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Green and gold #AussieHoops content you should not miss

Some of our best recent stories, evergreen yarns and more. If you're an Australian basketball fan, you'll enjoy the ride. Jump on!

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Aussie hoops

  • Smashing the glass ceiling: Liz Mills is just getting started

  • Asylum, Afrobasket and opportunity: South Sudanese-Australian basketball deserves a fair go

  • NELP: The initiative that's changing the game

  • A dive into mystery and majesty: The Andrew Gaze Slam Dunk board game

  • Prehab before rehab: How strength and conditioning is key to reducing ACL injury risk within female sport

  • Lou Brown: Six and Out


From humble beginnings to basketball royalty: an exploration of the Froling family legacy

Tony Cocking
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Oct 25
From humble beginnings to basketball royalty: an exploration of the Froling family legacy

A story of competitive spirit, with maybe just a little friendly trash talk thrown in for good measure.

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  • The Nunawading Spectres: An Aussie basketball factory

  • Here's what ten years of the Prahran Summer Jam means

  • How Meason Camille became Australia's trailblazer in the NBA 2K League

  • The mastermind behind the Perth Bandits, the greatest NBL champions that never were

  • Will Andrew Bogut's college career ever be surpassed by another Australian?

  • Japan's B.League: A rising alternative to the NBL, China and Europe

  • Lure of the Yuan: the Aussie big men dominating in China

  • How Carnival became basketball folklore: On 50 years of the ABBC Tournament


The glory of a moment: Andrew Gaze on the upcoming World Cup, the difference maker, and his favourite shot

Benjiman Mallis
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Aug 12
The glory of a moment: Andrew Gaze on the upcoming World Cup, the difference maker, and his favourite shot

Andrew Gaze has long been considered the greatest Australian male basketballer, and there is now a memorabilia range available to celebrate the accomplishments of Australia’s five-time Olympian. Mitchell & Ness recently launched an exclusive Aussie Legends range for Australian fans. Following a debut range celebrating Australian basketball icon Luc Longl…

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#TeamPnR success stories

  • Life behind the lens: How Sam Tolhurst made his way to NBA courtside photography

  • How Kane Pitman became the Milwaukee Bucks' most unexpected beat writer

  • From Kalgoorlie to Philly: Ben Mallis on chasing dreams and living the Sixers beat

  • School of Hardwood Knocks II: Olgun Uluc

  • From bleachers to press room: How Warren Yiu became Australian basketball's storyteller

  • 10 Years of The Pick and Roll: Hayley Wildes

  • 10 Years of The Pick and Roll: Winston Zhang

Lists

  • Recent Australian Boomers squads

  • Recent Australian Opals squads

  • Current Australians in the NBA

  • Here's every Australian that has played in the NBA... so far

  • NCAA Australian Men: Division I - 2021/22 Season

  • NCAA Australian Women: Division I - 2021/22 Season

  • Aussie women in Europe: 2022/23

NBA/WNBA stories

  • It began with Timms: Here's why the Phoenix Mercury flourishes with Australian talent

  • Here’s how Luc Longley proved himself on the Chicago Bulls, despite Michael Jordan's trash talking

  • The Last Dance: How Luc Longley remembers his time with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls

  • Luc Longley speaks on his basketball nirvana in new documentary series

  • Andrew Bogut on life in Milwaukee and the injury that changed everything

  • Andrew Bogut doesn’t give a f—k

  • San Antonio’s spiritual leader: How Patty Mills rode the rollercoaster and kept his Spurs afloat

  • The Boomer and NBA Australian that never was: Can Australia still claim Kyrie Irving?

  • Ben Simmons and his complicated history with Australian basketball

  • The evolution of Ben Simmons' accent

  • Ben Simmons: The tale of a basketball maverick

  • How Bec Allen transformed herself from a 'defensive liability' into a feared defender

  • Go, go, go: How the start of Amy Atwell's professional career has been a hectic ride

  • The playoffs beat writer life: Inside the twists and turns of an NBA playoff series with the Philadelphia 76ers

  • Anneli Maley and the art of rebounding

  • The evolution of Josh Giddey's jump shot

  • Inside the crazy world of NBA Summer League

National teams

  • From Ballarat to bronze medals: Robyn Maher on her incredible career

  • Guards galore: Previewing the Boomers' future back court logjam

  • The point guard debate facing the Opals

  • Tokyo 2020

    • Bronzed: How the Australian Boomers made history and got their medal

    • Boomers Pride: A word from players past and present

    • The Goorjian philosophy: On developing Boomers culture, the Tokyo Olympics and more

    • Andrew Bogut speaks on the Boomers' historical Olympic medal

    • From Australia to Tokyo: Nick Kay just gets shit done

    • How Matisse Thybulle and Danté Exum are giving the Boomers a defensive boost

    • It was a story of stumbles for the Australian Opals in Tokyo

  • We broke this: Matisse's really an Aussie: Could we see Thybulle in Boomers green and gold beside Ben Simmons?

  • A look into Australian basketball's forgotten gold medal heroes

  • From ground level in Melbourne, August 2019: Patty Mills closes out Team USA, secures historical moment for Australian basketball

  • A Game of Mistakes: How the Boomers' team chemistry broke Team USA's defence

  • "Anything was possible": Belinda Snell, Kristi Harrower remember Opals 2006 World Cup win

  • Ranking Australia's top ten Boomers of the past decade

  • Discussing the top 10 Australian Opals of the past decade

  • Michele Timms’ all-time Olympic Opals

  • Shane Heal’s all-time Olympic Boomers

Upcoming prospects

  • One and done? Duke University could make Tyrese Proctor's NBA dreams a reality

  • How Lachie Olbrich keeps climbing up NBA draft boards

  • Aussie men in NCAA: 2023-24 Division I college season primer

  • Four Australian and New Zealand standouts from the Women's NBA Academy Games

  • Five takeaways for Australian and New Zealand talent from the Men's NBA Academy Games

  • 2023 U20 Men Australian Junior Championships Part 1, Part 2

  • 2023 U18 Men Australian Junior Championships: First Team, 2nd/3rd Teams

  • Australia and New Zealand junior basketball prospect tracker

Modern NBL/WNBL

  • Basketball and sportswashing II: Can the NBL keep up with global sportswashing? (Part I with lessons from LIV)

  • Why the NBL might never have another celebrity Next Star like LaMelo Ball

  • How the NBL's Next Stars program adapted, survived, and thrived

  • Can the Perth Wildcats commercialise open air?

  • A look inside the strangest Game 2 in NBL Grand Final history with Ben Mallis

  • The Consequence of Promise: Breaking down RJ Hampton, the NBL and the Next Stars program

  • How Xavier Cooks joining Sydney and not Illawarra, is a case study on fit, money and league parity

  • "I needed a change": Sara Blicavs on her new team, and new business

  • The long-awaited and inevitable rise of William McDowell-White

  • How Lauren Scherf evolved into a do-it-all star

  • Exploring how Keanu Pinder has reached a new level - again!

  • A barebones guide to the NBL's salary cap system

  • On Next Star eligibility, and should the NBL's Collective Bargaining Agreement be made public?

  • The man behind the NBL's team anthems

NBL classics

  • Roar of Redemption: The story of the 1997 NBL Melbourne Tigers

  • Reliving the South Dragons championship and how it ended all too soon

  • Revisiting the '96 South East Melbourne Magic: A tale of how resilience and fortitude led to victory

  • Looking back on the NBL's greatest player debuts

  • Happy anniversary! A look back at the '93, '03/04 & '13/14 seasons

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