADS more… and we look at the remaining Free Agents - including some Aussies - who are still available an...

Wow. NBA Free Agency opened today to PLENTY of chaos and so many moves it was hard to keep track.. But keep track we did! So today’s #NBA #Straya breaks down ALL the moves from Day 1 of #NBAFreeAgency - including a MASSIVE trade between Brooklyn and Denver - and looks at who is still out there and available, and what the remaining available Aussie players might still have in store.  From the Cam J...

FREE AGENCY OPENS TOMORROW! And there have been TRADES & SIGNINGS GALORE! So we make sense of the chaos and look at what’s going before Free Agency officially opens tomorrow.  THEN we break down what EVERY NBA team needs heading into free agency!  Plus some YEAH NAHs, Unpopular Opinion of the Day & OUTBACK TAKEHOUSE !!!  So… strap in, lean back & enjoy! … and remember to rate, review &...